Welcome to CarHabit Garage

CarHabit Garage is a resource to tell stories and educate enthusiasts about cars from the 1980s and 1990s that maintain their original styling while sporting present-day amenities and safety features. Behold the restomod!

Build Week #8: Engine is out and LS3 gets Delivered

What a fantastic week. Jake and Tim removed the S52, ZF 5 speed, and insulation. The engine bay looked very good . There was a tiny bit of surface rust on the right shock tower. Jakes plan is to clean up the surface rust and make the seams look nice. We learned that the previous

Read More »

...

4 0

...

4 2

...

4 1

...

6 2

...

36 3

...

18 1

...

11 1

...

13 0

...

7 1

...

5 2

Featured on HotCars

Michael Van Runkle, staff writer for HotCars, wrote an in-depth exclusive on “What It Takes To Legally LS Swap An E36 BMW M3 In California“. Van Runkle dives into the project’s background, the challenges, and talks to our builder, Jake Barkell of Classic Daily, on what it’s going to take to make this gem California-legal.