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1. Clarion Builds – BMW 2002

Monday, 07 December 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Clarion Builds – BMW 2002

... and don’t I feel like an idiot for sleeping on this, especially when it was introduced to me at the project’s inception! It’s great to see a big company whose main game isn’t restoration getting in on the subculture ...
... and don’t I feel like an idiot for sleeping on this, especially when it was introduced to me at the project’s inception! It’s great to see a big company whose main game isn’t restoration getting in on the subculture ...

2. The Devil Has a Change of Heart

Monday, 01 June 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / The Devil Has a Change of Heart

The Devil Has a Change of Heart | A young boy sees an orange Lamborghini Diablo in a parking lot. It is the type of car he has only seen in a game or the Internet. He runs to the car with a huge smile and asks to take a picture with it. He doesn’t ...
... though the owner loves the final outcome it doesn’t mean it was an easy path. Several times throughout the build the owner was frustrated enough to consider selling it. A big motivating factor to finish came when a collector with three ...

3. Project Honda City Turbo II – Teardown

Monday, 21 July 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Project Honda City Turbo II – Teardown

... the bits, we’re just waiting on the exhaust housing to be acid bathed and machined and the whole thing reassembled at ATP. Since playing the waiting game sucks, I went on a trek to pick up an old high school science lab bench for my garage. ...
... ad on Gumtree said the car had a blown turbo but that it came with a replacement from a turbo diesel Pajero which would apparently work. I don’t have any great photos of the Pajero turbo, but suffice to say it is waaaaaaaay too big to ...

4. BUILT from eBay [video build x4]

Sunday, 18 May 2014 Content / build-threads.com / BUILT from eBay [video build x4]

... for Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones. It was during a browsing session that I stumbled across a 10-part series called “BUILT from eBay”, which chronicled the process of four different shops (aligned with 4 different magazines) building ...
... four different cars using parts bought only from eBay. While the concept is pretty transparent as being one big commercial, the content is quite entertaining. Hell, you get to see four completely different cars being built without having to ...

5. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

Tuesday, 06 August 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

... priced birthday present, well hardly a present, from Michelotto should be shipping at the end of next week so that should really prove to be a turning point when we get our hands on that stuff. Big box opening moment when that arrives. All in ...
... adds to the artistry. Fronts up next. And now the fronts, yes, discs yet to be reversed….and yes Kevlar on front scuttle yet to be sorted. Time for that brake swap…. OK, game over and well spotted Mike, took ...