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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Porsche’s seem to be blowing up the internet lately. Between RWB, Singer, and most recently Magnus Walker, there’s been a constant stream Porkas on every auto blog out there for the past few years now. But hey, this is Build Threads, so you know if you see a Porsche here there’s going to be something [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 996, audi, engine conversion, fabrication, porsche, scandinavian, tube frame No Comments »
Petri from www.pjp.fi in Finland emailed me this very interesting Rolls Royce build, not your typical cheuffurre driven Silver Shadow. I’ll let Petri explain… car is coming to have all chromemoly sfi 25,2 double frame chassi with four seats (am not kidding we must give our sponsors a ride) . Engine is Oldsmobile 462 cid with Mooneyhamn 14/71 [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: blown, drag, oldsmobile, rolls, rolls royce, royce, RR, scandinavian, supercharged, tubbed, tube frame, V8 2 Comments »
I saw a video of this beastly creation a couple of weeks ago and the first thing that struck me about it was the appearance of the car without it’s rear bodywork. I love how the builder has almost created the car in a ute/pickup fashion, making the bodywork rear of the b-pillar detachable for [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: bmw, drift, fabrication, latvia, ls1, ls2, LS3, tube frame, V8 6 Comments »
This little Fiat had no idea what it was in for when it left the factory. Produced in Italy for 8 years and Poland for a staggering 27 years, this lucky example of a 126 was plucked from its mundane life of basic transportation and blessed with a second chance. The team at RetroPower stripped [...]
Dave from Stance Is Everything must be the hardest working guy in the automotive blog network, every time I check his site there’s a bunch of new posts and updates, which is much more than I can say for myself! I remember reading an older post of his where he reminisced about the influence his [...]
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 »
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 just saw this link get posted on Ratsun a moment ago and knew I had to tee it up for a feature. A Datsun 510/Bluebird coupe gets the full drag treatment over in Japan, with a tube frame chassis, massive slicks taking up the whole rear end, and a potent straight 6 L-series finished [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 1600, 1800, 510, bluebird, coupe, datsun, drag, drag racing, japan, tube frame 4 Comments »
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