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Category Archive: DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, MOPAR, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Barn Find 1958 Plymouth Project: Pushing Their Luck Doing More Work Even Though The Engine Is Ready To Drop In

  It seemed like getting the engine and trans ready to swap would be the last of the work on this thing, but what good is a new engine and trans if the rear won’t live with it. Hmmm. This...

Barn Find 1958 Plymouth Project: It’s Time For The Engine Swap

With the stock engine junk, and the replacement all sorted and set, it is time for the engine swap to begin! Yep, this cool old 4-eyed Plymouth is going to get a new lease on life and will be back to...

Did Finnegan Buy “THE WORST DODGE DAYTONA WING CAR EVER”?

Worst is a relative term, just like best. You see it depends on what the perspective is, what is being measured, etc. Since this Dodge Daytona “wing car” right here has been on the...

Barn Find 1958 Plymouth: Gets New Engine & Brakes – Will They Work?

The 1958 Plymouth barn find project is back for more love! With the original engine junk, and no desire for a rebuild, it’s time for something new. And brakes. Brakes would be awesome. So watch...

Gen III Hemi Swapped C10 Budget Build – Part 2 Fuel System And Interior!

Here is Part 2 of the Gen III HEMI C10 build and Derek is already doing some real work. In the first video they tore the truck apart, and in this one a fuel system, some engine bay prep, and more on...

Is This Blasphemy? Gen III Hemi Swapped C10 Budget Build – Part 1 Tear Down!

The thought process here is that every conceivable vehicle on earth has already been LS swapped, so we need to start switching it up, and what better way to do that than to stuff a Gen III HEMI into...

Barn Find 1958 Plymouth: Let The Engine Teardown Begin! Is It Too Far Gone?

The 1958 Plymouth barn find project is back for more love! It turns out the rings are junk but does that mean it won’t run and drive? Can they be saved? Or is the end near? Watch this latest update...

BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Swapping A Magnum 360 Into Our Old Rig!

Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...

Barn Find 1958 Plymouth: The Rings Are Junk! But Can It Be Saved?

The 1958 Plymouth barn find project is back for more love! It turns out the rings are junk but does that mean it won’t run and drive? Can they be saved? Or is the end near? Watch this latest...

This 1965 Plymouth Valiant Signet Has Been Parked For Years, Is Full Of New Parts, And Is A Serious Unknown. Will It Run Again?

For some reason, this little Plymouth Valiant Signet, makes me smile. When Brent hauled it home it had been sitting for years and years without running and had a back seat full of spare and new parts...

Barn Find 1958 Plymouth! Will It Run, Drive, Live? Let’s Find Out!

I’m not a Moparsman… I’m a GM guy. Chevrolet in particular. But I love the cars and trucks that came out in 1958. Seriously, 1958 had awesome cars and trucks from just about every...

The Charger: Lock And Load The Parts Cannon For Maximum Effect

I made the conscious decision to not treat this 1976 Charger the same as every other project car that I’ve owned over the past three decades. Any change from the way the car was when I first...

BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Prepping Our Junkyard Magnum 360 For Swap Day!

Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...

The Charger: New Shoes, New Attitude, And The First Trip Onto The Strip

It’s pushing close to the one-year anniversary of the day I decided that a 1976 Dodge Charger was going to become my long-term project car, and judging by the relative lack of posts about the...