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Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, FORD, JUNKYARDS, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

This Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod Was Found In An Old Garage In Upstate New York And Saved After 50 Years!

The Iron Trap Garage boys have been BUSY in 2023 and we’re sure 2024 is going to be much the same. In this series of videos you are going to see this cool 1938 Ford Convertible, that was found...

HOW TO: Make a SIMPLE PLASTIC HAMMER FORM for Sheet Metal – Custom Dash For The Make It Kustom 1931 Model A Roadster

Karl has made several hammer forms on his YouTube Channel over the years and they are WAY easier and cooler than I ever realized. I never had put much thought into it, but didn’t realize how...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A Custom Forward Tilting Hood From Spare Parks And Scrap In The Shop

In the next installment on the GMC Roadster Pickup build there is some more welding going on, as Brent works on the hood and making his own forward tilting mechanism from parts, pieces, and scrap...

1974 Dodge BIG BLOCK Shortbed Truck! A Mortske Budget Friendly Transformation Resulting In One Cool Mopar Muscle Truck!

A 1974 square body Dodge like this is always fun to see, but a grandpa owned ride like this isn’t very common anymore. I mean this thing was clean and grandpa perfect, and then Mortske got a...

This 1961 Bel Air BUBBLE TOP was saved from CRUSHER by Puddin! Some assembly required!!!

While we love walking around wrecking yards full of classic cars, it’s almost cooler to walk around a normal late model wrecking yard and find some gem of a muscle car or classic hidden off in...

Nobody’s Show Is Rescuing an abandoned 1958 Chevy Impala Project! 348, 3 Deuces, P/S, P/B, Wonderbar! It’s a 33,000 mile car!

On multiple occasions we’ve talked about how getting an unfinished project is sometimes the best way to get the car of your dreams and on a budget. But it also sometimes has added risk if you...

Why Would Anyone Spray A 318 Powered 1965 Dart? BECAUSE YOU CAN, That’s Why! WILL IT RACE? Forgotten Dart V8 Four Speed Gets Nitrous!

Sometimes Dylan McCool does something that makes absolutely zero sense to your average logical person, but that makes folks like us smile for sure. This is one of those times. Sure, there are...

The Questionable Garage Crew Saved This Rare Vehicle From The CRUSHER! But Should They Have? Let Us Know What You Think!

Sometimes you just can’t help yourself and you want to save something from being thrown away. We do it with all kinds of stuff, but for car folks it happens more often than we’d like to...

Vice Grip Garage Gives This 1948 Studebaker Champion Its First WASH & BUFF In 47 Years! Budget Transformation!

I love it when you can take a solid old car and give it a little bit of a spit shine and some careful touches and make it look like something truly special. So when I saw this latest video from Derek...

World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet: The ROTTEN 57 Chevy Gets Her Final Patch Panel – PLUS Homemade LS Fender Well Headers

As if there wasn’t enough rusty sheet metal replaced already, Dan has got one more spot to fix on what he’s calling the World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet. In fact, he even goes so far as...

Abandoned 1984 Chevrolet 1 Ton 454 Big Block! Will Mortske Make It Run?!? 4×4 Square Body Transformation.

Mortske is back at it, this time working on a big block truck that he thought he should get in order to have a tow rig. Of course other projects came along and it got pushed to the side, but in...

Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – CHEAP Transformation! Paint match, Buff Job, Trim Polish, Body Alignment, and MORE!

Today’s update on the budget shop truck build, which includes a clean long bed to short bed conversion, features some spit shining, polishing, and buffing to make it look as good as possible...

Halfass Kustoms Newest Project: Starting Work On The 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom

This project is one that Brent has had sitting around for some time and has just been waiting to get back onto it. It isn’t your average 1949 GMC, as it is mounted on a modified Caprice chassis...

Bello’s Kustoms LS Swapped A Merc! Here’s The Exhaust, The Finishing Touches, And The First Road Trip In The LS Merc.

Here’s the videos you guys have been waiting for on the LS swapped Merc build. The first one below has the finishing touches and exhaust being finished and then it is time to take this thing...