SoCal Volvo Sports America is hosting their annual Swede Fest gathering of shiny or shabby Swedish cars of all vintages this Saturday in Redondo Beach near the finish line for the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash….actually just down the street at Ruby’s diner. Swede Fest is a free event…so naturally we will bring the […]
Some astute readers may remember that we do occasionally write about our own project cars around here! We started with a neglected refrigerator-white Volvo 242 in 2012, did some refurbishment, and sold to our friend Alex who went Full Swede on the car – it now sports a Volvo inline six swap, custom made wheels, […]
or How to Build a Crappy Race Car out of a $200 BMW and an LM7 by CFlo With all of the V8 swapped oddballs we like to feature here on DT, we had to eventually start practicing what we preach. This build was over 3 years in the making, and we finally ran it […]
Back in January I picked up a replacement to El Cheapacabra, the $600 musty Miata project car that was totaled when an E46 cut me off at an unprotected left. Using craigslist-fu and the insurance payout I was able to upgrade to this lower mile, non-smelly, smooth running ’93 while monetarily breaking even on the […]
If you’ve been following our sporadic Project Car posts, you’ll perhaps remember (through a foggy haze of regret and clove smoke, no doubt) that the DT stable is full of various cheap fun vehicles, but the cheapest of all was El Cheapacabra, my $600 ugly red 1990 Mazda Miata. Well I have some sour news […]
As the Draken transitions away from a regular DT project car (a number of interested folks have contacted me about the Draken and I expect it will be gone soon) it only makes sense that another car, in need of a few tweaks, would fill the void in my garage. Of course this next car […]
Words and most photos by our friend Karl. I’ve been along for the ride (literally and figuratively) for most of the post-DTPC transformation work that my brother has been doing to this car. Since the last update was posted, Alex was putting in some pretty serious hours at work, which left little time for any […]
by CFlo I’m out here in the high desert outside of Los Angeles with millions of dollars in track day toys. McLarens, Audis, and Porsches litter the pits like crew cab F150s at the local Home Depot parking lot. It’s a Speed Ventures track day at Streets of Willow, part of the Willow Springs International […]
by CFlo That’s right, the DTM5 is still alive and well. You may remember my black-on-black 1993 E34 M5 from previous posts, but if not, check them out here. Up to this point I’ve dynoed the car, diagnosed and fixed the fuel delivery issue, shod it with sticky new tires, and straightened out the power […]
One of the great things about buying a fully depreciated 20 year old performance car is that it’s really not as expensive to maintain & repair as all the naysayers will have you believe…IF you do the majority of the work yourself. I’ve found that a casual enthusiast mechanic can fix just about anything with […]