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Category Archive: CHEVY, FUNNY STUFF, Project Cars, TECH, Videos

Finnegan’s Garage: Finnegan Uses His 650 HP C10 As A Parts Truck, So The Caddy Can Get Turbos!

Finnegan and Newbern are at it again, working on the shop, fixing rust in the Ramp Truck, hauling parts in the C10, and trying to decide where the turbos are going in the Caddy. Since the engine...

$3,500 Build: Air Ride, Trunk Sheet Metal, And Lead Bodywork On The Front End Of This Low Budget Hot Rod

Here are the latest installments from the $3,500 Build, and it is really starting to come together. With the sheet metal work on the front end coming together, as well as in the trunk, along with the...

$3,500 Build: Finishing Up The Sheet Metal Work On The Front End, Plus Bumpers Finally Go On, And More!

Here’s the latest installments from the $3,500 Build, and it is really starting to come together. With the sheet metal work on the front end coming together, and word on whether to chop the top...

$3,500 Build: Turbo Stuff, Sheet Metal, Body Fitting, And More On This Low Buck Bud Cool 1951 Chevrolet

The Casey’s Customs 1951 Chevrolet build has been pretty cool, and feels a lot like his $1,000 budget F100 build he finished a few months ago. Because the budget is higher, this project is has...

What Could Finnegan Possibly Want With A One Owner Big Block 4-Speed Corvette That Has Been Sitting For 40 Years?

Friends of Finnegans, or those that watch and pay attention to the channel enough, know that Mike would really like a C2 Corvette to build into a fun and fast street strip car. So when he heard about...

Rebeldryver’s Garage: 400 Cubic Inches, A T-56 Magnum, And More To Get This Hot Rod Running Again

I know the curse of having cars sitting and not running for years all too well. A couple years ago we spent 12 days thrashing on my 1969 Camaro in order to get it back together after 15 years of...

Finnegan’s Garage: This Old Chevy Hasn’t Run Since 1974, But That’s All About To Change!

In this episode of Finnegan’s Garage, Newbern actually gets his 1957 Chevy running for the first time since 1974! This thing is epic, was a totally accidental roadside find, and Newbern is...

$3,500 Build: Bags, Body Fitment, And Turbos. Wait…Turbos? Oh Yeah

Casey is making big things happen on the $3,500 build and that means getting the suspension finished up, mounting the body where it needs to go, and adding turbos. Wait, turbos? Yeah, apparently...

$3,500 Build: Moving The Axle, Installing The Air Bags, And Test Fitting The Body On The $3,500 Budget ’51 Chevy Build

The last few videos have stacked up on this project and you are going to see all kinds of stuff getting torn apart, before some new stuff finally gets put back together. Bagging a custom that is...

After The Crash: Jeff Lutz ’57 Chevrolet Gets Torn Down, And The Rebuild Begins

A couple of months ago everyone in the drag racing and street racing worlds heard about Jeff Lutz and his horrific crash in his famed yellow 1957 Chevrolet. Jeff was hurt, but not nearly as bad as he...

$3,500 Build: Casey Tries The 1951 Chevy Body On The Blazer Chassis. Will It All Fit?

In the last video, Casey was asking all of us viewers what we thought he should do moving forward since he may have chosen the wrong chassis for this build. With 95% of the viewers telling him to...

$3,500 Build: Did He Choose The Wrong Chassis? The Chopped, Channeled, Bagged, And Bitchin Chevrolet Project Is Underway

More progress, but with some hiccups too. What should Casey do? He’s asking your opinions on this one, because he may have chosen the wrong chassis for this build. After successfully building...

Alex Taylor’s Quest For The 6’s 1955 Chevy Project Is Legal! They Got Their NHRA Chassis Cert!

No amount of thrashing will get you on the race track legally unless you’ve got an NHRA Chassis Certification. The car doesn’t have to be completely finished in order to get inspected and...

Alex Taylor’s Quest For The 6’s 1955 Chevrolet Build Is Looking Awesome, And Here’s The Build Before The Thrash Began.

The installation of electronics is something that you just can’t overlook in a car like this. It has become the norm in anything with a turbocharger or supercharger and EFI, which means that...