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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...
Will This Supercharged El Camino RUN AND DRIVE 800 Miles To Virginia And Back? DISASTER!
Derek isn’t usually rescuing supercharged hot rods for his road trips home, but we’re down if he is! You have to see the whole series behind this El Camino, because it is a big one! Only...
DIRT CHEAP Turbo Power! $250 Junkyard Engine and $125 Turbo DOUBLED The Power of Tony Angelo’s Square Body C10
Tony is back at it, fixing the 250 cubic inch 6 cylinder in his cool C10 Square Body they call Cherry. And to be fair, fixing it makes it sound like they are taking this engine apart, but the reality...
Will Finnegan’s 1953 Chevy Truck Make It 300 Miles Home For Derek From Vice Grip Garage? Traded SIGHT UNSEEN!
Have you ever made a deal to buy or trade for a car or truck that you’ve never even seen? I’ve traded some stuff sight unseen, but never one car for another like Derek and Finnegan just...
The Morgan Clarke Design War Wagon Willys Part 2: Sheet Metal Or Composites? There Is A TON Of Body Mods To Do To It!
We told you we’d be following along with the new War Wagon project from Morgan Clarke Design, and it is time for Part 2 of the series. If you missed Part 1, we’ve got a link below so you...
