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This ABANDONED 1958 Apache Gets A CHEAP Makeover. BUT WILL IT DRIVE?!
While I dig the “Will it run?” videos, I sure do like the ones that take it a step further and do a makeover on them. I’m not talking about full restoration, I’m just talking...
The Alfarrari Project: Making And Installing A New Transmission Tunnel
Now that the engine and trans have been fitted, and permanent mounts for them made, it’s time to figure out how to cover it all up and fit a shifter to it inside the car. It’s Trans Tunnel...
FORGOTTEN Dodge Police Car – TURBO Engine Assembly!
We’ve been sharing the videos from this forgotten cop car video series, and some of them are pretty funny. This one here is going to be interesting because it’s TURBO TIME! Turbos make everything...
Single Seat Race Car Build Part 17: Traditionally Sand Bent And Nickel Plated Exhaust
This episode of the Single Seat Race Car build is awesome because they are custom-bending the exhaust using the sand technique that is as much art as anything. I dig it, and it is fun to watch. You...
Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Gets Yet Another Chassis
Here is the second video in the series that is going to feature Brent from Halfass Kustoms over at Karl’s place from Make It Kustom. Together they are going to thrash and see how far they can...
Emerald Wild: Will This Unfinished Mustang II Project Scratch The Speed Itch?
The Mustang II is like the weird kid you knew in middle school: puny, ugly, nothing to be threatened by. Nevermind that Ford actually read the market perfectly and that the Mustang II sold stunningly...
WILL THE 711CI TWIN-TURBO HEMI FIT INTO FINNEGAN’S 1961 CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE?
I met up with Mike yesterday at the PRI Show and he was smiling from ear to ear. It’s good to be Finnegan, and it was great getting to catch up to him even if it was just for a few minutes. I...
Single Seat Race Car Build Part 15: Making A Flathead Radiator Into A Racing Flathead Radiator
It is time for cooling system fun, and that means cutting up a perfectly good radiator to make it fit this one off custom built hot rod. Bennett’s Customs is an Australian traditional hot rod...
FORGOTTEN 55 CHEVY GASSER !!! CAN RYAN SAVE IT?
A few weeks ago I was at Ryan’s house when the subject of this 1955 Gasser came up. Ryan wanted it bad, had even gone so far as to talk to his wife about it, and was already planning for things...
Nick Plewniak’s 1933 Dodge Truck Is One Of The CRAZIEST Builds EVER! Big Block, Twin Turbo, No Prep And Street Racing Machine!
I’ve known Nick Plewniak for several years now and I can tell you that everything he’s had as a race car or drag and drive car has been something out of the ordinary. Hell, his extra...
Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Finishing Front Fender Rust Repair On The 1955 Chevy Napco Clone
In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is working on finishing up the front fenders. They needed some tricky areas repaired, so check out how he gets creative and breaks down...
Single Seat Race Car Build Part 14: A WWII Oxygen Tank Gets Modified To Become The Fuel Tank
I’ve seen all kinds of interesting things made into fuel tanks, some with more success than others, but the World War II Oxygen tank here is something special. I’ve seen them a few times...
LS Corvair Project: Getting Closer! Brake Lines… Do Them Right, Cause They Matter.
This project is getting closer and closer to a real running and driving car. The brake lines are the subject of this video here and as you well know there are a lot of ways to handle them. Watch how...
