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Race Car Tech: Tim McAmis Makes Flush Mounting Your Rear Windows Clean and Simple. Here’s How, Plus More Things You Can Do With Them!
Quarter turn fasteners, aka Dzus fasteners, are about as race car as it gets. And they are super useful for all kinds of things. Whether it is holding body panels on, or floor pans, interior panels,...
Make Your Own Tools: Justin At The Fabrication Series Shows You How To Build Your Own DIY Metal Cutting Bandsaw Table
We love tools around here and especially those that are homemade. I love it when you can spend time in the shop building something and then end up with a tool that will help you build other things....
Metal Shaping Video: Khaos Design Continues This Epic Project By Finishing The Interior Sheet Metal After Stretching The Back Of The Cab On The 1964 Toyota Stout Build.
The Khaos Design Stout build is something truly special because literally every piece of sheet metal is being customized in some way, shape, or form. The talent being shown in this series is...
Eastwood Company Is Building the Fast and Furious Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX! Whether You Dig Imports Or Not, You Might Learn Some Stuff.
The Fast and Furious movie franchise is one of the biggest money makers in movie history, and whether you like each one or just some, they all started with the original Fast and Furious that we all...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: The Rear Bumper Just Needs A Little More Love, And So Do The Fenders And Running Boards
Custom bumpers and fenders are a theme on this project! The rear bumper still needs some love and he’s working the fender gaps as well as the running board fitment in this pair of videos. The...
Tony Angelo Swaps An 800+ Horsepower NASCAR V8 Into His 1955 Chevy Street Car! Part 2: The Ultimate Header Fab Going ON Now!
Tony Angelo is back at it on his cool 1955 Chevy, and even if we weren’t Tri-Five fans around here we’d totally approve of the 800+ horsepower small-block NASCAR combo he’s got...
Are These Lost Fabrication Skills That Nobody Uses Anymore? Does Anyone Care? Heat, Metal, And Force Make Some Cool Stuff.
In this day and age of welders that tell you what settings to use, and cnc everything, I think that some folks forget to use the basics sometimes. Shaping metal can be done with complicated,...
Is This The Ultimate Welding Table? A Fireball Tools Cast Welding Table You Might Actually Be Able To Afford! Introducing The Dragon Wagon.
If you have been around here much you know that I’ve been a welder since I was a kid and love all things welding related. That includes awesome welding and fixture tables. One of the nicest on...
Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: Building A Fuel Tank From Scratch For The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck!
It’s time for even more welding, but this time it’s on the new fuel tank for this beast. This thing needs a big tank and it has to fit in just the right spot, which makes it a bit of a...
Puddin’s 1961 Mercedes 4X4 Build Makes This K5 Blazer FRAME SWAP Seem Like A Great Idea! Perfect Fit!??
Trars are cool. We’ve featured several of them over the years here at BANGshift and I don’t know anyone who doesn’t dig them. I mean, not everyone wants one, but everyone looks at...
Street Freak – Part 7: This Mid-Engine Drag And Drive Lambo Powered All-Wheel Drive Volvo Needs To Be Ready For Street Week!
Here’s the seventh video in the series, and more fab work is happening because some stuff hasn’t worked out so far. Now that doesn’t mean all is lost, but it does mean the pressure is...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Making Headway On The Custom One Off Front And Rear Bumpers
Custom bumpers baby! The custom bumpers on this truck are something special and although Brent has gone back and forth on them, we know they are going to be something special. I love the idea of...
Puddin’s Fab Shop Model A Project Update: Finishing Up The Floors With A Custom Trans Tunnel, Toe Boards, And More!
Puddin’s new Model A project sure is a good looking car, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some issues hiding below the skin. We’re looking forward to seeing this thing go from being a...
Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: Welding Starts On The Bed For The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck!
It’s time for more welding! A big stack of tubing and plate are going to be used to build the bed and make this thing the ultimate hot rod hauler. It’s got a special payload planned for...