Archive for September, 2012
We traveled to Gainesville, Florida this past weekend to participate as guest judges for the Concours judging and to meet the creative minds and hands putting together some really credible race machines built on a $2,012 budget. A few notable entries included a 1986 Ford Escort with two motors from team Little Lamb-orghini. Up front [...]
by Chad Tyson in Listings
Japanese collectibles are starting to get hot. Why? Because they were daily workhorses and commuters, which meant they got used up instead of preserved. So finding good low-mile examples of cars like this Celica Supra can be pretty hard today. And prices are starting to move accordingly. This 1985 Supra is a two-owner, sub-55k mile example. [...]
There’s no greater satisfaction than when you’ve just done something all by yourself, which is why so many car owners love getting their hands dirty by working on their car themselves. Sites like eBay Motors help connect DIYers to the things they need. Every day thousands of parts and tools are available to you and [...]
The internet has become an endless resource of information, inspiration, and admiration for auto enthusiasts everywhere. Social media in particular has connected fans, DIYers, and hobbyists like nothing before. With so many people and so much to discover, curation sites like Pinterest and Svpply have risen up to give users an easy way to collect, [...]
by Chester Allen in Listings, Trucks
Pickups from the 1960s and early 1970s are soaring in value these days, and Chevrolet trucks are cruising at the highest altitude. So, that means clean Fords are flying a bit under the pricing radar, and this clean, rust-free F-100 looks like it just drove in via a time warp. But it looks like the [...]
by David Binks in Community, Racing
So the last GRC round in New Hampshire seems so long ago – back in mid-July – and this break has been both long and welcomed. Taking full advantage of the time between GRC rounds, myself and the team have been able to kick back a bit, see family and friends, whilst also preparing the [...]
by eBay Motors in Listings
The Off Road Evolution crew took on the BUILT from eBay challenge in a big way, coming through with a rough-and-ready machine built off of a rarely-seen 1970 Jeep Jeepster Commando. The Commando was an unlikely candidate to become a rock-crawling, river-fording monster, but the Team Four Wheeler gang took eight weeks to spin straw [...]
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