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Halfass Kustoms $0 1951 Ford Rat Rod Project: It Looks Right, But Can You Actually Get An Engine Into The Zero Dollar Budget Rat Rod?

Well, it’s time to see if Brent can stuff and engine and transmission into this thing. It started out as just a fun yard art project, which I TOTALLY approve of, but now it’s turning into...

Our Friend Todd Ryden Shows Us How To Install A Lokar Shifter In His Bitchin C10 Suburban Project. Floor Shifter Goodness With Classic Style.

There are a ton of shifters out there on the market, for just about every transmission known to man, but often times those shifters are either race oriented and styled, or are just not very nice to...

Newbern and Friends Do Cruisin’ The Coast: After Doing Three Engine Swaps In Two Days, The Rest Of The Trip Has To Go Smoother And Easier! Doesn’t It?

I’ve done several crazy builds that most people think are not possible. Engine swaps in hours, full car builds in just two days, etc, etc, etc. But doing three engine swaps in two days is...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: Building The Deck To Finally Put The Ramp Into This Ramp Truck!

It’s time to put the ramp in this ramp truck! Check out the latest update and let us know what you think of this project. This project has been a fun one to watch, it started when Brent from...

Is This The Best Car Corral In The World? The Iron Trap Garage Crew Says YES!!! – 2024 Fall Hershey AACA Swap Meet

The AACA Swap Meets at Hershey are nuts. I’ve never been, but want to, and every time someone sends us video or photos from this place we about lose our minds. On multiple occasions, our friend...

I Love Mavericks, And Sleeper Dude Is Saving This Bitchin Grabber From The Forest, Where It Has Been Sitting For 30 Years!

One often questions one’s decisions when one is the kind of person to drag a car out of a stand of trees and then attempt to bring it back to life. One questions these decisions when a full...

This Old Hot Rod Is Building A Traditional Style Drag Car For The Vintage Drags! Check This Thing Out, Because It Is Going To Be Wild!

The Race of Gentleman has spurred a bunch of renewed excitement for traditional hot rod drags both on the dirt and sand, as well as on the dragstrip. They didn’t invent these events, but they...

Halfass Kustoms $0 1951 Ford Rat Rod Project: Can You Really Build Something Cool On A Zero Dollar Budget? Can He Pull It Off?

It’s kind of crazy to think you can build something with a zero dollar budget, but if you have the amount of “stuff” sitting around that Brent has, maybe it’s not that crazy...

Will It RUN AND DRIVE? Is There Any Chance For This Old C10 Truck That’s Been Parked For Decades?

Derek at Vice Grip Garage is back at it and this time he’s found himself an old C10 pickup that has apparently been sitting for decades. Will it run and drive, or is this going to be one of...

Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Needs Some Love, And It’s Going To Get A Lot More Than That!

If you missed it, Dane Thompson’s Maliboom smacked the wall in Oklahoma during Rocky Mountain Race Week a few months ago and he’s been thrashing on it since. Despite lots of conjecture,...

Bad To The Bone Tire Smoking Project! The Voodoo Turbo 1966 Mustang Build Starts Right Here! Wow, Just Wow.

I’m always stoked to see new projects, mostly because they inspire me to get out into the shop and work on my own stuff. And since I’m working on finishing up my new show right now,...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: Break Downs And Trouble Shooting Problems Before The Deck Goes Together

It’s moving along, and it’s time for more miles and more testing and more tuning. This ramp truck project is something special, but like all things custom there are sometimes parts, pieces, and...

Is Tony Angelo’s Dirt Cheap LS V8 Swapped 911 Better than a Real Porsche GT3?! Head To Head Testing Will Tell Us Just How Good It Is! Or Isn’t?

Porsches, regardless of year or model, or pretty cool cars. Some are cooler than others, but there is no doubt that these machines have shaped the automotive world and that their performance models...

Newbern and Friends Do Three Engine Swaps In Two Days… But Not Because They Wanted To! Did They Get Them All Running For Cruising The Coast?

I’ve done several crazy builds that most people think are not possible. Engine swaps in hours, full car builds in just two days, etc, etc, etc. But doing three engine swaps in two days is...