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John Brown’s Kawasaki Z1300-Swapped Honda N600 Is the Perfect Moto-Auto Hybrid
John Brown’s Kawasaki Z1300-Swapped Honda N600 Is the Perfect Moto-Auto Hybrid

27 Dec 2023, 19:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / So the story goes, John purchased a 1970 AN600 and Kawasaki KZ1300 back in the 1980s. For years, he wondered how fast the Honda would be with a new engine.

 
Ringbrothers' 5.0-Swapped '65 Mustang is the Perfect Coyote Swap Project Inside and Out
Ringbrothers' 5.0-Swapped '65 Mustang is the Perfect Coyote Swap Project Inside and Out

25 Dec 2023, 17:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This potential all-time-great Coyote-swapped Mustang restaurant is a project car from the Ringbrothers sellers of high-end billet aluminum performance parts.

 
Derelict Fox Body Mustang Four-Cylinder Awaits EcoBoost Swap in Florida, Only 800 Bucks
Derelict Fox Body Mustang Four-Cylinder Awaits EcoBoost Swap in Florida, Only 800 Bucks

25 Dec 2023, 00:29 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Fox body Mustangs aren't the least reliable classic sports cars, but especially with the turbo four-banger Lima engine under the hood, things can be dicey.

 
Sören Nordin's E92-Swapped Volvo 242 Is ABBA on Top, Rammstein Underneath
Sören Nordin's E92-Swapped Volvo 242 Is ABBA on Top, Rammstein Underneath

22 Dec 2023, 23:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Safe to say, Sören didn't keep this engine stock. Quite the opposite, thanks to a Haltech Elite 2500 ECU, chances are good that more ponies are lurking.

 
Someone Left a Fake ’88 Ferrari 328 GTB Replica To Rot in a Field, Still Pretty Sad
Someone Left a Fake ’88 Ferrari 328 GTB Replica To Rot in a Field, Still Pretty Sad

21 Dec 2023, 02:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / So the owner of this vehicle claims, only 1,500 328 GTBs left Ferrari's Italian factories back in long since passed days of 1988.

 
This 1965 Mustang Body Has a 2005 Honda Accord Underneath, Makes Us Mentally Tired
This 1965 Mustang Body Has a 2005 Honda Accord Underneath, Makes Us Mentally Tired

19 Dec 2023, 17:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Apart from a super clean-looking Mustang body and some wicked-looking five-spoke alloy wheels, you get a 2.4-liter Honda K24 to play with.

 
This '73 Chevy Chevelle SS 454 is the Right Engine, Wrong Model Year
This '73 Chevy Chevelle SS 454 is the Right Engine, Wrong Model Year

13 Dec 2023, 02:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There were still good times to be had at Chevrolet in 1973. This magnificent Chevelle 454 here before us is proof positive.

 
Chuckles Garage’s 2JZ-GTE-Swapped Toyota Pickup Smokes Paganis and McLarens in Raw Speed
Chuckles Garage’s 2JZ-GTE-Swapped Toyota Pickup Smokes Paganis and McLarens in Raw Speed

12 Dec 2023, 16:26 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Sitting in front of us here is a mid-1990s Toyota pickup truck modified to compete in land speed record racing at the Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway.

 
Crusty 1955 Chevy Panel Wagon Sports the Beating Heart of a Big Block Muscle Car
Crusty 1955 Chevy Panel Wagon Sports the Beating Heart of a Big Block Muscle Car

11 Dec 2023, 22:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Chances are good this truck hasn't run or driven since at least the Reagan administration and likely even far beyond that time frame.

 
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.