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Install Video: Using The Ridetech StreetGrip System To Upgrade The Handling Of Your C2 or C3 Corvette Is Easy! Watch!
Feb 25, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Install Video: Using The Ridetech StreetGrip System To Upgrade The Handling Of Your C2 or C3 Corvette Is Easy! Watch!
Ridetech contines to expand the line of StreetGrip applications and that is now great news for classic Corvette owners. If you have an original C2 or C3 Corvette that is finally ready to have the...
Pinstriping Inspiration: Design Ideas Practice With Hot Rod Jen
Feb 23, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Pinstriping Inspiration: Design Ideas Practice With Hot Rod Jen
We’ve featured some of Hot Rod Jen’s work here on BANGshift lately and appreciate her cool videos that show how to pinstripe, her work flow, and her process for practicing and perfecting...
New Headlights & Bubble Skirts DRASTICALLY Improved Iron Trap’s 1939 Mercury “The Jersey Devil”
Feb 22, 2022Chad Reynolds1
The 1939 Mercury project is really coming along now. It’s a proper car that runs and drives and looks awesome. I’m not a big fender skirts guy, but man it’s a slick looking ride. If...
How To Tune Up Your Body Hammers At Home. Must Have Hammer Adjustments!
Feb 22, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on How To Tune Up Your Body Hammers At Home. Must Have Hammer Adjustments!
Body hammers are super handy for a lot of work around the garage, not just fine-tuning bodywork. Any metal shaping and working can be done using one and will be smoother and cleaner than using...
LS Corvair Project: It’s In! The LS4 Finds Its Way Home For The First Time. Man Is this Thing Trick!
Feb 21, 2022Chad Reynolds1
John Reynolds is a bad ass. This is a cool project with a lot of great thought and fab work going into it and you are going to want to check it out. It’s awesome to watch and we can’t wait to see...
HOW TO MAKE MASSIVE ALL-MOTOR LS POWER! HOW MUCH POWER DOES A 408, 468 OR 495 STROKER LS MAKE?
Feb 21, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on HOW TO MAKE MASSIVE ALL-MOTOR LS POWER! HOW MUCH POWER DOES A 408, 468 OR 495 STROKER LS MAKE?
Can you make big power with a Stroker LS engine? Hell yes you can! Just like any engine platform, adding cubic inches will add power and that means that bigger is almost always better don’t you...
Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: It’s 4-Link Time Out Back! Watch Them Design And Build One From Scratch
Feb 21, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: It’s 4-Link Time Out Back! Watch Them Design And Build One From Scratch
Whenever I see a COE, which stands for Cab Over Engine, I wish I had one. I have always thought a COE ramp truck would be cool, or even just a slammed COE pickup. They are just cool looking since...
Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 1: Blown Flathead Powered Jalopy Shop Truck Build! – 1928 Ford Roadster Pickup
Feb 20, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 1: Blown Flathead Powered Jalopy Shop Truck Build! – 1928 Ford Roadster Pickup
The more I watch Iron Trap videos the more I want to build a 1920-1940 hot rod. They seem so simple and bare-bones if you want them to be and that means that you can put one together pretty quickly...
Paint How To: Paint A Lace Roof On Your Ride For Cheap!
Feb 20, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Paint How To: Paint A Lace Roof On Your Ride For Cheap!
Casey’s Customs is building another budget build, this time a $3,500 budget Chevy rat rod style custom. It’s got a complete chassis swap, turbo charger add, and more. But this video here...
Rocky Mountain Road Trip: Survivor Boogie Van “EXCALIBUR” Sold And Delivered!
Feb 20, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Rocky Mountain Road Trip: Survivor Boogie Van “EXCALIBUR” Sold And Delivered!
When the van was first found and purchased, Karl found the original builders and owners and they showed serious interest in owning the van again. Even though Karl knew he could probably sell this...
Pit Trike Build Part 3: Finishing A Pit Trike For Sick Week!
Feb 20, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Pit Trike Build Part 3: Finishing A Pit Trike For Sick Week!
Here is Part 2 of the Pit Trike build. We can’t wait to see this thing on Sick Week and take it for a ride. If you missed Part 1, use the link below to watch. Having a pit vehicle at a race is a...
What’s the Thickest Steel A Waterjet Can Cut? Jason From Fire Ball Tools Answers This Question And More!
Feb 20, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on What’s the Thickest Steel A Waterjet Can Cut? Jason From Fire Ball Tools Answers This Question And More!
I’ve shared videos from Jason at Fireball tools for several years now and think the world of what he does and the tools they make. One of the things I like so much about Jason’s videos is...
TIG Welding Tech: Why Are My TIG Welds Gray?!?! It’s Not What You Think! Here’s How To Make Shiny Dimes!
Feb 19, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on TIG Welding Tech: Why Are My TIG Welds Gray?!?! It’s Not What You Think! Here’s How To Make Shiny Dimes!
When welding, there are lots of things you can do wrong that make your welding less successful. Sometimes these things are because you are using the wrong settings, wrong equipment or your technique...
Cheap Z28 Project: F-Body Drift Car Build Part One – Dual Rear Calipers. Plus, Other Brake Upgrades!
Feb 19, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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...