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Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, Hack of the Week, Metal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Pit Trike Build Part 4: Gas Tank, Chain, Brakes, And Testing In The Snow!!!

Here is the latest episode in the pit trike build, so watch, laugh, and enjoy cause this thing is fun. If you missed any of the previous videos, use the link below to watch. Having a pit vehicle at a...

Vice Grip Garage Does Sick Week: Day 5 – Independence Chevelle Runs 9’s And The Monte Gets Some Nitrous On Top Of The Blower!

Nitrous baby!!!! The Independence Chevelle is going all out and the Monte gets some spray on top of the small block with the mini blower. What could possibly go wrong? Watch. Derek and the Vise Grip...

Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 2: The Blown Flathead Powered Jalopy Shop Truck Build Continues

Here is the second segment in the shop truck build and it really is starting to look like something. The axles are going together, which is taking some work since this thing is being built from extra...

Epic Barn Find: Historic 1957 Corvette Custom Show Car Dug Out After 57-Year Hibernation

Barn finds are nearly always cool as hell, but range from super exciting to frustrating as well. I say this, because sometimes it is so annoying to find that something has just been sitting, for no...

This 1980s IHRA Factory Modified Video Pays Tribute To A Bad Ass And Short Lived Class

Sometimes people think that drag racers fall out of the sky. People with piles of money that just magically appear with a car to compete in. Those people are morons. Everyone who has ever done a damn...

The Chainsaw: Early RX-7 Plus Snowmobile Engine Equals Fun…And Tinnitus!

“Well, that was a dumb idea, wasn’t it?” Forget trying to make me feel better after I botched a jump, separated from my dirt bike and augured into the ground like a 160-pound lawn...

More 1960 Cadillac Metal Work: Make It Kustom Hammer Forms, Welds, And Finishes More On The Caddy Project

The 1960 Cadillac Coupe De Ville is coming along slowly but surely. With a project this big, both figuratively and literally, there is going to be a lot of sheet metal work when rust repair and floor...

Vice Grip Garage Does Sick Week: Day 4 – South Georgia Motorsports Park, Overheating, And Don Garlits Museum!

I swear these cars kind of don’t like Derek. Not a hate thing, but more a “I want you to make sure you understand you aren’t my favorite person and that I can do bad things to you...

Install Video: Using The Ridetech StreetGrip System To Upgrade The Handling Of Your C2 or C3 Corvette Is Easy! Watch!

Ridetech contines to expand the line of StreetGrip applications and that is now great news for classic Corvette owners. If you have an original C2 or C3 Corvette that is finally ready to have the...

Great Video: This 1979 GM Promotional Film Shows Off The Blazer, Medium Duty Trucks, and Vans, Man!

With the launch of the new Ford Bronco, one has to look at GM and wonder just what the hell happened? The company has absolutely nothing for either Jeep or Ford, the current Blazer is a weird...

Cleetus Bought AND BROKE a RIPSAW Tank!!! 700hp Duramax Powered Tank That Does 70mph!

It shouldn’t surprise you that Cleetus would end up with something awesome like this 700hp Duramax powered RIPSAW, and it also shouldn’t surprise you that it took just two days to break...

Vice Grip Garage Does Sick Week: Day 3- And The Wheel Falls Off…It Fell The F*^&K OFF!

Dude, at some point you wonder if it might just be better to stay in bed one morning, cause ain’t this the poop. Oh well, it’s par for the course in this Day 3 adventure. Check it out below....

Watch A Beautiful Failure Run Up The Hill At Goodwood – The Ferrari 712 Can-Am Car Was A Light Hitting Legend

This car is powered by the biggest engine that Ferrari ever made and it never won a race. The Ferrari 712 was the company’s answer to the question surrounding how it was going to attack the...

Polyester Perfection: Watch The 1977 NHRA Summernationals Right Here – Big Names, Big Heat, Big History

This weekend for the 49th time in NHRA history there will be a race run carrying the title of the Summernationals. The first one was run in 1970 at York US 30 Drag Strip in Pennsylvania. In 1971 the...