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Category Archive: Car Features, CAR FEATURES, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, FORD, FUNNY STUFF, Hack of the Week, OTHER, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

ABANDONED Bricklin SV1 – Will it RUN AND DRIVE 700 miles? Tavarish and Vice Grip Garage Are About To Find Out

You know the drill, Derek finds some car that he just has to own and then flys in to see if he can make it run and drive well enough to get it back home. Of course these are usually not 20 or 50 or...

Trash Or Treasure? This Crusty Corvair Corsa Is The Latest Hot Rod Hoarder Find

Sometimes you find a project car that grabs your attention and might make you get a bit excited but that isn’t a good choice to actually save. Having just come from a big auction of Tri-Five...

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update – The $85 Paint Job Gets A Couple Dollars More Expensive With Patina

Well, the forgotten project Nomad is moving right along! It’s been painted and now some of that pain is going away in favor of some other pain, and some oil and who knows what else to make it...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Gets A Trick Steering Setup

In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the complicated...

The Alfarrari Project: The Ferrari Powered Alfa Gets A Radiator, A Modified Intake, And A Big Hole In The Hood

There is so much going into building this little hot rod, and every single part of it is custom. After all, there are no kits to do this kind of thing so you have to build it all yourself if you want...

The Working Man’s Sedan: Building A Model A Tudor Sedan Hot Rod Continues. Channeled Floor Work!

Here’s the second installment in the channeled Model A Build. Model A Fords are cool hot rod projects and my favorite is a chopped Model A Sedan. While a Tudor is the preferred sedan, a Fordor...

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update – $85 Paint Job + Super Rare 1955 Chevy Nomad – What Could Go Wrong?

Well, the forgotten project Nomad is moving right along! It’s less car than he thought it was, but that just means the progress on this thing is sort of fluid. And so is the plan for it, which is...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Gets Wiring And Steering!

In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the wiring...

Rebeldryver’s Garage Gets Their 1965 Impala SS Running Again With Help From American Powertrain!

Rebeldryver, AKA Scott Liggett, is one of the early BangShifter’s and his ’65 Impala has been a staple on these pages since the beginning. Scott has written about upgrades and tons of...

FINNEGAN RESCUED A 1963 SPLIT WINDOW CORVETTE HIDDEN IN A BASEMENT FOR 20 YEARS!

Finnegan’s got a Corvette and he’s going to put his 711 cubic-inch Chevrolet Hemi in it to go drag racing! The best part about it is that it ISN’T replacing the Caddy or slowing...

The Engine Is On The Wrong End! Will This ABANDONED Corvair Monza 900 RUN AND DRIVE After Years?

How does Derek end up with cars painted like American Flags? I mean I can’t even think of a time when I saw a car painted like an American flag for sale on the web. Yes, I’ve seen some...

FORGOTTEN Dodge Police Car – Is It Pursuit Ready?! First Drive In 25 Years!

We’ve been sharing the videos from this forgotten cop car video series, and this is the one we’ve all been waiting for, the one that has this long forgotten cop car actually running and...

Iron Trap 1932 Ford “DeLorean” Roadster: RARE Flathead Ford 2 Speed Rear Shifter Conversion

This week’s video has Matt doing hot rod stuff to the roadster. It has an ultra rare Columbia 2-speed rear end under it and the hot rodder in him wants to make the thing work manually instead of...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Starts For The First Time!

Will it run? In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see...