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Category Archive: FORD, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Chopping A 1932 Ford Roadster Windshield: Iron Trap’s 1932 Ford “Ruined Roadster” Gets Chopped The Perfect Amount

It’s not easy chopping the top on a car, with all the metal shaping required, door and window frames, etc. So one might think that chopping the top on a roadster would be pretty darn easy. I...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck Is Getting Torn Down And Prepped For Paint. Weekend Thrash Part 2

Day 2 of the thrash weekend is right here! It’s time for even more welding, but this time it’s on the bed and chassis of this beast. This bad boy is being treated to an awesome weekend thrash...

How Much Do Custom Sheet Metal Parts Really Cost When You Order From An Online Laser Cutter?

We’ve all seen the ads that are constantly playing on social media for companies like Send Cut Send, and I know that I’ve often wondered what the cost is for parts. The beauty is that...

Ultimate Off-Road Project: A Twin Turbo Lamborghini V10 Range Rover Prerunner | Morgan Clarke Design Dakar Prototype [ep.1]

Hard core off-road rigs are awesome. Whether they are for rock crawling, mud racing, hill climbs, or desert racing, they are awesome. I’m partial to desert off-road racing because so much of of...

Vice Grip Garage’s Old Camaro Might Live Yet! Kevin Tetz Is Attempting To Bring This Old Heap Back To Life, But It’s Going To Take Some Work!

Not long ago, Kevin Tetz and Derek Bieri made a deal that put one of Derek’s old 2nd Gen Camaros in the hands of Kevin, a seasoned veteran of many restorations. He has big plans for the Camaro,...

Mighty Car Mods Shows Us How They Would Build the ULTIMATE CAR TRAILER. See If They Have Done It Right!

People that don’t use trailers very often often times take years to figure out what they do and don’t like in a trailer. And quite frankly, trailer manufacturers count on that. They add...

Westen Champlin Crotch Rocket Swapped A Very Small Car – Hyabusa Powered BMW Isetta, But Not The Way You Think.

When Westen says that something is sketchy, that means it is SUPER DUPER DOUBLE DOG SKETCHY. And that may not be sketchy enough. I’ve known Westen for a few years, and he always puts a smile on...

Build A Pretty Cool Welding Fixture Table At Home For About $100! It Is Cheap, And Doesn’t Require Any Specialty Tools!

I know, I know, it’s another welding fixture table. But this one is ultra cheap, portable, and easy to store! So you don’t need a bunch of room to store it, you can move it to wherever is...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck Is Getting Torn Down For A Weekend Thrash And Welding!

It’s time for even more welding, but this time it’s on the bed and chassis of this beast. This bad boy is being treated to an awesome weekend thrash with friends, all of whom are jumping in to...

Better Burnouts Through Science! Finnegan Helps A Friend Make Cooler Air, And More Power, In A 10 Second Suburban Burnout Machine

An LS Swapped squarebody GM truck is nothing new, even if this one is a 3/4 ton Suburban. But when you have a very simple, stock bottom end 6.0 in it that makes 800 at the tire then even this 4600 lb...

Chrome Pot Metal Step by Step Restoration. Can It Be Done, Or Is Pot Metal Not Able To Be Re-Chromed?

One of the more frustrating parts of restoring a car or truck can be the trim parts. Stainless trim can be difficult to straighten and polish, plastic parts take a whole different set of skills, and...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Body Work, A Bit More Fab, More Body Work, And Primer!

There has been so much metal fab already, and there will likely be some more, but in the two videos below you are going to see all the metal shaping pay off as the body work starts and primer gets...

Puddin’s Fab Shop Model A Project Update: Will the steering clear?? Gas Pedal, HIDDEN Battery and MORE! 1930 FORD MODEL A!

When we sit around scheming our next projects, it is super easy to get caught up in the big stuff when in fact the small stuff is what can really make or break a project. The smallest thing done...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Gaps, More Gaps, And Running Board Adjustments.

Custom metal work is a theme on this project! If you did the math I’d bet 80% of the sheetmetal on this project had been touched, shaped, or replaced. This is one cool project and you are going...