1990 Nissan Skyline GTS-T
This is one of my dream cars. Modified extensively in Japan with an RB26DETT GTR engine, GTR brakes, GTR interior, GTR sway bars, Ohlins coilovers, 5.143 Kameari rear gears, Trust full stainless exhaust, Nismo cluster, Recaro seats, carbon hood, GTR bumper and grill, GTR spoiler, and welded in steel fender flares. Once I took delivery, showing 14,933Km on the odometer and verified with the Shaken inspection reports, I did a lot of cleanup and detail work. I received the deal of a lifetime from a very generous Nissan employee and added a set of Nismo LMGT4 wheels after refinishing them. Also added a proper stereo system and have slowly been doing touchups as needed.
1957 Chevy Two-Ten
This 57 Chevy was bought new by my friend Brittany’s grandma. Sitting from the mid 70’s to 2020, thankfully deterioration was limited but there were and are some rusty bits from being driven in the salty Cleveland winters. I sold the original 6 cylinder and installed an LS1 and 4L65-e combo and I fabricated a 9″ rear axle with 3.25 gears and a locker. Front suspension is all tubular, with coil over shocks and disc brakes all around. Currently in driver-project status
1958 Wartburg 311 Gasser
Purchased in 2015 without a plan but knowing I loved the shape, in 2018 I decided to build a gasser. My first gasser project lives with my uncle, a 1949 Plymouth business coupe, and I itched to replace it starting as soon as I saw it in his garage. The Wartburg is a Soviet Bloc car from East Germany, weighs very little, and now has a tube frame with a narrowed Jeep Cherokee front axle on leaf springs and a narrowed 9″ rear axle on a 4 link with coil over shocks. All fabrication, body, paint, roll bar, engine assembly, axle narrowing was done in house.
Devin Panhard
In the early 50’s, Bill Devin created the Devin Panhard from the drivetrain of a small French car, the Panhard Junior and built a tube frame and fiberglass body to wrap it in. Best guess is 11 were made, with a handful known to exist in France and one in the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville. The other? It’s in my garage awaiting restoration. Assuming it would take many years to source everything necessary, it only took 2 to get my hands on a complete Panhard drivetrain, wheels, and the only available bonnet in the world.