Category Archive: Hack of the Week, Metal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos
DIY 20 TON Workshop Press – Is This The Ultimate Press Brake For Home?
I love DIY tools, and this one right here is arguably one of the more adjustable you are going to find. In fact, this shop press might have more adjustments than I’ve ever seen in one before....
B&M’S PRECISION SPORTSHIFTER WILL GIVE YOUR 2021-UP FORD BRONCO’S 7-SPEED A SOLID SHIFTING FEEL
If you have a new Bronco, we hope you bought it with the right transmission, and that transmission is of course the 7-speed manual. With fewer and fewer cars and trucks available with a manual...
Tool Review: Is This Hand Tool The Budget Solution For LARGE WIRE CRIMPING?
Very often we find ourselves working on a project wishing we had some fancy tool that would make life much easier. Unfortunately, those fancy tools usually cost a lot of money so you don’t buy...
How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 14: Building A Windshield Header And Rolling It Outside For Its First Time!
Well, the Model A hot rod just keeps coming along, and while we know this thing is rough and was supposed to just become a roller, it sure is turning into something cooler than we expected....
Stock To Lowrider: This Beautiful 1959 Buick Electra Goes From Classic To Lowrider In Just Three Days
There are a lot of different styles of low riders, and growing up on the West Coast, in both NorCal and SoCal I have seen them all. Some require serious customization to become lowriders and other...
New Tri-Five Chevy Parts: Bolt-In Underdash Hydraulic Clutch System From American Powertrain
Tri-Five owners rejoice! American Powertrain is not only the place for no fabrication needed 5 and 6 speed manual transmission conversions but also the place for full hydraulic clutch retrofit...
Vice Grip Garage’s 1980s Built Chevelle Drag Car Goes On The Dyno – Results Are NOT What We Expected!
This is one badass OG drag car and we love it. As McTaggart wrote about when Derek first got this ride and added it to the Vice Grip Garage fleet, this Chevelle couldn’t have come along at a...
Can You Reuse Rod And Main Bolts? Torque To Angle And Torque To Yield, Everything You Need To Know About Fasteners On Gen V GM Engines
I remember building some of my first engines, using parts we had in the garage, which included used rod bolts, main bolts, and head bolts. We weren’t building big power combos, or things under...
How To Build A Chassis Table That Will Fit In Any Garage!
Every hot rodder that does any kind of fabrication has at some point drooled over a killer welding fixture table or chassis table. We all have, even when most of us have no room for that kind of...
It’s A Tuning Circus! HED’s Peter Harrell Was Tuning A Ton Of Cars At Lights Out In Georgia
Peter Harrell is no stranger to tuning multiple cars per weekend at events, but it is getting to be like a tuning circus with all the running around he’s doing. The good news is that his brain...
Million Dollar Barn Garage Find!! 1931 Duesenberg Model J!! 1 of 25 Built! Here’s What Powers This Thing.
Here is video number three of this incredible story, and you won’t believe it. If you missed the first two videos, then go ahead and click the link below that will get you there. You aren’t going...
Do Stop Leak Products Work? Do They Damage Engine Seals? Will They Destroy an Engine? Let’s Find Out
It seems like every single problem-solver product at the parts store has some group of folks who say they will ruin stuff, don’t work, etc. And yet they sell jillions of bottles of this stuff...
Classic Car Interiors: How To Build A Custom Headliner For A Classic Car
In this video from one of our favorite DIY auto upholstery instructors, you are going to learn how to create a custom headliner for a finished look inside your classic car. This video is one of a few...
