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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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  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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  Looking More Like A Car!

  We finally got all of the body parts back on the car so it is looking more like a real car now. Read More »
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  Frame Work Continues

  We ran into another small snag this week. After we got the frame back form blasting I noticed a few areas where rust holes had begun. Read More »
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  1963 Corvette Split Window (Project Second Chance)

  Well it seems I am a gluten for punishment, I am back for my 4th build since 2012. At the end of each build I keep Read More »

• Runaway Peterbuilt

  This is pretty Scary Stuff Read More »
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  Pink Floyd Gets Some Teeth

  Pink Floyd no longer looks like he is from TN, he now has teeth in his new Grille. We also go the back bumpers installed, now Read More »
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  Nashville Cars And Coffee 12-17-16

  This is a preview of a few of the cars that braved the wet roads and attended Nashville Cars And Coffee on 12-17-16. 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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  Ardmore TN Car Show 2016

  The Full Octane Garage attended the Armore Car Show in Ardmore, TN. Friendly people, beautiful cars and Mildreds for lunch! Thanks for having us , Ardmore! Read More »
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  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 »
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  DIY Brake Lines Made Easy plus a REVIEW of the Eastwood Brake Tube Flaring Tool

  DIY Brake Lines using the Jegs UNIVERSAL BRAKE LINE KIT Item 555-63095 and the  Jegs PROPORTIONING VALVE 555-63022. We used the Eastwood Brake Tube Flaring Tool 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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  1960 Corvette (Pink Floyd) Tear Down

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  1960 Corvette Top Up getting ready for a Sunday Drive.

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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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  Part 1- Foam Cannon Challenge Head to Head Test (Foam Off) Who loses the BET?

  We picked up two foam cannons and 2 different pressure washers and decided to do a shoot out challenge (and there was a small bet with Read More »
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  The DJI Phantom4 , a Visual Introduction

  As the Full Octane Garage continues our quest to improve our quality and content, we bring you, our wonderful viewers, a sample of content to come Read More »
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  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 »
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  Project LS-56 1956 C1 Corvette Restomod

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  The New 1988 Corvette Donor Car Has Arrived

  If you have been following us you will recall we have been planning a build for our 1957 GMC truck project. The truck has been in Read More »
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  Looking at a 911

  Looking at a 911 for a friend. [nggallery id=73] 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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  Project GMC LS-Z57 – Day 2 Tear Down – Mar 14, 2017

  We made a little more progress on the tear down tonight. So far no surprises, no rust and almost all of the bolts and screws are Read More »

• Project 63 – Vintage Air update

  First we removed everything form the engine bay accept the engine and we repainted the engine and engine bay then we re-installed the new brake booster, master and radiator. We Read More »
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  Pink Floyd – Week 22

  Welcome to week 22 🙂 We made a lot of fabrication and re-assembly progress over the last week. We installed the new dual brake master system and finished 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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  A Week with the 2017 Land Rover Discovery

  Jaguar Nashville loaned a new Land Rover Discovery to us for a week while the Jaguar XKRS was in for service. We took this opportunity to Read More »
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  1950 Chevy Truck Paint Progress

  We periodically do a few major projects in the Full Octane Garage. We are currently building a 1950 Chevy 5 window restomod truck and we wanted Read More »
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  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 »