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Pit Trike Build: Building A Custom Pit Trike To Take On Sick Week!
Having a pit vehicle at a race is a must-have nowadays. Sometimes that is the way you are required to get the car to and from the racetrack, but other times it is just so that you can get around...
LS Corvair Project: Some Welding Required, Amazon Doesn’t Sell Swap Parts For This.
In this episode of the LS Swapped Corvair build, where the engine is still going to be in the rear as Chevrolet intended, more custom fabrication is going on. After all, when you do something...
Fender Flare Install: Be Inspired By Welding Steel Flares To A 911 Porsche
When some folks think fender flares they thing four wheel drive trucks, while others think back to the 1970’s when folks installed fiberglass fender flares on everything that didn’t move,...
Sheet Metal Fab: Ultra Simple Bomber Seat Built With Only Basic Tools
I love Bomber Seats and there have been a bunch of them built online by all kinds of fabricators, including Ron Covell. He’s done two very cool bomber seat builds in the past few years and both...
Metal Shaping Tech: How To Build Your Own Shrinking Stump For Making Flat Metal Not!
Shaping metal can be ultra simple or very complex, depending on what you are trying to do. Having the right tools, and knowing how to use them, is key. Thankfully Karl at Make It Kustom is great at...
Classic Mini Cooper Race Car Build: Bars Bars Everywhere, The Cage Is Done!
There are a lot more tubes in place in the Mini Cooper Race Car that Matt has been throwing together, and in this video, he throws the final few in and welds it all together. This is one trick little...
Sheet Metal Fab How To: Simple Tools And Techniques Can Help You Recreate Some Pretty Complicated Body Panels
Replacing a piece of a rocker, lower fender, cab corner, or floor pan is pretty standard when you are talking about building old cars, but what about the other stuff that’s more complicated?...
1936 Ford Custom Project: Bello’s Kustoms Buttons Up The Suspension On This T-5 Swapped Old School Hot Rod
In this installment on the 1936 Ford project, Bello and the gang get their suspension on, but in a different way than you might expect. To recap, this is a traditional hot rod that was mostly stock...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: If Only The Steering Was As Easy As Bolting This Column In
We do it nice, cause we do it twice is the mantra for the Fab Rats and this might be the best example of that yet. Because they ordered the wrong length steering column they are going to cut up and...
DIY Roll Bender: Bend A Radius In Round, Square, And Rectangular Tubing At Home.
I’ve always wanted a roll bender to add to my selection of tools but to get one that will really bend a lot of different materials you’ll have to spend some money. A cheap one just for...
1936 Ford Custom Project: Bello’s Kustoms T-5 Swap, C-Notch, And More!
I love watch them do work at Bello’s Kustoms because they build ultra-cool stuff that has all the right looks but that is still driveable. This particular 1936 Ford is a great hot rod but the...
Making Sheet Metal Into Suspension! – Road Race Chassis For A Hot Rod Rebuild
Building complicated shapes and structures at home can be a challenge sometimes, but if you use the methods in this video you’ll see just what is possible without anything but simple cutting...
Turning A Railroad Track Into An Anvil! Simple & Easy DIY – Homemade Anvil
It is surprisingly easy to find pieces of railroad track to use for anvils and the like, and it has been a common use for them for a very long time. A railroad track anvil is a great DIY tool and one...
