restoration

Rough 1972 Chevy Suburban gets a neat LT1 engine swap

This rough-looking 1972 Chevy Suburban has been sitting idle on a Tennessee chicken farm for years, but one garage has now dragged the Chevrolet through its doors to get a neat LT1 engine swap. As far as abandoned cars go, this Chevy Suburban is quite a disaster. The 1972 stretch has been sitting catching autumn […]

Man uses $2 oil trying to fix Chevy Silverado with 272k miles but it backfires

Dang

McLaren didn't sell their limited edition cars to this man because of no purchase history so he found a way around it

McLaren has a number of limited edition supercars in it’s esteemed portfolio, but this man was refused purchase for a lack of history with the brand. And the fact that they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over his budget. But that wasn’t going to stop YouTube mechanic Chris Slix from making his own supercar. […]

Chicago man buys Nissan Pathfinder for $525, fixes it himself, resolves a major factory defect and then gives it away to a 16-year-old for free

He manages to fix it for cheap

Man bought an abandoned flying boat that had been sitting for years and tried starting it to see what would happen

An American YouTuber has rescued an abandoned flying boat that has been sitting in its hangar for over eight years. Jimmy’s World, whose real name is James Webb, posted a video on his channel showing his new Aventura 2 flying boat, which he found for sale in a Florida Hangar. The Aventura 2 is an […]

Most people would give up on this flooded Porsche that sat submerged in a river for over four years but not this man

It was a big undertaking

Man tried everything to revive flood-damaged Aston Martin bought from Florida salvage auction and there was only one option left

American YouTuber Samcrac has been attempting to revive and save a flood-damaged V12 Aston Martin DBS. The final component to be tested is a $10 microcontroller, which could save the Aston Martin from the junkyard. The YouTuber bought the DBS from a South Florida salvage auction for $28,000. At the time, it seemed like a […]

These guys finished rebuilding a wrecked Hellcat Durango but the celebrity owner may request it back

They put in the hard work

Guy had to set about refixing Lamborghini Urus he gave to his girlfriend after it broke down again

Well, that backfired

Family bought an abandoned yacht in dire condition for $2,500 and rebuilt it into a luxury escape in just 16 months

It’s now a luxury home on the water

Man attempts to save cheapest abandoned G-Wagon in the world bought for $3,000 using only scrap parts

It’s a project and a half

YouTubers bought a totaled $1.3 million McLaren Senna for $350k to save it but admit it's 'one heck of a project'

‘Definitely the craziest financial decision we’ve ever made’

Man bought the cheapest truck on Facebook Marketplace in America and quickly found out why it's so cheap

The proclaimed cheapest truck on Facebook Marketplace has been primed for a restoration project, but one man instantly found some not-so-obvious flaws. For quite some time now, Facebook Marketplace has served as limbo, giving cars one last chance to be saved before being sent to car heaven (the scrapyard). Many plucky mechanics often take punts […]

Man impulsively bought a sunken yacht years ago and decided it was finally time to restore it

Time to set sail!

Man tracks down the world’s ‘rarest’ bus which is a five-year restoration project

You’ve never seen anything like the the Citroën U55 Cityrama before

Massachusetts man starts to build diesel powered Model 3 after Tesla wouldn't sell him a battery and motor for wrecked car, but the government halts project

The Tesla Model 3 has already conquered the EV world, but in an attempt to put the diesel industry in its grasp too, one Massachusetts man has been halted by the government. Model 3 is the best-selling car of 2024 and is undisputed as the best common usage EV ever produced. But what would happen […]