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Flying Sparks Chevy C20 Revival! Garfield Is PARKED NO MORE! Emily And Aaron Prepare For A Road Trip!

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...

One Is Amazing One Is Trash: Harbor Freight’s New Cut-Off Tool vs Ryobi, Ridgid & More

More tool testing from the Torque Test Channel. This time it is cutoff tools, a new category of cordless tool that usually would have been handled by an air-operated die grinder or electric grinder...

Engine Tech: How To Assembly Press Fit Piston Pins To Rods On This Boosted LS

Our friend Jefferson has started up a new YouTube channel to show off what he’s got going on over at his shop Red Dirt Rodz, and one of the first things he’s sharing is a full-build...

How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 10 Rebuilding The Cowl! Plus Cool Tools!

Here’s the tenth installment in the channeled Model A Build. This episode is all about getting this horribly rusty cowl back into shape, and a cool tool you can buy or build to make your life...

Doug And Crew Changed Everything! Motion’s Pumpkin Spice Mustang Is Track Ready For Sick Week!

Sick Week is coming up, starting tomorrow actually, and Doug Cook is taking a whole “new” car on the adventure. But first, it needs a bunch of new parts and that is all happening right here in...

Vice Grip Garage Stock Car Tribute 1776 Monte Carlo LS Swap – Part 4: It’s Finished And Running!

This is the final part before this bad boy goes on Sick Week! It is going to have a whole new lease on life, with a new look and some power from the Corvette LS. Check out the final installment and...

CASEY’S CUSTOMS CRAZY NEW BUILD! TRUCK TO BLAZER CONVERSION! WILL THIS EVEN WORK? AND ON A BUDGET?

Casey is up to his old antics again. After a bunch of cool projects and chassis swaps in the past two years, he’s got a couple new projects in the shop. One is his Training Day inspired Monte...

Jeff Lutz’ New 1957 Chevy Is Getting Close To Done, See How It Came Together Here

Jeff Lutz crashed his famous, yellow, ’57 Chevy about a year ago. Not long after he decided he was in fact going to rebuild the car and got a shell to start with. And then the work started. Now...

Somehow Harbor Freight’s New Impact Driver Beats… Everything? Does It Really?

Here is another Torque Test Channel video that shows just how good these tools are or aren’t. But how can a Harbor Freight Hercules Impact Driver actually beat out a pair of Milwaukees? Well,...

HOW TO FIX IT & WILL IT WORK? JUNKYARD LS-STRIPPED THREADS IN ALUMINUM BLOCK! OIL PRESSURE GAINS!

Everyone always wants an aluminum LS block and the L33, aka aluminum 5.3, is one of those that everyone wants to find. But sometimes these bad boys have had issues that cause low oil pressure and...

Motion Raceworks “Pumpkin Spice” Mustang Gets A Bunch Of Upgrades And A Polish From Mr. Sam In Preparation For Sick Week!

Sick Week is coming up, starting Monday actually, and Doug Cook is taking a whole “new” car on the adventure. To call it new is funny, because it is the car that started it all at Motion...

LS Corvair Project: Almost Ready To Fire! Plumbing The Expansion Tank And Getting A Full Underneath Tour

This project is getting closer and closer to a real running and driving car. The expansion tank is the subject of this video here, but John gives you a complete tour of the bottom of the car as well....

1968 Ford F100 with a STUCK Engine! Abandoned for 18 Years! Will it Run?!?

Here’s another will it run video from Mortske, but this one is a 1968 Ford F100 pickup that has been sitting for 18 years. Oh and the engine is locked up. I mean how hard can it be to make it a...

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: It DIDN’T Go Great… Installing Overpriced Glass With Your Wife

Asking your wife to help you install super expensive glass into a 1955 Nomad. What could possibly go wrong? I mean your average couple has a hard time hanging pictures in the living room without...