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Driven: Can't Stand Overpowered V8 Restomods? EMC's Mercedes-Benz Wolf is Your Chariot
Driven: Can't Stand Overpowered V8 Restomods? EMC's Mercedes-Benz Wolf is Your Chariot

28 Jun 2024, 20:26 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Some younger Americans might not even know the G-Wagen used to not just be a baller's ride. If you're one of them, let EMC be your introduction.

 
Poor Man's GT40? This '69 Lotus Europa is Rocking Stroked Ford Small-Block Power
Poor Man's GT40? This '69 Lotus Europa is Rocking Stroked Ford Small-Block Power

27 Jun 2024, 20:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If Colin Chapman's motto of "simplify and add lightness" was some kind of divine dogma, then the classic Europa stuck to it in spades.

 
Gen-I Dodge Chargers Never Get Enough Love, Will This Hellcat Swap Fix That?
Gen-I Dodge Chargers Never Get Enough Love, Will This Hellcat Swap Fix That?

26 Jun 2024, 20:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Major props to Fast Freddie’s team for completing a Gen-I Charger build that might not get all the press coverage, but still deserves some spotlight.

 
This '85 IROC-Z Was Turned Into an LSA-Swapped Restomod for a Former NASCAR Racer
This '85 IROC-Z Was Turned Into an LSA-Swapped Restomod for a Former NASCAR Racer

24 Jun 2024, 02:57 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Congrats to Jason Keller and the entire Hawks Motorsports Team for collabing on one of the coolest IROC-Z restomods we've seen in years.

 
Turbine-Swapped Grumman Goose is a Restomod on the Water, Beats a Private Yacht Any Day
Turbine-Swapped Grumman Goose is a Restomod on the Water, Beats a Private Yacht Any Day

21 Jun 2024, 19:29 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After the war, handfuls of G-21s were retrofitted for civilian use; their cargo holds were repurposed with airline seats and turboprop engines.

 
J-Series V6-Swapped Honda Insight Runs Nine-Second Pulls in the Wet, Humbles Muscle Cars
J-Series V6-Swapped Honda Insight Runs Nine-Second Pulls in the Wet, Humbles Muscle Cars

16 Jun 2024, 02:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / What this translates to is a vehicle that pulls a 9.99-second quarter-mile sprint on what appears to be the wettest drag strip this side of the Mississippi.

 
Think Porsche 914s are the Lamest Sports Cars Ever? These UK Restomodders Want a Word
Think Porsche 914s are the Lamest Sports Cars Ever? These UK Restomodders Want a Word

14 Jun 2024, 01:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Based out of the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire, England, Fifteen Eleven's 40 years of experience make them one of the most skilled restomod shops in the UK.

 
This Chevy V6-Swapped MGB GT is a Softcore Restomod, No Need for V8s or Racing Stripes
This Chevy V6-Swapped MGB GT is a Softcore Restomod, No Need for V8s or Racing Stripes

13 Jun 2024, 17:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's room for less insane stuff mixed in with the LSX and Coyote swaps. Just check out this 1976 MGB GT coupe if you don't believe us.

 
Half Superbike, Half Postman Pat, This Hayabusa-Swapped Van Is All Custom
Half Superbike, Half Postman Pat, This Hayabusa-Swapped Van Is All Custom

11 Jun 2024, 03:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / What we see before us here is not a vehicle you can buy off the shelf. It's an entirely bespoke, hand-fabricated tribute to a BBC icon.

 
World’s Greatest Tri-Five? Roadster Shop LT5-Swappeed ’55 210 Is Pure Restomod Perfection
World’s Greatest Tri-Five? Roadster Shop LT5-Swappeed ’55 210 Is Pure Restomod Perfection

31 May 2024, 03:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With the distinction of being built by one of the most skilled and respected restomod shops in North America, this 1955 Chevy 210 is stunningly beautiful.

 
Part Tri-Five, Part Viper, This '55 Chevy 210 Packs the Spirit of a Serpent
Part Tri-Five, Part Viper, This '55 Chevy 210 Packs the Spirit of a Serpent

19 May 2024, 18:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Although not quite Plaid fast, this two-door wagon's new drivetrain will at least ensure you keep up with all but the fastest of sports cars.

 
These Mad Lads Gutted a '75 Trans Am 455 and LT4-Swapped It, Results Are Insane
These Mad Lads Gutted a '75 Trans Am 455 and LT4-Swapped It, Results Are Insane

9 May 2024, 19:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / From the factory, this '75 Trans Am was like any other that rolled off the assembly line. After Schwartz Performance was done, it was anything but ordinary.

 
Four-Wheeled Blasphemy, This 1937 Ford Pickup Packs a JDM Surprise
Four-Wheeled Blasphemy, This 1937 Ford Pickup Packs a JDM Surprise

9 May 2024, 14:59 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Elsewhere around the vehicle, you could never tell the engine under the hood of this truck came from anything other than an American factory.

 
Half Anglo, Half American, This Small Block-Swapped Mk V Jag is the Poor Man's Cobra
Half Anglo, Half American, This Small Block-Swapped Mk V Jag is the Poor Man's Cobra

3 May 2024, 22:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Yes, Mark V Jags were more reliable than most people give them credit for. But let's be real; nothing beats an old-fashioned 350 small-block Chevy V8.

 
Vengeance Racing's LSx-Swapped Gen-IV Trans Am Humbles M3s and Makes Hellcats Sweat
Vengeance Racing's LSx-Swapped Gen-IV Trans Am Humbles M3s and Makes Hellcats Sweat

1 May 2024, 17:23 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Based out of a small town in Georgia a short drive north of Atlanta, Vengeance's bread and butter is installing performance packages onto American sports cars.

 
Driven: Velocity’s LT1-Swapped K5 Blazer Is the King of Restomod 4x4s
Driven: Velocity’s LT1-Swapped K5 Blazer Is the King of Restomod 4x4s

21 Apr 2024, 19:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / On the former site of a factory that once manufactured airplane parts, the team at Velocity Restorations takes old American Iron and gives them new life.

 
Driven: Velocity Restorations Built the Ultimate ’68 Mustang Restomod, We Drove It
Driven: Velocity Restorations Built the Ultimate ’68 Mustang Restomod, We Drove It

20 Apr 2024, 18:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You might not get to build whatever suits your fancy at Velocity if that's what you're after. But they can build a 1968 Mustang like nobody else in the world.

 
VQ30-Swapped '79 Chevy Nova's Ready for a Tokyo Drift Sequel
VQ30-Swapped '79 Chevy Nova's Ready for a Tokyo Drift Sequel

23 Mar 2024, 16:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / ironically enough, gen-IV Novas were manufactured under license at the Pars Khodro facility in Tehran, Iran, up until the fall of the Shah

 
Rags to Riches: How a Crusty ’54 Chevy Truck Got an LSX and a Six-Figure Auction Price
Rags to Riches: How a Crusty ’54 Chevy Truck Got an LSX and a Six-Figure Auction Price

4 Mar 2024, 16:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Even under the most bare-bones configuration, an LSx can easily jet in the ballpark of 475 horsepower at the crank. But this one makes even more.

 
Poor Man's Cobra: This 302 V8-Swapped Sunbeam Alpine is a Classic Anglo-American Tag Team
Poor Man's Cobra: This 302 V8-Swapped Sunbeam Alpine is a Classic Anglo-American Tag Team

3 Mar 2024, 05:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Needless to say, the easiest way to increase this power figure is to simply add a to more cubic displacement with a bigger engine.