Category Archive: 1320 Tech Story, Apex Tech Stories, Hack of the Week, Metal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Tech Stories
Build Your Own Magnetic Clamping Table! This Magnetic Lifter Shop Hack Is A Game Changer for Grinding Or Sanding Sheet Metal!
Clamping stuff to the workbench so you can grind or sand on it is a pain sometimes. And if you are having to move and flip and rotate your part to grind on multiple surfaces, it can really take some...
Patina Paint Tech: The Famed FREIBURGER COMET WASH, Plus Testing Other Cleaners With Before And After Tests!
I remember the first time Freiburger said we needed to Comet wash a car. We hadn’t started CarJunkieTV yet, but it wasn’t long beforehand. During the next two years I’d Comet wash...
The Boys Found A Rare Snowcat and Trippled the Power! What Could Possibly Go Wrong? This Is Going To Be Fun
I have lots of friends who drive winter beaters, and while some of them drive the same one for several years I also have friends who buy something every year or two and drive them like assh@les...
Building Custom, Steel, Two Piece Wheels: These VW Bug Custom 2 Piece Wheels Start Out As 1970`s Sprintstar Steelies!
I’ve always wanted to either widen a set of wheels in my shop, or rehoop a set of wheels to make them a completely different diameter and/or width. So when I saw this video, where a set of rare...
Here’s What Happens When An Engineer Gets His Hands On An Old Bench Vise And Proceeds To Restore It
I’ve wanted to buy a giant old vise and restore it for years. A new big vise is super expensive, and as much as I’d worship a Fireball Tools Hardtail vise for my shop, I can’t...
One Week Squarebody Rehab: How To Transform A Squarebody C10 Into A Shortbed ON THE CHEAP In Just One Week!
While long term projects can be fun and rewarding, there is also nothing like a short rehab on a project that makes big progress and has big rewards. Not everyone can afford the time, money, or space...
DIY LED Tail Light Conversion: Wally Is Converting his 1972 Ford Maverick Tail Lights to LED For Cheap! Will Work On Lots Of Classics!
There are a lot of LED tail light and marker light options around now for all the most popular hot rods and muscle cars, but some of them are not cheap. Others are cheap, and they feel like it and...
THE MOD ROD! This Wild 70’s Custom Show Car, Plus How to Strip a Truck Cab, On The Latest Episode of Stacey David’s Gearz
When I was younger, customs like the MOD ROD didn’t really do anything for me, but as I’ve gotten older I dig them a bit more. In fact, at Holley’s Moparty in 2024 I ran into a guy...
Untouched for 93 Years: Pulling Off A 48 Hour Hot Rod Transformation On This Original 1932 Sedan – Chop or Not?!
This 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan is an amazing survivor. It is completely stock and untouched and has spent the last few decades stored in a storage container in Canada. It recently got shipped all the way...
DIY Electric Power Steering, The Easy Way, With Mike Cotten. No Engine Driven Power Steering Pump Makes This Clean And Simple.
Electric power steering is incredibly common in new cars nowadays, and has been available from the aftermarket for several years as well. There are lots of factory components that have been used over...
Garage Sale Score Or Fail? Bought A Broken Harbor Freight Floor Jack For $20. Can It Be Fixed At Home?
I love buying old tools at garage sales and swap meets, but jacks that don’t work are often a hard pass for me. Not because I don’t want to have to repair one, but because newer stuff is...
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...
Will This Failed Restoration Project Live Again? Mortske Leads The Charge With This 1968 GMC Revival!
When people ask me about potential projects and how to get a good deal, I often tell them to look and see if they can find someone’s abandoned project. Many times those are the kinds of...
