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Super Duty Axle Upgrades: Installing A Ballistic Fabrication Shave Kit And Axle Housing Truss

If you are getting into heavy duty rock crawling, rock bouncing, and genuine abuse of your solid axle rig, then an axle truss is something you’ve probably thought about adding to your axles....

Make It Kustom Cab Over Ramp Truck: Maiden Voyage Issues, Some Get Fixed, Others Not So Much, Lets Road Trip This Thing 4500 km!

When things aren’t going right, you just go all in right? That’s what Brent and Karl are doing on the ramp truck! It’s got some issues, but they think they can fix them in the...

Halfass Kustoms $0 1951 Ford Rat Rod Project: It Looks Right, But Can You Actually Get An Engine Into The Zero Dollar Budget Rat Rod?

Well, it’s time to see if Brent can stuff and engine and transmission into this thing. It started out as just a fun yard art project, which I TOTALLY approve of, but now it’s turning into...

Our Friend Todd Ryden Shows Us How To Install A Lokar Shifter In His Bitchin C10 Suburban Project. Floor Shifter Goodness With Classic Style.

There are a ton of shifters out there on the market, for just about every transmission known to man, but often times those shifters are either race oriented and styled, or are just not very nice to...

Will It RUN AND DRIVE? Is There Any Chance For This Old C10 Truck That’s Been Parked For Decades?

Derek at Vice Grip Garage is back at it and this time he’s found himself an old C10 pickup that has apparently been sitting for decades. Will it run and drive, or is this going to be one of...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: Break Downs And Trouble Shooting Problems Before The Deck Goes Together

It’s moving along, and it’s time for more miles and more testing and more tuning. This ramp truck project is something special, but like all things custom there are sometimes parts, pieces, and...

Freiburger and Pewe Make A 600 Mile Road Trip Into A Fiasco, But Visit An Abandoned Auto Parts Store And Chevy Dealership Along The Way!

Freiburger and Pewe are back at it with another off-road adventure that promises struggles, adventures, and more. This one is pretty interesting because not only are they doing it in a Jeep most...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck Fire?? uhh FIRE FIRE FIRE!!! & Brakes in the COE RAMP TRUCK

It’s moving along! After three days of thrashing on it with friends, it is time to fire this pig up! Watch. This project has been a fun one to watch, it started when Brent from Halfass Kustoms...

Freiburger And Finnegan Are Rescuing ’70s-styled 1956 Ford F-100 Truck And Then Driving It To South Dakota

Freiburger talked about this F-100 of his on the video about the 35 project cars and trucks he currently owns. If you missed that one, we’ve got a link below which you are going to want to...

First Truck, First LS Swap, And More: Newbern’s Kid Got A C10 And It Is Getting A New Engine AND Some Aces Fuel Injection

A kid’s first truck is a pretty special thing, and it’s awesome that Newbern’s son has got himself a project. This one is a 1969 C10 and it needs some love for sure, but they are...

Bagged BIG BLOCK Square Body! – Will It RUN AND DRIVE 700 Miles Home To Vice Grip Garage While Pulling A Popup Camper?

I can’t even imagine how many cars and trucks Derek at Vice Grip Garage has bought over the past year, but it has to be a lot. I mean a lot a lot. After all, he’s trying to drive a truck...

New Product: American Powertrain™ Introduces ProFit HD 4WD Kits for Dodge Ram 1500 5-Speed – Features TREMEC® TR-4050

4×4 Dodge Ram owners rejoice! You guys have a new option when it comes to manual transmissions for your Dodge Ram trucks. While the famed NV-4500 is a great transmission, capable of handling...

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...

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...