Category Archive: Hack of the Week, MISC, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Will This Family Relic Run After More Than 20 Years In Various Garages? I Want To Love This Monte Carlo…
I want to love it, because my parents had one new when I was little, but this one is way rougher than I thought originally when I saw the video. Oh well. It’s still a cool story and a car that...
DIY Tool Tech: Make Your Own Slapper From An Old File And Get Your Dent Fixing Game Going
Making your own tools is not only fun and rewarding, but also a great way to save money so that you end up with a tool that is better than you might otherwise be able to afford. I’ve got a...
Win This 1952 Pontiac! This Field Find Is Rad, Runs And Drives, And Is A Great Cruiser!
This abandoned 1952 Pontiac has been sitting in a field for decades. Like 40 years or so and Casey grabbed it and brought it back to life. It is in amazing condition, with very little rust, and some...
Sheet Metal Tech: English Wheel Basics For Beginners. Here’s How You Start Out Shaping Metal!
In this episode of Make It Kustom you get an up close look at a Karl Fisher’s home-built English wheel, along with an explanation on what the English wheel does and how. It’s a pretty...
Painting Mike Finnegan’s Toyota Mini Truck At A Truck Show! Wait, Mike Finnegan Has Another Mini Truck? That Runs?
If our friend Courtney Hallowell was still around, he’d be proud that some old mini truckers, like Mike Finnegan and I, still admit to being mini truckers. I want another mini bad. And...
Dyno Video: Big Block Chevrolet VS Big Block Ford. Which Junkyard Big Block Reigns Supreme!
The Ford vs Chevrolet argument started the minute the two faced each other in competition the first time and it is a battle that will continue until cars no longer exist. I’m a die-hard...
$3,500 Build: Casey Tries The 1951 Chevy Body On The Blazer Chassis. Will It All Fit?
In the last video, Casey was asking all of us viewers what we thought he should do moving forward since he may have chosen the wrong chassis for this build. With 95% of the viewers telling him to...
Don’t Have A Bead Roller But Want To Form A Beaded Panel? Here’s How To Hammer Form One In Your Shop With Standard Tools
If you have ever wanted to build a beaded panel for a project, then you know that very often the bead roller is the way to go. Of course it depends on what kind of beads you are trying to make, but...
Which Compression Ratio Is Best For A Power Adder Engine Combo? Is 8.5:1 The Way To Big Power Or Does 10:1 Work Even Better?
Big power combos under boost have always required lower compression ratios than a Naturally Aspirated combination, or at least that’s what we’ve been told. But is that true? Or is there...
The Smallest Block: Machine Work And Assembly Of The Hagerty Honda CT70 Engine
It has been a while since we’ve heard about the Hagerty CT70 bike restoration project. Those little machines are some of the most coveted in the pits of any race track and certainly people who...
Dyno Video: It’s Not Pretty, But It Doesn’t Make Much Power. Low Buck, Junkyard Dodge Magnum 360 Mods, Part 1
When you think Magnum, you think big. So it’s only natural for everyone to have thought that big power numbers should come along with the Magnum 360 name when Dodge put them out in their trucks...
Can Rebeldryver Make A Cheap Parts Boat With A Hole In It Into A Cheap Fun Boat? Or, Will It Sink?
There are many of us who have bought some kind of parts vehicle only to get it home and realize it might be too good, or too fun, to cut up and use just for the parts. That goes for both too....
$3,500 Build: Did He Choose The Wrong Chassis? The Chopped, Channeled, Bagged, And Bitchin Chevrolet Project Is Underway
More progress, but with some hiccups too. What should Casey do? He’s asking your opinions on this one, because he may have chosen the wrong chassis for this build. After successfully building...
