Category Archive: Car Features, CAR FEATURES, FORD, FORD, Hack of the Week, OTHER, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Check Out This 1932 Ford Tudor Barn Find That Chip Foose Found, And His One Day Transformation That Has Me Wanting To Go For A Ride
Chip Foose is well known for being the guy that reimagines cars and trucks into what some consider the best versions of themselves. He nips and tucks and stylizes the best attributes of a car or...
Restoration How To: How To Restore Dents in Steel Trim. The Carter Auto Restyling 1953 Chevy Kustom Chicken Truck Project
How many times have you seen a potential project somewhere, only to realize that even though the body is savable it doesn’t have a single piece of trim on it that isn’t all banged up? It...
Dirthead Dave Chappelle’s Slammed Nissan Hardbody Gets Fuel, Brakes, And Steering Finished! And Then It Moves Out Of The Shop!
A huge portion of the fans of Dirthead Dave, and the Dirthead Shed YouTube Channel, know him as the off-road guy who builds cool stuff and loves being outside climbing over rocks and playing in the...
Is This The Cheapest DIY Way To Preserve Your Wood Deck Trailer? Cause Free Is Good, But Is It Good Enough?
I own two trailers, both of which are wood decked, and I’ve really only wished for one of them to have a steel deck on a couple of occasions. When you consider that I bought the trailer in...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Recycling Door Latches So They Will Actually Latch Nice And Stay Closed!
In the last video, Brent fixed up some dents, got the doors aligned with all the new rockers and running boards, and worked on shaved door handles too. In this one he’s working on door latches...
Is It Possible To Get A Show Quality Paint Job From A Spray Can? Kevin Tetz Gives It A Try!
Kevin Tetz has been doing paint and bodywork for decades, and has been teaching others how to do it for nearly as long. He’s a pro in every sense of the word, and I’m not alone in saying...
DIY Tech: Custom Cables and Ends from Scratch or Fix Your Broken Cables – Throttle, Brake, Clutch, Choke, Whatever!
How many times have you been working on your mini bike, go cart, motorcycle, or whatever and you find that you have a broken cable end. You know, the kind of cable that actuates the clutch, choke, or...
Metal Shaping With A Palm Nailer? Wait… What? YES! Making A Hand Planishing Hammer With A Palm Nailer!
A planishing hammer is an ultra simple machine in principle. It’s basically just making the same hammer strikes you would with a body hammer and dolly, but doing it way faster. That way you can...
Dirt Cheap Paint Job Video: Painting A Jeep Cherokee For $120! Can You Do Better For The Same Or Less? Check This Out!
Cheap paint job videos always suck me in because I want to paint one of my driver cars and need the inspiration. At this point I know what my options are and just need to get the shop done and a DIY...
Iron Trap’s Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod: Building A Hood Latch For The 1938 Ford Convertible From VW Parts!
With all the work that has gone into this thing to make it run and drive for the first time in 50 years, it is great to see that the IronTrap boys are also making sure it looks like the hot rod that...
DIY Hi Tech Hydraulic Press Brake Project: PART 2 – Making An Adjustable Backstop Using A Linear Actuator
Here’s Part 2 of the cool DIY Hydraulic Press Brake. Keep in mind, this isn’t just a simple press brake. It’s got automation, production capabilities, and more but it’s a DIY...
DIY Hi Tech Hydraulic Press Brake Project: PART 1 – Making Repeatable Bends On Your Own, Using Your Own Press Brake With Limit Switches
I’ve never owned a sheet metal brake, but I’ve always wanted one. But even more than a sheet metal brake, I’d like a hydraulic press brake so I can bend my own brackets and such....
Newbern Body Swaps His Postal Jeep! Putting A Newer TJ Chassis Under This Mail Jeep Will Make It Way Better Than Ever!
Postal Jeeps, aka Jeep DJs, were two wheel drive units that were marketed as light delivery vehicles starting in 1955 and continuing through the mid 1980s. There was even a time when a convertible...
Will It RUN AND DRIVE Finally? Vice Grip Garage Debates Between A Carburetor or Computer On This 8-6-4 Cadillac Nightmare.
Not long ago, we ran video as Derek tried to make this 1981 Caddy run. It wasn’t a great experience, as these things were always a challenge with their 4-6-8 engine. If you missed that first...