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Buffing a BARN FIND! – Can You Restore Faded Paint on Classic Cars? Here’s How To Bring Barn Find Paint Back To Life!

I’m a huge fan of a good patina on a car, after all it takes decades for the sun and weather to create it. But sometimes you find a car that is still all one color, if a car has been hidden in...

Iron Trap Garage: Unloading Their 26ft Trailer Load Of Parts And The Barn Find 1939 Ford Convertible To See What They Really Got!

Every time that the gang at Iron Trap Garage goes out on the road to find and procure old parts, they come home with all kinds of stuff and it is fun to see what that is. In truth, they only know...

Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion: Lowering, Rebuilt Suspension, Custom Fabrication, MORE!

In the first video we shared the shortening of the bed and chassis to convert this long bed to a short bed. If you missed it, you can use the link below to check it out. In this second video there...

Vice Grip Garage Frankenstein Duster Part 2: Derek Is Building His Duster And Giving It Away! It Is ALIVE and it Sounds SO GOOD!

If you missed Part 1, use the link below to check it out and listen to how awesome the Duster sounds! It’s getting some muffler tests, which we totally approve of. Derek at Vice Grip Garage is...

Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion: Cutting down a FREE 1976 GMC dented LONG BED into a dent free SHORT BED!

Puddin is back at it, this time with a beat up 1976 GMC long bed pickup that he wants to convert into a short bed. And as funny as it sounds, this isn’t something that he’s every done...

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...

Who Makes The Best Concrete And Engine Degreaser? Project Farm Intends To Settle This!

We’ll all heard the claims about degreasers, and some even seem to work okay when I’ve tried them at home, but are they really as good as they claim? And who really makes the most...

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...