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TIJUANA TO TACOMA! Will This BIG BLOCK Square Body RUN AND DRIVE After 20 Years? Derek Sure Hopes So! Part 1/3
Family road trips are what cars used to be about. In the days of our favorite cars and trucks, Americans did road trip family vacations. People don’t do that much anymore. But that’s...
Rebeldryver’s Garage Drivetrain Swap: 4.10 Gears For the 1965 Impala SS’s 12 Bolt Differential.
After doing a close ratio 6-speed Magnum swap from American Powertrain in his 1965 Impala, Scott Liggett decided that the car could use more rear gear since it’s got so much overdrive, and I...
Tony Angelo Gets After It With Paint and Body RESURRECTION on his Dad’s DREAM Car: The 1968 Camaro Convertible Project
I’m a Camaro convertible guy. Or at least a first-gen Camaro convertible guy. I own a 1969 Camaro convertible and my dad has a 1968 Camaro, so when I talked to Tony Angelo last year about his...
New Products: From Prototypes To Castings – These HammerHead® IRS 12 Bolt And 8.8 IRS Differential Housings Are A Game Changer For GM, Mopar, And More!
Jeff and Skip Lee were a couple of die hard racers, family men, and hot rodders who just happened to have a sickness that made them want to take on the hugely complicated task of making a better,...
The Hurst Competition Plus Shifter Is A Staple For 4-Speed Owners, But Here Are Some Powershifting Mods That Make It Better For BANGshifters.
Growing up in a stick shift racing family means I’ve got lots of experience with a Hurst Competition Plus shifter. Hurst shifters have been the go to upgrade for stick shift cars for decades,...
Vice Grip Garage BARNFIND: This FoxBody Mustang Has Been Parked For 23 YEARS! Will It RUN AND DRIVE Home For Derek?
Am I the only one who thinks it sounds weird to talk about a Fox Body being a barn find? I mean, when I think barn find I think old cars and I just don’t think of a Fox Body as being old yet...
Pete Has Made a TERRIBLE Decision Involving His Daily Driver!! Peer Pressure Is Real And Pete Can’t Avoid It!
Officially, this is Polishing Turds Season 3. To review, the first two Polishing Turd seasons revolved around traditional small blocks and both saw big performance gains. This one here is going to be...
Derek FINISHED Restoring this Dodge Polara After Being PARKED 32 YEARS! Mopar Project Greatness Right Here.
Derek is known for making old junk run, but he’s not stranger to building something nice either, and this cool Dodge Polara is one of those nice projects. When a project has been sitting for a...
The Walter Boys Are LS Swapping A 3rd Gen Camaro In 48 Hours! Fuel System, New Rear, And More Too!
I’ve always loved the thrash, and really thrive when there is a deadline. That’s how we came up with the idea to build a full car in 48 hours, and convinced the rest of the world it was...
MASSIVE CHANGES! THIS IS WHAT PREPARING BLASPHEMI FOR SICK WEEK 2025 LOOKS LIKE!
Here we go! While Sick Week has started, there are a lot of great videos coming out from everyone’s planning and preparation, and none is more ambitious than Finnegan and a pretty big bunch of...
Ian Shows Us How To Run 40″ Tires on Stock JK Axles: The Ultimate JK Axle Build For Those That Want To Crawl More Than The Mall
Mall crawlers make up a huge portion of the Jeep buyers over the last few years, but the ones that want to crawl more than a mall are always looking for bigger and better upgrades. Over the years,...
Full Build: Taking This 1984 Caprice Wagon From Family Cruiser to Muscle Wagon Makes It The Ultimate Power Tour Machine
The Power Nation guys built this cool Caprice wagon and if you didn’t see all the episodes and instead want to see it all go together in just one go, here’s your chance. This thing is...
Derek’s Vice Grip Garage Going To Town Rig Get’s Some Love: Duramax Diesel “Extreme” Tune and Allison Transmission Service
Most of us car guys and car girls have the vehicles we love and then there is usually one that is more “acceptable” to the masses, aka our going to town rig. It’s the one you give...
HOW TO CONTROL 12,000 HORSEPOWER in a Top Fuel Dragster! A David Freiburger Extra
If you know Clay Millican, then you know just how much of a regular car guy nut he is. The dude is awesome, and is always smiling and laughing and having a good time. I’ve known Clay for...