Category Archive: Hack of the Week, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos
How To Make A No-Sew Mexican Blanket Seat Cover For Your Hot Rod
Mexican blanket seat covers, or upholstery, are super cool in the right hot rod or custom and we dig them. In this cool video from Jefferson at Red Dirt Rodz, he’s going to show us how to make...
The Vice Grip Garage NASCAR Truck Gets Electrical, Bumpers, and a BODY! SO MUCH TUBING!
Well, it got the big block and the turbo 400, and now it needs electrical, bumpers, and some kind of body. Man this thing is ugly. I mean ugly. But it does have a big block in it. That’s not what...
Making Old Car Parts Into Car Art For Your Shop Or House! Check This Out!
If you’ve ever seen a tailgate hanging on a wall, or the nose of a car, or have seen someone make a trunk into a couch, you’ve undoubtedly thought about how cool it would be to...
ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: Astro Turf And A Free 12 Bolt For The Nomad?
Astro turf? I’m not sure I can get on board with this one. But the 12 bolt makes me happy, cause that’s what all high performance Chevys are supposed to have right? Well, the forgotten...
The Vice Grip Garage NASCAR Truck Gets A Big Block! Will It Even Fit?
Now it’s getting a big block and turbo 400? That’s not what these were ever designed to hold, so will it fit, and will any of the other stuff needed to make it work actually fit?...
Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: How To Build A Coupe Without A Coupe
Brent from Halfass Kustoms is one of my favorite dudes on YouTube. He’s not fancy, he’s a bit brutish sometimes, but man he gets projects done in record time and is so inspiring to anyone...
The Alfarrari Project: Redoing Some Stuff And Trying To Figure Out How To Mount An Alternator
Sometimes when you do an engine swap the initial fit-up makes you think it will be a cake walk. Then you start trying to hang all the extra crap on the engine like the water pump, accessories, and...
Derek At Vice Grip Garage Bought A WRECKED NASCAR Truck! Let the BUILD BEGIN!
With the Independence Chevelle being retired, what do you think about taking a NASCAR truck and making it into a burnout machine? I’ve certainly heard far worse ideas and think that Derek could...
Iron Trap Ardun Headed 1933 3-Window Ford Project Gets A Trick Custom Dash
This project car has gotten all kinds of reinforcement, trunk and door alignment and so much more. But there is still a lot to do to make it a finished car. In this episode, the dash gets some pretty...
These Hole Saw Tricks Might Save The Day, And Will Definitely Help You Drill Holes Better.
Hole saws kind of suck, which is why annular cutters have become more and more popular in the past couple of years. But regardless of which one you use, they still need a pilot bit or pin and that is...
New Product, And How To Assemble It: The Speedway Motors Sheet Metal Mock Up LS Engine!
If you haven’t seen Speedway Motors new sheet metal, bolt together, LS mock up engine block, you are in for a treat. And sources close to the project say that there are small block and big...
DIY 20 TON Workshop Press – Is This The Ultimate Press Brake For Home?
I love DIY tools, and this one right here is arguably one of the more adjustable you are going to find. In fact, this shop press might have more adjustments than I’ve ever seen in one before....
Will It Run? This 1977 Country Squire Motorhome Was Abandoned for 15 Years! What Kind Of Crazy Is About To Happen Here?
If you are a regular around here you know that I seriously dig motorhomes and rvs and that old class C’s are some of my favorites. This one here is a squarebody era Country Squire that has seen...
How To Build A Chassis Table That Will Fit In Any Garage!
Every hot rodder that does any kind of fabrication has at some point drooled over a killer welding fixture table or chassis table. We all have, even when most of us have no room for that kind of...