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You need this: Race-ready Datsun 1200

Prepped to compete in SCCA GT4, GT5 and C Sedan classes, this Datsun 1200 features race history dating back to the early 1970s.

You Need This: Renault Alliance Showroom Stock race car

When was the last time you saw a Renault Alliance on the road, let alone as a race car?

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?

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Columns: Does racing history make a car more or less valuable?

Does racing history always equal more value? Or is there more to the equation than simply time on track?

Features: How to assemble a race-ready drivetrain

Assembling a drivetrain for a race car? Here's when you can save a few bucks–and when you shouldn't.

Features: Tips for stitching together a track-ready, bulletproof rear end

Items left on our Mustang’s to-do list: Source a rear axle and properly suspend it.

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Making our Coventry Climax’s water pump race-ready

Coventry Climax engines are famed for use in race cars, but not all of them had such glory. Our FW was designed for a water pump.

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Building a roll bar that’s period-correct and vintage racing legal

Somewhere along the way, our Elva sports racer lost its original roll bar. It wouldn’t have been tall enough, anyway, nor made from the correct tubing. We needed to …

Mounting a race car seat: Driver comfort versus performance

Before we could build a roll bar for our Elva sports racer, we needed to permanently mount our (now-repaired) seat. The seat has a threaded steel …

Modern digital gauges: A better way to monitor our Mustang?

Our Mustang needed some gauges. Gotta know what’s going on under the hood, right?

Prosport Gauges is a newer customer here at GRM, so we …

The extra steps we took to avoid an overheating race car

All engines create heat. Race engines create even more heat. So we needed to assemble a cooling system that could handle our needs, especially down here in the South. 

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