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Category Archive: FORD, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 15: Fabricating The Floor

The floor on a channeled hot rod is often one of the more misunderstood parts of the process, because people seem to be confused as to it’s location sometimes. But with all the framing done...

Our Buddy Jefferson Lost $2k Buying A Car From A Tweaker On Facebook Marketplace!

So because of the standards on YouTube, lol I know that’s funny right, you can’t say meth or stuff like that without the algorithm thinking you are talking about drugs in your video and...

Vice Grip Garage’s 1980s Built Chevelle Drag Car: First Passes In 35 Years Are INCREDIBLE!

This Chevelle is OG cool and although it was built in the 1980s and has been off the road for decades, it recently hit the dyno and made some noise. If you missed that video or the one where Derek...

Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: Starting Over With A Whole New Body? Wait, What?

The original plan was to build a chopped 1935 Dodge 3 window coupe out of a sedan body that had been cut up. It was someone else’s abandoned project and boy did it look daunting, even for someone...

Brent Is Attempting To Get This 1930 Model A Sedan To Run And Drive Again

Oh my god I’m in love with this car! It’s so damn cool, and people would hate me because I’d want to cut it up. Yes, I would want to chop this car a few inches. It is so straight...

One Owner 1967 Chevrolet C10 Farm Truck! Abandoned for 16 Years! Will It Run?!?

Mortske is back at it with another one family owned truck that he has somehow picked up and is ready to see if the darn thing will run. It’s been sitting since 2007, so who knows. This truck is...

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: Astro Turf And A Free 12 Bolt For The Nomad?

Astro turf? I’m not sure I can get on board with this one. But the 12 bolt makes me happy, cause that’s what all high performance Chevys are supposed to have right? Well, the forgotten...

The Vice Grip Garage NASCAR Truck Gets A Big Block! Will It Even Fit?

Now it’s getting a big block and turbo 400? That’s not what these were ever designed to hold, so will it fit, and will any of the other stuff needed to make it work actually fit?...

Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: Rebuilding The Door Jam, And A New Quarter Panel. Man This Thing Is Rough.

This is the next step in this incredibly ambitious project. We’re talking about making a chopped 1935 Dodge 3 window coupe out of a sedan body that has been cut up. This is someone else’s...

Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: How To Build A Coupe Without A Coupe

Brent from Halfass Kustoms is one of my favorite dudes on YouTube. He’s not fancy, he’s a bit brutish sometimes, but man he gets projects done in record time and is so inspiring to anyone...

The Alfarrari Project: Redoing Some Stuff And Trying To Figure Out How To Mount An Alternator

Sometimes when you do an engine swap the initial fit-up makes you think it will be a cake walk. Then you start trying to hang all the extra crap on the engine like the water pump, accessories, and...

THE TWIN-TURBO 540 BIG BLOCK IS IN FINNEGAN’S 1961 CADILLAC!

Oh yeah, it’s time to get things rolling! The Caddy is getting the newly finished 540 cubic inch Big Block Chevrolet stuffed into it so that the twin turbos from Nelson Racing Engines can fit...

How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 15: Lowering The Radiator

So, maybe mounting a radiator isn’t that exciting, but if you don’t do it right when channeling a hot rod then you will have a radiator and grill shell that sticks up way too high...

Derek At Vice Grip Garage Bought A WRECKED NASCAR Truck! Let the BUILD BEGIN!

With the Independence Chevelle being retired, what do you think about taking a NASCAR truck and making it into a burnout machine? I’ve certainly heard far worse ideas and think that Derek could...