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FINNEGAN INSTALLs 2,500HP WORTH OF TURBOS ON HIS ’61 CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE!
The Caddy, it’s all anyone wants to talk about when it comes to Finnegan’s projects, and for good reason. We’re talking about a car that is being setup to do drag and drive events,...
ABANDONED MOPAR Budget Engine Build + Paint REVIVAL – Lost for 30+ Years!
Junkyard Digs has a cool new Mopar project and we approve. The idea is to take this long-forgotten 1971 Plymouth Satellite and make it back into something cool but on a budget. The engine needs a...
Building A Simple Homemade Rotisserie For Your Project – DIY Tilt, Roll, Tip Over, Car Jig
Rotisseries have been used for restorations for a very long time and if you have a small car they can sometimes be relatively simple and easy to build. But if you have an American muscle car, or full...
Newbern Bought His First Mustang And Took It Straight To The Chassis Shop. This Just Might Get Good.
Well Newbern has gone and done it again. He’s bought himself another project, but this one is what I consider to be one of the most universal racecar platforms of all time, the Fox Body...
Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: Part 10 Cutting The Coupe In Half To Make It Better.
There has been a lot of progress, but now that the roofline and doors are the right size and shape it is obvious that some more tweaks are needed in the back of the car. So Brent is cutting the whole...
The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: Customizing Custom Parts, Because Well, You Know.
It’s time to tackle the cab on this truck, and by that I mean it is time to make the controls inside it work the right way. The engine, trans, and all the chassis and suspension stuff have been...
The Alfarrari Project: Making A Crank Position Sensor, And Figuring Out How To Mount The Injectors.
How hard can it be to make a crank position sensor work in an Alfa Romeo that has a Ferrari engine in it? Who the hell knows! Good thing Jeff has it figured out because that is what one of the two...
Make It Kustom Designs A Custom Split 1932 Grill For A Hot Rod Roadster
After installing a cool Duvall windshield on their 1931 Model A Ford Roadster, Karl at Make It Kustom wanted to do a split grill shell as well. The car is running a ’32 Grill Shell, which stock...
American Powertrain Introduces Complete Square Body Chevy/GMC 4×4 TREMEC 4050 Transmission Kit for 1973-1987 Pickups
You know that we love our square body, 1973-1987 Chevrolet trucks around here, and that’s not only because they look awesome but also because there is so much aftermarket support for them...
BARN FIND 1968 CHARGER – Will It Run And Drive After Sitting for Years?
Yesterday we shared Sally’s Speed Shop video, showing some cool stuff to try and bring this Charger right here back to life for the family that owns it. This is Dylan McCool’s video from...
CUTTING UP Classic Cars Is His PASSION! (130+ Car Collection)
He’s back at it folks! Finding the most obscure and awesome collections, wrecking yards, and barn finds in the southeastern United States. This one right here is special, as Tommy visits a...
BARN FIND 1968 DODGE CHARGER – First Wash & Drive After Sitting For Over 15 Years! – Dylan McCool Joins Sally’s Speed Shop
This is the story of the resurrection, the resurrection of a 1968 Dodge Charger that is, which is kind of fitting this weekend don’t you think? When Sally’s Speed Shop and Dylan McCool...
How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 18 – Installing Patch Panels To Replace All This Rust!
So much work has gone into this step-by-step build of a channeled Model A sedan and we dig it. Now that the floors are done, and the firewall is finished, and a transmission tunnel to connect the...
Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: Part 9 – Starting To Build The Roof Line, Failing, And Using A Home Built Power Hammer
In the last installment of the three-window coupe build, Brent chopped up the door tops to make them look right on the three-window, which takes a bunch of sheet metal work. And in this video, he’s...