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Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Welding The Pontiac Dash Into The GMC And Making It Look Like It Belongs

I love dash swaps, but only when they flow. Putting a 2015 Camaro dash and interior into a 1969 Camaro is ugly. I said it. It is. But putting a 1940 Ford dash into a 1969 Camaro would also be ugly....

Chop Top How To: Chopping The Top on a 1953 Chevy Truck. Part 1: Was The First Order Of Business To Ruin This Truck?

I’m a sucker for a chopped top on a 54 and earlier car or truck, but have never actually done one myself. I’ve fixed some bad sheet metal and welding on a couple, but never actually...

As If Kibbetech Didn’t Already Build Cool Enough Stuff, Now They Have Gone And Built A Trophy Truck! Big Power, Big Speed, Big Travel!

The crew at Kibbetech have been a part of the high end off-road game for a long time. They build ultra rad pre-runners and street trucks with real travel, real power, and some of the coolest high-end...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Making Electric Windshield Wipers From Junk And Finally Patching The Floors.

We are often amazed by Brent’s resourcefulness when it comes to recycling used parts and making completely new systems that most folks would never attempt. The windshield wipers in this episode...

Ever Wonder What It Takes To Build A Factory Stock Circle Track Car? More Than You Might Think. Watch This Video And You’ll Know!

When you hear a racing class name like Factory Stock, Street Stock, Hobby Stock, or even Stock Car, it certainly doesn’t sound like much of a race car. But if you are a fan of Harry Hogg then...

FINNEGAN DID IT! HE FINALLY MADE REAL PROGRESS ON HIS DRAG CADDY! Turbo Header Fabrication Is Happening Now!

Finnegan’s Caddy is arguably one of his most popular projects, and everyone that follows it loves the updates as Finnegan gets more done. It’s not been a fast project, but given that Mike...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Modifying The Front Fenders To Fit The Custom Headlight Rings On The GMC Roadster

It’s time to modify the fenders to make not only these large custom headlight rings fit the curves of the fenders, but also to make the front bumper and grill flow into them too. This is a fun...

HOW TO Part 2: STEP BY STEP Metal Shaping a Custom Dash – English Wheel, Bead Rolling, Wire Form!– Custom Dash For The Make It Kustom 1931 Model A Roadster

In Part 1, we talked about how Karl has made several hammer forms on his YouTube Channel over the years and they are WAY easier and cooler than I ever realized. I never had put much thought into it,...

HOW TO: Make a SIMPLE PLASTIC HAMMER FORM for Sheet Metal – Custom Dash For The Make It Kustom 1931 Model A Roadster

Karl has made several hammer forms on his YouTube Channel over the years and they are WAY easier and cooler than I ever realized. I never had put much thought into it, but didn’t realize how...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A Custom Forward Tilting Hood From Spare Parks And Scrap In The Shop

In the next installment on the GMC Roadster Pickup build there is some more welding going on, as Brent works on the hood and making his own forward tilting mechanism from parts, pieces, and scrap...

Building a PERFECT METAL SHAPING Station. EASY 2 SET UP. Customizable for YOUR TOOLS With Karl Fisher From Make It Kustom!

In his most recent videos, Karl has been showing how to build your own shrinking and stretching tools using mostly scrap and they have been awesome. When you combine them with all the other tools and...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Welding and fitting the hood and fender swapping the 49 GMC Roadster Pickup.

In the next installment on the GMC Roadster Pickup build there is some welding going on with the hood and front fenders as getting everything to fit with semi acceptable body gaps will require some...

World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet: The ROTTEN 57 Chevy Gets Her Final Patch Panel – PLUS Homemade LS Fender Well Headers

As if there wasn’t enough rusty sheet metal replaced already, Dan has got one more spot to fix on what he’s calling the World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet. In fact, he even goes so far as...

Halfass Kustoms Newest Project: Starting Work On The 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom

This project is one that Brent has had sitting around for some time and has just been waiting to get back onto it. It isn’t your average 1949 GMC, as it is mounted on a modified Caprice chassis...