November 12, 2015 - Full Octane Garage

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2015 SEMA Battle Of The Builders

November 12, 2015 Banner, Corvette, Events, Just Cool

Full Octane Garage was very excited to have our 1956 Corvette Resto-Mod (Project LS-56) accepted in the 2015 SEMA Battle Of The Builders competition. It was an honor to be a part of a competition with some of the great builders from around the world.

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- Initial Engine Start Up
  
  Here are a couple of clips of the initial engine start up. 1st Attempt to Start Disaster, starter stuck engaged 🙂 2nd Attempt at Engine Start Read More »
- Speedway Motors Front Disk Brake Kit Install & Review
  
  We decided to try out the Speedway Motors Front Disk Brake Kit so we put together an installation & Review video. This is their part number Read More »
- Stacey David’s Gearz TV Set Tour
  
  The antique car club had an awesome tour at Stacey David’s Gears TV set. He was a great guy to spend time with, a true car Read More »
- Pink Floyd Day 13
  
  Day 13 started the Media Blasting with baking soda. It is quite messy but very cool! [nggallery id=33] Read More »
- Project LS-57 Project Update 9/23/18
  
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- Pink Floyd Day 1
  
  Sunday March 25th 2012 began the Pink Floyd restoration and face lift. Debby and I worked most of the day setting up a staging area along Read More »
- A “Cheap” Ferrari 550 Maranello (Strange Car Stories)
  
  Episode 2 of our Strange Car Stories segment. Ouch, a $50,000 Mistake! This is a story of an old friend finding a deal that was too Read More »
- Project 5 Window Body Update
  
  We just got the body back from media blasting and to our surprise it looks pretty good. We need to replace some cab corners and fix Read More »
- Very cool Camper
  
  This is a very cool camper. Read More »
- How To Park A Jaguar XKRS
  
  How To Park A Jaguar XKRS (with no help from your friends) Read More »
- 1950 Chevy Truck Body Install
  
  We finally mounted the body on the frame of the 1950 Chevy Truck. Read More »
- Floyd – NOW IN PRIMER
  
  We finally got the car in primer today. My makeshift paint booth worked great, nice cross flow and no dust in the primer. I used 5 Read More »
- 1 Year with the GMC Denali Sierra 1500, An Owner’s Perspective
  
  Well it has been 1 year and 36K miles since we bought the 2017 GMC Denali Sierra 1500. In this video, we will review the good, Read More »
- Pink Floyd Day 11
  
  On Day 11 Pink Floyd is starting to become a little less pink and purple. I started using a chemical stripper but it was taking way Read More »
- WE BUY PROJECT CARS & TRUCKS
  
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- Can a Spark Plug Break Glass?
  
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- The Redneck Spin Chair
  
  This would be a crazy ride, not sure I could handle it! Read More »
- Frame Assembly and Parts Painting Begins
  
  Now that the body is almost ready for paint I had to finish up the frame repair and paint work and get it out of the Read More »
- 1956 Bel Air 4 door Resto-Mod LS1 EFI 5.3/4L60E
  
  ————————————————– This is a very recent restoration, the body was stripped to bare metal and the car had very little rust. The front floor pans and Read More »
- 2017 Boca Raton Concours
  
  We took some pictures of our visit at the 2017 Boca Raton Concours. Read More »
- Pink Floyd gets some BLING
  
  Pink Floyd started getting some BLING this week. The chrome has started arriving back from being redone so on it goes. We also finished the bulk Read More »
- 2017 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Citrus Meet
  
  2017 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Citrus Meet & Boca Raton Concours d’elegance Read More »
- Floyd – Week 3 – The car formally known as Pink Floyd
  
  Week 3 has been more soda blasting. So far I have used 500 lbs of baking soda. I have decided to start going to weekly progress Read More »
- Pink Floyd Day 6
  
  Day number 6 ends with a good amount of progress. We removed the doors and just about finished up under the dash, just have the pedals Read More »
- Pink Floyd’s New Jorney
  
  Pink Floyd begins it’s New Journey from Texas to Brentwood Tn. We are looking forward to the arrival. Read More »
- Barry Alexander Classic Garage Tour
  
  We had a very nice tour of Barry Alexanders awesome new collector garage! Some very nice cars. [nggallery id=71] Read More »
- Atlanta Motor Speedway Autorama April 22 & 23
  
  The folks with the Atlanta Motor Speedway did an awesome multi-page article on Debby’s 31 Auburn in the Grease Magazine for the upcoming Motorama on Apr Read More »
- Pink Floyd – Week 16 progress
  
  Week 16 has brought some good progress. Most of the body is ready for paint. We completed painting the underside, engine bay, interior and trunk in Read More »
- Pink Floyd has Glass
  
  Now that the windshield is installed it is really starting to look like a car again! [nggallery id=67] Read More »
- Floyd – Week 15 (Frame repair COMPLETE)
  
  As week 15 comes to a close we made great progress on the rust repair in the frame. There was a little more damage than I Read More »