Since I’m a regular Ratsun browser from way back, I became very familiar with a certain green 510 wagon belonging to Greengoon, aka Duane. This wagon was always a bit different from the others, especially with it’s folding ragtop. I always looked forward to updates over the past few years, especially enjoying his DIY solutions [...]
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Earlier this year I made two consecutive posts about the automotive exploits of one Retro Rides member by the name of Bruce (aka Mystery Machine), a person who truly understands the appeal of a good build thread. Bruce not only built a very cool MX5 along with a number of other awesome rides, but he [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: area 52, builder spotlight, DIY, elite, fabrication, Land Rover, lotus, lotus elite, mystery machine, people who get it, retro rides, turbo 1 Comment »
An enthusiastic car fan drags his grandfather’s old work truck from his uncles farm in very poor condition, with the intention of restoring it to it’s former state, prior to it’s neglect. Nothing unusual about that, we’ve certainly heard similar stories before, but you don’t usually hear about a job like this being undertaken by [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 1953, chev, chevrolet, chevy, DIY, Ferndale, pick-up, pickup, restoration, truck 2 Comments »
On Friday, a reader by the name of Brad made a request on the Build-Threads Facebook page for a Jeep build. Not wanting to disappoint, I headed to my submissions list and fished out some Jeep links from long-time submitter, Cereal. This particular Jeep starts out with little more than a cab and a grille, [...]
It seems the there are many members of the Honda fraternity who still undeniably love the marquee, yet are quite bored of the whole FWD thing. On this website alone there are 3 other builds documenting Hondas being DIY’d away from their standard drivetrain layout. There’s a front-engine RWD F20C CRX, a mid-engine rear wheel [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: B20, conversion, crx, DIY, ef, honda, mid engine, MR, rwd, turbo 5 Comments »
For most people, a 950cc motorbike would be more than adequate in the power stakes, but ‘adequate’ isn’t a term commonly used in the vocabulary of a modifier, is it? Why settle for adequate when you have the means to slap a turbo on the side of your KTM and produce a one-off boost-fed supermotard? [...]
1. Buy Porsche 996 with fire-damage. 2. Remove flat-6 engine. 3. Insert LS1. 4. ??? 5. Profit Get featured on Build Threads. Thanks to Raiss for submitting.
I’m noticing more and more BMW 2002′s popping up on forums and blogs lately, and I finally got to see two fine examples in the flesh at the recent Stance|Works Melbourne meet. To say I’m a fan would be an understatement, I love these little things, so maybe the increased exposure is all in my [...]
When you’re sick of autocrossing your stock Porsche Boxster and you have an MGB and a Jaguar V12 sitting in the garage, you’d do what any sane and rational human being would do and throw the V12 in the MGB, right? Well that’s what Mark from Canada did, creating a custom chassis & rollcage to [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: DIY, fabrication, Jag, jaguar, mg, MGB, MGB-GT, SCCA, v12 4 Comments »
One very dedicated Swedish builder has been spending the last 3 years creating his own Bentley Speed 8 replica. By taking a 1:18 scale model and having it scanned in 3D, he was able to recreate the body shape in full-size and drape it over a hand fabricated tube-frame chassis. With a 4.2lt Audi V8 [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: audi, bentley, DIY, fabrication, scandinavian, speed 8, tube frame, V8 14 Comments »
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