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LS Swap A Square Body Part 1: Halfass Kustoms New Project! Picking A Donor From Behind The Barn, And Pulling Parts To LS Swap A ’74 Chevy Pickup
It’s kind of nice when you have a collection of Chevrolet trucks and SUVs that are sitting with their LS engines and transmissions just waiting to become donors for other projects, and that is...
Dylan McCool’s BARN FIND 1977 4×4 Ford – Will It Run And Drive After 20 Years? Or Will It Be A Flop?
When you get the opportunity to grab a one owner dent side Ford F150 4×4, and especially one that has been sitting inside a barn for 20 years, you take it. This truck is cool as hell, has the...
Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion: Cutting down a FREE 1976 GMC dented LONG BED into a dent free SHORT BED!
Puddin is back at it, this time with a beat up 1976 GMC long bed pickup that he wants to convert into a short bed. And as funny as it sounds, this isn’t something that he’s every done...
The JANKY to SWANKY 1984 S10! Here’s A Simple, Clean, & Budget Friendly Makeover Anyone Can Do.
Puddin is back at it with another cool transformation, and we really dig it. This one is a little 1984 S10 pickup that has seen better days. It’s all there, but it certainly isn’t pretty,...
V8 Squarebody Swap in a Weekend!! Out with the old V6 and in with a new Small Block! Power Upgrades!
Mortske is back at it! This time he’s taking a 6 cylinder square body and doing a swap, but it isn’t getting an LS! It’s been a running and driving truck like lots of folks have,...
Engine Swap! Father & Son Budget Squarebody Truck Build With Vice Grip Garage- Part 1 Not What You Think!
It’s father and son project time on Vice Grip Garage and that means this fun Squarebody GM truck is getting an engine swap! I love squarebody Chevrolet and GMC trucks and so does Derek, so it...
Did CHEAP Parts Destroy The Engine In Mortske’s LS Swapped 1985 Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually?!?
There are lots of folks who never buy anything but high dollar factory parts, and then jillions who buy replacement parts from lots of sources. Many folks use price alone to decide which parts to buy...
Newbern Has A New Ramp Truck Project! This 1968 C50 Is Going To Be Awesome!
Newbern has spent way too much time around all of Finnegan’s ramp trucks, so now he’s going to embark on his own ramp truck project. He and Wesley just picked up this bad ass peach and...
FIRE! The Vice Grip Garage NASCAR Burnout Truck Needs Work – Let’s Watch Derek Fix It And Make MORE Improvements!
It ran and drove, and it did big burnouts, but it had some issues and now it is time to fix those issues. If you missed any of the build of this former circle track truck, into a burnout machine, use...
OBS Clash Build Tahoe Part 1 – Repairing and Restoring a Customized Tahoe Limited SUV
If you are a fan of the OBS trucks, and like a custom SUV, then you are going to dig this new project. We’re talking about a custom and awesome street truck that has the look and feel that...
SEIZED and FLOODED Engine! – Will This Old Truck RUN AND DRIVE Again For Vice Grip Garage?
I’m a big fan of a square-body GM truck, and I kinda dig a stepside, but this one is going to be a challenge to love because it has not had the easiest life. Apparently, it sat for years...
The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: Building A Truck In 15 Days And Then Driving It 4,000 Miles. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
In the last episode the Apache started the road trip back home to Canada, but before it can get all the way there it has to make some other stops. That is the whole point. The truck is going to be...
The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: Putting The Truck To The Ultimate Test!
In the last episode this bad boy actually got out on the road to prove it could run and drive, but now it is time for the real test. The real test is 4,000 miles of road tripping this thing around...
