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Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 5: Easy V8 Conversion – Just What The Shop Truck Needs!
Here is the fifth installment of the shop truck build, and it’s getting an engine! Not just any engine of course, but a Flathead V-8. Check it out! The more I watch Iron Trap videos the more I...
Your Shifter Might Not Be Broken! Here’s How To Adjust A Hurst Automatic Shifter The Right Way
I am a creature of habit. Years and years and years ago I replaced my aging B&M Megashifter with a Hurst Quarter Stick, and I’ve never looked back. I love them. They work great, require...
Which Welding Rod Is Right For Your Welding Project? Is It As Complicated As Some Might Think?
Welding rod selection, when TIG welding, is a subject that sometimes causes argument among friends as people do not always agree on what rod is used for what. Some say at ER80S-D2 is required for all...
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Building Body Mounts On S10 Chassis For The 1951 Ford F1
Here is Part 4 of the 1951 Ford Project. This one gets a bunch done to make sure the body can mount to this now shortened S10 chassis. As usual Brent has his own way of making things happen and...
Awesome Junkyard Tech! Using 1988-1998 Door Seals On 1967-1972 GM Pickups! Super Cheap & Easy Option!
Rebeldryver is back at it again, with more fun from the wrecking yard! He’s using 1988-1998 GM truck door seals for his C10! That’s right, the doors seels off the GMT 400 series trucks...
Alternative Fuels: Will Hydrogen Save Hot Rodding? Internal Combustion Engines For The Win!
The internal combustion engine is on the ropes here in the United States, at least with regards to new car sales, if you believe the 2035 EV-only offerings deadline that most of the big automotive...
THE ULTIMATE LOW BUCK LS BLOWER ADAPTER KIT? HOW TO INSTALL A FORD GT500 BLOWER ON YOUR JUNKYARD LS!
As usual, Richard Holdener has got some killer power combos in his back pocket and this one is relatively LOW BUCK when you consider how much a supercharger normally costs. In this great video,...
Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: Body Mounts, Air Ride Parts, Steering, Exhaust, And More!
In this episode of the COE build, the cab gets mounted up, steering is being configured, exhaust is going in, and so are all the air ride parts. It’s a lot of work happening in this episode....
The Iron Trap Gang Fills Another Box Truck Full Of NOS GM Sheet Metal From A Barn In Virginia
A couple of weeks ago the Iron Trap crew got an insane stash of NOS GM sheet metal from a barn in Virginia. Most of it was not their normal, but they knew it was too good not to save for someone that...
Project Phantom Part 5: Floors And Rockers, And Rust Oh My On The 1969 Mustang Project
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) I’ll admit it, I have been slacking. It has been like a year since I have done a BS installment on the rehabilitation venture we call Project Phantom, my wife...
Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: Fitting The Cab To This Bagged, Shortened, And Bad Ass Dually Chassis
In this episode of the COE build, the cab is being fitted up after shortening up the wheelbase so the back of the cab and the front of the bed will come together right where they are supposed to....
Is Buying A Couple Chevy Vans To Flip A Good Idea? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Every one of us car folks knows someone who buys the occasional project to flip, and some who flip cars on a fairly regular basis in order to make money for their real projects. I have a couple of...
900 Horsepower Big-Block Chevy Power Combos: HOW TO BUILD A 900-HP, ALL MOTOR, 6-71 BLOWER OR CHEAP TWIN TURBO BBC! WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
Which 900 Horsepower Big Block Chevy engine combo do you like most? There are so many times that I’m at an event and someone comes up to me to talk engines and wants to know how to make a given...
