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Category Archive: Car Features, CAR FEATURES, CHEVY, CHEVY, ENGINE, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

David Newbern FINALLY Takes His First Car, That He Just Recently Bought Back, For A Cruise Around His Home Town

A couple of months ago we saw David Newbern buy his first car, a 1964 Impala, back after selling it years and years ago. The car is a very low mileage 283 small block powered car, backed by a...

How-To Linear Stretch With A Power Hammer – Make It Kustom Is Metal Shaping At Bespoke Coachworks

While Karl at Make It Kustom does a ton to teach as many metal shaping techniques as he possibly can, he is still a student of the process and that means he’s always wanting to learn even more...

Building A Custom Center Console For a Classic Truck, Including All The Upholstery

Sometimes building custom parts for the interior of your classic car or truck can be fun, and other times it can be so daunting because we make it into something bigger than it really is. The...

2021+ Bronco Parts: Spare Tire Kit, Lift Kit, LED Lighting, And More To Make Your Bronco Your Own

If you’ve got a new Bronco, and you want to make it your own, then Holley has got the parts for you. We’re talking lift kits, skid plates, lighting, and so much more. This is a vehicle...

Barn Find! 1971 Pontiac Trans Am! 455 Auto On The Column? Fresh Out Of Storage After 40 Years!

Everyone knows that a 455-powered Trans Am is something special, especially if it is a 1970 or 1971. What makes some of them even more interesting than they would already be is the fact that...

Installing (UYpgrading) An Aeromotive Dual Phantom 340 In-Tank Fuel Pump Module In A Muscle Car

Jefferson is back at it, installing a new Aeromotive Dual Phantom system on his Buick GS. The car already has a single Phantom in it, but it needs the dual setup because he’s upgraded the...

PUMP GAS TORQUE FOR TOWING PART 2-SUPERCHARGED 496 STROKER. OUR BBC HUNT FOR GRUNT GETS MORE TORQUE!

The Hunt for Grunt Part 2! That’s what I’m all about right now as I have a big block in my 1987 Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually that is in need of some love. We’re going to swap the heads and do a...

Big Tire Garage Car Trailer Rebuild: Increasing The Load Capacity Of Your Car Trailer

Ian Johnson’s Big Tire Garage is always a great place to learn stuff and see cool projects, but he’s also good for the kind of stories that save you money. As someone who’s got an...

Halfass Kustoms Shop Fire Part 4: Week 3, Cleaning Up Tools And Sheds And Doing Maintenance On Summer Vehicles

Here is Part 4 of the post-fire videos, and man it is unbelievable what kind of damage fire can do to a shop and cars and tools. You have to see this to understand, as they show you the aftermath and...

The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: It’s Alive! ’55 Chevy Moves Under Its Own Power

The gang has been back at it, and in the last video they got it to actually run. In this one, they are finally getting the truck to actually drive! Will it be ready for the trip and actually make it?...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Gets A Custom Under Floor Hydro Boost Brake System That Tilts With The Cab

In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the brake...

HOW TO ADD TORQUE FOR TOWING. HOW CAN I INCREASE LOW-SPEED TORQUE FROM MY 454 BBC? WILL BOOST HELP?

The Hunt for Grunt! That’s what I’m all about right now as I have a big block in my 1987 Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually that is in need of some love. We’re going to swap the heads and do...

Adding SC Fender Flares To A Vintage Porsche 911 Hot Rod – You Could Do The Same Thing With Your Project!

I often times find myself looking at the factory wheel arches and fender flares that you see while driving down the freeway, thinking about how those would look on a pro touring machine that needs...

The Alfarrari Project: Playing With The Rear End. Simple, But Effective Design.

The Ferrari powered Alfa Romeo project is a good one, and has some simple but effective fabrication that we can get behind. Now it’s time to get some of the rear end setup so check out the...