breakingfor.parts bills itself as your new go-to online marketplace for spare parts, as well as project and parts cars.
Second-gen Honda CRX or Civic need a replacement bumper cover, bumper lamp or hood? A company called FF Motion has you covered–with more parts in the works.
Can a crashed F1 car really be brought back to racing condition–and without the nearly unlimited resources of an F1 team?
Did you know we're in the middle of restoring a one-of-30 Elva Mk VI–that's also a long-lost Sebring 12-Hour entry?
Looking for your next—or perhaps first—project car, but don’t know where to start?
What do container ships and project cars have in common? Both often require their mechanical issues to be diagnosed and repaired on the fly.
Can a paint pen indicate a loose fastener? Yes, but we've found a solution that's better dedicated to the task: Tamper detection paste.
New parts didn't come with the correct brackets? You can make your own with a simple hammer form. Here's how.
Wiring a car from scratch doesn’t have to be a daunting project.
While we had this Volvo 142S resprayed at a local budget paint shop, we maximized the results by doing the right prep work beforehand.
Our Elva Mk VI sports racer always has something hiding for us. The latest: While finishing the bodywork, we had to deal with the radiator intakes.
Our poor Elva. Its fiberglass body had been repeatedly beaten over the decades–a crack here, a quick repair there.
It was time to turn our attention back …
A car needs wheels, right? Our Elva sports racer came with a few rear wheels but only one front–and a trike this is not.
We couldn’t just …
Must every little thing on our Elva sports racer be such a project?
Yes. Everything.
Our car came with front hubs, but of course something was wrong. …
We rebuilt our Elva’s dashboard. Now we needed to fill it with the necessary gauges, switches and that all-important serial number plate.
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