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Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: The 1929 Ford Roadster Pickup Gets A Chopped Windshield And A NEW Bed!
The Iron Trap shop truck is so close to being ready to run! Watch as they install some nice new parts this week and actually sit in it and make engine noises for the first time. I think this is going...
Corvettes With BILLET Diesel Cummins Engines? Now These Are Some Bad Ass Beasts!
As if a billet Cummins wasn’t enough to talk about, no matter what it’s in, these two are in a pair of badass C2 Corvettes! Just a couple of years ago it was almost unheard of to find a...
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Shortening The Driveshaft, Sorta First Drive, And More For The F1 Project
Here is Part 11 of the 1951 Ford Project. It’s nearly ready for the big unveil, and in this episode the driveshaft gets shortened, the radiator goes in, and the running boards get mounted so it...
This 1951 Chevy Truck Build Is Budget Friendly And Creative Because It’s Being Built In South Africa!
Building a project on the cheap, by being creative and doing the work yourself, is what hot rodding is all about. And I’m totally down for a patina’d project that starts off with a donor...
Here’s What Happens When A Retired Truck Driver Gets An Airstream
Everyone knows I have a thing for motorhomes, rvs, and travel trailers. I can’t help it, I grew up in a family that had them and have traveled all around the country in one. So when I see...
Sand Skipper: Junkyard Digs Takes The Cadillac/Bronco Trar Out To The Silver Lake Sand Dunes
It took me a minute to figure out what Junkyard Digs’ latest field find reminded me of. I couldn’t picture the Bronco that it used to be, and I certainly couldn’t picture a...
Are They All The Same Motor Oil? Let’s Settle This! Four Levels of Pennzoil Motor Oil Compared
Oil is a mystery to most folks, as we don’t really know what is inside the quart we pick up at the auto parts store, and don’t understand the additives that might make one different than...
Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: How To Shorten A Ford Flathead Torque Tube
The Iron Trap shop truck project is coming along, but because it is a project being built from all kinds of spare parts then there is a fair amount of finagling that must go on. One of those things...
New Redline Rebuild Video: The Time Lapse Of The 283 Chevy Teardown and Assembly Is Here And It’s A Fun Watch
We tend to stick onto the Redline Rebuild series videos like glue around here. But this time? To be totally honest, we weren’t really THAT into the 2-bbl 283 rebuild in-depth but we sure wanted...
Video: The Chevrolet Reveal Of The 2023 Colorado ZR2 Is A Fun Watch Showcasing A Capable Truck
(By Tom Lohnes) – A few days ago, Chevrolet released teaser photos of their newest generation of their midsize Colorado pickup truck and its newest iteration of the ZR2 off-road version, which...
Return Of The Monster Trucks – This 1986 Movie Shaped Many Gearhead Lives!
Well here’s a blast from my childhood! Return of the Monster Trucks was one of the most important videos I ever watched because it has a lasting impression on the rest of my life. Seriously. If...
Incredible Video: The Day A Wrongly Drilled Oil Well Drained A 2.5 Billion Gallon Lake – The Story of Lake Peigneur!
(By Greg Rourke) – So the other day I was drilling a broken bolt to extract it. I didn’t center punch it correctly, so when I drilled it I drilled partially into the part I was trying to...
Sitting Inside The Sun: Video From The Day The X-15 Rocket Plane Exploded On The Ground And Hurt No One
The X-series of rocket planes were some of the most important research craft ever built for scientific and military testing. As mentioned, there were several of them with the mightiest and most...
