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Plum Crazy? Restoring a Rough 1973 Porsche 911S
At Griot’s Garage, we like cars. Fast cars, elegant cars, cars with style. We also believe in the preservation of cars as important documents of history and culture. Sometimes that job involves a nut-and-bolt restoration, as with the subject of this article, a 1973 Porsche 911S that likely lived most of its life parked next [...]
Continue reading...A New Garage! Part 6: Rounding the Bend
Wed, Apr 7, 2010 | Posted by: Mike
You’ve had projects in your garage, so you know… There comes a time in every build where the finished product is in sight. Idea has transformed to rendering has transformed to reality. Just over a month ago, we showed you the progress on our barn find build and asked you to use your imagination. Now, [...]
Continue reading...Michael Paul Smith’s Model Community
Mon, Mar 8, 2010 | Posted by: Mike
Homes and storefronts glow while snow blankets the sidewalks. Classic American iron lines every street, preserved, as if never driven. In fact, the auto dealership has a full lineup of ‘61 Chevy’s, right off the truck. There is a quiet calm. A rightness. You can almost smell the apple pie. This is Elgin Park, and [...]
Continue reading...A New Garage! Part 5: Snapshots from the Beehive
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | Posted by: Mike
Work on the new Griot’s Garage headquarters continues to buzz along, and a recent visit to the site saw Richard Griot beaming like a kid on Christmas. As he excitedly showed us around, stepping over chalk lines and dodging drywallers on stilts, we managed to snap a few photos of the action. Add these to [...]
Continue reading...Restoring a Rare Eagle, Part 1: Chassis Teardown
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 | Posted by: Tim
If you receive the Griot’s Garage Handbook, you might remember this recent cover car, a 1966 Gurney Eagle Mk1. The very first of Dan Gurney’s legendary race cars, chassis 101 is an important piece of American motoring history. And In My Garage is fortunate enough to be able to peek over some shoulders as the [...]
Continue reading...Garage Plus lets you (yes, you) own a Man Cave.
Thu, Feb 4, 2010 | Posted by: Mike
Our friends at Garage Plus thought way outside the storage unit box when they came up with this concept: Garage “condos” you can own and customize! As they say, your imagination is the only limit to what can be done with your personal toy box. We recently asked Michelle Simon of Garage Plus to share [...]
Continue reading...A New Garage! Part 4: Momentum
Wed, Jan 20, 2010 | Posted by: Mike
If you’ve ever restored or customized a car, you know there’s a tipping point where the project just takes off. Plans have been refined and committed to memory, the vision is clear, and the tedious groundwork has been laid. It’s a satisfying time. Every night when you turn out the garage lights, you’ve made real, [...]
Continue reading...A New Garage! Part 3: Rolling Up Our Sleeves
Tue, Jan 5, 2010 | Posted by: Mike
Anyone who’s had a project car in the garage knows that it takes a certain “vision” to imagine what is possible. In our case, Richard Griot is the man with the vision… and the project is our garage! In the last update we gave you the history of our new digs. Since then, Richard has [...]
Continue reading...Admit it. You want this BMW E30 driving simulator.
Thu, Sep 3, 2009 | Posted by: Derek
You know you’ve thought about it. You and a bunch of friends are lapping the Nürburgring in a Ford GT on the latest rendition of Gran Turismo or Forza and you think, “This would be so much cooler if I was sitting in a racing seat with a steering wheel, shifter, and pedals in front [...]
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Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | Posted by: Tim
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