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Will It Run And Drive? This Ford Supervan Has Been Buried In The Trees For 32 Years!

Derek is back at it as usual, with another long left ride in need of some love to get it back running and driving. But this one here has been taken over by the trees as it has been sitting for 32...

Vans Are Back! Custom Vans Are Making A Big Resurgence, And We Totally Approve.

Stacey David has a new van project he’s been working on and we couldn’t approve more. After all, if we were going to build our own custom van it most certainly would be something like...

ABANDONED 1979 Chevy LUV Gets A BUDGET FRIENDLY Makeover From Puddin’s Fab Shop!

I would drive this little LUV truck every day! There, I said it. A cool little mini truck, whether it’s a LUV, an S10, a Courier, or whatever is a handy little parts truck that can be great to...

Ryan Tuerck shocks SEMA with 650hp 4cyl Toyota Stout…

This awesome little Toyota Stout had everyone talking inside the SEMA show this year because not only did it have a look like none other, but it had the beans to back it up. It makes 650 horsepower,...

Is This The Ultimate Off-Road RV? UNICAT Expedition Vehicle TC78 FAMILY SUITE MAN TGS 33.510 6X6 X4

You know how much I dig a cool off-road or expedition RV, so when I saw this UNICAT i just had to share it. This thing is rad. Like super rad. It is huge but built to be able to survive off-road with...

Feature: Boyd Coddington Built The First Chopped OBS Chevrolet Sport Truck

Everyone knows Boyd Coddington’s history as a hot rod builder, but if you weren’t around in the late 1980s through mid 1990s then you might not have experienced the sport truck movement...

2022 Holley LS Fest East: Playing In The Dirt With Grandpa’s Bug

Off-Road racing has been a part of LS Fest West in Las Vegas since it first started, but after seeing how popular it was with the fans and attendees, Holley knew they had to add that same kind of...

Will This Forgotten Chevy Ramp Truck Haul The Vice Grip Garage Family & Ranger 800 Miles?

Derek is always buying cars and trucks, and then trying to get them running. Sometimes he also goes to wherever they are and tries to drive them all the way back home hundreds of miles. But this time...

Motorhome Tour: Check Out How The Other Half Lives! This Prevost Motorhome Is Insane!

I spend a lot of time at the races, and depending on what race you are at there are often amazing motorhomes, toterhomes, and hauler trailers. I’m always drooling over them. So when I saw this...

Hemi Swapped C10 Build Part 5: Final Prep For Holley’s Moparty In Bowling Green!

Here is Part 5 of the Gen III HEMI C10 build that Derek has dubbed the HemiHalf. It’s been torn apart, mocked up, tore apart, and put back together to where it’s almost a finished truck....

Halfass Kustoms Builds A 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Clone The Easy Way

NAPCO was a company that built 4-wheel drive conversion parts for domestic trucks and was founded in 1918. Although they made parts for Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, and Studebaker trucks, they are most well...

Van Tour: Smart Car Camper Van Conversion – Wait What?

We’ve seen a lot of people camp out of a lot of things, from giant 45ft Class A pushers, to the family truckster wagon. But in recent years there has been an even bigger movement of people...

This Mitsubishi Fuso Build Might Be The Ultimate Off-Road RV

Wow this thing is a badass! This might be one of the best overland RV’s in the country and was built to go anywhere, and do anything, you want to do with your RV. It is off-grid ready and has...

Justin Arias’ LS Hemi Powered 1966 El Camino Is The Epitomy Of Hot Rodding

A while back we featured Justin Arias’ ’66 El Camino in a video he did at Hoonigans where this badass beast did a big boy burnout in their yard, and we got some really great comments from...