Category Archive: MISC, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Watch A 1967 Mustang Fastback Go Through The Entire Acid Dipping Process To Strip The Body Completely Clean
When building a car from the ground up, sometimes one of the worst questions you’ll ask yourself is how far to strip the car down for paint and bodywork. These is when the scope and price tag...
How To Install A Custom Firewall On Your C10 Truck. This One Is Custom And Cool As Hell
Firewalls are not very sexy pieces on your average vehicle. They just aren’t. In many cases it is what it is, and it doesn’t really matter because we are paying more attention to the...
Fitzee Shows Us How To Build Rust Repair Panels From Scratch. This Stuff Isn’t As Hard As You’d Think!
Fitzee’s Fabrications is building a car that he calls Crusty, because it is just that. Because the car is getting built into a cool drag car, and a ton of the rusty crusty bits have to be cut...
DIY HiLift Jack Mods You Can Do At Home. This Is a Great Saturday Fab Project
If you’ve never used a H-iLift jack, it is very similar in operation to the bumper jacks that came in 1960s cars. That means that it is also sometimes just as clumsy. Of course the H-iLift is...
Home Built Sheet Metal Brake: This Is A Really Nice Brake That Anyone Would Be Proud To Have In Their Garage, And You Can Built It Yourself
I’m a bit of a tool junky, and as you all know I like building some of my own so that I can customize them to do what I need them for. Not always of course, but sometimes. Lets face it, tools...
Shop Built Electric Cherry Picker: Check This Out? Taking Engine Pulling To A New Level
A couple years ago the hydraulic cylinder on my cherry picker died. When I went to Harbor Freight to get a new one, I realized that the on sale air over hydraulic version was only a couple bucks more...
Rust Repair How To: Fixing Trunk Flange Gutters The Right Way With Fitzee
Rust repair definitely ranks in the top 10 things most hot rodders and racers dread or fear, and I have to admit that I was one of those folks for a very long time. Now I’m no body work guy, so...
Bridgeport Mill Restoration: I’ve Always Wanted One, And Supposedly They Can Almost Make Themselves
I’m in the process of building a new shop, and when it is done and filled with all my junk and tools it will not have a Bridgeport in it. Why? Because I don’t own one. But I sure want to...
This DIY Rotary Welding Table Is Cool And Inspiring. It Would Be Fun To Have One In The Shop
You don’t always need a rotary welding table, but when you do there is nothing like it to make welding all around a part easier or cleaner. You can buy them for a lot of money or a little, but...
How To Convert A 4-Door Tri-Five Chevy Into A 2 Door In Your Garage.
I didn’t grow up as a Tri-Five Chevrolet guy. I always thought they were cool, but they were never “Me” until I stumbled upon a ’56 Wagon a jillion years ago now and ended up...
Wanna Build Your Own Carbon Fiber Roof? Watch These Guys Do It To A 1977 Toyota. You Can Do This Too!
It used to be that having fiberglass body parts on your car meant it was a real race car. It still does at some level, but if you want to be a real bad ass then you get stuff made from Carbon Fiber....
Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Rebuild Process: New Pistons, Rings, Timing Challenges, and More
I guess this is straight eight day. Earlier we showed you a Bugatti Type 57 engine that got the full treatment and now we are back with an update on the process of the Buick straight eight that Davin...
We’re Cooler Than Ever! Installing a Flex-A-Lite Radiator in a ’64 Chevelle
(Words and Photos by Todd Ryden) It’s summertime, it’s a hot one and there’s a severe shortage of events, however that doesn’t mean that you can’t hit the road and cruise! When it comes to...
Distance Learning Time: Watch This ARP Fasteners Seminar To Learn More About Bolts and Fasteners Than You Do Now!
Distance learning, remote learning, whatever you want to call it, your kids have been doing it for weeks and now you get to jump in on the fun. Why? Because we found an awesome seminar put on by ARP...