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Did Westen Champlin Actually Build The World’s Fastest School Bus? It Is Pretty Awesome!
Before you go freaking out and yelling about how Larry Jeffers has a Pro Mod school bus that runs 3’s in the 1/8th mile which is awesome fast and super fun to watch. It’s an S10 with a...
Derek Refreshed and TRADED His Belair Sight Unseen! Will It RUN AND DRIVE 400 Miles For The Meetup?
I like how Derek’s math works when it comes to cars. In this video he’s thinning the heard by sending one of his cars on its way to a new home. But in a most genius move, Derek is trading...
Here’s What Finnegan Had To Do To Blasphemi To Get It Ready For Drag Week 2025! Was He Prepared For The Wheelstands?
We’ve all seen the crazy wheelstands that Finnegan couldn’t help but do during Drag Week last week in his 1955 Chevrolet Gasser named Blasphemi, and the power wheelies show just how good...
Newbern And The Boys Are Building A Street Freak 1957 Chevrolet! It’s Not A Gasser, It’s A Freak Of Nature!
If you aren’t familiar with the street freaks that roamed Southern California in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s then you are missing out! These hot rods and muscle cars took cues...
INSANE Suspension and Brakes to Get Tony Angelo’s 800+ 1955 Chevy Down The TRACK On Drag Week!
I was at Tony’s place a few weeks ago, and walked in just in time to distract the guys from tearing the ’55 apart, and instead helped them realize that pizza and a beverage were a really good...
Tony Angelo Tears His NASCAR Powered ’55 Chevy Down to NOTHING! It Is Time to GET SERIOUS.
I was at Tony’s place a few weeks ago, and walked in just in time to distract the guys from tearing the ’55 apart, and instead helped them realize that pizza and a beverage were a really...
SUPERCHARGER HOW TO: ROTREX LS SUPERCHARGER INSTALL AND DYNO! INTERCOOLED VS NON INTERCOOLED. 5.3L TAHOE TEST
I first came across Rotrex Superchargers on Power Tour in 2006 when Kurt Urban and the guys from Wheel2Wheel brought their 1972 Nova sleeper. It was the talk of Power Tour because it was the ultimate...
Will This Supercharged El Camino RUN AND DRIVE 800 Miles To Virginia And Back? DISASTER!
Derek isn’t usually rescuing supercharged hot rods for his road trips home, but we’re down if he is! You have to see the whole series behind this El Camino, because it is a big one! Only...
DIRT CHEAP Turbo Power! $250 Junkyard Engine and $125 Turbo DOUBLED The Power of Tony Angelo’s Square Body C10
Tony is back at it, fixing the 250 cubic inch 6 cylinder in his cool C10 Square Body they call Cherry. And to be fair, fixing it makes it sound like they are taking this engine apart, but the reality...
He Won The Race But Broke The Hemi. Finnegan Digs Into Blasphemi Again To Find Out Just How Bad The Damage Is.
Finnegan is digging into the Hemi in Blasphemi again because despite winning two drag and drives this year he has also racked up some new carnage in the form of a broken rod in the hemi. This combo...
Will Finnegan’s 1953 Chevy Truck Make It 300 Miles Home For Derek From Vice Grip Garage? Traded SIGHT UNSEEN!
Have you ever made a deal to buy or trade for a car or truck that you’ve never even seen? I’ve traded some stuff sight unseen, but never one car for another like Derek and Finnegan just...
LEGENDARY VICE GRIP GARAGE 777 Race Car Is BACK! Derek Is Wrenching Live At Iola But He Really Is Out Of Time! Part 3 of 3
The 777 is back! Derek is back at the Iola car show, putting together another project LIVE in front of the fans and we love him for it. We shared the first video in the series a couple of days ago....
This 1958 Chevrolet Brookwood Station Wagon Has Been Abandoned for 53 Years! So Rad And You Can Own It For Cheap
I have always loved 1958 Chevrolets. Since I’m a wagon freak, I of course love a 1958 Chevy wagon, but I realized years ago that I just dig 1958 Chevrolets in general. Cars, trucks,...
LEGENDARY VICE GRIP GARAGE 777 Race Car Is BACK! Derek Is Wrenching Live At Iola! | The Thrash Continues! Part 2 of 3
The 777 is back! Derek is back at the Iola car show, putting together another project LIVE in front of the fans and we love him for it. We shared the first video in the series a couple of days ago....