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Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, MISC, TECH, Videos

The End of The Epic Road Trip and a New Project Unveiled! Finnegan And Newbern Are Up To Something!

If you drive from Georgia, to Arizona, and back and don’t have one single adventure then you are doing it all wrong and should have just gotten on a plane. Luckily, our fearless friends...

Wanna Make Your Own Sheet Metal Brake? Watch This

Tools are cool. I don’t know a single car guy or gal that doesn’t dig their tools. After all, how in the heck are we supposed to build these things without the right tools. I have lots of...

How to Pick a Throatless Bench Top Metal Shear for Cutting Thick or Thin Metal

The list of tools that I want to own is arguably longer than the list I have for the cars and trucks I want to own. And like most car guys and gals there are some tools that are available in multiple...

DANGER: Stop Installing Harmonic Balancers The Wrong Way! Doug And Chad Both Tell You The Why’s And How’s!

Harmonic balancer, damper, whatever you call it, the job of installing them is often a confusing and intimidating one. If this describes your first time installing one, count yourself as one of the...

Does Twisting A Ratchet Strap Make It Weaker? It Makes Them Quieter, But Is That Worth It?

If you have no idea what we’re talking about, then you probably haven’t used ratchet straps very much, and absolutely do not pay any attention to the big rigs going down the freeway. It...

CASEY’S CUSTOMS REVIEWS EASTWOODS AFFORDABLE PAINT AND PAINT GUN! SPRAYING A 1955 CHEVY SHOP TRUCK ON THE CHEAP!!!

(Language Notice, Casey uses lots of colorful language.) Guys that paint cars think nothing of giving their own rides a quick respray on occasion, which always blows me away. But I guess it is the...

Building A Fabricated 9 inch Housing For A 6 Second 200 mph Hot Rod. Alex Taylor’s ’55 Chevy Chassis Is Almost Done!

When you build a car that is capable of making thousands of horsepower, and then utilizing it to run the quarter mile in 6 seconds at over 200 mph, there are a lot of components and parts and pieces...

You Need This Tool: Abrasive Pad Discs For Your 4 1/2 inch Angle Grinder

We can’t call them Scotch-Brite because that is a brand name, but the abrasive pads that you are used to in grey and green and red, etc are what we are talking about, except in a tightly packed...

Edd China’s Workshop Diaries Episode 5: More Work On The Range Rover, And The Electric Ice Cream Truck!

Edd is banging away at projects, and that means lots to see and hear about from his workshop. I feel British just writing workshop. Anyway, he’s got his buddy’s Range Rover in the shop...

$1,000 Build: This Budget Built F100 Just Keeps Getting Cooler And Cooler, Watch How It Comes Together

This is a no bull real deal $1,000 build that is cool, will be fun to drive, and can be done by you at home. Yes the real budget is $1,000 and yes selling stuff off the donor vehicle to get budget...

How To: Understanding Wheel Specs to Get the Perfect Fitment on Your Car, Because Bad Fitting Wheels Suck!

Nothing sucks more than a car with the wrong wheels or the wrong stance. When wheels don’t fit right they certainly don’t look right regardless of the design of the wheels. Sure, having...

$1,000 Build: Still Under Budget! How Is Building A Hot Rod This Cheap Even Possible?

I want to be a disbeliever as well, but the truth is that this is actually happening. If you have budget constraints like most of us, then you really owe it to yourself to watch this series. Not only...

This Is What Happens When You Go Looking For Parts In A Place With Whole Cars – Finnegan’s Garage

We’ve all done it, and if you haven’t then can you really call yourself a car guy? You have a project that needs parts, whether it is trim or body panels or even speed parts, and you end...

Edd China’s Workshop Diaries Episode 4: This Week He Starts On A 1962 Alvis And Continues Working On The Ice Cream Truck

Edd is back in the workshop this week but is taking a break from the Land Rover project to work on something new, a 1962 Alvis. Don’t worry, if you haven’t heard of one of these either...