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  The Redneck Spin Chair

  This would be a crazy ride, not sure I could handle it! Read More »
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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 »
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  Final Buffing Complete

  Dennis came by this week and did the final buffing and put a coat of Zaino 🙂 It is looking GREAT!   [nggallery id=68] Read More »
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  2014 Corvette Delivery Day

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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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  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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  1950 Chevy Five Window Progress Update 03/27/2017

  We are making a little more progress on the 50. We got the LS harness all installed and mounted the computer under the passenger seat. We Read More »
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  Correcting that pesky Brake Squeal

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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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  1950 Five Window Update

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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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  1950 Chevy Truck F-Body Manifold Modification For LS

  It was time to start thinking about the exhaust manifold for the LS 5.3 we dropped into our 1950 Chevy Truck project. The frame is very 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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  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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  Funniest boat launch ever!

  You have to watch this the whole way though but it is funny! Read More »
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  ICT Billet A/C Bracket Install & Review 551494-3

  We bought an ICT Billet A/C Bracket part# 551494-3 and installed iton a 5.3 Vortec LS engine. The kit was great but unfortunately I did not 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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  Very Cool Right Hand Drive 58 Corvette

  This is a very nicely done 58. With the custom right hand drive it looks like he must be in Australia or New Zealand. Read More »
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  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 »
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  Pink Floyd Week 23

  We made great progress during week 23 of the build. The A/C, radiator and almost all of the engine bay is complete. It seems like this Read More »
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  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 »
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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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  Insite from Jessie James

   Some people dislike him, some love him, say what you want but this post from Jessie James makes a lot of sense. ========================================== West Coast Choppers Read More »
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  Jay Leno on the new ZO6

  Jay Leno takes a close look at the new Corvette Z06. Read More »
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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 »
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  Pink Floyd – Week 20 (Body meets Chassis)

  Finally week 20 is here and the body is ready to put back on the chassis.   [nggallery id=58] Read More »
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  Pink Floyd Day 7

  Day number 7 was a short night. We finished up removing the last of the bumper brackets then I built the body dolly. I had to 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 »

• 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 »
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  Pink Floyd Has A Body!

  The body and frame finally came back together as one today. The only thing left of Pink Floyd is the old hood hanging on the wall Read More »