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Route 66 In A Forgotten Big Block Square Body – Day 2 With Lots Of Breakdowns
The latest update on the C20 road trip has this poor truck being pushed to its limits because sitting for decades has taken its toll. That means this is one of those painful breakdown parts of the...
LS Swapping A 1954 Bel Air Is A Bit Trickier Than You Might Think Sometimes But Halfass Kustoms Prevails
It seems like everything on the planet has had an LS swap done to it nowadays, so we tend to assume that every LS swap will be pretty simple. But sometimes, this is just not the case. When Brent and...
Reviving A 1966 Thunder Bird That Was Last Driven in 1977. Will It Run And Drive?
It was only 11 years old when it was parked, but it’s now been sitting for 45 years! Surely Brent can make this beast run again. We’re going to find out in this video right here because...
Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: How To Shorten A Ford Flathead Torque Tube
The Iron Trap shop truck project is coming along, but because it is a project being built from all kinds of spare parts then there is a fair amount of finagling that must go on. One of those things...
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Wiring Up The LS Swap And Trying To Make A Column Shifter Work
Here is Part 9 of the 1951 Ford Project. There is a bunch of wiring cleanup to do when swapping an LS using the factory harness and ECU. Because this engine is staying stock, the factory ECU will do...
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Motor And Trans Mounts For The 4.8 And 4L80e In The S10 Chassis For The 1951 Ford F1
Here is Part 5 of the 1951 Ford Project. This one gets the engine and trans mounts done so they can go into this now shortened S10 chassis. As usual Brent has his own way of making things happen and...
Your Shifter Might Not Be Broken! Here’s How To Adjust A Hurst Automatic Shifter The Right Way
I am a creature of habit. Years and years and years ago I replaced my aging B&M Megashifter with a Hurst Quarter Stick, and I’ve never looked back. I love them. They work great, require...
Is Buying A Couple Chevy Vans To Flip A Good Idea? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Every one of us car folks knows someone who buys the occasional project to flip, and some who flip cars on a fairly regular basis in order to make money for their real projects. I have a couple of...
This Single Seat Race Car Build Is Not What We Expected, Because It Is So Much Cooler!
Bennett’s Customs is an Australian is a traditional builder that does some pretty cool car and motorcycle projects, and they have embarked on a new project that must be done by September in...
The 1954 Chevy That Casey Bought Sight Unseen Runs Mint! This Car Was Not The Junk The Seller Claimed It To Be!
The latest installment in the rebirth of this cool 1954 Chevy does not disappoint. It still amazes me that the seller thought this car was junk and sold it so cheap. This is a great score and I...
The Electric Swapped 1965 Mustang Fastback Project Suspension, Weights, And More
We shared the first three videos in this project a couple weeks ago and now we’ve got the latest right here. In this episode Tom goes over the rear suspension’s cradle assembly, motor,...
Make It Kustom’s 1960 Cadillac Project Is Getting Hydraulics! Going Down Low!
The 1960 Cadillac Coupe De Ville is coming along with more and more progress. In these two episodes the chassis is out of the barn and getting the hydraulic suspension all sorted out and installed....
Liggett Bought A Wrecked 1999 Tahoe K1500 For $600! What’s The Plan?
Sometimes the smart move is buying just the parts you need for a project, but sometimes the smarter move is buying a whole donor vehicle. The latter is riskier sometimes, and has been known to cause...
