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WHAT DO YOU THINK? This Stuff Can Make Or Break A Hot Rod. Mounting Headlights, Tail lights, Shocks, & More On The Make It Kustom Model A Roadster

It’s time to start getting the exterior accessories on this cool Model A Roadster project. We’re talking headlights, tail lights, shocks and more. This stuff all really matters on a...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Rebuilding The Rear of the Box on the ’49 GMC Roadster Custom!

In the last video, Brent was working on the custom running boards on the GMC Roadster pickup and now he’s doing some tweaking out back to the rear of the pickup bed. Check it out and let us...

Happy 4/02! Let’s Look Back At Chevy’s 402ci Big Block From The Early 1970s

There’s not a lot of mystery about what the 402ci big block actually was, right? You are basically looking at a 396 that was bored .030 to get the extra six cubic inches. Mechanically, the pair...

Rusted and Busted! DIY Frame Repair! Mortske’s 1962 Chevrolet C10 Shortbed, The Budget Friendly Pickup Truck, Might Just Break In Half!

Most of the time when we are talking about rust in old cars it is sheet metal. Whether it’s the floors or the quarters or the rockers, the normal spots are usually thinner materials. But...

FINALLY! The New Makita 1″ Drive Impact vs Milwaukee Shootout! Who Needs Huge Impacts Like This? Insane Power!

I remember working at a rock and gravel and building materials joint growing up called U-Save Rockery, where I drove a dump truck, ran heavy equipment for loading and unloading materials, ran a...

Newbern Bought An Old Jr. Dragster For His Kid, It Needs And Engine And The Brakes Are Junk. So He’s Putting An Engine In It!

Yep, Newbern is making sure his kid Luke is ready for the racing life and that meant grabbing a Jr. Dragster that came available for cheap. The engine on it was junk, so he’s making other...

OUR FINAL GALLERY, PLUS LINKS TO ALL OUR 2024 ICE BREAKER NO PREP ACTION PHOTOS: The Action Was Hot And Heavy At Maple Grove, And Here Are All The Pics

Here’s our fifth, and final, gallery of photos from Grippo’s Ice Breaker No Prep coverage and if you missed the first four, or the cool video he shot, then use the link below to check...

Wach Trailer Hitches Get Ripped From Under A Truck With Heavy Equipment!

Ok, this is a pretty fun watch. The video was made by a company who manufactures a product called the “Ditch Hitch” that is designed to be used in a receiver hitch to aid in pulling out a...

Gearhead History! Killer Ads and Cool Stuff From The Pages of Motor Life Magazine Circa 1960-62

So one of the things I have been enraptured with during the winter so far has been this massive collection of old magazines that I was fortunate enough to receive as a gift from the Kuntz family of...

The Frozen Shift: In Car Video Of A Guy Rowing A Four Speed In Iceland!

This is one of the most “pure” drag racing videos we have ever posted and it comes from Iceland, circa the 1970s. What do we mean by pure? Well we have a muscle car with the hood hacked...

Happy Nailhead Day! Let’s Celebrate The Buick 401 For All Of Its Torque Making Goodness

It may get annoying but this is Muscle Car Engine Month around here and we’re expecting you guys to keep us on our toes when it comes to celebrating all of the great mills that have graced the...