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Category Archive: FORD, OTHER, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Iron Trap’s Junkyard Hot Rod Rebuild: AMAZING Junkyard Hot Rod Interior Transformation!!!

Interior work is one of those things that, like paint, intimidates folks and they are afraid of doing it themselves. This is why so many folks never finish the inside of their hot rods. If...

Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Chassis Swap, LS Swap, And More! It All Starts Right Here.

Brent at Half Ass Kustoms just finished up a cool 1937 Ford Pickup project and is jumping right into a new project as well. This one also happens to be a Ford, but it’s going to be quite a bit...

Iron Trap’s 1934 Ford Coupe “Beautiful” Replacement Engine Is JUNK!!!

Blowing up an engine in one of your hot rods sucks, but it might even be worse to get a replacement engine that you expect to be good only to find out it is also junk. Unfortunately for the gang at...

Cutting Up A Late Model Mustang To Put A 1950 Ford Body On It Sounds, Well, Hmmmmm

I’m not at all opposed to doing chassis swaps on old cars, I did a Caprice chassis swap on my 1956 Chevy way back in 2005 before anyone else had done that particular combo, and I love it. But...

Iron Trap’s Sweetheart Roadster Is Finally In Bare Metal! See How It Got There

We’ve really loved watching Matt get his sheetmetal work going on the Sweetheart Roadster, but the original paint and patchwork was really starting to get old. Apparently it wasn’t just...

An All-Wheel Drive, 600 Hp, Electric Swapped 1965 Mustang Fastback Project That You Are Going To Want To Follow

I’ve known Tom Habrzyk for several years now and there isn’t anything he does that isn’t impressive. He’s an amazing fabricator, engine builder, and tuner and has built too...

Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 4: Replacing The Wood In The ’28 Ford Roadster Pickup With Box Tubing

Here is the fourth installment of the shop truck build, and as rough as this thing looks the sheet metal work needed is really pretty minor. In this video you’ll see a bunch of reinforcements in...

First Drive Since The 1950s!!! – Iron Trap Takes The Schroll 1932 Ford Coupe Out For A Ride

Dude! Wouldn’t you love to take a ride in this killer ’32 Ford Coupe? You won’t see one very often that hasn’t been chopped, so this one is pretty unique. It’s...

Make It Kustom’s 1939 Lincoln Zephyr Project: Making These 4-Door Sedan Doors Into Longer Coupe Doors With Suicide Hinges

In the second video from the Lincoln Zephyr project, Karl takes the doors from this 4-door sedan and makes them into coupe doors. Not only that, but he makes them suicide doors by utilizing the...

Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 3: A Few Bits Of Metal Work And This Thing Is Almost Ready to Start Bolting The Body Together!

Here is the third installment of the shop truck build, and as rough as this thing looks the sheet metal work needed is really pretty minor. In this video you’ll see a couple panels get made,...

Iron Traps Sweetheart Roadster Project: Fitting A DuVall Style Windshield And More!

After building inner and outer door structures from scratch, the sweetheart roadster was starting to look like a real car again. Now it’s getting a super sexy addition that will really make it...

Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 2: The Blown Flathead Powered Jalopy Shop Truck Build Continues

Here is the second segment in the shop truck build and it really is starting to look like something. The axles are going together, which is taking some work since this thing is being built from extra...

New Headlights & Bubble Skirts DRASTICALLY Improved Iron Trap’s 1939 Mercury “The Jersey Devil”

The 1939 Mercury project is really coming along now. It’s a proper car that runs and drives and looks awesome. I’m not a big fender skirts guy, but man it’s a slick looking ride. If...

Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 1: Blown Flathead Powered Jalopy Shop Truck Build! – 1928 Ford Roadster Pickup

The more I watch Iron Trap videos the more I want to build a 1920-1940 hot rod. They seem so simple and bare-bones if you want them to be and that means that you can put one together pretty quickly...