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Newbern Got A Robot! Check Out His New Arcdroid CNC And Plasma Cutter
If you are like me, then you have looked at just about every conceivable “CNC Plasma Cutter” option there is out there. And man there are a lot of them. I’d love to have one of...
Making Patch Panels For A 1965 Ford E100 Van Pickup From Scratch
We share a fair amount of rust repair videos around here because most of the cars and trucks we’re into are older and that means many of you out there are going to have examples that have at...
Tools, Shop Supplies, And More That You Can’t Live Without: Fireball Tool’s Founder Jason Gives Us His List
Anyone who has ever spent any time visiting other workshops knows that you are always seeing some tool or fix or supply that you didn’t know about or think about for your own workshop. Those...
ABANDONED 1979 Chevy LUV Gets A BUDGET FRIENDLY Makeover From Puddin’s Fab Shop!
I would drive this little LUV truck every day! There, I said it. A cool little mini truck, whether it’s a LUV, an S10, a Courier, or whatever is a handy little parts truck that can be great to...
Big Tire Garage Builds A Custom Winch Mount For The Colorado Rock Crawler
Ian is making the final push to get the Ultimate Adventure Colorado set and ready to go for the trip and that means buttoning up all kinds of “little” projects. One of them is the front...
The Alfarrari Project: Making It Steer After Swapping In A Ferrari Engine And Trans.
Now that the engine and trans have been fitted, and permanent mounts for them made, it’s time to figure out the steering. That sounds like it might be easy, but even the most straightforward...
FINNEGAN IS FIXING A GIANT HOLE INSIDE THE RUBBER DUCK: 1,000HP SUPERCHARGED ’67 PONTIAC FIREBIRD!
The Rubber Duck Firebird is a super cool car, and Finnegan has had a lot of fun with it, but it was an old drag car that needed some love to work like a new race car or to be really nice for drag and...
FORGOTTEN Dodge Police Car – Will A Turbo Make It All Better? Or Is A Rebuild Already In Order?
We’ve been sharing the videos from this forgotten cop car video series, and some of them are pretty funny. This one here is going to be interesting because it’s TURBO TIME! Turbos make...
Part 1: The Backyard Builds 1936 Ford Goes From 5 Windows To 3 Windows. Chopping It Up For A Cooler Look.
Chopping up 1930’s hot rods makes some people cringe, but to me there is nothing finer than a properly done chop top. With the right lowering of the lid, you can really see a hot rod come...
Single Seat Race Car Build Part 14: Building The Racing Seat For The Single Seat Racecar
In this latest installment of the build, the seat comes together. As you would expect, this single-seat race car is going to get just one seat but it needs to be pretty specific. Here’s the...
Ian Is Back At It In The Big Tire Garage, Welding Link Brackets To A Couple Axle Housings
For some reason, you find a lot of hesitation when it comes to welding things to axle housings. People that do a lot of other fabrication are often scared to do this one. I understand, as people are...
Single Seat Race Car Build Part 13: SCRATCH BUILT COWL STEERING
In this latest installment of the build, the steering comes together. As you would expect, this single seat race car is going to get cowl steering, which can be tricky to sort out correctly. Check it...
Iron Trap 1932 Ford “DeLorean” Roadster: Shortening A Torque Tube And Driveshaft
This week’s video takes us through the process of shortening the torque tube and driveshaft on the DeLorean roadster and we are getting excited about how far this car is coming along. We...
