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 Marty's Gemini build is storming along and this week it's a huge milestone as the tiny coupe gets a brand new look with some fresh colour thanks to Porsche. If you haven't seen the fresh paint get laid down, you can watch the new episode HERE.  There is a dizzying number of colours we can paint a car, and choosing a colour for a special project like Marty's Gemini takes on added pressure. We think his choice of Porsche Gemini Blue is an inspired one, with the lush metallic blue enhancing the Gemini's awesome styling.  It did make us think of some of...

Recently we received an email from Daniel, who gave us some awesome background info on our GTRAV34 project. We'll let Daniel take it from here: "Hi MCM, My name is Daniel and I’ve been watching your build series on the GTRAV34 and, imagine my surprise, when I realised I used to own that very car! The car was originally sold by Co-Op Toyota in Hobart to a lady and, from memory, her name was Penelope. The original registration was FG0150, and the colour is Galaxy Blue; it looks amazing in the sun. I purchased the car in 2013 from Jackson Motor Company...

MOOG has gone and done it again, bringing another decrepit Nissan into the MCM fold while Marty wasn't looking (see the episode HERE). This one, however, is supercharged and that makes it a bit less crap. Compressing intake air as a way of improving an engine's power has been a concept since internal combustion burst onto the scene a couple-hundred calendars ago. It was 101 years ago, however, when superchargers first showed up on production cars as a way of boosting power (literally) and entertaining the masses.   We love turbos going psst-psst CHOO CHOO, and Marty's illness for VTEC booo-BAAAAAA naturally aspirated...

It is the stuff that keeps our cars alive and our motors singing their wonderful songs of horsepower and joy... but what do you actually know about the magical liquid keeping everything spinning nicely? Oil is a simple three-letter word that actually encompases a world of different products, but the basic premise for most cars is oils lubricate rotating parts.  But there is a world of science behind engine oil (and, like our friends at Castrol say; "oils ain't oils"), so lets dive in and work out what is the right oil for your car. To begin with, every car manufacturer...

The offer came for Moog/Blair and I said.. “you have to do it”