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Category Archive: CHEVY, ENGINE, ENGINES, Hack of the Week, MISC, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Newbern and Friends Do Three Engine Swaps In Two Days… But Not Because They Wanted To! Did They Get Them All Running For Cruising The Coast?

I’ve done several crazy builds that most people think are not possible. Engine swaps in hours, full car builds in just two days, etc, etc, etc. But doing three engine swaps in two days is...

DIY Paint Job: INSANE Results with Rattle Can Paint Job! – DIY, No Equipment Needed, And It Really Does Look Pretty Good!

I love DIY paint job videos, whether it is folks using cans of Rustoleum, cheap supplies, a cheap HVLP gun and compressor, or rattle cans. So when I saw this rattle can paint job and actual good...

Vice Grip Garage Garbage Camaro Build: Kevin Tetz And Kiwi Collab – They Will Save This Camaro Whether It Likes It Or Not!

The Garbage Camaro is back with another update. Like we’ve said before, it’s fixable, but man is it going to take some work. Kevin keeps saying he loves this car even though it is a ton...

Tony Bought A BROKEN LS Swapped Nova, Fixed It For Almost Nothing, and Ripped it Across the Desert to DUCT TAPE DRAGS!

Why? Because that’s what Tony does! He’s nuts, which is why I love this guy. He does the same dumb stuff I would do so it is probably a good thing we don’t live closer to each...

Finnegan’s One Day Engine Transformation! He Installs a Blower on his OBS Truck For More Power And More Burnout Grins.

Finnegan’s OBS GMC is going to be one sweet ride. Hell, it was awesome stock since it has almost no miles on it and was relatively untouched. There is no way I could have left it alone and not...

David Newbern Helps Make Bert’s Junkyard 1957 Chevy A Driver With A Blown Small Block! First Drive Before Cruisin’ The Coast.

When Newbern and the gang got a bunch of Tri-Five Chevrolet’s out of Texas a couple years ago, they ended up in the hands of several folks who were intent on building cool rides. Some are going...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: First Ticket In The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck? Sorry Officer, We Were Just Going For A Test Drive…

It’s moving along, and it’s time for a first real drive! This project has been a fun one to watch, it started when Brent from Halfass Kustoms and Karl from Make It Kustom got together to make...

1,000 MILE ROAD TRIP IN A 69 YEAR OLD CAR! What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Finnegan’s Blasphemi Is Getting Some 12 Volt Love Before Drag Week!

I’ve done dozens of drag and drive events. Dozens. And the number one thing that people find themselves fixing is usually electrical related. Some folks might argue that I’m wrong, citing...

Tony Is Rebuilding His Turbo Junkyard Engine for $200! Surprise!!! It’s BETTER THAN EVER??!

Tony Angelo is back at it and is cracking me up with his ultra cheap engine “rebuild”. I’m not laughing because I think he is crazy or anything, I’m laughing because...

Jeff Lee From ET Enterprises Finds His Dad’s Old Race Car, Brings It Home, And Is Going To Bring It Back To Its Former Glory!

My buddy Jeff Lee lost his dad Skip a few years ago, and it put a hole in the racing world that may never be filled. Skip Lee was a well known engine builder and racer in Michigan and his shop, ET...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Using Junk Parts And Creativity To Build A Custom Hard Top. Cut, Hack, Repeat!

Brent saves stuff that never occurred to me before I started watching him. I mean he has a roof pile. Seriously, he’s got a collection of roofs off of cars, because the bottoms rust off the car...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck Fire?? uhh FIRE FIRE FIRE!!! & Brakes in the COE RAMP TRUCK

It’s moving along! After three days of thrashing on it with friends, it is time to fire this pig up! Watch. This project has been a fun one to watch, it started when Brent from Halfass Kustoms...

Forgotten 1951 Chevrolet Farm Truck! Will it Run after 30 Years of Being Long Forgotten?!? Mortske Is Going To See What It Takes

I’m sure glad to see that I’m not the only one who randomly ends up with a car or truck and then leaves it to sit and age somewhere. Mortske did the same thing with this cool 1951...

Vice Grip Garage Garbage Camaro Build: Kevin Tetz Is Back, But He Swears This Camaro Is Trying To Kill Him!

The Garbage Camaro is back with another update. It’s fixable, but man is it going to take some work. Kevin keeps saying he loves this car even though it is a ton of work, but I’m starting to...