Category Archive: TECH, Videos
In The Market For A Welding Helmet? Check Out This Video On A Lineup You Just Can’t Beat.
Jun 03, 2019Chad ReynoldsComments Off on In The Market For A Welding Helmet? Check Out This Video On A Lineup You Just Can’t Beat.
Choosing tools and equipment is often difficult because you just don’t know which choice is the right one for you. Some tools are more important for the professional than the hobbyist and...
Friction Welding Axle Housing Ends On This Heavy Duty Housing Is Awesome, Even If The Music Is Weird
Jun 02, 2019Chad Reynolds4
We’re not sure why the Chinese company making this video decided to use this music, but they did and we laughed while listening to it and watching these big floater axle housing ends getting...
Assembling A Coil Over Shock Isn’t Hard, But You’d Be Surprised How Many People Do It Wrong
Jun 02, 2019Chad Reynolds1
That’s right folks, assembling a coil over shock is not hard. It’s not rocket science. But just because it isn’t hard doesn’t mean that people don’t often do it wrong....
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: The Electric Hand In A Hudson Terraplane – Pre-Select Gears And Let It Shift Itself!
May 30, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
One of my weaker subjects when it comes to automotive knowledge is pretty much anything pre-1955. Not that I’m great with anything pre-1965, but older machines and older technology just...
This 1965 Mustang Was Hidden For Over Four Decades…Now It’s Being Prepared For Power Tour!
May 27, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
It seems that this is the year that YouTubers will invade Power Tour. So far, I know of at least three different cars that are being prepared and one guy in particular who is on his second Power Tour...
Check Out This Carbon Fiber Epoxy Table Top! Can You Imagine A Bar Top Made With This Stuff!
May 25, 2019Chad Reynolds3
We’re in the process of bidding and designing a new house and shop and when I saw this carbon fiber epoxy table from the guys at Stone Coat Countertops I was in love. I’m not sure...
The Psychotic Little Barbie Mustang Returns, With A Fresh Build!
May 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Psychotic Little Barbie Mustang Returns, With A Fresh Build!
I had started to wonder where this little mechanical bad idea had gone. The last time we had seen anything about the Barbie Mustang that is sporting the engine from a Honda street bike and, the last...
Unglamorous And Necessary: Scraping Undercoating From The Bottle Rocket Coronet
May 21, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Unglamorous And Necessary: Scraping Undercoating From The Bottle Rocket Coronet
The rust-adverse among us might be ever grateful that factory undercoating was hosed all over the underside of the car but if you are honest about being hard-core about racing, all you see is...
Rolling Apartment: Junkyard Digs Shows You How To Pimp Out An Old Conversion Van
May 19, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
Look hard enough, and you’ll still see the occasional conversion van running around. There was one in my family, a Ford from about 1989, wearing multi-brown paint, turbine wheels, and a fluffy...
Project Binky Gets Some Bad Ass Cooling! You Have To Check This Out Because It Will Inspire You
May 18, 2019Chad Reynolds1
Cooling systems are often treated with little or no respect, especially when it comes to projects that are nearly done but well and truly smashing the budget. It is easy to convince yourself that a...
Magnetic Ride Control? Why Buy Expensive Suspension Systems When You Can Do It Yourself?
May 14, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Magnetorheological shock absorbers, like you’d find in performance GM cars, Ferraris, Audis, and even the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, have been a marvel of suspension control for years. Known...
Work Truck Wednesday: Bringing A 1969 GMC Back To Life After Living Out In The Open For Years
May 08, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Work Truck Wednesday: Bringing A 1969 GMC Back To Life After Living Out In The Open For Years
The old farm truck at the edge of the property that hasn’t moved in years bit is almost cliché at this point. Whether it’s a 1940s Ford, a Power Wagon with the paint flaking off of the...
The Honda Trail 70 Revival: Can’t Run Well If It Can’t Get Any Fuel!
May 07, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Honda Trail 70 Revival: Can’t Run Well If It Can’t Get Any Fuel!
Welcome back to my latest obsession, the revival of this 1972 Honda CT-70 minibike. I’m all about this semi restoration project because I bombed around fire roads and trails in the Pacific...
WTF IS THAT: The Bad, Worse And Just Plain Disgusting Sides Of Maintaining Old Buses
May 07, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
The closest thing I have to compare working on buses made shortly after World War II, like the guy behind Bus Grease Monkey does on a regular basis, is Army motorpool work, where pretty much...