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Dirthead Dave Is Going To A Birthday Party! Airbag Suspension, 4-Link, And An Epic Road Trip In The Old Butter Jeep.
Feb 22, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Dirthead Dave Is Going To A Birthday Party! Airbag Suspension, 4-Link, And An Epic Road Trip In The Old Butter Jeep.
Dirthead Dave’s yellow Jeep YJ was sitting for too long, and he recently got it back up and running and on the trail for Ultimate Adventure. But now he’s going off an another adventure to...
Here’s One Way To Calibrate Your Cheap Torque Wrench At Home!
Feb 21, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Here’s One Way To Calibrate Your Cheap Torque Wrench At Home!
Cheap tools keep getting better and better, there is no doubt, but torque wrenches have always been one of those tools that folks are afraid to cheap out on and we understand the thought behind it....
Daily Coverage From Sick Week 2023 – Motion Raceworks Crew Breaks Stuff, Lets A Kid Drive The Car, And Has Way Too Much Fun
Feb 21, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Daily Coverage From Sick Week 2023 – Motion Raceworks Crew Breaks Stuff, Lets A Kid Drive The Car, And Has Way Too Much Fun
We’re following several groups of folks on Sick Week, and one of them is the group of folks from Motion Raceworks. Led by Doug and Andy Cook, this band of brothers are in it for the adventure...
The Fab Forums Fox Body Project: Mini Tubs! More Tire Is Good. Part 1.
Feb 21, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Fab Forums Fox Body Project: Mini Tubs! More Tire Is Good. Part 1.
In the previous installments, Kyle put together a cool tube front end that replaces all the inner bumper and chassis structures, and then he built a bad ass dolly to move this thing around in his...
MIG Welding Basics For BEGINNERS!! How To Set Up Your Welder + Tips, Tricks & Techniques!!
Feb 21, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on MIG Welding Basics For BEGINNERS!! How To Set Up Your Welder + Tips, Tricks & Techniques!!
Wanna learn to stack the dimes while welding? Want to do it with your MIG welder instead of a TIG? This video from Karl and Make it Kustom will show you how to do that and more in this MIG welding...
Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: The Exhaust Is Too Loud! Building Baffles At Home From Scrap.
Feb 21, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: The Exhaust Is Too Loud! Building Baffles At Home From Scrap.
The first drive on a new project is always nerve-racking and super exciting! It doesn’t need to go perfect to be awesome, but when things go right it certainly can be the thing you need to pull all...
Will It Survive The Drive? Flying Sparks Revived C20 Work Truck Headed Toward Sick Week
Feb 20, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Will It Survive The Drive? Flying Sparks Revived C20 Work Truck Headed Toward Sick Week
Road Trip! Emily and Aaron at Flying Sparks Garage are pretty good at the road trips, and also at getting long forgotten cars and trucks ready for them. That is the case with their awesome worktruck...
ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: Ruining The Interior To Make The Car Cooler? Hmmm
Feb 20, 2023Chad Reynolds3
Wow, just wow. This one might set a whole new bar. Tell us what you think. Is it good? Is it bad? Is he really just ruining a ’55 Chevrolet Nomad? Well, the forgotten project Nomad is moving...
The Alfarrari Project: Some Intake Work, Radiator Work, An Expansion Tank, And Water Pump Delete. Sure It Will Cool!?!
Feb 20, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Alfarrari Project: Some Intake Work, Radiator Work, An Expansion Tank, And Water Pump Delete. Sure It Will Cool!?!
In these next three videos in the series you are going to see Jeff being stupid, Jeff fixing stupid stuff, him building an expansion tank for the cooling system, and then deleting the water pump from...
How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 12 – Splitting The Wishbones!
Feb 20, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 12 – Splitting The Wishbones!
Here’s installment number 12 in the channeled Model A Build. This episode is all about splitting the wishbones which is a true hot rod mod that has to happen to set the ride height where you want...
Will All Three Cars Make It Through Day 5?! – Sick Week Daily Videos With Vice Grip Garage
Feb 19, 2023Chad Reynolds1
Derek is throwing up videos each day from Sick Week 2023, which is the first drag-and-drive event of 2023, and the first real test of the year for all three of the cars he brought. The LS 1776 Monte...
The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: It’s Time To Build A Stroker LS3 That Makes 650 Horsepower!
Feb 19, 2023Chad Reynolds1
It’s time to build the engine so that in the next installment this thing can come together with the truck for big power burnouts! I mean that’s what we care about anyway, what about you?...
First Wash In 34 Years: BARN FIND Corvette Stingray Looks Like Hell But Gets A Bath
Feb 19, 2023Chad Reynolds1
It amazes me what kind of results these detailers can get when they go at a car or truck that has been sitting for decades in horrible conditions. We’re talking birds, rodents, water, and more....
This Is Some Sketchy Looking Sh#t! Surfacing A Cylinder Head On A Lathe!
Feb 19, 2023Chad Reynolds2
I often fall down the rabbit hole that is YouTube and find myself watching videos of manufacturing and remanufacturing processes in other countries. Places like Asia and the Middle East often have...






