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The project car app for serious builders

A real build log. Parts ledger. Mod history. Photo timeline. All tied to a specific car in your garage — not buried in your camera roll, notes app, or that Excel file you never open.

What goes into a real build log

Tracking a project car is not the same as tracking oil changes. Builds run for months or years, have hundreds of parts, and involve decisions you'll need to remember in 2028. Here's what Trackara actually captures.

Parts ledger

Every part you buy, sourced, or pulled — with cost, vendor, part number, install date, and notes. Search "LS3 intake" two years later and find it instantly.

Photo timeline

Snap before-and-after photos at every stage. Trackara groups them by date and milestone so a frame-off restoration has a real visual story when you're done.

Milestones & tasks

"Engine in by July." "Bodywork done before paint shop." Set milestones, break them into tasks with target dates, check them off as you finish.

Expense tracking

Every dollar in, organized by category. The "what did this build actually cost me" answer most builders never want to know but need to know.

Mod history

Suspension settings, tune revisions, exhaust changes, gearing — log what you changed, when, and why. Useful when you're trying to remember why the car drove different last summer.

OBD2 scanner built in

Bluetooth OBD2 over ELM327. Pull codes, log them to the build, troubleshoot the tune. Works on any 1996+ US or 2001+ EU vehicle.

Built for builders, not auto shops

There are plenty of shop-management tools (we make one of those too — Trackara Pro). This isn't that. Trackara is for the person in the garage on Saturday morning who's two years into a build and needs to remember what bearing kit they ordered for the rear end.

Frame-off restorations
'67 Mustang. '69 Camaro. '72 Bronco. Build a paper trail your future self (or your future buyer) can actually read.
Engine swaps & resto-mods
LS swap into anything. K-swap into anything Honda. Document the wiring, the tune, the supporting mods. Track the inevitable little things you forget.
Off-road builds
Lift, lockers, skid plates, recovery gear. Note what you bent on the last trail and what's still on the wishlist.
Track-day & HPDE builds
Tire pressures by track, sway-bar settings, brake pad selection, fuel mix. The notes that turn into faster lap times.

How a build actually flows in Trackara

  1. Add the project car. Year, make, model, VIN. The starting point.
  2. Set milestones. "Strip down by March." "Paint done by July." "First start by October."
  3. Add parts as you order them. Vendor, part number, cost, install target. Trackara becomes your single source of truth — no more digging through PayPal history.
  4. Log progress as it happens. Snap photos, add notes, check off tasks. Two minutes per session.
  5. Track total cost. Trackara rolls up every part, every receipt, every shop bill. You'll know whether the build hit budget. (Spoiler: it didn't.)
  6. Export when you sell. Generate a clean PDF of the build history for the next owner. Adds real value at sale time.

Start your build log today

Free to try. Add your first project car in under a minute. $3.99/mo or $29.99/yr if you stay.

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