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  Bugatti Veyron Gets Kicked To The Curb By Soccer Mom Van!

  We did a car spotting drive and caught a Bugatti Veyron in a normal neighborhood and it appeared to have been Kicked To The Curb By Read More »
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  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 »
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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 »

• Floyd Gets a New Power Plant and Suspension

  We finally made some driveability decisions so we decided to replace the old king pin front end with a new Jim Meyer Racing coil over with Read More »
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  Pink Floyd – Week 17 progress

  Week 17 has been busy. We started putting the frame back together. The new front suspension is now complete, the brake lines are plumbed and we are close Read More »
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  Project 63 – 4/21 Progress

  We made some progress this week on Project 63.  I was able to get the new rear pinion seal installed along with a new front diff Read More »
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  C7 is on order :)

  The new 2014 C7 is on order and will arrive soon! Read More »
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  Pink Floyd Week 26

  We made really good progress this week. We tackled some of the harder items this week such as the dash pad installation and the windshield frame Assembly. Read More »
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  The 2019 Jaguar I-Pace… Your Luxury Tesla Alternative?

  Thanks to Craig and Ronnie at Jaguar Nashville, The Full Octane Garage got to spend some quality time in Jaguar’s 1st EV, the I-Pace. Is it Read More »
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  A Day at the Porsche Driving Experience

  The Full Octane Garage was invited down to Porsche North American Headquarters in Atlanta by Hagerty’s for a special meet and greet and to check out Read More »
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  The Welder & Plasma Cutter Arrived

  The Eastwood Welder & Plasma Cutter Arrived so we decided to video the un-boxing and set up. Read More »
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  Full Octane Garage Now Offers Corvette Replacement Chassis

  We are now the proud Nashville distributor for Chassis Concepts replacement Corvette Chassis to fit C1, C2 and C3 Corvettes. Our complete rolling chassis starts in Read More »
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  I Paid The Porsche Tax!!! (Strange Car Story)

  You buy a Porsche 911 then to your surprise there is a Porsche Tax. This is a story of the pain of learning about the Porsche Read More »
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  Can a Spark Plug Break Glass?

  More fun from youetube! This is pretty crazy, who is going to try this first? Read More »
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  For Those Who Need Something Easier To Park and Drive

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  Pink Floyd Day 2

  Day 2 (well night 2) was a short day but we made good progress on removing the interior. Read More »
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  Nashville Cars and Coffee 1/21/17

  Nashville Cars and Coffee 1/21/17 Read More »
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  Tim Allen’s Car Collection of Authentic American Made Motors – GQ’s Car Collectors – Los Angeles

  Tim Allen is such a funny guy and it is nice to see a fellow car guy with such a cool collection. Read More »
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  You know you are a Car Guy if…episode 3

  3rd in the series “You know you are a Car Guy if…”   Read More »
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  70 Exotic Cars and 1 Great Cause!

  16The Full Octane Garage participated in the 2018 Team Annie Rose Leukemia Foundation Poker Run with an amazing collection of over 70 exotic cars. Read More »
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  Project LS-56 1956 C1 Corvette Restomod

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  1950 Chevy Five Window Progress Update 03/20/2017

  We are finally back on the 50 Five Window project again and have made some good progress. Over the weekend we had to finish up painting Read More »
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  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 »
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  50 Chevy Truck Body Progress

  We finally got back to work on the 1950 Chevy 5 window truck project this week. Today Dennis spent a bunch of time prepping the majority Read More »
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  Engine and Trans mocked up in Project 50 Five Window

  We finally got back to work on the truck tonight, managed to get the LS engine and 4L60E transmission mocked up on the chassis. Tomorrow’s project Read More »
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  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 »
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  Men’s Room Sink

  We were out to brunch at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville and I know it is hard to say a bathroom is cool but this one Read More »
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  2017 Cars and Cigars event to support the Make a Wish Foundation!

  The Full Octane Garage was enlisted to help contact exotic and classic car owners who were willing to show their cars at the Cars and Cigars Read More »
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  Black Vinyl Wrap for the new Corvette

  I decided to vinyl wrap the center section of the top and my first attempt was in a matt carbon fiber look. I tried it for a Read More »
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  Cool shot of a Jag XJ220 Flaming Burnout

  Now this is a pretty cool shot of a Jag XJ220! Read More »