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Welding Tech: Techniques For Stacking Dimes With A MIG Welder
I’ve been welding for more than 40 years. Yep, sounds weird to say it to me too. I’m 50 years old now and welded my first thing, my initials made from wrought iron fence scraps, while...
SHOP HOW TO – Build Your Own Press Brake Louver Press
Louvers are one of those OG hot rod mods that have never gone out of style. They have been put on everything known to man, and there are lots of shapes and styles as well. In this video you are going...
Build A Headache Rack At Home! Welding And Fabrication Tricks.
Sometimes buying an accessory for your truck is easy, simple, and gives you just what you want and need. Other times, purchasing an off the shelf part leaves you with something that works, but not...
How To Rebuild A Holley Carb, Part 1. Keeping It Simple. Anyone Can Do This!
While EFI is the hot topic nowadays, and we’re fans of some of the cool stuff it can do for us, there are jillions of cars and trucks still running around with carburetors on them. I own a...
Brent Is Attempting To Get This 1930 Model A Sedan To Run And Drive Again
Oh my god I’m in love with this car! It’s so damn cool, and people would hate me because I’d want to cut it up. Yes, I would want to chop this car a few inches. It is so straight...
One Owner 1967 Chevrolet C10 Farm Truck! Abandoned for 16 Years! Will It Run?!?
Mortske is back at it with another one family owned truck that he has somehow picked up and is ready to see if the darn thing will run. It’s been sitting since 2007, so who knows. This truck is...
Harbor Freight Quietly Releases Cheapest High Torque Ever: Bauer v M18 v Hercules
It blows me away that in 2023 there are still products we don’t hear about on social media or new product announcements, but it still happens, and here is proof. Now, if you are a Milwaukee...
ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: Astro Turf And A Free 12 Bolt For The Nomad?
Astro turf? I’m not sure I can get on board with this one. But the 12 bolt makes me happy, cause that’s what all high performance Chevys are supposed to have right? Well, the forgotten...
The Vice Grip Garage NASCAR Truck Gets A Big Block! Will It Even Fit?
Now it’s getting a big block and turbo 400? That’s not what these were ever designed to hold, so will it fit, and will any of the other stuff needed to make it work actually fit?...
Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: Rebuilding The Door Jam, And A New Quarter Panel. Man This Thing Is Rough.
This is the next step in this incredibly ambitious project. We’re talking about making a chopped 1935 Dodge 3 window coupe out of a sedan body that has been cut up. This is someone else’s...
Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: How To Build A Coupe Without A Coupe
Brent from Halfass Kustoms is one of my favorite dudes on YouTube. He’s not fancy, he’s a bit brutish sometimes, but man he gets projects done in record time and is so inspiring to anyone...
The Alfarrari Project: Redoing Some Stuff And Trying To Figure Out How To Mount An Alternator
Sometimes when you do an engine swap the initial fit-up makes you think it will be a cake walk. Then you start trying to hang all the extra crap on the engine like the water pump, accessories, and...
THE TWIN-TURBO 540 BIG BLOCK IS IN FINNEGAN’S 1961 CADILLAC!
Oh yeah, it’s time to get things rolling! The Caddy is getting the newly finished 540 cubic inch Big Block Chevrolet stuffed into it so that the twin turbos from Nelson Racing Engines can fit...
The Other 3/08: Here’s A Look At The Hudson 308ci Inline Six!
Today’s date is one of the fun one when we play the displacement calendar game. Why? Well because we have two great engines. We already told you about the Holden 308ci V8 but what about the...