Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Tool Testing: Mustard vs Ketchup DeWALT says their 1st Right Angle Die Grinder is 1.5X As Powerful As Milwaukee!

We love tool tests around here, and while we know many of you out there are super loyal to mustard or ketchup, aka DeWalt or Milwaukee, we’re not really that particular. Yes I understand why...

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Vice Grip Garage Annual Father Son Trip! ATTEMPTING 3,000 Miles In A VINTAGE BIG BLOCK RV! Cooking, Fishing, Museums and more!

A couple of weeks ago we shared the video of Derek picking up this machine and getting it ready to drive 850 miles home. Seemed like a pretty stout trip in an unknown RV, but that was nothing when...

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Freiburger Takes Us On A DRIVING TOUR of HISTORIC HOT ROD SPOTS Around Los Angeles! Too Many To Count!

There are tons of historic spots around Southern California that impacted hot rodding, racing, and custom car building over the last 80 years or so, but no matter how many you can think of there are...

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From Junker to Jewel. Rescuing A Mazda Mini Truck And Fixing It Up Like Some High School Kid In The 1990s!

What a score! This is a $500 find which we know isn’t the norm, but with a goal of making this thing run and drive reliably and look cool enough to want to drive, there is some work to do for...

Introducing The War Wagon Willys: Morgan Clarke Design Is Building One Ultra Bad Ass Off-Road Rig You Have To See

If you aren’t familiar with Morgan Clarke Design, you have been missing out. Morgan has put together a team of passionate craftspeople who want the most in both form and function in anything...

Classic Instruments Can Customize Holley Pro Dash And Racepak Screens For Your Ride! From Mild To Wild, It’s Up To You!

When you buy a Holley or Racepak dash for your hot rod, classic, or racecar, there are all kinds of things you can do with it to make it your own as far as layout and style. But if you want to really...

This Is An 1800s Impact Wrench! Slug Wrench: the ORIGINAL Impact Wrench. But How Effective Were They Really?

Impact guns, or impact wrenches, have been around for a very long time so we are completely spoiled by them. Whether air operated, corded electric, or cordless, we’ve been around them for a...

Dirt Daily With Fred Williams: How to Replace and Stretch your Synthetic Winch Rope. Steel Cable Is A Thing Of The Past

A few years ago I sent a winch to a friend that I owed so he could install it on his trailer. I didn’t hear anything about it for a few weeks and then asked him if he had gotten it. He said he...

Featured Product: Smaller IS Better! How Detroit Speed’s FN988 Solves the 9-Inch Rearend Noise And Drag Problem

There have been a jillion different variations of the 9 inch Ford based center section over the years. Different materials, different pinion supports, and different attachment options have been made...

100% Synthetic Oil: SCAM or SCIENCE? The Science Is Simple, But The Answer Might Require A Deep Dive With The Motor Oil Geek!

If you are confused at all by engine oil, or by the terms used to market said oil, you are not alone. Is there a difference between Full Synthetic and 100% Synthetic? What about all the acronyms and...

Tony Angelo Bought a Homemade Apocalypse Machine on The Internet, And Who Better To Go Pick It Up With Than Mike Finnegan?!

Just when I thought I had Tony figured out with regards to his taste in vehicles, he comes out with this weird one. It looks like someone took a UPS truck and built it up to live through the end of...

Auto Biz Shake-Up: $1K Payments, AI Race Teams, & Car-Show Power Moves | Automotive Advantage Podcast EP 003

Like virtually every industry on the planet, if you aren’t right in the middle of it you probably don’t really know what’s going on inside it. And when I say right in the middle, I...

1955 Chevy COE Truck Build! This Is Wally’s Rad, Relatable, And Real Backyard Build COE. It Won’t Fit In The Garage!

Sometimes I find myself watching a build or something on YouTube and realize that I should really be sharing it with all of you. I regularly watch videos about metal shaping and complicated builds,...

Who Makes The Best Car Battery Charger? Project Farm Torture-Tested Them All To Find Out Which Ones Work, And Which Ones Suck!

One of the greatest things about the internet is that you can see all kinds of testing and reviews on products, tools, and more. I love that you get different folks opinions, and that YouTube...

DIY Body Work Tech: Kevin Tetz Shows Us How To Install A New Door Skin on a 2nd Gen Camaro!

There are a lot of things that happen to old cars on their way to being old. Whether that is damage from living a life, rust from the elements, or a combination of the two, there are very few muscle...

Truck Show Walk Video: Enjoy The 2025 Southeastern Truck Nationals GM Truck Show In Lebanon, Tennessee Right Here!

Our friend Jeff Lee was at the Southeastern GM Truck Nationals last weekend and did a great, uncut, walk through the show and we can’t thank him more. This show was pretty awesome, and we love...

Ignition Tech: How Ignition Timing Works – Vacuum and Mechanical Advance Explained. Simple, But Often Misunderstood

Several years ago I did a bunch of videos for MSD covering several different tech subjects, but one of the videos that still gets tons of comments and views, was one I did showing how to lock the...