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It’s happening: new Honda CRX replacement parts

Second-gen Honda CRX or Civic need a replacement bumper cover, bumper lamp or hood? A company called FF Motion has you covered–with more parts in the works.

How one fan restored a crashed F1 race car

Can a crashed F1 car really be brought back to racing condition–and without the nearly unlimited resources of an F1 team?

Watch us turn this pile of parts into a rare vintage racer

Did you know we're in the middle of restoring a one-of-30 Elva Mk VI–that's also a long-lost Sebring 12-Hour entry?

How To Find Your Next Project Car—and Finish It, Too

Looking for your next—or perhaps first—project car, but don’t know where to start?

Have You Met One of Our Most Ambitious Projects to Date?

Sure, it was a complete basket case, but we like a challenge.

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Shop Work: How to fabricate your own brackets using a hammerform

New parts didn't come with the correct brackets? You can make your own with a simple hammer form. Here's how.

Shop Work: My new favorite thing: Tamper detection paste

Can a paint pen indicate a loose fastener? Yes, but we've found a solution that's better dedicated to the task: Tamper detection paste.

Electronics & Electrical Systems: How to wire a car from scratch

Wiring a car from scratch doesn’t have to be a daunting project.

Electronics & Electrical Systems: Troubleshooting 101: Basic steps when your car won't start

Sometimes a simple, methodical approach can bring that dead car back to life.

Shop Work: How to easily diagnose common automotive electrical problems

Have some spark outside of your engine block? Here's how to fix that.

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Restoration project car updates

Broken seat belts in a classic car? Here’s how we fixed ours.

Fixing the seat belts was our first task. The reason: We had two weeks before we were driving the Ferrari to The Amelia weekend. Not having a passenger seat …

The final touches before we paint our Elva Mk VI racer

Our primary goal at this point was to finish our entire Elva Mk VI chassis and mechanical bits so that we could then disassemble everything and paint the frame.

The 15 things we need to fix on our Ferrari 308 GT4

While we do not know the complete history of our Ferrari 308 GT4 and attempts to reach an earlier owner have been ignored, we still do know quite …

Remember to renew the bits found beneath that shiny paint, too

Perhaps it was time for new shocks on our Porsche 911: The fronts leaked fluid, while someone had inscribed the rears with April 18, 1995. Joe Montana announced …

Video: Making our Sprite a hotrod with a Moss Motors supercharger

One way to add some much-needed spice to an Austin-Healey Sprite? A supercharger.

For our Bugeye Sprite, we went with a Moss Motors supercharger system. Why? Classic Motorsports Publisher …

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