... the timeless hours he spent at his dad’s garage. Garry Odbert is a true old school hot rodder, still owning his very first roadster from high school days. It’s also Garry who taught Dylan the correct use of welder, wrench and power ...
... his home town. »I was born in the 1980s, but even at that time, lowriding still was an important part of the local car culture. Going low and slow definitely made a lasting impression on me.« A lasting impression also resulted from ...

... cutting, grinding, and welding my days and nights away, but the truth is I’m still a little ways away from being able to do that. Let’s catch up with what’s been going on and why I’m not quite there yet. Previous posts: Part ...
Build-Threads Project Garage: Plumbing & Driveway | Has it really been over a year since my last post about the then-completed Build Threads garage? I’m actually a bit stunned at that fact. I wish I could tell you that I’ve been ...

... the last couple years, those east coast style cars have a strong standing next to the popular west coast style. Among those guys digging the east coast style are Matt Kimmel and his buddy Isaac Bowser. Almost ironically, they’re located ...
east coast style | Since the early days of hot rodding, the media have played an important role in spreading the gospel of hopped-up jalopies and turning a pretty much local phenomenon into a nationwide movement. Every month and all over the ...

... Gelcoat. This layer will cure overnight and then we lay another 5 layers in quick succession.   Mould now taking shape   Possibly my last post for a week which is a pity as hopefully this is the first dyno week so like you, I ...
... too am going to have to wait to hear the results. Fingers crossed. A few of the ducts in process of being duplicated.   Briefly surfaced to hear first impressions are all going well on the dyno so far. More to follow in a few days.   And ...

... acid solution (the Diggers stuff above is the acid in crystalline form) and pour it into the bottle. Wait for several days, rinse it out and you should be left with this: Since that worked so well we did the same on our radiator hoses. Bath ...
... for first start. Feels good seeing it come together. Fresh coolant for our new radiator and refurbished overflow bottle. And lastly a bit of 98RON to get it going. After priming the fuel pump a bunch of times we found a couple of leaky banjo ...