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Calvin Nelson's Restomod Ford Fairmont Sports a Twin-Turbo Surprise, It's Not a Coyote
Calvin Nelson's Restomod Ford Fairmont Sports a Twin-Turbo Surprise, It's Not a Coyote

9 Dec 2023, 17:33 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Using nothing but some AutoCAD software, Calvin set about designing all the custom motor mounts, transmission adapter plates and intake and exhaust manifolds.

 
Raptor V6-Swapped Mercedes 190E is Berliner Weisse on Top, Coors Light Underneath
Raptor V6-Swapped Mercedes 190E is Berliner Weisse on Top, Coors Light Underneath

7 Dec 2023, 01:29 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You won't find a Cosworth engine or even a Mercedes-Benz engine under the hood of this restomod. Instead, it's rocking the EcoBoost V6 from an F-150 Raptor.

 
360,000-Mile '95 Crown Victoria Refuses to Meet the Crusher, We're All For It
360,000-Mile '95 Crown Victoria Refuses to Meet the Crusher, We're All For It

6 Dec 2023, 18:09 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This particular car comes to us today via the Shooting Cars YouTube channel run by the quirky, high-energy car enthusiast Zack Pradel.

 
Totally Desperate for Four Wheels? This $1,500 1989 Ford Tempo GL Beats Walking
Totally Desperate for Four Wheels? This $1,500 1989 Ford Tempo GL Beats Walking

2 Dec 2023, 21:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In some extreme cases in certain states, you might never be able to re-title a car like this one again. But not all hope is lost.

 
This LT5-Swapped '57 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Makes CTS-Vs and Camaro ZL1s Jealous
This LT5-Swapped '57 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Makes CTS-Vs and Camaro ZL1s Jealous

2 Dec 2023, 18:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Perhaps there's no better shop in all of Mississippi to make a late 50s Caddy appealing to the younger crowd than Mike Goldman Customs of Meridian.

 
Wicked 68' Plymouth Road Runner Sports #17 of First Hundred Hellephant Crate Motors Built
Wicked 68' Plymouth Road Runner Sports #17 of First Hundred Hellephant Crate Motors Built

28 Nov 2023, 19:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With only 100 examples produced in its initial production run, Hellephant motors are like the white whales of performance crate engines.

 
This 1966 Pontiac LeMans Tricks People Into Thinking It's a GTO, It Sure Ain't
This 1966 Pontiac LeMans Tricks People Into Thinking It's a GTO, It Sure Ain't

27 Nov 2023, 17:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Indeed, the current seller is marketing this LeMans as the perfect GTO clone vehicle. An extra GTO-style front hood is even included in the purchase.

 
2000-HP '68 Camaro Drag Car Makes Fighter Plane Numbers at Disused WWII RAF Base
2000-HP '68 Camaro Drag Car Makes Fighter Plane Numbers at Disused WWII RAF Base

25 Nov 2023, 00:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It might not be the tried and true "real fine" 409-cubic-inch Chevy big block, but this stroked Chevy small block does match its displacement.

 
David Burton's K24-Swapped AWD Ford Escort Humbles GTRs and Gaps Hellcats
David Burton's K24-Swapped AWD Ford Escort Humbles GTRs and Gaps Hellcats

24 Nov 2023, 21:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Using the transmission and rear differential out of an early-model Honda CRV, Burton was able to convert his Escort GT into a fully functional all-wheel-drive.

 
Think Classic American Muscle is Unattainable? This '76 Plymouth Fury Sport Says Otherwise
Think Classic American Muscle is Unattainable? This '76 Plymouth Fury Sport Says Otherwise

21 Nov 2023, 20:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Under the hood of this certified survivor is a 318-cubic-inch (5.2-L) Chrysler LA-series V8 engine that first entered the scene during the 1968 model year.

 
HEMI-Swapped, Ultra-Rare ’74 Datsun 260X Is the Coolest Drag Car on Craigslist Right Now
HEMI-Swapped, Ultra-Rare ’74 Datsun 260X Is the Coolest Drag Car on Craigslist Right Now

21 Nov 2023, 20:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Sold for just a single 1974 model year in the United States, the 260Z was an enigma of a sports car. Now this one's got a supercharged HEMI under the hood.

 
Slightly Crusty '63 C2 Corvette Split Window Awaiting Your Rescue in Kentucky
Slightly Crusty '63 C2 Corvette Split Window Awaiting Your Rescue in Kentucky

19 Nov 2023, 21:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This slightly crusty 1963 split-window C2 for sale on eBay by a seller out of Kentucky is a nice discount over what sold at Barret-Jackson back in 2020

 
Kevin Hart’s LT5-Swapped ’69 GTO Is the Ultimate Pontiac Restomod, Built by Detroit Speed
Kevin Hart’s LT5-Swapped ’69 GTO Is the Ultimate Pontiac Restomod, Built by Detroit Speed

19 Nov 2023, 17:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The second-generation Pontiac GTO was a world-class American sports coupe, one with the benefit of one of two fire-breathing, Pontiac-exclusive V8s.

 
Taurus SHO-Swapped '36 Ford Tudor Melds Best of the Great Depression and Great Recession
Taurus SHO-Swapped '36 Ford Tudor Melds Best of the Great Depression and Great Recession

19 Nov 2023, 03:52 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's no portion of this custom 1936 Ford Tudor build that wasn't breathed on, modified, or improved in one way or another.

 
This Ford B-150 Carryall SUV Conversion by Centurion Spent Its Life South of the Border
This Ford B-150 Carryall SUV Conversion by Centurion Spent Its Life South of the Border

13 Nov 2023, 16:41 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the late 1970s through the mid-1990s, Centurion Vehicles of White Pigeon, Michigan, took advantage of a newly and rapidly emerging coach-built SUV market.

 
Turbo Cosworth-Swapped '82 Toyota Starlet Is an English Take On a JDM Restomod
Turbo Cosworth-Swapped '82 Toyota Starlet Is an English Take On a JDM Restomod

12 Nov 2023, 19:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's just no getting around a custom car that legitimately makes as much horsepower as a V8 in a lightweight, zippy form factor.

 
Small Block 302-Swapped '55 Ford Tudor Is Reagan Underneath, Eisenhower on Top
Small Block 302-Swapped '55 Ford Tudor Is Reagan Underneath, Eisenhower on Top

10 Nov 2023, 23:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / n its 1949 iteration, built to be the first Ford passenger vehicle since the start of World War II, the Tudor (Two-Door) was the the Fusion's great ancestor.

 
Ultra-Rare '95 Celica Convertible's Ghostly Shell Awaits 2JZ-Swap in Washington State
Ultra-Rare '95 Celica Convertible's Ghostly Shell Awaits 2JZ-Swap in Washington State

7 Nov 2023, 03:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The one thing about it that makes this Celica truly special is that all-important convertible drop-top. It sure didn't come from the factory that way.

 
Ford Flathead-Swapped 1978 Corvette C3 Rejects Modernity, Returns to Monkey
Ford Flathead-Swapped 1978 Corvette C3 Rejects Modernity, Returns to Monkey

6 Nov 2023, 19:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Because the term "reject modernity, return to monke" is more than just a dank meme these days, this '78 Vette for sale on Facebook Marketplace.

 
EcoBeast-Swapped Merkur XR4Ti Makes Restomod Lovers Across the Atlantic Joyous
EcoBeast-Swapped Merkur XR4Ti Makes Restomod Lovers Across the Atlantic Joyous

5 Nov 2023, 04:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Through the magic of Ford's wicked Area 51 Blue paint OEM paint and custom front and rear bumpers, this is the kind of restomod that can be appreciated