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Category Archive: CHEVY, Craigslist Find

Rough Start: This 1974 El Camino Just Needs Some Paint And Polishing

Finding Rough Start candidate vehicles is still a difficult task. How do you find a vehicle that is used, more or less running and driving, that is interesting and can be cool with little to no work...

Vice Grip Garage Stock Car Tribute 1776 Monte Carlo LS Swap – Part 4: It’s Finished And Running!

This is the final part before this bad boy goes on Sick Week! It is going to have a whole new lease on life, with a new look and some power from the Corvette LS. Check out the final installment and...

Truck Feature: This Daily Driven Third Generation Square Body C10 Is Still Clocking Thousands Of Miles!

So…there are hot rodders and then there are hot rodders. Everyone wants to be the latter, but the truth is that a lot of people will absolutely love this truck and the fact that Rocky drives it...

The Grubworm Camaro: FLAME SPITTING Stick Shift KING

If you are a fan of stick shift drag cars, then you know the Grubworm Camaro. This thing has been setting H-Pattern Clutch Assisted stick shift records for several years now and it doesn’t seem...

Shabby Sporty: Junkyard Digs and Pole Barn Garage Team Up To Bring This Rusty Chevrolet Back From The Dead

The 1973-1991 GM “squarebody” trucks are one of the best options for project vehicle out there right now. With tens of millions of them made throughout the long production cycle, many...

FINNEGAN RESCUED A 1963 SPLIT WINDOW CORVETTE HIDDEN IN A BASEMENT FOR 20 YEARS!

Finnegan’s got a Corvette and he’s going to put his 711 cubic-inch Chevrolet Hemi in it to go drag racing! The best part about it is that it ISN’T replacing the Caddy or slowing...

The Engine Is On The Wrong End! Will This ABANDONED Corvair Monza 900 RUN AND DRIVE After Years?

How does Derek end up with cars painted like American Flags? I mean I can’t even think of a time when I saw a car painted like an American flag for sale on the web. Yes, I’ve seen some...

4.10 Gears, Rain, And A 450-Mile Drive…Vice Grip Garage Brings Home A Wild Chevelle

As much as I’m sure it pained Derek to do, retiring the Independence Chevelle from competition was the right thing to do. The patriotic A-body put on plenty of good shows, but being very...

Would You Rather: ’74 Nickey Camaro vs. ’74 Firebird Pro Touring Build?

Remember the joys of Christmas shopping? Not the mall, not Santa, not Christmas music until you puke…the moment you were in the toy store and your parents said they would get you one...

Leroy Breaks His Record AGAIN!!!!! QUEST FOR 6’S HAS BEGUN… Cleetus Pushing It!

Leroy, the twin-turbo Vette cart that was built by Cleetus McFarland, is a quick and fast hot rod. It’s been in the 7’s using an H-pattern shifted manual transmission, has the looks of a...

Derek From Vice Grip Garage Surprised His 12 Year Old With A 1969 Camaro Project!

When I was 13, the 1969 Camaro Convertible which had been my dad and uncle’s drag car since I was 6, became my own. The two had split from racing together and my uncle had planned a full...

LEGIT Corvette Drag Car SURVIVOR at SEMA 2022 – Is It a Gasser?

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, was back at it during the 2022 SEMA Show where he somehow found an old vintage survivor drag car. Like Tommy says, we’re not sure if you can legitimately...

Car Feature: LEGIT 1969 Camaro NHRA Super Stocker – With Only 210 MILES On It!

Tommy Lee Byrd is putting out some of the coolest historical car content on YouTube and we love it. Because he’s got such a passion for vintage and historic stuff, especially old drag cars,...

Race Car Survivor: This Epic 1956 Chevy Survivor Was STASHED AWAY From 1967 to 2020!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another amazing feature video on this cool real deal survivor race car. Stored for more than 50 years, it is back and on display for the world...