Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
The Make It Kustom Mini 1956 Buick Project: It Runs! Plus Fabricating A Bunch Of Stuff To Hold The Body Down!
It runs and it drives! After getting a bunch of folks saying it wouldn’t run with the fuel system he fabbed up, Karl gets the engine, fuel system, and drive all together to make sure it will...
Make It Kustom Miniature 1956 Buick Project: Way More Metal Work And This Thing
If you missed any of this Mini Buick build, click the link below. In this episode of the build, Karl lowers the rear, builds some bumper parts, and ultimately hinges the body which is super cool....
Make It Kustom 1960 Cadillac Project: Front Fender Repair And Hammer Forming 14 Gauge Inner Structure with Simple Tools!!
The 1960 Cadillac Coupe De Ville is coming along with more and more progress. We’ve already seen lots of work going into the chassis with hydraulics, as well as lots of sheet metal work going...
Will This Pontiac GTO RUN AND DRIVE After 40 YEARS? (Buried in Garage)
Derek from Vice Grip Garage has been working hard on cars and trucks of all kinds this year, but this one here is pretty special for a variety of reasons. First off, it’s a 1967 GTO that has...
The Make It Kustom Miniature 1956 Buick Project Continues! Modifying The Wheels For Wide Whites
If you missed the first installment of this Mini Buick build, click the link below. In this episode of the build, Karl modifies the wheels so he can get this cool set of wide white walls to fit....
Make It Kustom’s 1960 Cadillac Project Is Getting Hydraulics! Going Down Low!
The 1960 Cadillac Coupe De Ville is coming along with more and more progress. In these two episodes the chassis is out of the barn and getting the hydraulic suspension all sorted out and installed....
This Miniature 1956 Buick Is Going To Be Rad! Watch Karl Make It Into Something Special
Karl Fisher at Make It Kustom has been answering lots of questions about a little miniature car that has been sitting in the background for the past few weeks and finally decided to share with us all...
The Fab Rat’s Barn Find 1967 Pontiac Firebird Is Finally Doing Burnouts!
It’s burnout time baby! The barn find ’67 Firebird made it home and is getting some tweaks so it will be ready to drive and ready to do burnouts! If you missed the previous stories about...
Money No Object: This 1972 Buick Electra Is A Bitchin’ Battlecruiser!
Show me an off-the-wall car built with the attitude that it properly deserves, and I’ll drool like Pavlov’s dog when the dinner bell starts to ring. You should know what that means: find...
Metal Fabrication: How to TIG Weld Thin Sheet Metal Panels – 1960 Cadillac Restoration!!!
There are a lot of ways to join two pieces of metal, and several of them are different welding processes. While stick welding sheet metal is possible, it is probably the least effective and hardest...
English Wheel Metal Shaping: Rust Repair On A 1960 Cadillac Coupe De Ville. Big Quarter Panels Mean Big Patch Panels
Old Caddy’s are awesome. I grew up with them, love them, and think that they are super fun cars to drive and to look at. The only downside to a big Cadillac is that they are big. LOL If...
1960 Cadillac Rust Repair Fix: Hammer Forming Trunk Drop Downs And Bead Rolling a Curved Flange On Make It Kustom’s Caddy Project
Karl from Make It Kustom just moved into a new shop and a new house where he and his wife Kristina are planning some big things for the Make It Kustom Channel and their hot rod company Japhands...
Puddin Gets A Bitchin 1958 Pontiac Chieftain Running After Sitting For 40 Years
The insane number of “Will it Run?” videos that you find on YouTube now are kind of annoying sometimes. Why? Well because if an engine was running when the car was parked, no matter how...
