Spent the weekend cleaning up the engine bay. These motors look incredible when they are properly detailed. Worth the time.

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Anyone know a good alignment shop in Houston that can handle aggressive camber setups? Need someone who knows what they're doing.

Challenger season. Fall colors, empty road, full tank. This is the time of year these cars were made for. Texas fall does not disappoint.

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Looking for a 4-speed Muncie close ratio for the Chevelle. Anyone have one or know where to find a good one in Texas?

Local cars and coffee is back this Saturday. Come out if you're in the area. Always a solid turnout.

New headlight seals in. Spent half a Saturday on these but the results are worth it. Details matter on a restoration.

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Took the 65 to a regional Corvette show this weekend. First place in the pre-68 class. That's what proper restoration gets you.

These old cars were built when men built cars. No computers, no traction control, just mechanical grip and driver skill. Miss that era.

Nothing beats watching a field of cars work through a technical section. Track days are the best kept secret in this hobby.

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Looking for a good 390 FE block for the F-100 build. Prefer Texas sourced. DM me if you have one or know of one.

The Chevelle SS just came back from the body shop. Cranberry red with gloss black stripes. My grandfather would be proud.

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Fort Worth car scene coming alive this fall. Spotted some incredible builds at a weekly meetup downtown. Y'all gotta come out.

Met this guy at a local meet. Immaculate AP1 in red. First gen S2000s are getting rare. Great conversation about the differences between AP1 and AP2.

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This is what the inside looked like when I got it. Every cab that sits in a Texas field ends up looking like this. Starting point for the interior resto.

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Spent the weekend rebuilding the Holley double pumpers. 40 year old carbs but they still work better than most modern setups when properly tuned.

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West Texas roads are either perfect or completely destroyed. No in between. My Ram has seen both extremes and keeps going.

Spotted these two at a local show. Clean builds side by side always look right. Color contrast is everything at a car meet.

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Silverado is the work truck. Hauls the Corvette to shows on a flatbed. That's its purpose and it does it well.

FR-S build update: finally pulled the trigger on coilovers. BC Racing BR series. Drop should be aggressive but daily-able.

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Garage queen no more. This SS is getting driven. Every classic deserves to be on the road, not just sitting under a cover collecting dust.

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The IROC is the weekend beater that I keep meaning to fix up and never do. One day.

The interior on these C2s is just stunning. Blue leather, wood grain, center console. They do not make them like this anymore. This is what inspired my build.

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Family heirloom right here. This car has been in my family since 1974. Not selling, not parting. Period.

The 69 Stingray is back from paint. Matching numbers big block, numbers matching trans. Took 3 years to source everything correctly.

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Big block under the hood of a classic. Orange paint, chrome, side pipes. The engine bay of a proper built car is its own art form.

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The corner where most people run out of talent. Track time teaches you more about car control than anything else. Get your car on a road course.

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GT350 at golden hour. The Shelby body kit just works. Every angle looks aggressive. This thing turns heads everywhere I take it.

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Just a little car meet

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Sourcing correct date-coded parts for the 69 is a full time job. Anyone have a hookup on early production 1969 Corvette parts?

Houston JDM scene is solid. Good group of people, clean builds. Glad to be part of it.

Anyone doing HPDE events in Texas this fall? Looking to get a few more track days in before it gets cold.

Dashboard is finally clean. Took forever to track down a correct speedometer bezel but found one at a swap meet. Old gauges cleaned up beautifully.

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Nothing prepares you for Hellcat power. 797hp. Every time you get on it, it tries to kill you. That's the relationship.

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Hit a local cars and coffee this morning. Great turnout for a Saturday. Saw some builds that gave me ideas I can't afford.

AP2 overhead. Clean lines, perfect proportions. Honda got the S2000 so right. There is a reason these are still climbing in value.

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S2000 is sitting on Enkei RPF1s now. Took forever to find the right fitment but it's perfect. Car feels completely different.

Ram is ready for another season of West Texas dirt. New BFG KO2s, fresh oil, and a full tank. El Paso to Big Bend this weekend.

The AP2 high revs are unmatched. 9000 RPM of pure Honda VTEC. Nothing sounds like it. Nothing drives like it.

When you take it off the pavement and into the real stuff. West Texas has trails that will test any truck. This is what it is built for.

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Finally got the bench seat recovered. Ordered some reproduction carpet and it should be here by Thursday. Slow build but it's getting there.

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El Paso car scene is smaller than Austin or Houston but the builds out here are serious. No show cars — everything drives.

Brake fade at the end of the day was real. Time to look at some better fluid and maybe upgraded pads. Brembo stock calipers are solid but they need help.

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Carbon fiber track package on the GT500 is worth every penny. The aero works. You can feel it loading up above 100.

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Track day with the GT500 next month. First time on that particular circuit. Anyone have setup tips for the big Mustang?

Anyone else notice how the new Challengers are disappearing now that production ended? Prices are already going up on the used market.

Ram 1500 TRX is the dream truck but the Hellcat payment is already doing damage. One day.

S2000 just hit 120k miles. Original engine, original transmission. Honda reliability is real.

Track day at a local road course last weekend. Grand Sport is an absolute animal when you get out of the way and let it work. Pulled 1.1g on the skidpad.

Starting to strip the C10 down this weekend. 54 years of Texas sun and she's still standing. The patina stays — that's earned history right there.

Texas heat is brutal on these old rubber fuel lines. Replace them with braided stainless. Not negotiable on a 60 year old car.

GT500 at night hits different. 760hp of pure American muscle. Nothing sounds like a supercharged Predator engine at WOT.

Finally got the Raptor dialed in for the off-road season. Fox shocks, 35s, and a Roush cold air. Ready for the desert.

Anyone restoring a C2 Corvette? Happy to share parts sources and what to watch out for. These cars are getting rare and expensive.

Challenger just rolled over 15k miles. Every single one of them was loud. Zero regrets.

Anyone running an LS swap in a C10? Looking at a 5.3 out of a wrecked Silverado. Trying to keep it budget but reliable.

Tacoma is the most underrated truck in the game. Bulletproof, goes anywhere, holds value forever. Perfect.

Swapped to Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s before the track day. Night and day difference. Worth every penny.

Big wing is on. I know some people hate it but the aero actually matters at track speeds. Function over form.

The 427 sounds like nothing else. Side pipes, solid lifter cam, dual quads. This is what American performance sounds like.

Anyone running a hardtop on their S2000? Looking for an AP2 hardtop in good condition. DM if you have one.

Went to a classic car show at a local track this weekend. Some incredible builds out there. Saw a 427 Cobra that made me weak in the knees.

The F-100 is going to be a 5 year project at minimum. Found serious frame rust underneath but the cab is solid. Worth saving.

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