Building your own fishing rods can be a great wintertime hobby for anglers who like to work with their hands. I started building rods in the early 1970s. Back then, rods were made from fiberglass.

One of the best parts of this job is that we get to work with such a variety of engine builders. As with everything in life, they all have special ways of completing the steps of an engine buildup.

Designed to replace the bulky and costly first-generation Hemi engines, the low-deck "B"-series engine family debuted in 1958. The raised-deck, or "RB," version was introduced a year later. Compared ...