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Category Archive: CHEVY, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, FUNNY STUFF, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, TRUCKS, Unhinged, Videos

Derek Is Rescuing a Forgotten Square Body Crew Cab — Will It RUN and DRIVE? Will The Vice Grip Garage Adventure Be Worth It?

Derek is back at it with another Vice Grip Garage “Will It Run” video, and this time it is another square body crew cab pickup. Are you blown away by the success he has in getting these...

Check Out This FORGOTTEN Squarebody CREW CAB! Will It RUN AND DRIVE After Being Parked For Years?

Sometimes I wonder how someone can leave a car sitting for years before getting to it, and then I look at the collection of projects I’ve collected over the years. It turns out I’m as...

Custom Built ’66 C10 Is Powered By What?!? – The SEMA 2025 Debut Of The Legacy EV 1966 Chevrolet Pickup

Love it or hate it, electric vehicle technology is touching every aspect of the hot rodding, customs, trucks, and racing world. And with stuff like the Legacy EV 1966 C10, I say hell yes! This truck...

Transmission Tech Video: Here’s What Makes The 4L80e Such A Great Transmission, and How You Can Make It Fully Manual!

That’s right, you can take the incredibly strong 4L80e and use it without a computer or a bunch of electronics to shift it. You can in fact make it a full reverse pattern manual valve body just...

Check Out This Epic Survivor! This Amazing 1939 Ford Truck Is Barn Find Greatness! But Will It Run Again?

Barn finds rule, and Mortske has found his fair share of them over the years. But this one here is a pretty cool survivor that looks incredible considering that it is nearly 80 years old. This 1939...

Will This Big Block Powered 1973 Chevrolet Squarebody Truck Run And Drive? It’s An Oklahoma Survivor!

Puddin’s Fab Shop is back at it with another fun truck project. This time it’s a 1973 Chevrolet pickup that has a 454 in it and has been sitting for years. In the two videos below, Puddin...

We Love A Simple, Clean, And Cool 1983 Toyota Mini Truck Build. Dave Chappelle And Cameron Make This Thing So Rad!

Projects like this 1983 Toyota mini truck both inspire me and make me question my other projects. Instead of buying a nice truck that runs and drives, and that just needs a lowering job and some fun...

TONY AND THE BOYS CRAMMED 600 CHEAP BIG BLOCK HORSEPOWER INTO THIS 80’s STREET FREAK C10! Let The Burnouts Begin!

Tony Angelo is a good time. That dude, and his entire crew, have a great time doing what they do with cars and trucks of all kinds. Tony marches to the beat of a different drummer than most folks,...

FREIBURGER’S JEEP HATES HIM. Can YOU Figure Out What Went Wrong? Has He Freiburgered It Good, Or What?

Freiburger has a few vehicles that seem to hate him lately, but this Jeep seems to be at a different level. On  the surface, this survivor Jeep Cherokee looks like a project that should really...

Will This Failed Restoration Project Live Again? Mortske Leads The Charge With This 1968 GMC Revival!

When people ask me about potential projects and how to get a good deal, I often tell them to look and see if they can find someone’s abandoned project. Many times those are the kinds of...

Did Westen Champlin Actually Build The World’s Fastest School Bus? It Is Pretty Awesome!

Before you go freaking out and yelling about how Larry Jeffers has a Pro Mod school bus that runs 3’s in the 1/8th mile which is awesome fast and super fun to watch. It’s an S10 with a...

3rd Annual O’Reilly Grand National Truck Show, Redefining Truckin’

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The 3rd Annual O’Reilly Grand National Truck Show, held at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA on September 26–27, drew over 400 trucks, vans, and SUVs. Presented by Classic...

Newbern Engine Swaps The Mail Jeep And Then Races It At Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park

When I was a teenager, I worked for my buddy’s dad at their auto glass shop during the summer and one of our mobile glass repair vehicles was a mail Jeep. Now I have a soft spot for them. So...

SUPERCHARGER HOW TO: ROTREX LS SUPERCHARGER INSTALL AND DYNO! INTERCOOLED VS NON INTERCOOLED. 5.3L TAHOE TEST

I first came across Rotrex Superchargers on Power Tour in 2006 when Kurt Urban and the guys from Wheel2Wheel brought their 1972 Nova sleeper. It was the talk of Power Tour because it was the ultimate...