Rides and Drives

27/09/2024

79 Cougar update and first look at the new project vehicle:

Update on the 79 Cougar XR7 and introduction to our next vehicle project. We blast it with a parts cannon!

24/03/2021

Want overdrive for your 335 or 385 series Ford Big Block?

The smoke just came out of the FMX in my son’s 76 Ranchero…again. 18 months ago we lost second gear in this 1974 FMX that was in the car when we got it. It had been behind a stock 351M …

09/03/2019

Update on the Bottom Feeder ZJ Project!

Here is part two of our Bottom Feeder ZJ project.   The first thing we had to do was a build sheet listing all of the changes we wanted to make to our project Jeep. We planned on fixing things…

09/04/2018

Big new project going on at Rides and Drives!

Here in the Bottom Feeder section we find a couple of old vehicles that need each other on craigslist. It’s usually a cool older body with a bad motor or no motor and a newer vehicle that has…

02/06/2017

How to get 4 cylinder power and big V8 MPG!...
Have an intake manifold gasket go bad on a 4.3 V6.
This kind of milkshake is really bad!

10/05/2017

A short photo journey through progress made on my Grand Touring Maverick project over the last few weeks. More updates coming soon!

19/03/2017

Seen From the Road in March: 1966 Thunderbird Q-code! WOW!! https://rides-and-drives.com/2017/03/19/q-bird/

04/03/2017

I'm gonna be good, I'm gonna be good, I'm gonna...Whoo-Hoo!!!

Driving to work on Monday v.s. leaving work on Friday.

16/02/2017

Bottom Feeder found this big autobahn cruiser! I think the German in me is showing...:
https://rides-and-drives.com/2017/02/16/a-resto-mod-with-a-teutonic-twist/

Here in the Bottom Feeder section we showcase a potentially cool old vehicle found on Craigslist that someone should fix up or restore with an ideal parts donor vehicle for the build and a few sugg…

14/02/2017

This one's not quite ready to live up to its namesake:
https://rides-and-drives.com/2017/02/14/big-purple-pontiac/

For this installment of Seen From the Road I found this distinctive classic, a 1966 Pontiac Bonneville, patiently waiting to be saved in east central Florida. If you like putting big rims on cars, …