Category Archive: CHEVY, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, FUNNY STUFF, Hack of the Week, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, SUSPENSION, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
DD Speed Shop Drove 1700 Miles To Help Newbern Surprise A Friend With THE ROADKILL 1957 Chevy!
We told you how DD and Newbern ganged up on Brandon’s ’57 Chevy to surprise him with it running and driving for Hot Rod Power Tour. If you missed that video, there is a link to it below,...
How Rustomod Painted Sign Painter Distressed Lettering On Their Vintage C10 Truck The Easy Way!
I’m a big fan of good patina on a hot rod, truck, or even some race cars, but sometimes you need to distress a part in order to make it look like it fits. This is especially true when talking...
Restoring And Protecting Cast Iron Exhaust Manifolds From Rust AT HOME With Spray Graphite
Spray Graphite is magic! I had no idea how easy it was to apply until I watched this video from Jefferson, but it is a completely DIY process that you can do at home on any of the typical exhaust...
The Lambo Catches Fire, The Opel Becomes A Parts Car, The Drag-Kota Hits A Wall!
One thing people never think about is how much work goes into getting cars from tv shows to run AFTER the show is filmed. The thrash leading into the show is always fun to watch and easy to...
Can You Build A Simple DIY CNC Plasma Table INCLUDING THE Plasma Cutter For $600 Off Amazon?.
If you haven’t once said that you wished you had a CNC plasma cutting table, then you aren’t a car builder. I realize that not everyone can have one, I certainly don’t, but that...
Building A Custom Center Console For a Classic Truck, Including All The Upholstery
Sometimes building custom parts for the interior of your classic car or truck can be fun, and other times it can be so daunting because we make it into something bigger than it really is. The...
Big Tire Garage Car Trailer Rebuild: Increasing The Load Capacity Of Your Car Trailer
Ian Johnson’s Big Tire Garage is always a great place to learn stuff and see cool projects, but he’s also good for the kind of stories that save you money. As someone who’s got an...
Halfass Kustoms Shop Fire: Brent And Esther Are Okay, But The Shop Is A Total Loss
We’ve shared Halfass Kustoms videos with you for the past couple of years here on BANGshift and I truly look forward to watching Brent work in the shop each and every week. He’s...
Spinning Wheel Stud & Seized Lug? What Would You Do?
So here’s the scenario… You go to rotate the tires on your car, or truck, or your wife’s car or truck, and you find that one lug nut won’t come off. Like any good mechanic,...
Build a Metal Shaping POWER HAMMER From Scrap Metal: Part 2-Making Thumbnail Shrinking Dies
In Part 2 of the Power Hammer build, Karl gets his fabrication on building the dies for his new power hammer build. If you missed Part 1, use the link below to check it out too! He’s an expert...
How-To Build a Metal Shaping POWER HAMMER From Scrap Metal / Pull Max /Nibbler With Karl From Make It Kustom
In this episode of Make It Kustom, Karl gets his fabrication on but this time it is building a tool for the shop, not a part for a car. He’s an expert in metal shaping, spends tons of time...
Building A Simple Homemade Rotisserie For Your Project – DIY Tilt, Roll, Tip Over, Car Jig
Rotisseries have been used for restorations for a very long time and if you have a small car they can sometimes be relatively simple and easy to build. But if you have an American muscle car, or full...
FORGOTTEN 1968 Pontiac Bonneville – Will It RUN AND DRIVE After A Decade?
Well, he’s back at it folks, taking cars that have been sitting forever and seeing if they will run and drive. In some cases there isn’t much to making some of this old stuff run, but...
Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: Part 7 – Chopping The Top And Converting To A Three Window
In this next installment of the three-window coupe build, Brent is chopping the top and doing the conversion to a three-window, which takes a bunch of sheet metal work. It looks exhausting and yet...