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Dave Chappelle’s Off-Road Games Jeep Project: The Jalopy Jeep Is Going To Need A LOT Of Tough Love In The Form Of Fire
Apr 22, 2025Chad Reynolds0
If there’s one thing I know, it’s that Dave Chappelle has no fear when it comes to cutting up Jeeps and the like in order to make them into real wheeling machines. I mean just look at...
Dave Chappelle’s Off-Road Games Jeep Project Starts Right Here. @MattsOffRoadRecovery Off-Road Games Competition Starts Now!!
Apr 07, 2025Chad Reynolds0
Dave was invited to compete in the Matt’s OffRoad Recovery Off-Road Games, where building a rig on the cheap and going up against a bunch of others who are doing the same will results in many...
TIJUANA TO TACOMA! Will This BIG BLOCK Square Body RUN AND DRIVE After 20 Years? Derek Sure Hopes So! Part 1/3
Apr 03, 2025Chad Reynolds0
Family road trips are what cars used to be about. In the days of our favorite cars and trucks, Americans did road trip family vacations. People don’t do that much anymore. But that’s...
Rebeldryver’s Garage Drivetrain Swap: 4.10 Gears For the 1965 Impala SS’s 12 Bolt Differential.
Apr 03, 2025Chad Reynolds0
After doing a close ratio 6-speed Magnum swap from American Powertrain in his 1965 Impala, Scott Liggett decided that the car could use more rear gear since it’s got so much overdrive, and I...
Ian Shows Us How To Run 40″ Tires on Stock JK Axles: The Ultimate JK Axle Build For Those That Want To Crawl More Than The Mall
Jan 13, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Ian Shows Us How To Run 40″ Tires on Stock JK Axles: The Ultimate JK Axle Build For Those That Want To Crawl More Than The Mall
Mall crawlers make up a huge portion of the Jeep buyers over the last few years, but the ones that want to crawl more than a mall are always looking for bigger and better upgrades. Over the years,...
Super Duty Axle Upgrades: Installing A Ballistic Fabrication Shave Kit And Axle Housing Truss
Dec 18, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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!
Nov 03, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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?
Oct 24, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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.
Oct 23, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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?
Oct 19, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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
Oct 17, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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!
Sep 26, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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
Sep 12, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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
Sep 01, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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...