Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, ENGINE, JUNKYARDS, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Spotlight
BEST JUNKYARD DAY EVER! WHO FINDS FOUR 6.0L LS MOTORS IN 1 DAY? FORD & DODGE V10S, CLASSICS & BOOST!
I’ve been at the wrecking yard with Richard Holdener on multiple occasions and can tell you that SoCal has some great spots to pickup engines and parts. With a jillion cars in the area, the...
Americana Video: Watching Coke Delivery Men Work In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin During The 1940s – Just Wow
Want to talk about a window into a world that no longer exists?! This is some really spectacular footage that seems to have been made by a local Coca-Cola bottler/distributor a long, long time ago....
Anvil Repair Tech – Seriously, This Is A Cool Story About Repairing An Anvil!
(By Greg Rourke) – In the rental business we have customers that we’re sure could f up an anvil. It turns out that can actually happen. Here we have the New England Blacksmiths anvil...
Jack Attack: Restoring A 70-year Old Blackhawk Bottle Jack Is A Satisfying Thing To Watch
There’s something awesome about saving old tools and equipment and that’s why I love this video that shows the step by step restoration of a 70-year old Blackhawk bottle jack. This is a...
Liggett Starts His First LS Engine Build! Did He Buy A Good Used Engine Or A Bad One? The Teardown Never Lies!
Scott Liggett, aka Rebeldryver, has been hot rodding small block and big block Chevrolets for a long time, and while he’s worked on some LS stuff while he was at Blueprint Engines and on other...
Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting Custom Front Shock Mounts.
In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the front...
Casey Currie Takes Us For Another Ride During Easter Jeep Safari, With An Epic View, And A Fairly Sketchy Trail Made For Mountain Bikes
If you are into Jeeps, then the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab Utah is like Mecca and if you haven’t been you’ll be blown away by how many folks head into town for the event. It’s like a whole new...
Pucker Up! Watch This Massive and Loaded Mining Haul Truck Spin Out On A Slippery Road
There’s something totally wild about the idea that a vehicle as large as this mining haul truck could be so lacking in traction that it could spin an unintentional donut right in the middle of...
Alex Taylor Takes Us On A Tour Of The QA1 Headquarters And Factory In Minnesota. 100,000 Square Feet Of Suspension Goodness.
QA1 has been a player in the high performance muscle car and classic truck suspension market for years, but in the last five years they have made huge strides to increase their offerings not only...
Are Flare Nut, Line Wrenches Any Better Than A Regular End Wrench When Loosening Or Tightening Tube Ends? Let’s Settle This!
The right tools can make a huge difference in how well, or how easily, you complete a project. But there are also plenty of tools that are available that are far from necessary. I’m a low buck...
Newbern Body Swaps His Postal Jeep! Putting A Newer TJ Chassis Under This Mail Jeep Will Make It Way Better Than Ever!
Postal Jeeps, aka Jeep DJs, were two wheel drive units that were marketed as light delivery vehicles starting in 1955 and continuing through the mid 1980s. There was even a time when a convertible...
Ford vs Chevy Shootout. Which One Of These Rigs Can Handle The Most Obstacles In Moab Using 2wd Instead Of 4wd?
When out wheeling, there is no real reason not to be in 4wd at all times, but because we are always trying to see what our rigs are capable of we sometimes try to see just how far we can go in 2wd....
The Engine Builder Hall of Fame Class of 2024 – The Old Master, Ed Pink. Iconic Horsepower In Arguably More Race Car Types Than Anyone.
The name Ed Pink is synonymous with horsepower, and in all kinds of racing series. Clearly his name is well known in the drag racing world, and has been for decades, but did you know that he also...
