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Newbern Body Swaps His Postal Jeep! Putting A Newer TJ Chassis Under This Mail Jeep Will Make It Way Better Than Ever!
Postal Jeeps, aka Jeep DJs, were two wheel drive units that were marketed as light delivery vehicles starting in 1955 and continuing through the mid 1980s. There was even a time when a convertible...
How Formula 1 Wheel Guns Work And Why They Avoid Cordless. These Are Some Of The Baddest Impact Guns On The Planet.
Formula 1 and NASCAR have insanely short tire changing times. It’s nuts how quickly they can change a wheel and tire, and while the right people are important to that, the tools and equipment...
Derek Is Converting This 80s Built Ford Mustang Drag Car From STRIP To STREET For A Route 66 Road Trip! Vice Grip Garage Part 1 of 2
Who doesn’t love a father son road trip? And what better way to enjoy one than to buy a Mustang II drag car, that hasn’t been raced in a long time, and make it ready to drive across the...
Lowrider Hydraulics Install: This 1964 Impala Is Getting A 2 Pump, 4 Dump, 4 Battery Hydraulic Suspension System Installed
A 1964 Impala on hydros is a dream of mine. It’s one of the most iconic lowriders on the planet, and anyone who’s every thought about a lowrider project has thought about having a system...
Tool Showcase: Is This The Drill That Every Fabricator Needs? A Mag Drill Can Do Lots More Than Any Regular Drill.
How many times have you been trying to drill a hole in a frame rail, overhead beam, or some other piece of steel that you just can’t get a good position on? And what if that steel is something...
Iron Trap’s Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod: Leading In 1939 Zephyr Tail Lights Into The Rear Fenders Of The 1938 Ford Custom
With all the work that has gone into this thing to make it run and drive for the first time in 50 years, it is great to see that the IronTrap boys are also making sure it looks like the hot rod that...
The Engine Builder Hall of Fame Class of 2024 – The Old Master, Ed Pink. Iconic Horsepower In Arguably More Race Car Types Than Anyone.
The name Ed Pink is synonymous with horsepower, and in all kinds of racing series. Clearly his name is well known in the drag racing world, and has been for decades, but did you know that he also...
JUNKYARD HORSEPOWER BATTLE- RICHARD HOLDENER TALKS DYNO TESTING RESULTS: BBC VS LS-LET’S TALK TECH
In the modern hot rodding and racing world it sometimes seems like the only thing that anyone wants to power their machines with is an LS, and for good reason. I mean these engines have great...
Know Your Bolts: This Video From ARP Explains Bolt Grading and What It Means – Good Stuff!
In the world of hot rodding, there are lots of terms that people know and have a really basic grasp of but there’s way more depth to them. Bolt grading is one of those things that people know...
Brandon Gerringer Added A Wing To A 1962 Impala SS After Jeff Allison Designed It In Clay! The Entire Fabrication Process In The Video Right Here!
The 1962 Chevrolet Impala is one iconic classic ride, and this one here is going to be something truly special. Because they are so well known, anything custom that you do to them is often a point of...
Suspension Tech: How To Install ADS Direct Fit Shocks On Your 2021-2024 Ford Bronco. An Easy Install And Big Performance Improvements!
When the new Bronco’s came out for the 2021 model year, everyone quickly realized how capable they were and aftermarket parts were quickly available for everything from cosmetics to performance....
These Two Mustangs Have Been Parked for 42 Years! Will Jared Be Able To Make Them Run and Drive?
Barn finds that have been sitting for decades are cool stuff, especially when someone can work to get them back up and running without a restoration. But they aren’t always the coolest cars....
Custom Paint How To: Lowrider Custom Paint, Candy, Lace, Fans, & Fish Scales. See How These Classic Looks Are Created.
Whether you are a lowrider fan or not, you have to appreciate the insane amount of paint work that goes into some lowriders. I grew up in Northern California, where there was a very strong lowrider...
Will Dennis Taylor’s 1941 Willys Project Live Again? Pulling Apart The Blown 392 Hemi To See What’s Wrong Before The Rebuild.
This one is going to be fun, not only because it is a cool car that Dennis and Deb put together years ago, but also because when Dennis and Alex started tearing into it to find out what the problems...