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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

Shop Work: How to fabricate your own brackets using a hammerform

New parts didn't come with the correct brackets? You can make your own with a simple hammer form. Here's how.

Restoration & Renovation: Classic Cars: Why a terrible Beetle is worth 6 years of suffering

Yes, buying a finished Beetle would have likely cost less than restoring one from a pile of parts, but that's not the same experience.

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: How I manage inventory in a busy shop

A simple inventory system can help keep your shop time efficient.

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.

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Restoration project car updates

Why bother with the trunk? Because details matter.

As with the rest of the car, our Ferrari 308 GT4’s front trunk also needed work. It was a mess.

But how far to go? We decided that …

How to patch holes in fiberglass | Elva Mk VI door restoration

We had stopped the bleeding and patched our Elva sports racer’s body back together, but there was still a lot of work left to do before calling the car presentable. …

Fixing an interior trim piece before it becomes a major issue

A possible disaster in the waiting: a plastic, 4-foot piece of trim that ran across much of our Ferrari 308 GT4’s interior, stretching from the steering wheel to …

Why the small details matter when restoring a center console

Whoever previously restored the interior could have done a better job. Things didn’t improve when it came to the console of our Ferrari 308 GT4.

The radio was …

How to repair old, broken plastic trim in six simple steps

What happens when you notice a problem while fixing another problem? You now have a second problem to repair.

While removing the seats from our Ferrari 308 …

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