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29/10/2026

Early morning drives in the R8 with the boys just for fun…

26/10/2026

An impressive collection of cars at the Savoy Automobile Museum including some surprises like the Beatnik Bandit, Elvira, and the Ferris Buellar’s Ferrari
Worth a visit to see the great cars and great people.
The tour is recommended if you can

Savoy Auto Museum

25/10/2026

Some gems at the Savoy Automobile Museum near Atlanta Georgia today.
Beatnik Bandit, DEORA, Ferris Buela’s Ferrari, Aeroflow, and a bunch of stock looking resto-mods

23/10/2026

Time for a nose-job
The Pro Street Mopar needs an updated front end to be happier. So the Blown Hemi is out, and front clip is off.
That’s the easy part. Now to rhinoplasty a new one up.

20/10/2026

Dubai to California, catching the vibes of the Party at the Pink Motel by this weekend. Sweet cars, cool people, rad side shows, and super retro vibes.
I’ve been to lowrider shows & meets across the country, but this hits different - get it on your calendar 🤘🏽

17/10/2026

A lick of paint and a few weeks searching for parts on the international interwebs, and the ‘64 Galaxie looks a lot better than when she first landed.

Lots of options on suspension, from mild to wild - haven’t decided which direction yet..

16/10/2026

When you can’t find an auto-electrician to wire your car, so now you add “sparky” to your resume…

Bonus fun working on the 67 Mustang with its fresh paint…

14/10/2026

Advice needed: valve stem seals for early SBC heads

I’m rebuilding a 283 with early small-block Chevy heads marked 3795896. The machine shop measured:

* Valve stem: 8.65 mm
* Valve guide OD: 14.50 mm (about .571 in)

They say these heads need a full, guide-mounted positive valve seal—not just the valve stem O-rings. The seals I bought from Summit, Enginetech EGN-S2926-20, are too small for the guides (0.500”). The seals supplied with my COMP cam kit are O-rings only.

The cam is a COMP K12-234-2, with .447/.454-inch lift. Has anyone fitted positive seals to heads like these? I’d really appreciate the part number and supplier you used, and whether the guides had to be machined or lowered to get proper retainer clearance.

12/10/2026

Blown big blocks in Aussie Falcon hardtops didn’t come much tougher back in the day.

Let’s take a look at Steve Cini’s XB from back in 1995 on this edition of Cover Story.

Know where this car is now? Let me know!

11/10/2026

Best decision I made with the Cobra rebuild was the LS swap - light, powerful, simple.

Took an LS1 from a 2002 Holden Statesman, stock rebuild, backed by a TR6060.

I plan to dress it up as a BBF in the future.

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