Leading up to MAKE Volume 26, we ran a fun and simple Karts and Wheels Contest. The basic criteria was that entries had to have wheels, be able to carry a person, and the build was to be documented with images and step-by-step instructions in our projects wiki, Make: Projects. We got some great entries, […]
In this follow-up to a video that Adam posted almost one year ago today, muscle car modder Dave Phipps gives a more detailed tour of his networked, iPod Touch-controlled ’69 GTO, and describes how he’s utilized the RedEye universal remote. Look, this dude has a 100-pair punchdown block in the trunk of his car! Here’s […]
MAKE subscriber Todd Harrison sent us the link to this project he did, retrofitting a car jumper box with a 12v riding lawn mower battery instead of the $75 (plus shipping) drop-in replacement. The modded version cost him about $35. Car starter “jumper box” mod
Ben Wilson Design did this awesome F1 race car model entirely out of red Puma shoe boxes (for a Puma promotion). [via DudeCraft] PUMA F1 CAR-D
Mark posted this on Boing Boing and it made my heart all a-flutter. It reminded me of both my first car, St. Francis the Wonder Car, a yellow, ’63 VW bug, and the John Muir book, How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive, that kept it going. The car was called St. Francis ’cause a lot […]
There are woodcarvers, and then there’s Gary Tatman, of Glen Burnie, Maryland. Gary explains his incredible work on Hemmings Auto Blog: You’re correct in your assumptions- these carvings start out as a block. I use the Internet motorsports archives to obtain enough photos of the project car for detailed areas such as interiors, engine compartments, […]
This has to be the coolest car mount for any mobile device out there. Originally designed for home use, maker remington870_20ga from the everythingpre.com forums wired a stock Palm Touchstone Charging Dock to run directly off his car battery using off-the-shelf components.
