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Will This Big Block Powered 1973 Chevrolet Squarebody Truck Run And Drive? It’s An Oklahoma Survivor!
Puddin’s Fab Shop is back at it with another fun truck project. This time it’s a 1973 Chevrolet pickup that has a 454 in it and has been sitting for years. In the two videos below, Puddin...
How Did The Iron Trap Gang Actually Make This 1932 Ford Tudor Super Shiny After 45 Years In A BARN?!
Making old paint shiny is easier nowadays than ever, but for many folks that involves using something like Vice Grip Garage Shine Juice. And that stuff is awesome, there is no doubt, but it’s a...
We Love A Simple, Clean, And Cool 1983 Toyota Mini Truck Build. Dave Chappelle And Cameron Make This Thing So Rad!
Projects like this 1983 Toyota mini truck both inspire me and make me question my other projects. Instead of buying a nice truck that runs and drives, and that just needs a lowering job and some fun...
TONY AND THE BOYS CRAMMED 600 CHEAP BIG BLOCK HORSEPOWER INTO THIS 80’s STREET FREAK C10! Let The Burnouts Begin!
Tony Angelo is a good time. That dude, and his entire crew, have a great time doing what they do with cars and trucks of all kinds. Tony marches to the beat of a different drummer than most folks,...
Not Dead Yet! Is The Checker Cab Coming Back? What About Limousines? What About A Ute? Pipe Dream or Reality?
In the video below, Steve Magnante talks with Steve Cantarino about his efforts to build brand new Checker cabs, limousines, and utes. This has been a long long road, but it is one hell of a story...
CHEAP CAR BATTLE! Who Has the Best Car Under $1000? Part 1 – Who Spent Their Money Wisely?
Unfortunately, the number of car folks who actually participate in a cheap car battle with their friends is relatively low, but it is one of the more talked about hair brained schemes during drinking...
Westen Champlin Built a Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce. Why Doesn’t This Shock Us Even A Little Bit?
If you have never watched a Westen Champlin video, or been lucky enough to meet him in person, you are missing out. This kid is nuts, in mostly all the right ways, and it is hard not to laugh and...
FREIBURGER’S JEEP HATES HIM. Can YOU Figure Out What Went Wrong? Has He Freiburgered It Good, Or What?
Freiburger has a few vehicles that seem to hate him lately, but this Jeep seems to be at a different level. On the surface, this survivor Jeep Cherokee looks like a project that should really...
Newbern And The Boys Are Finishing Up The Street Freak 1957 Chevrolet! It’s Not A Gasser, It’s A Freak Of Nature!
If you aren’t familiar with the street freaks that roamed Southern California in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s then you are missing out! These hot rods and muscle cars took cues...
Will This Failed Restoration Project Live Again? Mortske Leads The Charge With This 1968 GMC Revival!
When people ask me about potential projects and how to get a good deal, I often tell them to look and see if they can find someone’s abandoned project. Many times those are the kinds of...
Did Westen Champlin Actually Build The World’s Fastest School Bus? It Is Pretty Awesome!
Before you go freaking out and yelling about how Larry Jeffers has a Pro Mod school bus that runs 3’s in the 1/8th mile which is awesome fast and super fun to watch. It’s an S10 with a...
The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Gets Fancy Brakes From Wilwood, And Then Tommy Cuts Them Up!
Why in the heck would Tommy be cutting up a brand new set of Wilwood brakes? I mean they have to make something that fits the Henry J I’d think. I mean, they have brakes for just about...
Derek Refreshed and TRADED His Belair Sight Unseen! Will It RUN AND DRIVE 400 Miles For The Meetup?
I like how Derek’s math works when it comes to cars. In this video he’s thinning the heard by sending one of his cars on its way to a new home. But in a most genius move, Derek is trading...
