Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CAR FEATURES, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, ENGINES, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Will a $200 Buick Make a Cross Country Road Trip?!? Sure, Just Close Your Eyes And Pray!
I’ve owned some cheap cars and trucks that ran hundreds of thousands of miles after getting them and for the most part they didn’t care what I paid for them. With that said, do you think...
WILL IT RUN? Freiburger Is Fighting Ants, Moss, a Possum, and Shag in His Junkyard Van So He Can Road Trip This Beast!
I’ve bought some pretty nasty vehicles before, but by far the worst of my life was the C4 Corvette that I bought to make into the Vette Hack test car and that later became the Vette Cart that...
ABANDONED 1970 CHEVELLE! Will The WORLDS WORST One RUN AND DRIVE After 40 Years? Derek At Vice Grip Garage Thinks So!
Derek is back at it, and if you thought that his last couple of will it run videos didn’t pose enough of a challenge, then how does a Chevelle that has been sitting for 40 years sound? If he...
CHEAPEST Lincoln EVER! Will $155 Make It Run and Drive? Free Lincoln, Plus Free Big Block, Equals FUN!
Dylan McCool knows how to take advantage of some good fortune. When he was offered a big boat of a Lincoln, for free, and had already been given a 460 big block Ford, for free, he knew that the...
Freiburger Is ROAD TRIPPING HIS STOCK 1929 MODEL A with Derek from Vice Grip Garage After They Thrashed To Make It Run
Last week we shared Freiburger’s video of him and Derek from Vice Grip Garage working on his stone stock Model A Ford. The goal was to get the thing to run and drive and then road trip it....
WORLDS WORST Corvette! Will It FINALLY RUN and ROAD TRIP? Derek At Vice Grip Garage Has Got His Work Cut Out On This One
I’m a fan of a C4 Corvette, but I’m not sure that this one isn’t cursed. When Derek got it and started working on it, the problems became bigger and bigger and bigger. It had an...
What is Tony’s LEAST FAVORITE part of Hot Rodding? Finishing One. But That’s The Plan For His 1970 HEMI Dart Swap!
I think most hot rodders have the same problem as Tony when it comes to finishing our rides. I know I’m the same way. I think it’s Attention Deficite Hot Rod Disorder. ADHRD. We all...
If You Could EV Swap An Old Ride For Cheap, Would You? This Mercury Comet Had One Donor Vehicle And Cost Less Than $6,000
I know everyone likes to bash on electric vehicles, and I’m clearly not the market they are aiming for, but there is something kind of cool about guys doing EV swaps on certain rides. Sure, I...
Swapping SRT4 TURBO POWER Into A MINT 1985 Dodge Minivan!! Building an EPIC Family Hauler With A Crusty SRT4.
This one here is something special. Sure, there have been plenty of turbo 4 cylinder Dodge Caravans and Plymouth Voyagers over the years, but this van is so mint that it defies description. Just wait...
The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 7: Will She Finally Make Noise After Sitting Since 1977?!
Tommy and the kids are back at it, because this beast is getting closer and closer to being a runner! The big block should be fun with all the new parts that have been going into it, and in this...
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...
Derek From Vice Grip Garage Found This “NON-RUNNING” 1963 Cadillac Convertible! Will It RUN AND DRIVE 500 Miles Home? I HOPE SO!!!
I grew up in a Cadillac family. My dad worked for Cadillac when I was a kid and my grandparents had DeVilles. In fact we still have my Grandma Reynolds last one in the family still, as my friend...
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...
Westen Champlin Built a Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce. Why Doesn’t This Shock Us Even A Little Bit?
If you have never watched a Westen Champlin video, or been lucky enough to meet him in person, you are missing out. This kid is nuts, in mostly all the right ways, and it is hard not to laugh and...