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DIY Upholstery How To: Wrapping A Custom Package Tray With Speakers And More.

In this video from one of our favorite DIY auto upholstery instructors, you are going to learn how to wrap a custom package tray for a finished look inside your classic car. This one here is a...

Customs 101: Bello’s Kustoms Installs A 1939 Zephyr Rear Bumper On The 1936 Ford With A La Salle Grille – Part 5: The New Bumper And Some Fender Repairs Too.

Here’s Part 5 of the La Salle grille swap, where it gets a Lincoln Zephyr rear bumper, but if you missed Part 1-4, just use the link below to check it out too. This is one cool custom that the gang...

The JANKY to SWANKY 1984 S10! Here’s A Simple, Clean, & Budget Friendly Makeover Anyone Can Do.

Puddin is back at it with another cool transformation, and we really dig it. This one is a little 1984 S10 pickup that has seen better days. It’s all there, but it certainly isn’t pretty,...

Making Carbon Fiber Parts At Home! Complete Process of Copying a Part in Prepreg Carbon Fiber

Making carbon fiber parts at home, in the oven, is awesome sounding. But much like powder coating at home, and using the oven to bake them, I’d recommend you get a dedicated oven for the job so...

Who Makes The Best Jump Starter In 2023? Or Are Jumper Cables Better? Let’s Find Out Which Is More Useful

When I grew up, you had jumper cables in the trunk or under the seat of every car you owned. You hoped that you were usually using them to help someone else, and not because your battery was dead,...

Eastwood’s STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE: How to RE-Paint a Car at Home! This Fox Body Gets A Facelift.

I think every one of us has owned a car or truck that we thought would look a million times better if we could just take care of a couple small dings and dents and give it a fresh coat of paint. I...

Part 4: Questionable Garage Is Engine Swapping A Plymouth Duster THREE TIMES For Three Events!

So here’s a little back story… When we started doing Holley’s Moparty event at Bowling Green Kentucky’s Beech Bend Raceway Park, an event that is happening this weekend as a matter of fact,...

The DD Speed Shop Gasser 1964 Nova Project Is Ready For The Street! This Bad Boy Has Really Come Together Into Something Rad.

Well folks, if you have been paying attention over the last week or so you’ve seen all the cool updates on this Chevy II Nova Gasser project from DD Speed Shop. This thing is legit cool, and...

Red Dirt Rodz Show Us How To Work With Fiberglass and Fiberglass Molds! You Can Do This Stuff At Home!

If you haven’t ever worked with fiberglass before, it can be daunting. I have used it enough to be comfortable with it, but not enough that I’d want to cut a hold in a Corvette just so I...

The Vice Grip Garage Grand National Is Going To Get A Budget Makeover So It Looks Like The Fun Ride It Is

It’s not a show car, but it sure does look a lot nicer than it did before! The Grand National finally runs and drives and so it is time to give it a little visual love since this is such and...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck FIRST DRIVE!!! Finishing Steering & Brakes And Drag Link Fabrication

In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the brake...

Aging Cast Aluminum At Home Using SIMPLE Household Products Gives Killer Results

When building cars it is curious that sometimes we are restoring parts so they look as good, or better, than new, and other times we are trying to make new parts look old and weathered. Usually, this...

How It’s Done: Dipping And Chemical Stripping A 1966 GTO Body Of Paint AND Rust Is A Neat Process.

Dipping cars to remove paint and filler isn’t new, but the process has changed over the years for sure. In fact it isn’t just to get rid of paint anymore, but also to get rid of rust....

The Alfarrari Project: Designing And Making Badges, Pulling The Engine AGAIN, And Trans Tunnel Mods

There is so much going on with the Alfarrari project, and this update has all kinds of stuff going on. First is the design of the new badges for this thing and then it’s more mechanical work as...