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You know you are a Car Guy if…episode 3

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3rd in the series “You know you are a Car Guy if…”

You know you are a Car Guy if… episode 2

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2nd in the series of “You know you are a Car Guy if…” This is a fun series on how crazy car guys can get. This particular episode is highlighting what happens when it rains.

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- Project Pink Floyd Day 15
  
  More fun with Baking Soda 🙂 We are doing a DIY soda blasting project using an Eastwood Dual Blast unit. This project took about 600 lbs 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 »
- Pink Floyd Day 9
  
  Day 9 is complete. We removed the engine and transmission and prepared the engine for the new owner to pick up tomorrow. [nggallery id=30] 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 »
- How Much To Insure A New 2019 Ford GT ($500K Value)
  
  You now have an extra $500,000 and want to buy a 2019 Ford GT, you now ask how much is my insurance going to cost??? When Read More »
- Project 63 Vintage Air Arrived Today
  
  The UPS guy just dropped off some gifts, the Vintage Air Arrived for Project 63. [nggallery id=78] Read More »
- Floyd – Week 7 Progress Update
  
  Week 7 was a slow progress week. I was waiting on parts to arrive to complete the rocker restoration and now the rockers and new chassis Read More »
- Project 63 gets primer
  
  Project 63 got some primer this weekend. Read More »
- Full Octane Garage SHORT CUT featuring the 2016 Range Rover SVR
  
  Our SHORT CUT videos are brief “videos of opportunity” Today’s video features the new 2016 Range Rover SVR, Range Rover’s 550hp supercharged AWD SUV. 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 »
- DIY Steering Wheel Restoration on a budget with professional results!
  
  Our 1960 C1 Corvette Steering Wheel was in bad shape so we decided to do a Steering Wheel Restoration on a budget. We made a short Read More »
- Wait, That’s My Car! (Strange Car Stories)
  
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- Project 63 week 3 – Tunnel Repair
  
  Well I am now in week 3 of Project 63 and there has been a lot going on. I started prepping for the Vintage Air install Read More »
- Pink Floyd Day 14
  
  Made some more progress media blasting today. [nggallery id=34] Read More »
- New 1950 Shop Truck Project
  
  We are planning our next build and it is looking like it will be an early 50’s pickup and we would like it to look very Read More »
- 2015 SEMA Battle Of The Builders
  
  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 Read More »
- The Making Of A Pallet Wood Wall In The Full Octane Garage
  
  This is a little bit of information on Garage decorating and the creation of cool accent walls using old pallet wood. This is a project we started Read More »
- Pink Floyd now has a new color!
  
  After several weeks of prep work we finally shot the color and clear on Pink Floyd today. The project is getting exciting now that the car 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 »
- Fresh 6.0 Aluminum and a Fresh 5.3 Arrived
  
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- Loaded and ready for Corvettes at Carlisle
  
  The trailer arrived and it looks great. We now have the car loaded ready for the first road trip to Corvettes at Carlisle 🙂 [nggallery id=87] Read More »
- Only in Tennessee
  
  Only in Tennessee, it sure does not look like he is walking on the track 🙂 Read More »
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  Thanks to Car Throttle for this clip. Read More »
- Emerald Coast Cruizin 2016
  
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- Picked up a LS 5.3 and 4L60E trans today
  
  We picked up a complete LS 5.3 and 4L60E trans from a GMC truck today, I have plans to freshen it up and put in the 1950 Read More »
- Side Effects of Ethanol
  
  We know ethanol does some strange stuff to fuel systems but we did not think this is one of the expected side effects 🙂 Read More »
- Runaway Peterbuilt
  
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- Why is the LS so good?
  
  Thanks to /Drive for this video. Read More »
- Pink Floyd Day 16 (FUN WITH STRIPPER)
  
  OK, get your mind out of the gutter, I meant paint stripper and not real strippers 🙂 I took today to work with chemical stripper to Read More »
- Pink Floyd Day 2
  
  Day 2 (well night 2) was a short day but we made good progress on removing the interior. Read More »