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Category Archive: ENGINE, ENGINES, FORD, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Dirthead Dave Bought The Worst Mustang Of All Time! Will It Run And Drive???

Dirthead Dave is fun, mostly because of the variety of stuff that he actually likes. On the show, he was always about off-road stuff, which we love, but there is more to him and that is fun to see on...

David Newbern FINALLY Takes His First Car, That He Just Recently Bought Back, For A Cruise Around His Home Town

A couple of months ago we saw David Newbern buy his first car, a 1964 Impala, back after selling it years and years ago. The car is a very low mileage 283 small block powered car, backed by a...

Barn Find! 1971 Pontiac Trans Am! 455 Auto On The Column? Fresh Out Of Storage After 40 Years!

Everyone knows that a 455-powered Trans Am is something special, especially if it is a 1970 or 1971. What makes some of them even more interesting than they would already be is the fact that...

The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: It’s Alive! ’55 Chevy Moves Under Its Own Power

The gang has been back at it, and in the last video they got it to actually run. In this one, they are finally getting the truck to actually drive! Will it be ready for the trip and actually make it?...

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...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Gets A Custom Under Floor Hydro Boost Brake System That Tilts With The Cab

In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the brake...

The Alfarrari Project: Playing With The Rear End. Simple, But Effective Design.

The Ferrari powered Alfa Romeo project is a good one, and has some simple but effective fabrication that we can get behind. Now it’s time to get some of the rear end setup so check out the...

This Dream Muscle Car Has Been Sitting In A Basement For More Than 20 YEARS! Will It Make The Drive Home?

This car looks way too nice to have an issue driving down the street, but it’s been sitting in the basement for 20 years, so who knows? Hell, it’s been on the painted concrete floor for...

HOT ROD HOARDERS ALTERED ROADSTER – Easy Drag Car Project or Death Trap?

It’s hard to beat the cool old stuff that Tommy Lee Byrd finds in his car hunting adventures, especially when you are talking about old drag cars. He’s got some killer stuff in the family...

FORGOTTEN Pontiac Catalina – Will It RUN AND DRIVE 150 Miles Home?

Is ten years too long for this Catalina to have sat if Derek wants to drive it home 150 miles? Hell no, I’m sure it will be fine. What do you think? If I know Derek, there will be some creative...

“Dirty Martini” • 70 Chevy C10 Build • Part 2

Introducing Project “Dirty Martini”, a C10 project that is going to be as awesome looking as it will be capable. With a bitchin Texas Speed LT5 under the hood, backed by a 10-speed transmission,...

LS Corvair Project: Build Your Own Grill, And 6 Other Cool Things.

When you think about building an LS powered Corvair, you might not think about the fact that you have to somehow get cool air into wherever you put the radiator. In the case of John Reynolds bitchin...

Iron Trap Garage: Saving A 1940 Chevy Coupe From A Collapsing Barn!!

This car has been sitting in the barn for 70 years! Yes, 70 years! When it was parked all those years ago it then nearly died when the barn tried to fall in on it, but thankfully was braced. But how...

The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: Firing Up The 6.8 LS3 For The First Time!

The gang has been back at it, and in this video, they are finally getting the truck to actually run! Will it be ready for the trip and actually make it? There have been some great videos and lots of...