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Category Archive: FORD, JUNKYARDS, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

I’ve Done A Lot To Free Old Cars From Their Long Time Resting Places, But I’ve Never Flipped Cars Over To Get Them Out!

Any good hot rodder has a few stories about trying to get a car out of some storage or hiding place after agreeing to buy it. And those stories often include cutting down a tree, taking down a door...

Check Out Newbern’s Final project Car for 2023. This Is One Sweet 1930 Ford Model A. What Will He Do With It?

2023 was the year of the projects for Dave Newbern. This dude was so busy, and went to so many places, that it is no surprise how many cool projects followed him home from his adventures. The entire...

What Happens When Your New Engine Is Bigger Than You Thought? Sally’s Speed Shop 289 Is NOT 289 Inches!

This never happens to us! Twice this year I’ve had friends who got engines thinking they were one thing and finding out they were, in fact, another thing completely. The first was Jared from...

Derek From Vice Grip Garage Gets His Hands On Motion Raceworks 1,000HP ZZ632 GM Crate Engine “Work Truck” To Perform Some UPGRADES!

Well here we go! Derek has gotten his hands on the Motion Raceworks OBS Chevy pickup to make some upgrades and adjustments and boy is this thing going to be cool as hell. With the 1,000 horsepower...

World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet: Why Ruin A Perfectly Good 1957 Chevy With Paint? Only This Thing Ain’t Perfectly Good Dan!

He’s calling it the World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet, but after all the work that Dan has done to it, does it deserve to be welded up and metal finished and painted? You’ll see that this thing...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Welding The Pontiac Dash Into The GMC And Making It Look Like It Belongs

I love dash swaps, but only when they flow. Putting a 2015 Camaro dash and interior into a 1969 Camaro is ugly. I said it. It is. But putting a 1940 Ford dash into a 1969 Camaro would also be ugly....

Chop Top How To: Chopping The Top on a 1953 Chevy Truck. Part 1: Was The First Order Of Business To Ruin This Truck?

I’m a sucker for a chopped top on a 54 and earlier car or truck, but have never actually done one myself. I’ve fixed some bad sheet metal and welding on a couple, but never actually...

JUNKYARD 4.8L M90 LS HEADER, HEAD & CAM TEST. 1 3/4 v 1 7/8, 706 v 799 HEADS, TRUCK NORRIS v HOT ROD

Richard is doing more boosted LS testing and this time it’s the M90 Supercharger again with more mods to the 4.8 in an effort to see just how much power this little blower can support. Check...

Vice Grip Garage Frankenstein Duster Part 5: Plymouth Duster Suspension, Finishing Details, Burnouts, and WINNER Announced!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! The Duster is getting finished, driven, and given away, all in this one video! Yep, it’s getting all the finishing touches, along with some suspension parts, and...

As If Kibbetech Didn’t Already Build Cool Enough Stuff, Now They Have Gone And Built A Trophy Truck! Big Power, Big Speed, Big Travel!

The crew at Kibbetech have been a part of the high end off-road game for a long time. They build ultra rad pre-runners and street trucks with real travel, real power, and some of the coolest high-end...

Newbern Buys A New Project, Has Engine Issues, Hits A Coyote And Drags It Down The Highway For Hours, And Has To Make A Court Date In Mississippi

Newbern is always up for an adventure, and has got the same happy go lucky attitude that I try to have when making a road trip, but sometimes we’re our own worst enemies. I mean who thinks that...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Making Electric Windshield Wipers From Junk And Finally Patching The Floors.

We are often amazed by Brent’s resourcefulness when it comes to recycling used parts and making completely new systems that most folks would never attempt. The windshield wipers in this episode...

Ever Wonder What It Takes To Build A Factory Stock Circle Track Car? More Than You Might Think. Watch This Video And You’ll Know!

When you hear a racing class name like Factory Stock, Street Stock, Hobby Stock, or even Stock Car, it certainly doesn’t sound like much of a race car. But if you are a fan of Harry Hogg then...

A Cool 1936 Ford Barn Find Pickup Truck With An Overheating Flathead V8! Not So Cool After All. Easy Fix?

When Mortske found this truck and showed it off the first time, everyone was asking what the price would be when he sold it. This is because Mortske sells a ton of the cars and trucks you see on his...