Category Archive: Car Features, CAR FEATURES, FORD, FORD, HISTORIC, Project Cars, Tech Stories, Videos
Iron Trap Garage Is Rescuing A 1940 Ford Coupe From It’s 60 Year Slumber
Every race or show I attend there is someone I overhear or talk to that is admiring an original car that was a barn find or something like it. And each time I hear them say that there aren’t...
Quest for 4’s: The Motion Raceworks Pumpkin Spice Fox Gets ALL The Updates, Plus Some Resto Parts Too!
It’s time for more upgrades for the Motion Raceworks Pumpkin Spice Mustang! This is THE car that actually started Motion Raceworks. Doug, Andy, and Brian were single dudes and spent every...
The Ultimate Pre-War Jalopy Shop Truck – Hot Rodding 101
The Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck was a super popular build series, and if you missed it we have a link below. It was simple, but as period correct as possible and just has a cool look and feel that...
What Is An East Coast Hot Rod – Hot Rodding 101 With Iron Trap Garage
Traditional hot rods are where everything we do ultimately came from. While hot rodding may find a lot of its roots on the west coast, the east coast was super influential in the hot rodding and...
Uncle WTF: Pole Barn Garage Polishes A Mercury-Shaped Turd
Full disclosure: This 1977 Mercury Marquis is doomed to be a parts donor. The 460 will wind up in a Torino along with a few other choice parts and the rest…who knows. I’m not sure how...
Mod Motor Mark Is Back With A New Car! Meet Orange Drank. HED’s Real Good At Doin Stuff Is Back With More Chains Than Brains After The Crash
Regular viewers will remember that Mod Motor Mark, owner of the More Chains than Brains Mustang, crashed the car at Mooresville Dragway in November and has been out of the picture since. Luckily the...
Brent Is Attempting To Get This 1930 Model A Sedan To Run And Drive Again
Oh my god I’m in love with this car! It’s so damn cool, and people would hate me because I’d want to cut it up. Yes, I would want to chop this car a few inches. It is so straight...
Dirthead Dave’s 1956 Mercury Is Amazing! But neglected…
If you have watched any of Dirthead Dave’s videos on his channel Dirthead Shed, then you have probably seen two of his oldest projects. One is his bagged and bodied Nissan hardbody truck and...
Testing Motion’s Pumpkin Spice Mustang For Sick Week!
Sick Week is coming up, starting tomorrow actually, and Doug Cook is taking a whole “new” car on the adventure. But first, it needs a bunch of new parts and that is all happening right here in...
Jack Chisenhall’s Champ Deuce 1932 Ford Wins America’s Most Beautiful Roadster At The Grand Nationals Roadster Show!
Jack Chisenhall and the entire Chisenhall family deserve sincere congratulations for their beautiful 1932 Ford Roadster being awarded ARP’s America’s Most Beautiful Roadster 2023. This...
Punked! Doug At Motion Raceworks Makes Everyone Think They Painted El Toro!
This one was great, as I got a jillion texts and calls and emails about Doug Cook painting the El Toro Mustang when in fact he bought back one of his old cars which happens to also be a Fox Body...
Iron Trap 1932 Ford “DeLorean” Roadster: First Time Driving On The Road Since 1954!!
This week’s video has Matt taking advantage of all the hot rod stuff they have done to the roadster! It’s time for it’s first drive in almost 70 years. That’s insane, and we love...
Single Seat Race Car Is Done And Goes Racing: 10 Days in the Dust – Red Dust Revival 2022
The Midnight Special is going for its maiden voyage and is off and running! Here is the first outing and man this thing is cool as hell! Bennett’s Customs is an Australian traditional hot rod...
The Iron Trap Crew STOLE And Revived A 1947 Ford Custom For The Ultimate Surprise
I love stories like this! Friend has car, car breaks, friend can’t fix car, friend loses interest in car, car sits for years, friends of friend come get car and bring it back to life. This is...