The Crate Engine Camaro started out like most muscle cars we see: in the dreamy eyes of a young boy. His dad owned a Chevy dealer and our client got…
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The Shop Truck finally runs
We got it running! It seemed like we dropped the distributor three or four times after I got the points installed in it, but we got it to fire. Of…
Read moreTrying to get the shop truck to roll over
So we finally got around to trying to get the ole bucket to turn over. Popped the hood the other day and got the borrowed carburetor from a buddy to…
Read moreTexas Road Trip Day 2
I robbed the front desk of an apple on my way out the door and climbed into the car with my backpack. We made it a whopping 200 miles before…
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Are there any sayings about road trips? There should definitely be some. Maybe some like this: When they start out bad, it usually means you got all the bad stuff…
Read moreBig engine, big cooling–keeping the V8S10 at temperature
To fit the cooling system, I swapped radiator shroud and deflector/tray over from a V6 S10 that was sitting around. The radiator got a little dent in from being in…
Read moreThis Black Hole turned into a Galaxie!
We’ve been hard at work here at Cj’s (even though we’re not always posting about it) and one of our long-term projects is finally on the road again. A customer…
Read moreIf you’re going to build it, you might as well dive in..
I don’t have any pictures of doing the harness, but it doesn’t look anything special. I purposely put all the corrugated plastic back on it in spots. I used all…
Read moreWe’ve discovered a few anomalies in repairing cars. The later model Yaris is one of them
Do you have a Toyota Yaris? (The model seems to be new enough that all years apply) Does it make a sloshing sound from the dashboard when you’re driving along?…
Read moreProject Dis-traction comes to life!
First and foremost, I want to apologize- I know it has been a long time without any updates. We’ve done some Twitter and Instagram snippets, but no blog posts. The…
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