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Category Archive: DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, ENGINES, FUNNY STUFF, MOPAR, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Will It Run After Decades? CRUSHED & SEIZED Dodge Charger

We’ve seen a ton of “Will It Run?” videos of rough looking cars, but I think this one from Dillan takes the cake. I mean look at this poor thing. This has to be one of the saddest...

Will Vice Grip Garage’s Turbo Buick Grand National Run And Drive After Sitting For 20 Years?

He’s back at it again! Derek has found yet another amazing ride, this time an actual Buick Grand National, and is going to try to make it run and drive and then drive it home the $400 miles. I...

Iron Trap 1932 Ford “DeLorean” Roadster: Assembling The 32 “DeLorean” Roadster’s Painted Chassis & Rust Repaired Body

This week’s video is all about making the chassis and body one again. Paint has been done but the suspension and chassis need to come together and then go under the body that has had all the...

Ian Johnson Is Building Two Ford 9 Inch Center Sections, A Dana 60, And A 14-Bolt For Hard Core Crawler

If you dig off-road content then you have to know our friend Ian Johnson. Ian has done all kinds of fun off-road and fabrication tv shows over the years and is one hell of a resource when it comes to...

Bello’s Kustoms 1939 Lincoln Zephyr Project: V12 Greatness Included!

I’m a big fan of Bello’s Kustoms, not only because they build some seriously cool SoCal style hot rods, but also because Bello and his crew are funny and hell and super talented. Their...

Barn Find 1958 Plymouth Project: Will The New Engine Actually Run After All This?

So it has a new engine and trans, so what? So it has a new rear end to handle the power, so what? If this thing won’t run it’s going to be a waste. I’m not a Moparsman… I’m a GM...

Will This Forgotten Chevy Ramp Truck Haul The Vice Grip Garage Family & Ranger 800 Miles?

Derek is always buying cars and trucks, and then trying to get them running. Sometimes he also goes to wherever they are and tries to drive them all the way back home hundreds of miles. But this time...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Big Tires, Making Motor Mounts And Test Fitting The Engine And Trans!

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is making motor mounts and test fitting the drivetrain! Some of you are going to be mad because it is getting LS Swapped, but those of you...

What Happens When You Add an Alternator To An Electric Car? Extended Range? Jeremy Fielding Explains

The number of everyday people, who do not have degrees in electrical engineering or physics, who claim to be able to change the way electrical items work is always entertaining to me. I have seen so...

Save It Saturday: Derek Bought A Classic Mustang SIGHT UNSEEN! – Will It RUN AND DRIVE 300 miles?

Making cars run that have sat for a very long time makes for good videos, but I’ve said several times that if the engine ran when parked then it should run again if it will spin over. With that...

Vice Grip Garage Pontiac GTO Project: New Fuel & Brake System (First Drive!) Part 3

Derek from Vice Grip Garage has been working hard on cars and trucks of all kinds this year, but this one here is pretty special for a variety of reasons. First off, it’s a 1967 GTO that has been...

Wait, What? Is This The Fastest Drill Powered Boat? Milwaukee M18 Super Hawg vs Outboard Gas

Okay, who in the hell thinks of using a drill to power a boat? I know cordless tools are super bad ass now, but this would NOT have been on my radar before seeing this video. Of course, now all I...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Test Fitting The Body And Chassis To See If This Will Even Work!

NAPCO was a company that built 4-wheel drive conversion parts for domestic trucks and was founded in 1918. Although they made parts for Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, and Studebaker trucks, they are most well...

Barn Find 1958 Plymouth Project: Pushing Their Luck Doing More Work Even Though The Engine Is Ready To Drop In

  It seemed like getting the engine and trans ready to swap would be the last of the work on this thing, but what good is a new engine and trans if the rear won’t live with it. Hmmm. This...