World's Greatest Dad Added a Backseat to His DeLorean to Take His Kids Along for the Ride
We all know parents who sacrificed their sports car the moment kids entered their life, but John Dore wasn’t ready to…
Build Of The Week
Featuring the most fascinating projects out there: wild engine swaps, show cars, race cars, rare cars, and even meticulously well-preserved regular cars no one else has the guts to love.
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This Turbo Miata-Powered Lotus Replica Started With a Haynes Book and Went Nuts by Page Two
Building a car from scratch in your basement is hard enough to make you a bit of a hero to the rest of us. Going…
America's Most Delightfully Absurd Rally Car Is This Nissan Juke
Lars Wolfe wanted his new race car to be able to do a little bit of everything: rally, road racing and whatever else…
Rebuilding an Alfa Milano Verde So It Won't Burn Down the Garage Like the Last One Did
Graham Blyth suffered the ultimate heartbreak: He lost his entire garage after his 1989 Alfa Romeo Milano Verde caught…
One Man's Quest To Prove That Mazda RX-7s Really Aren't That Tough To Work On
Mention the rotary engine, and you’re bound to get an entire peanut gallery promising apex seals going boom. Ryan…
This Nissan 240SX Convertible Was a Legendary Rip-Off From Hell But Is Now Part of the Family
Matthew Cox’s 1993 Nissan 240SX convertible looked fine enough in the eBay photos. It was his chance to own a rare…
This MGB GT's Jaguar V12 Engine Blew So The Owner Completely Redesigned The Car Without A Roof
We thought Mark Sawatsky had the engine swap of the century when he fit a Jaguar V12 into an MGB GT. Only problem: it…
The Best Thing to Do With Your Freshly Engine Swapped 1966 Volvo Is Drive Across the Country
Kyle Long’s 1966 Volvo 122S wagon would be cool enough on its own, given that he swapped in the more modern…
This Time Attack Toyota AE86 Corolla Used To Live Out In A Field Full Of Goats
The AE86-generation Toyota Corolla is a highly desirable car nowadays, thanks to its starring role in Initial D, the…
How To Transform A Ran-When-Parked Porsche 912 Into A Long-Distance Rally Car
Safari-style Porsches are the it-car of the moment, embraced by rally hooligans and show bros alike. Now Nico Samaras…
How To Make A Toyota GT86 Race Car Fast, Reliable, And Not Need A Turbo
The Toyota GT86 Cup is a brilliant race car kit which makes the best street car I’ve driven in years even more…
This Guy 'Fixed' His Volkswagen Scirocco By Making It A Mid-Engine VR6
Ben Beacock’s 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco had one slight problem: its engine was toast. So, he swapped it for the beloved…
This Ferrari Testarossa Rat Rod Is Being Built In A Home Garage
Ferrari lover Scott Chivers jumped at the idea of saving an exceedingly rough but rare Testarossa that had been…
True Hero Swapped A Volvo Amazon Wagon Body Onto A BMW E30 In His Driveway
You know a project car is truly insane when swapping the body on another car was described as the “easy route” but…
These Crazy Volvo Fans Built The AWD Polestar C30 We Always Deserved
The C30 Polestar concept was everything Volvo’s little fun-hatch should have been, with all-wheel-drive and 405…
This Chrysler Engineer Is Shoving A 485 Horsepower Hemi V8 Into A Jeep Scrambler
Fiat Chrysler engineer and passionate car-nut Ben Reedy spends his days engineering new cars, and his nights wrenching…
This Lifted Prius Trolls Jeeps
The Toyota Prius has been written off for years by enthusiasts as too slow and dull to be any fun, but thanks to a…
This Crusty Fiero-Based Ferrari F40 Replica Is A Race Car And That's Probably For The Best
Pontiac Fiero-based replica cars talk a lot of visual smack with their racy bodywork, but rarely back it up.…
This 1968 Volkswagen Fastback Is Actually A Miata
I love aircooled Volkswagens. I should—in theory—hate Paul Nelson’s car, but I can’t. It’s a Mazda Miata under a Type…
We Want To Put Your Most Incredible Builds On Video If You Live Near NYC
We’ve been featuring some of the most interesting, fun and wacky builds you people can dream up on the site as our …
