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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...
Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Gets A Sexy New Rearend AND Comes Home From The Chassis Shop!
Here’s another Maliboom project update and boy is this car coming right along. In the two videos below you are going to see a sexy new rearend housing come together, along with the last of the...
When You Take 16 Chainsaws, Build A V16 Out Of Them, And Swap Them Into A Lada, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
If you don’t follow the Garage 54 crew on YouTube, then you are missing out on a level of crazy you just can’t understand. These guys are in Russia and certainly know how to have fun...
Wonder What To Do With A Biscayne That’s Been Sitting 46 Years? Answer: Blown Small Block And A 4-Speed!
I feel like if you went through life with the answer to all car questions being a blower and a 4-speed, you’d probably be a pretty happy camper. I mean I know it’s not cheap, but it sure...
This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 6: The Vintage Dragster Gets Front Hubs, Engine, Trans, And Seat Placement!
This cool vintage dragster project is going to be something fun, that’s for sure. As simple as it is, there are a lot of steps to making it right and lucky for us we get to see each and every...
This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 5: Narrowing A 9 Inch For The Vintage Dragster Rear And Installing Front Suspension
The Race of Gentleman has spurred a bunch of renewed excitement for traditional hot rod drags both on the dirt and sand, as well as on the dragstrip. They didn’t invent these events, but they have...
New Project Truck: Here’s The Metal Massacre Fab Shop’s Next Project Truck, The Blue Goose! Is Matt Getting In Over His Head On This One?
(Words by Charles Wickam) Matt over at Metal Massacre Fab Shop, in Southern Indiana, may have bonked his head jumping into the deep end with this one. He and his wife decided to rescue a long...
Will Derek Even Fit In This FREE, Forgotten, Honda CRX That Has Been Parked For 16 Years! Will It RUN AND DRIVE 700 Miles?
I only own two vehicles that are not Chevrolets. One is a 1985 Mitsubishi Mighty Max that I bought to build into the mini truck I wish I could have built in the 1990’s, and the other is a 1994...
Did Finnegan’s OBS Truck Get Finished In Time For SEMA? Will It Run? Will It Drive?
Finnegan’s OBS GMC will undoubtedly be a fun and cool ride, but will it run and drive and be ready to go at the SEMA Show? Or will it be a roller that just looks cool? There are plenty of those...
Dylan McCool’s Forgotten Dart V8 Four Speed Goes Drag Racing! Will It Survive? Probably Not, But It Sure Will Be Fun!
Okay, that’s not fair, because in all reality I am not sure that I’ve seen Dylan at one of the events in Bowling Green where he hurt something bad enough to not survive the weekend. I...
Halfass Kustoms $0 1951 Ford Rat Rod Project: It Looks Right, But Can You Actually Get An Engine Into The Zero Dollar Budget Rat Rod?
Well, it’s time to see if Brent can stuff and engine and transmission into this thing. It started out as just a fun yard art project, which I TOTALLY approve of, but now it’s turning into...