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It’s happening: new Honda CRX replacement parts

Second-gen Honda CRX or Civic need a replacement bumper cover, bumper lamp or hood? A company called FF Motion has you covered–with more parts in the works.

How one fan restored a crashed F1 race car

Can a crashed F1 car really be brought back to racing condition–and without the nearly unlimited resources of an F1 team?

Watch us turn this pile of parts into a rare vintage racer

Did you know we're in the middle of restoring a one-of-30 Elva Mk VI–that's also a long-lost Sebring 12-Hour entry?

How To Find Your Next Project Car—and Finish It, Too

Looking for your next—or perhaps first—project car, but don’t know where to start?

Have You Met One of Our Most Ambitious Projects to Date?

Sure, it was a complete basket case, but we like a challenge.

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Restoration articles

Electronics & Electrical Systems: How to wire a car from scratch

Wiring a car from scratch doesn’t have to be a daunting project.

Shop Work: My new favorite thing: Tamper detection paste

Can a paint pen indicate a loose fastener? Yes, but we've found a solution that's better dedicated to the task: Tamper detection paste.

Electronics & Electrical Systems: Troubleshooting 101: Basic steps when your car won't start

Sometimes a simple, methodical approach can bring that dead car back to life.

Shop Work: How to easily diagnose common automotive electrical problems

Have some spark outside of your engine block? Here's how to fix that.

Shop Work: 10 tips that will make your engine rebuild a success

Rebuilding an engine? Here are 10 tips to ensure it all goes right.

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Restoration project car updates

How to fabricate brake lines for a vintage race car

This was going to be tough. We had no original parts to copy. We had no shop manual. We had no diagrams. 

What we did have was a whole bunch …

This is how you fabricate no-longer-available parts

We needed parts.

We couldn’t find those parts.

Fine, we figured, we’ll make those parts ourselves. 

Our Elva project needed some crucial components to mate its engine to …

What you discover when refitting suspension to an old race car

Our next task for our Elva Mk VI sports racer was to run brake lines. Before we could do that, however, we would need to hang the front suspension. …

How to recreate our Elva Mk VI's original oil cooler setup

From looking at old pictures, we knew our Elva Mk VI sports racer would have had an oil cooler. We could even see the remains of an oil cooler mounted …

Why warped brake rotors are technically not always warped

Womp, womp, womp, womp.

The Porsche needed new brakes.

We could feel it when coming to a stop–warped rotors, many would say.

But not quite. Technically “warped rotors” are …

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