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Cheap Z28 Project: F-Body Drift Car Build Part One – Dual Rear Calipers. Plus, Other Brake Upgrades!
It’s time for more progress on the Cheap Z28 Project. In the first video you saw a few upgrades and a sneak peak into what was going to happen to this thing and what its new life would be. Well...
Paint Tech: How To Build A Removable Paint Booth In Your Garage At Home!
Years ago the guys at Car Craft built a temporary spray booth in their garage at home so they could paint a car and I always loved the idea. If you have a big enough shop then there are several...
Shop Tech: Restoring A Vintage Vise AND Making A Killer Swiveling Wall Bracket For It.
I like old vises and anvils and such. Hell, any old tools are cool really. So when I saw that Matt from Urchfab was restoring a cool old vise for his shop I was immediately interested…and then...
Iron Trap’s 1939 Mercury Project: Dual Exhaust For The Jersey Devil Baby!
This ’39 Mercury has fought Matt and the gang every step of the way, but it finally got a new to it engine. After saving it from an old garage, where it had been all but forgotten for decades,...
Reviving A 1950 Ford That’s Been Sitting In A Quonset Hut For Years! Will It Run And Drive?
This family-owned truck has been left to sit for decades in a Quonset hut in Canada and is now getting its chance at life again. There is no restoration happening here, and no big money spend, just...
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...
How To Pinstripe: Pinstriping For Beginners With HotRod Jen!
A couple of days ago we featured a video from Hot Rod Jen that showed her striping and lettering the door on an old Chevy truck. It was cool to see all the techniques she used, so when we saw this...
Mopar Alternator Comparison: Stock vs Powermaster Original Look vs Powermaster 220amp Upgraded Alternator
When it comes to the charging system of your classic car, you have a few options. The first is to just hope and pray that the 50-year old alternator that’s on the engine continues to work even...
Hand Painted Hot Rod Truck Doors: Pinstriping, Lettering & Silver Leaf
Hand lettering and pinstriping is a true art and the folks that do it well are really fun to watch. I’ve got a few friends who are incredibly talented, and have been lucky enough to watch them...
Easy Step by Step! How To Paint Interior Plastic, Vinyl, & Leather.
Whether you have a new project that needs some interior love, or you’ve gone to the wrecking yard in pursuit of some interior parts for your project, it always sucks when you find the right...
Can They Bring Back The Shine? Paint Restoration On This Neglected Old Chevy LUV
There is something super satisfying about polishing something dull into something shiny. Whether it is wheels, paint, chrome, or aluminum, if you take product and a rag or buffer and make something...
Tech: Pick The Screw That Makes More Power. Big, Medium, And Small. Which Is Best?
Screws are one of the marvels of physics. The threads can exert huge amounts of force, with far less input than you might think, and this means they can be used to do all kinds of things. In this...
Spray Paint Shootout: Which Spray Paint Really Is The Best? Or Are They All About The Same?
If you are like me then when you go to the store and buy spray paint you are always wondering why you are paying so much more for a name brand paint, and wondering if there really is a difference....
