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This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 10 and 11: The Vintage Dragster Gets A Steering Box And Custom Pitman Arm!
Even a dragster needs to steer, and This Old Hot Rod’s Vintage Dragster project is getting its steering on in these two episodes of the build. The steering box is getting installed and a one...
The Hot Rod Hoarder Is Sacrificing Two Old DRAGSTERS To Get A Flip-Top OPEL GT. Can You Guess Who From?
I knew there would be trouble if these two got together, and it finally happened. And you know what happens when you have two guys who can’t stop collecting cool stuff, and they get together...
You Don’t Need A 5 Second Car Or Truck To Have Fun! This Big Block Squarebody Is Proof!
My co-host on Beards, Burnouts, and Beer is a weirdo named Ryan Wing. If you don’t know him, watch the podcasts. I say he’s a weirdo because he is afflicted with the same hot rodding...
Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Gets New Rear Anti-Roll Bar
In the last episode the rear suspension started going back together and the new coil overs found a home! Now it’s time for a major upgrade, because the anti-roll bar is going to find it’s...
Is This Crazy? REVIVING an Abandoned BIG BLOCK El Camino Project Just to Tear It Apart? Is This Too Nice To Be A Donor?
We know there are going to be a bunch of people out there who lose their minds when they see this El Camino, and we understand. That was my first reaction too. I saw the thumbnail for this video and...
Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Rear Suspension Is Coming Together, And We Have QA1 Shocks!
Building cars takes a lot of work, and when you are building a race car that amount of work often becomes next level. The reason is because the fancier the chassis setup the more welding and...
This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 9: The Vintage Dragster Gets A Rad Fuel Tank And Velocity Stacks!
It’s getting exciting!!! In this video update on the Vintage Dragster project, it gets a rad fuel tank up front and some custom velocity stacks. All this after coming off the chassis table to sit...
This Engine Makes More Power Than Newbern Has Ever Had! HED Beer Money Engine Build, A Day At The Races, And More.
Newbern’s Drag and Drive Fox-body Mustang is cool, but the previous engine combo just didn’t work out as well as he had hoped, so it was time for some newfound power from HED. HED stands...
Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Still Needs Lots Of Welding Even Though It Just Came From The Chassis Shop!
Building cars takes a lot of work, and when you are building a race car that amount of work often becomes next level. The reason is because the fancier the chassis setup the more welding and...
Should Newbern Actually Consider Trading His Race Car? God Only Knows What’s Going To Happen…
Newbern is lucky as hell, because he recently got to hang out with our friend Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, for a tour of the collection as well as a visit to his annual swap meet. Tommy has...
This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 8: The Vintage Dragster Gets Front Shock Mounts In Preparation For Some Speed!
It’s getting exciting!!! In this video update on the Vintage Dragster project, it gets front shock mounts and more after coming off the chassis table to sit on the ground for the first time in the...
IS AN AFTERMARKET CHASSIS WORTH IT? FINNEGAN IS BODY SWAPPING HIS 1957 CHEVY GASSER.
Body swap, chassis swap, whichever you call it, it involves putting a car onto a new chassis either for repair, a performance improvement, or both. I did my first in 2005 when I swapped my 1956 Chevy...
Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Gets A Sexy New Rearend AND Comes Home From The Chassis Shop!
Here’s another Maliboom project update and boy is this car coming right along. In the two videos below you are going to see a sexy new rearend housing come together, along with the last of the...
This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 7: The Vintage Dragster Gets A Mid-Plate And Comes Off The Chassis Table!
It’s about to get exciting!!! In this video update on the Vintage Dragster project, it gets a mid-plate and then comes off the chassis table to sit on the ground for the first time! Plus the...