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ULTRA CHEAP (PUMP GAS) JUNKYARD LS BLOWER TEST-THE GEN 3 V6 M90 MAKES SERIOUS TORQUE ON THE V8 LS!
Richard is back at it and the people have spoken! Because everyone wants to know what these power adders can do on pump gas, since most folks looking for dirt cheap boost aren’t looking to...
Will This Tik Tok Brake Rotor Surfacing Hack Actually Work? Or Will It Rip Off All Kinds Of Important Junk?
We all laugh at the dumb stuff that we see on the internet, especially those that we “know” will never work and probably cause something or someone to be hurt. It’s human nature....
Fiberglass How-To: Using Foam And Glass To Form A Custom Dash For A 1967 C10 Pickup. Mockup And Design Are Not As Hard As You Might Think!
I happened upon this video series the other day and knew I had to share it. After recently posting a video of Brent at Halfass Kustoms doing a Pontiac dash swap in a ’53 GMC pickup, this 1967...
The Alfarrari Project: Custom Electric Windows Front And Rear On A Car That Never Had Them To Begin With
It’s windows time for the Alfarrari project, and while the glass has been there all along, there hasn’t been any way to raise and lower them electrically until now. But this isn’t a...
Vice Grip Garage $60 DOLLAR Paint Job For Derek’s Old Truck! Is This BUDGET Makeover Goin’ Ta Town Approved?
We’re down for some cheap paint jobs, and have a car we’d love to put some color on for cheap, but $60? Is that too cheap? Can you possibly paint a pickup truck for $60 and have it look...
DIY Tool: Make An Easy Dimple Die At Home To Flush Mount RivNuts!
We love homemade tools around here, and this one right here is SUPER handy. I can’t tell you the number of times I would have loved to have had this tool in my arsenal and now I’m going...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Making Electric Windshield Wipers From Junk And Finally Patching The Floors.
We are often amazed by Brent’s resourcefulness when it comes to recycling used parts and making completely new systems that most folks would never attempt. The windshield wipers in this episode...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A Custom Forward Tilting Hood From Spare Parks And Scrap In The Shop
In the next installment on the GMC Roadster Pickup build there is some more welding going on, as Brent works on the hood and making his own forward tilting mechanism from parts, pieces, and scrap...
Aaron Shows How To Make The HOLE For His Brilliant Legless Tool Stand And BIG Improvements To His Storage System
If you missed this brilliant tool storage and use system that Aaron built for handling many of his stand mounted tools in his small two-car garage, use the link below to check that video out too and...
Karl Fisher From Make It Kustom Shows Us How To Make An EASY, FREE, DIY STRETCHER TOOL! HOW-TO Make “REVERSE”CURVED FLANGES on SHEET METAL
In this episode, Karl makes a DIY stretcher tool from some scrap and a cheap tool from Harbor Freight. In a previous video he made a DIY shrinker from scrap he had laying around. With these two tools...
LS Swap A Square Body Part 3: Halfass Kustoms New Square Body Chevy Project Is A Runner! First Drive And Shop Burnouts!
We’ve shared all the parts of this build so far and you are going to dig it if you like it when a truck makes noise and smokes the tires inside the garage. We dig it and know you will too. This...
BUDGET Pro Street 1957 Chevrolet – Cheap And Easy BIG TIRE Chassis Modifications By DD Speed Shop
Pro Street Is NOT DEAD! Or it shouldn’t be anyway, because big tires are awesome! Just look at these bad boys that are going on the DD Speed Shop ’57 Chevy. I approve, and love the low...
Legless Tool Stand System For Your Garage! Want To Have Secure Stands For Your Grinder, Shrinker, Vice, Bender, And More? Check This DIY Space Saver Out!
We’re huge fans of DIY tools and garage hacks around here, so this cool DIY system from the Garage Fab channel on YouTube does it for us. Aaaron does all his work in a two car garage in a...
DIY Sheet Metal Roller Build: Make Your Own Tool To Make Even More Cool Stuff. Body Panels, Collectors, Exhaust, And More!
A sheet metal roller is a super handy tool when you need to make rings, collars, rolled patch panels, exhaust collectors and reducers, and more. There is a lot you can do with one and once you start...