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Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, HISTORIC, MISC, Project Cars, TECH, Videos

Rebeldryver Visits Two Massive Salvage Yards With 1000’s Of Classic Cars In The Same Small Town! Junkyard Crawling Fun!

Rebeldryver is back at it, finding new wrecking yards and sharing them with all of us. He has found little known yards, in small towns of the mid-west, on too many occasions to count, but these two...

Flying Sparks Garage: Finds A Survivor 64 Nova, And Is Driving It From Cali to Texas!!?

Does this idea scare you? I know it scares lots of people. I mean I do realize that finding a car online, talking to the seller, and deciding you think you want it is pretty standard. But this is...

Vice Grip Garage Pontiac GTO Project: The GTO Gets Paint Refurbished (Amazing Before & After!)

Derek from Vice Grip Garage has been working hard on cars and trucks of all kinds this year, but this one here is pretty special for a variety of reasons. First off, it’s a 1967 GTO that has been...

Hemi Swapped C10 Build Part 6: First Start Attempt! Will It Actually Run In Time?

Here is Part 6 of the Gen III HEMI C10 build that Derek has dubbed the HemiHalf. It’s “together” but will it start and run so it can go to Moparty? It’s been torn apart,...

Iron Trap 1932 Ford “DeLorean” Roadster: New Brookville Subrails and Floors. It’s Time To Cut Some Stuff Up!

Iron Trap has got all kinds of great projects, but this ’32 Ford Roadster is going to be something. It’s weird to see them getting new parts for a car like this, but it is the right...

Barn Find 1958 Plymouth Project: Pushing Their Luck Doing More Work Even Though The Engine Is Ready To Drop In

  It seemed like getting the engine and trans ready to swap would be the last of the work on this thing, but what good is a new engine and trans if the rear won’t live with it. Hmmm. This...

The Alfarrari Project Continues: More Body Fab And Fixes

The next batch of videos from the Alfarrari project starts right here. This thing is coming along like a champ, even though it has some pretty serious work that needs to be done. In fact, all the...

Dyno Testing The 300,000 mile 1990 OBS Chevy Before The Engine Swap. Will It Make Any Power, or Blow Up?

I hear people make comments all the time about being afraid to put their car on a chassis dyno. Some folks seem to be scared that they will damage their cars, when in fact the chassis dyno is really...

Building A Land Speed Race Car Part 10: The Land Speed Car is Finally Driving (Slowly)

When you get into crunch time and finally get your newest project started, having oil spray everywhere is NOT ideal. With that said, it isn’t anything new, at least not for me. Check out the video...

This 1957 Chevy Nomad Has Been In Storage For 28 Years, Can RebelDryver Make It Run And Drive?

The story behind this 1957 Nomad is kind of bittersweet. Man restores car in his spare time, his family hardly sees it, and when the car is almost done he dies. Suddenly. At a rather young age. The...

Halfass Kustoms Builds A 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Clone The Easy Way

NAPCO was a company that built 4-wheel drive conversion parts for domestic trucks and was founded in 1918. Although they made parts for Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, and Studebaker trucks, they are most well...

Casey’s Customs 1965 Mustang Chassis Swap Part 15: Hood Scoop, Rear Spoiler, And More! It’s Starting To Come Together!

In this update video from the Mustang Chassis Swap build, this car is really starting to look like something. The hood scoop and rear spoiler have finally came in, plus the wireless for the air ride...

The Alfarrari Project Continues: Engine Adapter Plate, And Moving Decades Of Sheetmetal Damage Around.

Here are the next 5 videos in the series on this one and it just keeps getting better. I’m feeding you multiple videos at a time so you can make some real headway, and get hooked really easily,...

Building A Land Speed Race Car Part 9: The Engine Is Running, And Spraying Oil Everywhere

When you get into crunch time and finally get your newest project started, having oil spray everywhere is NOT ideal. With that said, it isn’t anything new, at least not for me. Check out the...