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1. Wrapping a Firebird Around a Prius

Sunday, 06 March 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Wrapping a Firebird Around a Prius

... years and moving to three different states the Firebird started showing its age. The wiring harness completely fried after trying to start the engine. After being put into storage mice caused a lot of damage. The owner tried twice to restore ...
... an engineering degree. The Firebird was found by his late Father and bought with a loan from his Grandfather. He also took his future wife out on dates in the car. Clearly the car holds tremendous sentimental value for the owner. After many ...
Wrapping a Firebird Around a Prius | An engineer in Ohio has embarked on a very unique project wrapping the body of a 1967 Pontiac Firebird around a 2014 Toyota Prius. The owner first purchased the car in 1979 after graduating college with ...

2. Builder Spotlight: Matt Clark

Thursday, 22 October 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Builder Spotlight: Matt Clark

... for the Orange Orchid short film with the potential for a full build at a later date. It was purchased from the original owner with worn paint, front seats and wheels. However, the vehicle was fully functional and mechanically sound. ...
Builder Spotlight: Matt Clark | After sifting through a mammoth 350+ page thread for last weeks featured build, it was a nice change of pace to receive an email from Matt Clark, a designer who has his automotive and non-autmotive work featured ...
... period-correct Recaro seats and an aftermarket steering wheel was installed. There was a photo of the car inside that showed how it looked years ago. Exterior reconditioning included repairing dents and body dings. Additionally, ...

3. Project 510: Short Shifting

Friday, 10 July 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: Short Shifting

... obliged. It took us a few months of back-and-forth messages, but we finally settled on a date one early Sunday morning, and after 1.5hrs of driving, I arrived at my destination. The plan was to fit a 10mm CNC machined spacer plate to the top ...
Project 510: Short Shifting | It’s been a hell of a long time since any real work was done to Project 510. In fact, looking back at the archives, it’s been around 2 and a half years since I ripped it apart and fitted my FMIC and ...
Project 510: Short Shifting | It’s been a hell of a long time since any real work was done to Project 510. In fact, looking back at the archives, it’s been around 2 and a half years since I ripped it apart and fitted my FMIC and ...

4. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

Saturday, 03 January 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5 | We’re pretty much at the business-end of the F40 LM restoration now. The body is buttoned up, fuel is flowing through the lines, and the turbos are spooling. Click below to see it take shape, including ...
... a couple of videos and a sneak peek at an EVO Magazine photoshoot. We are now up to date with the actual build thread on Ferrari Chat. At a guess I’d say updates from here on out will be evolution of the car in it’s final state, ...
... but I’ll be sure to make another post when the updates add up. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their clicks, comments and support during 2014 and hope you’ll stick around for yet another year of Build ...

5. Exclusive look: Peasnell Racing Designs

Wednesday, 13 August 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Exclusive look: Peasnell Racing Designs

... lots of testing and practice first of course. Target date January 2015. LEIGH PRATT’S HONDA CIVIC EK4 RALLY CAR BUILD Out of all of my friends Leigh Pratt is the one we hail as having the most actual ...
... driving talent. Competing in Rally events with his farther John for many years, Leigh hopes this new build will take things a step further for them. Being entered into a class similar to Super 1600, the little EK4 proves to be regularly the ...
... Whilst everyone’s projects can’t be featured, I still love seeing what people are up to. Most of the time it’s regular guys like myself, tinkering away at their project in the garage, but every now and then something far beyond ...

6. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

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

Ferrari F40 LM Restoration | Could this be the holy grail? The best car ever featured on Build-Threads.com? For those of you who are keen followers of the Facebook page, you’d be well aware that I’m quite the Ferrari tragic, and ...
... as Chassis No 84326, and was rotting away in a garage for 8 years before Tim snapped it up and sought about having it brought back to better than it’s former glory. This isn’t a made-for-TV hack job, this is a no-expense-spared restoration ...
... with tanks cloaked in a sort of rubberised paint and were well past their sell by date. They are different to road tanks as fuel pumps etc are external for racing. We looked at fitting new cells which only have a 5 or possibly 10 year life(jury ...

7. suedebox

Wednesday, 16 January 2013 Content / lowtechblog.blogspot.com / suedebox

... dated to somewhere around 1955-56. Subtle changes to enhance the already fine lines of the shoebox Ford.« (photo © Nicklas Hedström) »Already from the start I decided to keep the roof height and not do a top chop. So I started to clean ...
... from and indian reservation. After that it was a few years of slow progress because of work, and trying to figure out were to start with everything.« (photo © Adam Schatzl, Robin Pettersson) »Eventually I restored the entire drive train ...
suedebox | Less is more. This formula is what LOWTECH is all about. And it also sums up what Martin Anderson's shoebox is all about. As we all know the term 'less' doesn't have anything to do with stopping halfway on your path. It's more ...

8. Midmounted Mazda Minitruck

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 Content / build-threads.com / Midmounted Mazda Minitruck

Midmounted Mazda Minitruck | This following build was part of the teasers I placed in my “Best of 2010″ guest-post on Speedhunters last year. Out of the 5 teasers, I have only managed to do a follow-up feature one of them, The Widow ...
Midmounted Mazda Minitruck | This following build was part of the teasers I placed in my “Best of 2010″ guest-post on Speedhunters last year. Out of the 5 teasers, I have only managed to do a follow-up feature one of them, The Widow ...
... sitting behind the cabin. Another element of this build that strays away from the norm is that Nick, the owner and builder, has chosen to document the build in video format, creating his own YouTube channel to showcase the progress. The updates ...

9. Speedhunters: One year on

Monday, 21 February 2011 Content / build-threads.com / Speedhunters: One year on

Speedhunters: One year on | I’m pretty sure that the majority of you who read this blog also read Speedhunters. If that’s the case, you no doubt would have seen that I recently contributed to Build Month. This is the second year ...
... like this? To get up to date with the progress this amazing Kaiser, including lights, trims, and engine work, click here to head over to the full build thread. The second feature had a bit more of an import flavour, as the car in the spotlight ...
Speedhunters: One year on | I’m pretty sure that the majority of you who read this blog also read Speedhunters. If that’s the case, you no doubt would have seen that I recently contributed to Build Month. This is the second year ...