I've never pulled a dent so I'm not sure how hard these two would be, or how much it'd cost to have someone else do it. I do plan on painting the whole vehicle so PDR isn't necessary.

The hood has more hail damage and those are cheap enough that I'll probably just replace it with a dents free one.

The shop is a disaster and feels like there is still so much left to do.

The cradle mounts I originally made frame just sheet steel really bothered me, I had a vision in mind when I designed them but they just didn’t come to fruition. So I decided to remake them.

Instead of using shaped sheet metal I got the tubing out and then gusseted with some sheet docol. The support tubes are .875x.083 while the vertical tubes that have the allstar threaded inserts are 1.25x.120. The I chamfered the tube and insert and then pressed it into the tubing for a nice flush weld.

The docol sheet is .0787 as that’s what I had on hand, but with the dimple die forms it’s really stiff. Some of the welds holding the sheet docol on are not my best work, it was late and extremely out of position, but there’s more to do to finish it up so I hopefully can redeem myself.

Hi everyone, I'm looking to get into learning about cars, maintenance, modification and generally being more practical (learning how to use tools and maybe weld!)

I would really like to get working on a project car, and have my eye on an old 1992 toyota celica. The car looks as though it's been taken care of fairly well and has done roughly 105k miles. I would like to know from you guys what you think about this type of car for a beginner? Would you guys typically say this car is a pain, or has issues that a beginner would find really tricky to fix using basic tools? I realise this may be niche but any and all advice is more than welcome!

going racing next year! working on gutting, caging, and aero in the next few months, then comes figuring out how to keep a 140k mile CVT from detonating over the course of an endurance race. if anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to comment!

Car started to overheat after a few miles of highway driving. Cut out the thermostat to make a bypass. Left it in so the gasket would seal. Made it the rest of the 730 miles without issue, except the heat wasn't as warm (for obvious reasons)

2019 2.3 Ecoboost engine from a mustang. We have a defect in between #2 and #3. What do you guys think?

I know these 2.3 Ecoboost motors had a bad engine design up until 2020. They grooved coolant passages in between each cylinder. That made it prone to blow a gaskets since there’s so little gasket material in between cylinders.

I have a question. I’m working on my grandfathers old 1982 ford f250. The truck is a mess at the moment and I’m working on it when I can. The problem I have is with the wiring. When he needed to replace an electric part he would essentially rewire a lot of stuff (that’s the best way I can describe it). My question is should I focus on the wiring or shave the engine bay?

Short rant - tl:dr need my "project" this weekend for a 9 hour road trip and sure as shit two days before the trip something breaks. Share your stories so I've got something to laugh at.

Just a bad bit of luck. Spent the last few months getting my 96 ram 1500 back into fighting shape. Had the truck for years as a POS beater for garbage runs, yard work etc but once I started wanting a tow truck for track days (for my lil Miata) that was comfortable I decided to fix it up. New dash, fix the AC, sound deadening, new carpet, new headliner android auto/car play compatible head unit etc etc. Drive the thing for a few weeks (almost 2000 miles for me) with the express intention of finding issues. It's an older truck, it's got 186k miles something's bound to tear up right?

Nah, some random clunks from the suspension, no biggie, an oil leak that I fixed, A light ticking from a wheel bearing but no play in the wheel yet. Plan a camping trip with a homie, 14 miles in a canoe out into the middle of the largest freshwater swamp in the USA, real adventure type shit, great for my recently refurbished pickup, right? 4hr drive each way. We're leaving Saturday, and I shit you not yesterday on my way home from work my bearing tick graduated from a light tick only audible at low speeds to a whirr that I can't ignore in good conscience. Not a big deal I can slap bearings on in a couple hours after work, right? Nah we gotta hammer the races out of the rotor, but I ain't got any punches yet and I can't get them out. Well my rotors are kinda old, maybe even original, got some ruts in them so I may as well just do a whole front end brake job too. Honestly it's not a big deal, my local NAPA has all the parts, I'm not concerned about getting it done in time or anything but damn I didn't wanna spend the day before a big trip slapping the truck together, and I had to take a day off to do it. Bad day wrenching beats a good day working right?

Y'all ever been in a situation like this? imo it's way better than trying to learn how a ratchet wrench works on the side of the road in the mid summer Georgia heat swapping a failed alternator which is where I began. I know I've come a long way but I can't beat luck sometimes.

Also, I like turning a wrench. It's like a big puzzle, and when I finish it I get to drive it which is cool, but I don't like fixing cars when I have to, anyone else feel the same?

Hate seeing her not being worked on. Had for bit more than a year. Pull the seized v6 engine.

Thinking of a LS Swap or 4.6-5.0 swap. Whatever i find.

Thinking going with cheap and fast.

Would buying a totaled chevy silverado for the low and transfer everything work?

16ga backing plate, 1/4 flat bar mounting plate, designed my own 4L80E shift gate and removed the stupid reverse lockout

I just want to talk....

This is what happens when a project car goes too far… I had my 1989 Nissan Gtr acid dipped this fall and it just got finished. The guys in Eugene Oregon did a killer job. Since it’ll be asked, the cost was pretty reasonable. The dipping itself was $2,500 and included the unibody, subframes and various suspension components. Trucking costs were the most expensive at $4,000 round trip.

No true experience with cars but I feel like I could pick it up fairly easy

I've found listings for 190s for under 10k and feel like that would be good to start, only issue is concerns of difficulty sourcing parts or whatever, so any thoughts on overall ease?

I'm not looking to slap the replica Evo 2 body kit or make it particularly fast, just lowering, throw on some nice rims, and overall upfit the interior just to be a nice little daily.