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  2018 GMC Denali Sierra 1500 Review, An Owners Perspective. 4k

  The Full Octane Garage just purchased the new 2018 GMC Denali Sierra 1500 pick up with the 6.2L V8. Take a ride with us as we 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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  Pink Floyd Day 4

  It was a short night tonight. We were able to remove the parking brake, hood release and dash cluster. I also put some stuff on Craig Read More »
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  2017 Boca Raton Concours

  We took some pictures of our visit at the 2017 Boca Raton Concours. Read More »
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  2300 Miles in a Jaguar with no Top, One Man’s Epic Journey

  Our friend Paul took the time to sit down with the Full Octane Garage and share his incredible 2300 mile journey to collect a replica of Read More »
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  Fresh 6.0 Aluminum and a Fresh 5.3 Arrived

  I have been on the hunt for two LS motors for my two truck projects. A friend swapped out his freshly built 5.3 for a 6.0 Read More »
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  Pink Floyd Day 8

  Day number 8 was the magic day, the body has been separated from the chassis. My friends Ray and Carol along with my wife completed the Read More »
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  Project 5 Window Chassis Update

  We made some nice progress on the chassis of the 1950 Chevy five window truck. We cleaned up and reinforced a bunch of the welds and 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 »
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  Funniest boat launch ever!

  You have to watch this the whole way though but it is funny! 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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  SOLD – 2007 Corvette Z06

  For sale is a VERY CLEAN 2007 Corvette Z06 Loaded 3LT package, Victory Red, two tone red/black seats, memory seating, heated seats, painted rear spoiler, 505 Read More »
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  Chassis Work Begins (Week 13)

  Week 13 was productive. The first round of block sanding is complete and the car is now in the second round of primer. We also finished Read More »
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  First Attempt Cutting Up the 1988 Corvette with the Eastwood Versa-Cut 60 Plasma Cutter

  This was our First Attempt with the Eastwood Plasma Cutter. You get to have a good laugh about mid way through when some hot sparks landed Read More »
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  SOLD – 1956 Corvette Resto-mod $149,000.00

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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 »
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  Making a little more progress!

  We made a little more progress on the assembly, had to send the cars off for a rebuild but they should only be gone for a week. Read More »

• Floyd – Week 12 Progress Update

  We have now started week 12 and this is body work week. We are filling and smoothing the surfaces and generally making a big dusty mess. Read More »
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  SEMA Day 2

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  88 Corvette Engine Removal

  We made more progress on tearing down the 88 Corvette donor car. This top was cut off and sold yesterday and this was the progression of Read More »
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  Project 63 Paint Progress

  The paint is starting to look great! It is totally amazing at how bad you have to make the new lacquer paint look with the color sanding Read More »
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  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 »
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  C2 ZR1 ’64 Corvette Stingray

  This is a custom C2 Corvette called C2 ZR1 with the new aluminum block LS9, supercharged ZR1 powerplant. Thanks to Miatamaniacmike for this video. Read More »
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  Project Pink Floyd – The Doors Are On!

  I finally finished painting the last of the small parts including the door hinges. After the paint dried we got the doors hung so now the long process of body alignment comes Read More »
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  Floyd – Week 5 Progress Update

  Week 5 has brought a lot of progress. I fired up the sand blast cabinet and have started working on the smaller metal items. I also Read More »
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  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 »
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  This 1961 Kelly Coach Built Corvette

  This is a very cool coach built early 60 Corvette and it has even a cooler story! Read More »
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  Project GMC LS-Z57 – Day 1 Tear Down

  Tonight marks the beginning (Day 1) of the Project GMC LS-Z57 Tear Down. We were only able to work a few hours but made a pretty Read More »
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  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 »
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  Nissan Pathfinder Long term Review, An Owners Perspective

  Nissan Pathfinder Long term Review, An Owners Perspective Read More »