Category Archive: OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Wanna Build Your Own Carbon Fiber Roof? Watch These Guys Do It To A 1977 Toyota. You Can Do This Too!
It used to be that having fiberglass body parts on your car meant it was a real race car. It still does at some level, but if you want to be a real bad ass then you get stuff made from Carbon Fiber....
Metal Shop Rules: Building Mini-Tubs For The Valiant Wagon
Is it still 2020? Yep, it is. Masks, pandemics, lockdowns, restrictions and all. While many of us feel like Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day” at this point in time, the positive is that...
Metal Flake, It’s Gr-r-r-r-eat! More Airbrushing Work On The Boogie Van!
If it is done right, it looks like good hard candy, with a shine deep enough to convince you that you can swim in it. there’s shadowing, there’s symmetry, there’s a delicate touch...
Do Bigger Ports Kill Low Speed Power? Are Big Heads Only Good On High RPM Engines? Here’s The Answer
Engines are interesting. Not only are they great mechanical beasts that make power, but they are arguably one of the more misunderstood items in our lives. Regular people have little or no clue on...
Never As Easy As It Looks: Radical Paint Work (And Other Fun With Old Cars)
I am an absolute sucker for super-trick paint. Lowriders, 1970s street machines and disco vans, old hot-rodding fades, metalflake that looks more appropriate on bowling balls than it does on the...
Transmission Tech Video: Reassembling A Chrysler A-833 Four Speed – Grabbing Gears The Old School Way
The four-speed manual transmission transformed the mighty cars go the early 1960s from slip sliding automatic equipped beasts to the straight line missiles that we all still admire and love. They...
The Fiero Revival, Part 11: It’s Time To Lay Down The Paint
From decrepit swamp island to the paint booth, with the color mixed and ready for shooting…the restoration of the 1985 Pontiac Fiero that Ronald Finger dragged out from the woods is coming to a...
Engin Swap How To: Swap A Gen-3 HEMI Into Your B-Body Mopar With Bolt On Parts!
When engine swaps first started in the early days of hot rodding they were a rarity to see anywhere in public. They were done to race cars and the random hot rod, but not to normal street cars. Over...
The Hellcat Wagon Build: Mocking Up The Hindquarters
Buying a rare machine is one thing, but making your dream machine yourself by hand…that’s a long, drawn-out process that requires sharp skills and the patience of a saint meditating...
How To Build A Manic Power Wheels, Volume One: Frame Out The Build!
Ever since we first saw the Grind Hard Plumbing Co.’s Mustang start drifting at speeds more suited to a built quad, we’ve been hooked on their builds. In short order they have perfected...
Deep Cuts: The Carnage Valiant Wagon Gets Rear Quarters
Normally, when one thinks of Australia, they picture dry, dusty outback, kangaroos, eucalyptus trees, and Uluru (or Ayers Rock, if you’re unfamiliar with the other name of the giant lump in the...
Well, Might As Well: Suspension Goodies For The Engine-Donor Mustang!
Well, it appears that Deboss Garage is stuck with the S197 Mustang that they had picked up as an engine donor for a Bronco swap that they originally were planning to do. Since every big-body Bronco...
