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Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – 1976 GMC BUILD Gets A Low Mileage Engine, Overdrive, And Gears In A New Rear!

It’s been shortened, lowered, tuned up, spit shined, and the inside got some love before Puddin “finished” the shop truck project. But now it is getting some more love, in the form of a...

Ultimate Off-Road Project: A Twin Turbo Lamborghini V10 Range Rover Prerunner | Morgan Clarke Design Dakar Prototype [ep.1]

Hard core off-road rigs are awesome. Whether they are for rock crawling, mud racing, hill climbs, or desert racing, they are awesome. I’m partial to desert off-road racing because so much of of...

FINNEGAN IS LS-SWAPPING HIS OBS CHEVY TRUCK WITH A 6-SPEED TRANSMISSION! MINT CONDITION LOW MILE OBS PROJECT

Finnegan is back on the OBS project, and now it is time to remove the TBI small block and stock trans for a much badder asser LS and a 6L-90. This is going to be cool. If you haven’t seen this...

Saving A Real Truck From The Scrap Pile! Will It Run?!? Squarebody Revival – 1975 Chevrolet C20 Scottsdale Destined for the Scrap!

You gotta love a scrap yard that doesn’t want to crush a car or truck they think might be worth saving, and especially when that scrap yard knows someone like Mortske who will in fact save it....

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck Is Getting Torn Down For A Weekend Thrash And Welding!

It’s time for even more welding, but this time it’s on the bed and chassis of this beast. This bad boy is being treated to an awesome weekend thrash with friends, all of whom are jumping in to...

Better Burnouts Through Science! Finnegan Helps A Friend Make Cooler Air, And More Power, In A 10 Second Suburban Burnout Machine

An LS Swapped squarebody GM truck is nothing new, even if this one is a 3/4 ton Suburban. But when you have a very simple, stock bottom end 6.0 in it that makes 800 at the tire then even this 4600 lb...

Ryan’s Squarebody C10 Project: How To Restore Interior Plastics- Saving Money Never Looked So Good

Whether you are building a classic truck as something custom, or are restoring it to factory, there are always going to be some stock parts that are going to be needed. Door handles, knobs, dash...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Body Work, A Bit More Fab, More Body Work, And Primer!

There has been so much metal fab already, and there will likely be some more, but in the two videos below you are going to see all the metal shaping pay off as the body work starts and primer gets...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Gaps, More Gaps, And Running Board Adjustments.

Custom metal work is a theme on this project! If you did the math I’d bet 80% of the sheetmetal on this project had been touched, shaped, or replaced. This is one cool project and you are going...

Abandoned Legendary MONSTER TRUCK! Will Derek Make It RUN AND DRIVE Again After A Decade?

Derek found a Monster Truck! How this whole thing went down will make you smile, and boy is it cool! This monster truck is old school as can be, but to have one in your yard that runs and does...

Vice Grip Garage’s 1965 C10 “Lawsuit” RETURNS with 4 Barrel EFI Swap On A Straight 6 LIVE In Front Of Fans! Will It RUN?

I’ve built a few cars in front of a crowd, and it always puts more pressure on you than just working on one in your home garage. At the same time, it’s fun to show fans what you can do...

Tony Angelo DOUBLED the BOOST! DIRT CHEAP Turbo 6 Cylinder Build Gets Sent To The Next Level! Double The Smiles And Tire Smoke!

I’m a fan of junk builds, as well as projects that have no good reason to do other than to put smiles on the faces of those doing them. I mean that’s what hot rodding is all about, right? So when...

Ryan Is Restoring The Interior Of His 1984 GMC Pickup They Call Slick Rick. Custom Seat, Sound Deadening, Details, And More.

Ryan’s square body Chevrolet C10 is a pretty cool truck, but like many projects this thing started out with a running engine that didn’t last long. So a big block from a friend became the...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: The Rear Bumper Just Needs A Little More Love, And So Do The Fenders And Running Boards

Custom bumpers and fenders are a theme on this project! The rear bumper still needs some love and he’s working the fender gaps as well as the running board fitment in this pair of videos. The...