Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, Car Features, CHEVY, CHEVY, Project Cars, Videos
Abandoned Chevy Nova Rescued After 24 Years! Is It Worth Saving?
When Tommy goes hunting for hot rod projects, you always know that something cool is going to follow him home. In this case he wasn’t hunting as much as he was taking advantage of a great deal...
First Bath In Over A Decade! This All Original Ford Pinto Station Wagon Is A Time Capsule
When Chad showed me this awesome Pinto wagon right after he got it, I was in love. This is one cool car and while I would want to hot rod the hell out of it, I might actually feel bad since it is so...
Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 6: Super Simple Split Wishbones
Here is the sixth installment of the shop truck build, and it’s getting front suspension! This new, simple, and clean split wishbone setup is just what this truck needs. The more I watch Iron...
Sheet Metal Tech: Making Big Low Crown Panels On The English Wheel! Make It Kustom’s 1939 Lincoln Zephyr Project
In the third video from the Lincoln Zephyr project, Karl takes the English wheel out so he can make these large panels behind the new doors. This area is large, has a very low crown, and is a panel...
CUTTING UP A PERFECTLY GOOD CAR! CASEY’S CUSTOMS MUSTANG HOT ROD BUILD GETS ITS DONOR CHASSIS! KUSTOM RAT ROD 65 FORD
Casey is back at it again! He’s got an ultra cheap 1965 Mustang from some dude that thought it was beyond repair. Sure it’s rough, but once you cut all the crap out of it you find that...
The Iron Trap Gang Fills Another Box Truck Full Of NOS GM Sheet Metal From A Barn In Virginia
A couple of weeks ago the Iron Trap crew got an insane stash of NOS GM sheet metal from a barn in Virginia. Most of it was not their normal, but they knew it was too good not to save for someone that...
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Cleaning Up The Chassis And Installing Brakes On The 1951 Ford F1
Here are Parts 2 and 3 of the 1951 Ford Project. Not everything is exciting when building a new project, but it’s all got to get done right? Part 2 has the truck’s new frame getting...
The Charger: New Shoes, New Attitude, And The First Trip Onto The Strip
It’s pushing close to the one-year anniversary of the day I decided that a 1976 Dodge Charger was going to become my long-term project car, and judging by the relative lack of posts about the...
Project Phantom Part 5: Floors And Rockers, And Rust Oh My On The 1969 Mustang Project
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) I’ll admit it, I have been slacking. It has been like a year since I have done a BS installment on the rehabilitation venture we call Project Phantom, my wife...
Is Buying A Couple Chevy Vans To Flip A Good Idea? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Every one of us car folks knows someone who buys the occasional project to flip, and some who flip cars on a fairly regular basis in order to make money for their real projects. I have a couple of...
Back Yard Rescue: Abandoned 1938 Ford Project That Was Bought By An Actual Hot Rod Hoarder!
When you like something and keep buying more and more of them you might have a problem. I know how that is as I have several projects, and most of them don’t run yet. So am I alone? Apparently...
FINNEGAN’S FIRST DRIVE: THE TURBO 2JZ-SWAPPED CHARGER IS FIRE!!!! THEY DID IT.
Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger is arguably the scariest car that he and Newbern have in the fleet of fun. It is cool as hell, but it certainly isn’t easy to drive, comfortable, or reliable....
“As Found!” 10 More Cars & Trucks Found For Inventory At Nobody Else’s Auto! 1939 Ford, Torino Squire Wagon, El Camino & Caprice Cop Car!
This latest batch of cars that Chad Ehrlich has found in South West Kansas is pretty cool! I’d totally take the 1939 Ford, and the 1968 El Camino is calling my name as well. Unfortunately for...
