Category Archive: DRIVETRAIN, FORD, SUSPENSION, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 2: The Blown Flathead Powered Jalopy Shop Truck Build Continues
Here is the second segment in the shop truck build and it really is starting to look like something. The axles are going together, which is taking some work since this thing is being built from extra...
New Headlights & Bubble Skirts DRASTICALLY Improved Iron Trap’s 1939 Mercury “The Jersey Devil”
The 1939 Mercury project is really coming along now. It’s a proper car that runs and drives and looks awesome. I’m not a big fender skirts guy, but man it’s a slick looking ride. If...
LS Corvair Project: It’s In! The LS4 Finds Its Way Home For The First Time. Man Is this Thing Trick!
John Reynolds is a bad ass. This is a cool project with a lot of great thought and fab work going into it and you are going to want to check it out. It’s awesome to watch and we can’t wait to see...
Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 1: Blown Flathead Powered Jalopy Shop Truck Build! – 1928 Ford Roadster Pickup
The more I watch Iron Trap videos the more I want to build a 1920-1940 hot rod. They seem so simple and bare-bones if you want them to be and that means that you can put one together pretty quickly...
Paint How To: Paint A Lace Roof On Your Ride For Cheap!
Casey’s Customs is building another budget build, this time a $3,500 budget Chevy rat rod style custom. It’s got a complete chassis swap, turbo charger add, and more. But this video here...
Iron Trap’s 1939 Mercury Project: Taking The 1939 Mercury “Jersey Devil” For Its First Test Drive!!!
This ’39 Mercury has fought Matt and the gang every step of the way, man is it coming together now. After saving it from an old garage, where it had been all but forgotten for decades, their...
Fab Rats Barn Find Road Trip: 1000 Miles From Home! Will This 55 Year Old Barn Find Drive That Far?
The Fab Rats crew was going to pick up a truck that they were going to finish up for a family who had recently lost the builder. What they ended up finding is a surprise the wife of the fabricator...
Accidental Barn Find Of The Century? The Fab Rats Find Something Special While Picking Up Another Rig
There have been plenty of times that I’ve gone to look at a car or truck for sale only to end up finding something else cool that I’d love to have as well. Of course, I’m not...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: We Tighten Up The Steering With A Borgeson Steering Shaft!
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
Bello’s Kustoms 1950 COE Project: C-Notches Are The Start To A Massive Rear Suspension Swap
Whenever I see a COE, which stands for Cab Over Engine, I wish I had one. I have always thought a COE ramp truck would be cool, or even just a slammed COE pickup. They are just cool looking since...
Money No Object: This 1972 Buick Electra Is A Bitchin’ Battlecruiser!
Show me an off-the-wall car built with the attitude that it properly deserves, and I’ll drool like Pavlov’s dog when the dinner bell starts to ring. You should know what that means: find...
Craigslist Pinto Road Trip: The Adventures Continue! Driving 3,000 Miles In A Pile You Bought Online.
It’s time for Part 2 of the epic Pinto road trip and the adventures just keep coming. If you aren’t down for some on-road thrashing, shenanigans and some tears, this is probably not the...
Building A Land Speed Race Car Frame: How To Not Die At 200 MPH
I’ve been attending and racing at, land speed events for nearly 15 years now which is kind of weird and hard to believe. It’s amazing racing, and a whole other kind of experience compared...
Iron Trap’s Sweetheart Roadster Gets A Custom Door Skin, Rust Repair, And Is Getting Close To Being A Car Again!
Iron Trap’s Sweetheart Roadster is one cool project that has unfortunately been sitting stagnant for far too long. Like most of us have experienced on one project or another, delays happen,...