After more than a year of back-and-forth, I met Geoff Tumang outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the first-ever "M Fest," an event catered to, you guessed it, BMW M cars. Sporting a purple sedan with p...
I've wrapped up the tube work from the last episode, and made some nice dimple-died gusset plates to dress things up. I'm happy with the direction the chassis work and fabrication is headed, and I th...
Sean Kono and his Rubystone 964 link up with automotive photographer and artist Andrew Ritter, uncovering the passion for Porsche passed down from Father to Son. A project from Porsche Classic North ...
For most, it's likely difficult to imagine choosing an RA65 Celica over the now-iconic AE86 Corolla, but for Jake Legg, it was hardly more than a second thought. After weighing his options, it was th...
Well, there's no turning back now... I've taken a Sawzall to the chassis of the 1981 Ferrari 308 GTBi... We needed room for axles on the turbo Honda K24 we're swapping in, and some tubes simply neede...
A little bit of everything. Sure, it's a vague sentiment, but its rather fitting after even just a brief look around Baker Garage in Denver, Colorado. From classic BMWs resting firmly on the shop flo...
The StanceWorks archives are full to the brim with articles, stories, and helpful pieces, each with history and heart, but many of them fall forgotten to time and the depths of the website itself. To...
Who needs an interior, anyway?! Today, I'm ripping the guts out of the Ferrari 308 GTBi, beginning with the gorgeous factory seats. I've bought a set of Bride Zeta IIs from Japan for the build, and h...
There's no brand on earth with a name more instilled in the spirit racing than Porsche. Argue if you must, but their track record will back up such magnificent claims. From Le Mans wins to Nurburgrin...
StanceWorks has, since day one, stood as a beacon for unique cars from around the world. From countless countries throughout the globe, a community has been built around affection for these machines,...
We've decided to move forward with disassembly, this time with the front end. There's a ton of components that lie hiding underneath the car's hood, and almost all of it can be permanently remove. Th...
It's often said that wheels can make or break a car. As one of the most important stylistic choices when it comes to a build, wheels are an aesthetic decision that can completely define an overall di...
What is that one car that you can never, ever get out of your head? You know the type - maybe it’s a car that you didn’t expect to see modified, or a car with those dream wheels you’ve always wanted,...
Classic car prices are exploding... and us classic '80s and '90s BMW fans are watching in terror as cars that were once disposable and cheap have reached new heights in value. The icons of the era, l...
"Race on Sunday, Sell on Monday." It's an iconic idiom in the automotive world, and it validates the link between brands and their justification for racing. The end justifies the means, and on occasi...
You asked for it, so here it is: the 2020 StanceWorks shop tour. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the shop space itself, as well as the project cars and some of the tools that live here. From the c...
Success doesn't come overnight. Instead, its forged slowly in the fires of effort, diligence, and patience by those that are willing to put these qualities at the forefront of their journey. For year...
Baselines and benchmarks are often monotonous if not boring... but before tearing the Ferrari 308 GTBi apart, I wanted to know what I'm working with, and I wanted it in numbers. I strapped the 308 to...
Mike & StanceWorks are sending 2020 out with a bang: the StanceWorks Hummer H1 has been sold, and in its place is a Fly Yellow Ferrari 308GTBi. This one's a beaut, with just 38,000 miles and all its ...
Volkswagen: "the people's car," it says, if you were to translate the name to English. What began as both a name and a mantra 83 years ago still rings true today... It's undeniable that somehow, it's...
For years I've watched as Riley Stair has worked diligently on his Magnum Opus: the 1970 Pontiac Trans Am we first featured following SEMA 2018 where it made its debut and, without surprise, stole th...
2020 has been one hell of a year, no matter who you are or where you're from. We figured, why not end it with something special? You read the title right: we've partnered with H&R Springs to give awa...
I've always felt that there's something... an all but impossible-to-define aspect that cements a car as truly befitting of the "StanceWorks" ethos. In the nearly twelve years since StanceWorks began,...
“That’s ridiculous,” exclaimed Les Nimmo, bordering somewhere between a laugh and a grimace. It was the first thing he ever said to me, following my explanation of the problem at hand. For reasons no...
" embodies fabrication that is, in my opinion, surpassed only by the narrowest of margins by Mercedes-Benz." It's not what we imagine when we think of when we imagine Hondas, but it's what the legend...