A few months ago I took a step forward in this little hobby of ours and bought myself a Mig welder. Since then I’ve made a few custom parts and brackets, added some new metal to my radiator support panel, and even helped a mate plug up some holes in his engine bay. I was [...]
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Tags: 205, engine conversion, fabrication, hillclimb, people who get it, peugeot, rwd, space frame, tube frame 
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I love posting updates to previously featured projects, but it’s always a bittersweet moment as it usually means there’ll be no more progress pictures to enjoy. But hey, cars are built to be driven and bikes are built to be ridden, so we should rejoice when a build reaches it’s final destination. I posted this [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: fabrication, golf, mid engine, mk2, mkII, norway, rwd, scandinavian, update, volkswagen, vw 3 Comments »
Fredrik, from the build-thread-rich forum known as Zatzy, emailed me his project late last year. A Volvo 480 is a car I’ve never seen or heard of before, but after learning that this specific car was converted from FWD to RWD with a B234 engine and BMW ZF gearbox, I was more than interested. For [...]
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 »
From the same forum that brought you the Viper powered Saab 93 Wagon comes another frankenstein build. Function-over-form readers will be pleased to notice the absence hectic stance, bags vs static arguments, ground clearance measurements or rusted body panels. This Golf is different…very different. I’ve featured a few MKIII Golfs before, each with their own [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: fabrication, golf, mk3, mkIII, rwd, scandinavian, t5, turbo, volkswagen, volvo, vw, zatzy 7 Comments »
This next build comes all the way from Sweden, a first generation Suzuki Swift sitting atop a custom tube frame chassis. The engine has been rotated 90 degrees and now powers the rear wheels. Not only has it been remounted, but it’s also received a little kick in the pants courtesy of a turbocharger and [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: G13B, rwd, scandinavian, suzuki, sweden, swift, tube frame, turbo No Comments »
I thought I’d better have something interesting for you guys to kick off the new year, so let’s get the ball rolling. It’s another one of those builds that I’ve had my eye on for a while, but it wasn’t until it was emailed to me by Grant that it powered itself back into my [...]
Mid-engine RWD MKII Volkswagen, sounds familiar, doesn’t it? That’s because a very similar project was featured here over a year ago [click here]. While this one definitely shares some similarities, one point of difference is that it’s a Jetta, not a Golf. You have to give these guys props for ripping out entire floor-pans and [...]
Is anyone else noticing a bit of a theme where people take front wheel drive cars and convert them to rear wheel drive, all wheel drive, or mid engine rear wheel drive? Some similarly themed Build Threads features that spring to mind are… Mk2 Golf Mid-Engine RWD Civette LS1 Powered Civic VW Polo RWD Rear [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: dc2, h22a, honda, integra, mid engine, MR, rear wheel drive, rwd 4 Comments »
Another Golf, but this one’s a bit more ‘function over form’ than previous VW features. Mid-engine, rear wheel drive; I’ll let the pics do the rest of the talking…
Posted in Build Threads Tags: fabrication, golf, mid engine, mk2, mkII, norway, rwd, scandinavian, volkswagen, vw 7 Comments »
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