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Category Archive: Hack of the Week, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos

Testing Best & Worst Power Adder Tricks For Your Air Tools: Triple Air Hose? Bigger Hose? Different Fittings? Buffer Tanks?

Normally the Torque Test Channel videos that we share are testing tools in head to head competition, but in this one it is all about how to make your current air tools better, stronger, and faster....

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: SNOW-MAD Ratty Gasser Nomad On Slicks In The Snow. Plus Wiring Woes…

This should be interesting. I mean what could possibly go wrong with trying to drive a gasser ’55 Chevy Nomad in the snow? Shenanigans and wiring. This one is going to be good. Well, the...

Testing Motion’s Pumpkin Spice Mustang For Sick Week!

Sick Week is coming up, starting tomorrow actually, and Doug Cook is taking a whole “new” car on the adventure. But first, it needs a bunch of new parts and that is all happening right here in...

Iron Trap 1932 Ford “DeLorean” Roadster: Detailed Forensic Upholstery Investigation

It’s so close to done! The Iron Trap Garage ’32 Ford Roadster project is so close to being a fun driver. Of course no matter how good all the style and mechanics are the thing still has...

Classic Car Interiors: How To Cover Inner Fenders In A Classic Car

In this video from one of our favorite DIY auto upholstery instructors, you are going to learn how to cover the inner fenders for a finished look inside your classic car. This video is one of a few...

$150 Honda Clone vs $600 Honda Engine: Which One Is Best? Fuel Efficiency, Horsepower, Durability, Starting

When overhead valve “Honda clone” engines started showing up on the market 15 years ago most people said they were crap and couldn’t possibly compete with the old faithful Honda....

Derek Finally FINISHED The HEMI Swapped C10 Truck And It’s AMAZING!

Here is Part 8 of the Gen III HEMI C10 build that Derek has dubbed the HemiHalf. It’s back from Moparty and ready to get buttoned up and ready to rock so the burnouts can commence! The thought...

How It’s Done: Hot Rod Jen Letters A Truck Door With 23k Gold Leaf

Hot Rod Jen is back at it with more cool videos, and in this one she’s showing off her Gold Leaf and lettering skills. This is some cool stuff here with an awesome classic look that has that...

Classic Car Interiors: How To Make Classic Car Kick Panels – Ford Ranch Wagon

In this video from one of our favorite DIY auto upholstery instructors, you are going to learn how to make a custom kick panel for your classic car. This video is one of a few in a series that is...

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: Why Dan Hates His 1955 Chevy Nomad – PLUS How Uncle Tony’s Garage Is Killing Hot Rodding

Is Dan over this thing? Does he really hate Uncle Tony? Check out the latest where stupid expensive glass is going into this thing, and Dan throws Tony under the bus. Well, the forgotten project...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Finishing The Patina To Make All Of This Truck Look Like It’s Been Together Forever

In this new installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent has some work to do in order to really make the patina pop, but not before fixing a couple other rust spots and buttoning up some other...

Classic Car Interiors: How To Make Your Own Custom Door Panels From Scratch

In this video from one of our favorite DIY auto upholstery instructors, you are going to learn how to make a custom door panel for your classic car. This video is one of a few in a series that is...

Mortske’s Abandoned1961 Chevrolet Bel Air Project: Nothing Different Colored Body Panels And A Donor Car Can’t Fix! Snow Donuts!

We recently shared one of Mortske’s “will it run” videos where he took a 1961 Bel Air that had been sitting outside for 49 years and got it back up and running. To say that it is a...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Painting The Bed To Match The Cab’s Patina, And Fixing The Winch!

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent has painting to do on the bed to try and make it match up with the cab. This is going to take some technique and some trial and error to get...