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Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – 1976 GMC BUILD almost COMPLETE! NEW A/C, NEW INTERIOR, MORE!!!
Feb 06, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – 1976 GMC BUILD almost COMPLETE! NEW A/C, NEW INTERIOR, MORE!!!
It’s been shortened, lowered, tuned up, spit shined, and so much more, but the inside still needs some love in order to get this budget shop truck into tip top shape. Puddin is fixing some...
Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #9 – 50’s & 60’s Chevy Trucks
Feb 03, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #9 – 50’s & 60’s Chevy Trucks
Here’s the ninth video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a couple of rad old Chevy trucks. Watch and if you missed the previous videos use the link below. Our friend Steve Magnante...
Puddin’s Fab Shop Is FINISHING the 1984 S-10 build just to GIVE IT AWAY! See How You Can Win!
Feb 01, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Puddin’s Fab Shop Is FINISHING the 1984 S-10 build just to GIVE IT AWAY! See How You Can Win!
Puddin has built a bunch of cool little trucks on his youtube channel, but this lowbuck S10 was one of my favorites. This little pickup really looks like something special that I’d love to be...
Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #6 – The High Class Diamond T Rig
Jan 28, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #6 – The High Class Diamond T Rig
Here’s the sixth video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a Diamond T. These were high dollar rigs back in the day. Check it out. Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A Tube Frame For The Custom Bed
Jan 25, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A Tube Frame For The Custom Bed
In the last video, Brent started working on his vision for the bed, and in this one he’s got a full tube structure going together. It’s interesting and we think this thing is going to be...
Fiberglass How-To: Using Foam And Glass To Form A Custom Dash For A 1967 C10 Pickup. Shaping And Glassing!
Jan 24, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Fiberglass How-To: Using Foam And Glass To Form A Custom Dash For A 1967 C10 Pickup. Shaping And Glassing!
Here is the third video in this cool custom dash series. I happened upon this video series the other day and knew I had to share it. After recently posting a video of Brent at Halfass Kustoms doing a...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A One-Off Custom Bed For This Pickup.
Jan 23, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A One-Off Custom Bed For This Pickup.
Now that the chassis has been shortened up to get the proportions right, it’s time for Brent to start focusing on the bed. He wants something completely different than stock, so he’s...
Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #2 – Mack DM600.
Jan 23, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #2 – Mack DM600.
Here’s the second video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a Mack DM600 that would make a rad ramp truck! Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission for a few...
LEFT-FOR-DEAD Grandpa Special OBS CHEVY BEGINS PROTOURING MAKEOVER: Suspension, Wheels, Tires, And More.
Jan 19, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on LEFT-FOR-DEAD Grandpa Special OBS CHEVY BEGINS PROTOURING MAKEOVER: Suspension, Wheels, Tires, And More.
How many times have you seen a bitchin old Grandpa style pickup driving down the street and thought, man if that thing wasn’t brown and was slammed it would be awesome? Yeah, jillions of times....
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: New Shop Move Complete, It’s Time To Cut The 1949 GMC Roadster In Half.
Jan 17, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: New Shop Move Complete, It’s Time To Cut The 1949 GMC Roadster In Half.
It’s time to shorten the frame on Brent’s custom GMC Roadster pickup now that he’s moved in the new shop. You might remember that his shp burned to the ground earlier this year and...
Will It Run?!? Mortske Picked Up Another Failed Facebook Marketplace Project! Chassis Swapped 1953 GMC with EFI!!
Jan 11, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Will It Run?!? Mortske Picked Up Another Failed Facebook Marketplace Project! Chassis Swapped 1953 GMC with EFI!!
I say all the time that some of the best deals on projects are those that someone has either been stumped by, ran out of money or talent on, or has just lost interest in because it has taken so long...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Filling The Cowl Vent, And Scavenging The Yard For A Brake Master Cylinder!
Jan 10, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Filling The Cowl Vent, And Scavenging The Yard For A Brake Master Cylinder!
The custom GMC roadster pickup project can’t have all this other custom metalwork and then still have a factory cowl vent, so in this video Brent is going to fill it in and smooth it over....
Puddin Found Another Abandoned Truck. This 1980 JUNKYARD C10 is getting pieced together for CHEAP!
Jan 09, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Puddin Found Another Abandoned Truck. This 1980 JUNKYARD C10 is getting pieced together for CHEAP!
We recently shared a cool video series from Puddin where he takes a junkyard find longbed truck and makes it into a short bed, lowers it, and more to make it into the new Puddin’s Fab Shop shop...
Derek From Vice Grip Garage Gets His Hands On Motion Raceworks 1,000HP ZZ632 GM Crate Engine “Work Truck” To Perform Some UPGRADES!
Jan 06, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Derek From Vice Grip Garage Gets His Hands On Motion Raceworks 1,000HP ZZ632 GM Crate Engine “Work Truck” To Perform Some UPGRADES!
Well here we go! Derek has gotten his hands on the Motion Raceworks OBS Chevy pickup to make some upgrades and adjustments and boy is this thing going to be cool as hell. With the 1,000 horsepower...






