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Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion: Lowering, Rebuilt Suspension, Custom Fabrication, MORE!
Nov 15, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion: Lowering, Rebuilt Suspension, Custom Fabrication, MORE!
In the first video we shared the shortening of the bed and chassis to convert this long bed to a short bed. If you missed it, you can use the link below to check it out. In this second video there...
LS Swap A Square Body Part 3: Halfass Kustoms New Square Body Chevy Project Gets A New Hydraulic Clutch For The NV3500 And More
Nov 14, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on LS Swap A Square Body Part 3: Halfass Kustoms New Square Body Chevy Project Gets A New Hydraulic Clutch For The NV3500 And More
It’s kind of nice when you have a collection of Chevrolet trucks and SUVs that are sitting with their LS engines and transmissions just waiting to become donors for other projects, and that is...
Measuring For Your New Hydraulic Clutch Install: How To Get Perfect Hydraulic Release Bearing Air Gap For an American Powertain Hydramax
Oct 12, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Measuring For Your New Hydraulic Clutch Install: How To Get Perfect Hydraulic Release Bearing Air Gap For an American Powertain Hydramax
Installing an American Powertrain Hydramax system in your hot rod or muscle car is an excellent upgrade. If you are swapping to a modern manual transmission, and why wouldn’t you, then...
Finnegan Broke His Supercharged 1967 Chevy C10 On The Way To Cletus’ Bristol 1000 Race!
Sep 11, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Finnegan Broke His Supercharged 1967 Chevy C10 On The Way To Cletus’ Bristol 1000 Race!
Finnegan is back at it, making the kinds of hot rodding and racing decisions we all make, which are sometimes more fun than smart. The clutch in his C10 has been a problem because of an odd failure,...
SEIZED and FLOODED Engine! – Will This Old Truck RUN AND DRIVE Again For Vice Grip Garage?
Jul 14, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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...
Watch These Guys Fix A Broken Axle Housing On A Dump Truck With A Stick Welder And A Lathe
Jul 06, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Watch These Guys Fix A Broken Axle Housing On A Dump Truck With A Stick Welder And A Lathe
You know we are fans of the Pakistani Truck channel on YouTube and there are a bunch more just like it. These channels often show workers in far-off places who are using what we might consider...
The DeBoss Garage Support Vehicle Left Them Stranded 4000 Miles Away From Home
Jun 21, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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?
Jun 17, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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...
Is Walmart’s ATF Better Than GM’s? Let’s find out! ACDelco vs SuperTech, Mobil & Red Line
Jun 06, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Is Walmart’s ATF Better Than GM’s? Let’s find out! ACDelco vs SuperTech, Mobil & Red Line
Project Farm is back at it, and this time the test is to find out which automatic transmission fluid really is worth buying and to cover a wide range of offerings, he’s testing Walmart’s...
FINNEGAN BOUGHT A $15,000 CHEVY SQUARE BODY LIMO THAT’S FIT FOR A KING!
May 07, 2023Chad Reynolds2
Cause why wouldn’t you right? Anytime that Finnegan buys a new truck, especially a square body, I laugh just a little. I’m never surprised, because this has become a regular occurrence,...
American Powertrain Introduces: 4×2 TR-4050™ 5-Speed Pro-Fit HD Manual Transmission Kit for RWD 1988-98 Chevy/GMC OBS Trucks
May 04, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on American Powertrain Introduces: 4×2 TR-4050™ 5-Speed Pro-Fit HD Manual Transmission Kit for RWD 1988-98 Chevy/GMC OBS Trucks
If you are looking for a legit heavy duty overdrive manual transmission for your truck, then this one here from American Powertrain is the way to go. It uses the Tremec TR-4050 and makes a great...
Featured Product: Hi-Tek Deep Transmission Pans For Ram Trucks From B&M
Apr 27, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Featured Product: Hi-Tek Deep Transmission Pans For Ram Trucks From B&M
Parts Description: Outfit your 2013-2023 1500 or 2019-2023 2500/3500 Ram Truck’s ZF 8HP-series transmission with a bigger and better transmission pan from B&M. A Hi-Tek deep transmission...
FINDING OUT WHY FINNEGAN’S LT4-SWAPPED ’67 CHEVY C10 BROKE AND HOW HE’S GETTING IT READY TO RACE FREIBURGER.
Mar 26, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on FINDING OUT WHY FINNEGAN’S LT4-SWAPPED ’67 CHEVY C10 BROKE AND HOW HE’S GETTING IT READY TO RACE FREIBURGER.
In a recent video Finnegan was out doing 6th gear burnouts in his sequentially shifted C10 truck and unfortunately he killed the clutch. Now he’s got to have it up and running for a showdown...
The Vice Grip Garage NASCAR Truck Gets A Big Block! Will It Even Fit?
Mar 11, 2023Chad Reynolds2
Now it’s getting a big block and turbo 400? That’s not what these were ever designed to hold, so will it fit, and will any of the other stuff needed to make it work actually fit?...