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An All-Aluminum, Flat-Plane Crank, DOHC V8 in 1940! Ford’s 1,100ci (18L) GAA V8 Is a WWII Marvel!
The Godzilla might be a beast, but it’s tiny compared to the all aluminum, double overhead cam and flat plane crank equipped, 1,100 cubic inch V8 that Ford built in 1940. Yeah, 1940! This is...
Dino’s Git Down 2023 Did Not Disappoint! This Two Day Show Is One Of THE Must Attend Truck Shows Of The Year.
Dino’s Git Down is one of the truck world’s most talked about events and one that started out as just a small gathering of buddies at Dino’s shop. It slowly grew over the years until it was...
The Good Old Days: This Review Of The 1989 Chevy K5 Blazer Is A Reminder Of How Much We Dig Those Trucks
As a kid, I unsuccessfully lobbied my parents to buy a Blazer a few times in the 1980s and 1990s. I loved these things then, and I love them now. My friend and gas station co-buffoon Brian had a 1978...
The Bud Boss Takes on Bigfoot in a Pulling Exhibition – 1980s Monster Truck Coolness
The 1980s were a fun decade. In the realm of motorsports, the USHRA sprung up and promoted massive shows in outdoor stadiums across the country. They featured mud bogging, pulling, and monster...
Fiberglass How-To: Using Foam And Glass To Form A Custom Dash For A 1967 C10 Pickup. Shaping And Glassing!
Here is the third video in this cool custom dash series. I happened upon this video series the other day and knew I had to share it. After recently posting a video of Brent at Halfass Kustoms doing a...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A One-Off Custom Bed For This Pickup.
Now that the chassis has been shortened up to get the proportions right, it’s time for Brent to start focusing on the bed. He wants something completely different than stock, so he’s...
Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #2 – Mack DM600.
Here’s the second video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a Mack DM600 that would make a rad ramp truck! Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission for a few...
More Monster ‘Dozer Action – Check Out This 1950s Siamese Twin D8 Caterpillar! (Video)
(By Greg Rourke) – Brian recently showed us the Euclid TC-12 bulldozer. Apparently it was a nightmare as far as reliability. It turns out if you needed an XXL dozer in the early 50’s,...
Pricelessly Cool: Watch The Incredible Process Of Printing An Inconel Header From Scratch – Amazing
Yes, we know. This process was really long. This process was incredibly expensive, complicated, and maybe unnecessarily complex but my goodness is it awesome. This is how Steph Papadakis Racing went...
Metal Shaping Video: Khaos Design Is Making The Custom Firewall For The 1964 Toyota Stout Build
If you’ve never seen a Khaos Design video, then you are missing out on a woman who has some serious metal shaping and design skills. The most recent build she’s doing is a 1964 Toyota...
First Wash: Cleaning an ABANDONED Dent Side Ford Bronco With 20 Years Of Moss and Spider Nests Is Amazingly Satisfying
This Bronco would be a total find if you are a classic Ford truck fan. After all, finding old hot rods, trucks, and classics in the woods, in barns, and in garages is always fun. If somebody like...
Truck Feature: The ‘Urban Cowboy’ – Roadster Shop’s Legend Series 1976 Chevy C10 Build Details And A Drive!
The Roadster Shop is known for bad ass pro-touring and hot rod chassis, and has been building some of the nicest restomod and pro-touring machines on the planet for several years now. Their builds...
LEFT-FOR-DEAD Grandpa Special OBS CHEVY BEGINS PROTOURING MAKEOVER: Suspension, Wheels, Tires, And More.
How many times have you seen a bitchin old Grandpa style pickup driving down the street and thought, man if that thing wasn’t brown and was slammed it would be awesome? Yeah, jillions of times....
