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Vice Grip Garage BARNFIND: This FoxBody Mustang Has Been Parked For 23 YEARS! Will It RUN AND DRIVE Home For Derek?
Am I the only one who thinks it sounds weird to talk about a Fox Body being a barn find? I mean, when I think barn find I think old cars and I just don’t think of a Fox Body as being old yet...
Stanceworks Real Ferrari F40: Part 6 – It’s Time For The Suspension To Start Coming Together With Parts From Ferrari And H&R
It’s time for another build episode of the Ferrari F40 over at Stanceworks, and that means it is time to start talking about suspension components. The chassis has been coming together in the last...
Massive Rust Repair: New Body Panels Can Save This Ride – 20 Year Body Tech Tips and Tricks for Square Body Chevy Patch Panels.
It’s never been easier to build a car or truck than it is today and in large part that is due to the insane number of replacement body parts that are available for popular classic cars and...
RebelDryver’s Garage New Project ’76 El Camino’s First Road Trip! And, They Find A Bunch of Cool Cars!
When Liggett got his new project El Camino, to use as a winter vehicle while working on his old beater truck, he seemed to think he’d be able to leave it alone. We knew better. He did all the...
Derek Drove A DELOREAN All The Way Across The Country And IT WAS TERRIBLE! Why Would He Do This?
Vice Grip Garage is getting a DeLorean, but Derek has to drive it all the way across the country from the Hot Rod shop to Vice Grip Garage headquarters in Tennessee. I’m not really sure that...
Dylan McCool With A Chevrolet? Wait, What? Will Get This V8 1957 Chevy To RUN and DRIVE After 40 plus Years?
Does he even know how to work on a Chevrolet? I kid of course, because Dylan does like stuff that didn’t come from Mopar, but he really does have more of them than anything else. He’s...
Choppy McChopperson: Giving An LS-Powered Gasser A Choppy Idle
The first thing that comes to mind when you hear ‘Gasser’ is a lifted front end, most likely with a straight-axle under it. This style is making a comeback and for good reason –...
Can You Chassis Swap A Classic C60 Truck Onto A Late Model Chassis? Yes, And Here’s How.
If you have the right team, the right parts, and the right mentality, you can. Hell, I know you can, because I’ve seen it done. But can the Rustomod crew make it happen? They are sure going to try,...
MAKING A Wood HAMMER Formed Firewall: Part 2 – DIY Hammer Forming Because BEADROLLING Can’t Do THIS!
Hammer forming is one of the oldest forms of precision sheet metal forming. It’s how many early car body panels were made, and is the process that led to stamping of sheet metal parts. But the...
Dennis Taylor Gives Us A Rundown On How to RESTORE Aluminum Wheels With Crazy Before And After Results
Dennis is back at it in the shop, and since there aren’t many things Dennis doesn’t do on his own it should come as no surprise that he’s restoring a set of American Racing Wheels...
Pete Has Made a TERRIBLE Decision Involving His Daily Driver!! Peer Pressure Is Real And Pete Can’t Avoid It!
Officially, this is Polishing Turds Season 3. To review, the first two Polishing Turd seasons revolved around traditional small blocks and both saw big performance gains. This one here is going to be...
Sleeperdude Is Getting This RARE 1965 Econoline Truck Back On The Road After Years Parked!
There is something special about these Ford Econoline E100 pickups. The Econoline vans are super rad too, but there is something really special about the pickups. I’ve known several people that...
Alex Is Building a Hot Rod to Roadtrip! 🔥What Does Newbern Have To Do With This All Steel 1934 Ford Tudor Sedan?
I’m a big fan of the Tudor sedans and I love that Alex recently got this one for a fun driver project. If you want to know what is in store for this project, you’ll find out a bit in the...
Is This The Fastest Car You Can Buy For Less than $20,000? Jimmy Dale Seems To Think So, And I Say We Find Out.
I’ve been saying for years that a C5 Corvette is the best bang for your buck street/race car you can get. With a set of tires and an alignment, they are insane on the autocross and road course....