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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...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Making Patch Panels For All Kinds Of Rusty Bits

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is making patch panel after patch panel in an effort to get rid of all the rust that is at every corner of this truck. NAPCO was a company...

Will Brent At Halfass Kustoms Be Able To Make This Long Forgotten 1958 Chevrolet Apache Pickup Run And Drive Again?

Brent at Halfass Kustoms seems to be getting more and more cool project vehicles this year and thankfully he’s into seeing if he can make them run before doing anything else to them. I mean...

Polishing Turds: Part 12, Final Assembly Before Dynoing This Thing!

In this new episode of the Polishing Turds series from HED you are going to see the final assembly of the engine finally completed! Can you guess how much power it is going to make on the dyno? Pete...

Can You Grade Stainless Steel With A Magnet? Cheap Stainless Isn’t Necessarily Good Stainless

As Justin explains in this video, there are several grades of stainless steel available on the market. This is important because in our global economy there are parts being made in all these...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Big Tires, Making Motor Mounts And Test Fitting The Engine And Trans!

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is making motor mounts and test fitting the drivetrain! Some of you are going to be mad because it is getting LS Swapped, but those of you...

Save It Sunday: Will it Run?!? 1951 Ford F4 Barn Find! Abandoned for 50 Years! Grain Truck Revival!

Mortske is back at it folks, and this week he’s off to rescue a 1951 Ford F4 truck. This particular truck spent it’s life as a grain truck, which might not be super common on the East and...

Puddin’s Fab Shop Special: Can Puddin Make This ABANDONED 1959 International B100 Run Again?

Puddin is always hustling on projects and having a good time, but sometimes he gets projects dropped off he wasn’t even expecting! This 1959 International B100 showed up at his house and has...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Shortening The Frame And Installing A Dump Bed

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is taking out a chunk of the frame to get the overall length right, and then he’s installing the tilt mechanism for the dump bed....

DO PORTED HEADS ADD POWER ON A TURBO LS? YES, BUT DO YOU REALLY NEED THEM? ARE THE DECKS TOO THIN?

Does porting your stock LS heads make sense when you are going to add a turbocharger to the mix? The easy answer is yes. And the easy answer is no. Why both? Well, it kind of depends on what you are...

TUNE PORT INJECTION-LONG RUNNER VS SHORT RUNNER-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE HP, WHICH ONE MAKES MORE TORQUE?

Long vs Short Runner intake manifolds is a discussion that has been going on for decades. Which is right for my combo? Which one makes the most power? Which one makes the most torque? Is there...

Youtubers Made the Smallest, Fastest Impact Wrenches on the Planet, Torque Test Channel Tests ‘Em!

Hot rodded tools?! Yep, what happens if you take your average cordless tools, in this case impact drivers, and you add parts from an impact wrench/gun? I have a feeling that bad things happen in some...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Recycling Body Mounts And More To Make This Whole Thing Work

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...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Test Fitting The Body And Chassis To See If This Will Even Work!

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...