Category Archive: CHEVY, ENGINE, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, TRUCKS, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Project Trucks, XL Spotlight, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos
Did CHEAP Parts Destroy The Engine In Mortske’s LS Swapped 1985 Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually?!?
There are lots of folks who never buy anything but high dollar factory parts, and then jillions who buy replacement parts from lots of sources. Many folks use price alone to decide which parts to buy...
The StanceWorks 800hp 1931 Ford Model A Race Truck Is Back! It’s terrifyingly fast… and he’s eager to drive it again. But First It Needs A Rebuild
If you aren’t familiar with the Stanceworks 1931 Ford Model A, you should be. This little bastard is epic and yet there is something about it that makes you wonder if it is going to put the...
Will This Abandoned F250 RUN And DRIVE 800 Miles To Mount Rushmore? With A Camper On It?
Derek is back at it, but this time he’s in a truck that is a bit more interesting because it has a camper on it! To me, this won’t be nearly as fun of a story if he doesn’t stay in...
Newbern Has A New Ramp Truck Project! This 1968 C50 Is Going To Be Awesome!
Newbern has spent way too much time around all of Finnegan’s ramp trucks, so now he’s going to embark on his own ramp truck project. He and Wesley just picked up this bad ass peach and...
FIRE! The Vice Grip Garage NASCAR Burnout Truck Needs Work – Let’s Watch Derek Fix It And Make MORE Improvements!
It ran and drove, and it did big burnouts, but it had some issues and now it is time to fix those issues. If you missed any of the build of this former circle track truck, into a burnout machine, use...
OBS Clash Build Tahoe Part 1 – Repairing and Restoring a Customized Tahoe Limited SUV
If you are a fan of the OBS trucks, and like a custom SUV, then you are going to dig this new project. We’re talking about a custom and awesome street truck that has the look and feel that...
New Wrecking Yard Inventory! 1950 Studebaker Truck! Complete with a lot of good pieces!
A couple of weeks ago I went to Kansas to pick up a square-body Suburban from Chad Ehrlich’s wrecking yard, Nobody Else’s Auto, in Great Bend. While I was there we took a cool tour of the...
It’s The Chad & Chad Show! I’m Picking Up My New Project Chevy Square Body Suburban From A Wrecking Yard In Kansas!
I needed another project like a hole in the head, but growing up in a square body Suburban has had me wanting one for a while. I’ve owned several other Suburbans over the years, but never a...
How To: Vent Window Delete – 1973-87 Chevy & GMC Squarebody One Piece Side Glass Conversion
I’ve recently acquired another squarebody Chevrolet project, and while it will be a fairly straight forward project that is just getting a lowering job and an LS swap, I know there will be some...
SEIZED and FLOODED Engine! – Will This Old Truck RUN AND DRIVE Again For Vice Grip Garage?
I’m a big fan of a square-body GM truck, and I kinda dig a stepside, but this one is going to be a challenge to love because it has not had the easiest life. Apparently, it sat for years...
The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: Building A Truck In 15 Days And Then Driving It 4,000 Miles. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
In the last episode the Apache started the road trip back home to Canada, but before it can get all the way there it has to make some other stops. That is the whole point. The truck is going to be...
SEIZED and FLOODED Engine! – Will Derek Make This Old Truck RUN AND DRIVE Again?
At first glance this old square body Chevy pickup looks not too bad, but when you find out that it sat outside for many years without a hood, and ended up flooded in a pond, you wonder if the engine...
The DeBoss Garage Support Vehicle Left Them Stranded 4000 Miles Away From Home
As you’ve seen here, the DeBoss Garage crew built a 1955 Apache Pickup to drive cross country on an adventure that ultimately was supposed to get them home to Canada. If you missed that series,...
The Crew Cab Died, So Vice Grip Garage Bought This Ford F100 Sight Unseen! Will It RUN And DRIVE 640 Miles Home?
After the crew cab square body decided it wasn’t happy anymore, the prospects for Derek and the gang to make it to the next three days of Power Tour were looking pretty slim. So in typical Vice...