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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Car Features, MISC, SHOWS & EVENTS, Videos

Inside with TMI – Flat Out Auto’s Oldsmobile Cutlass, Winner Of The Best Custom Car TMI Trim Award At The 2024 SEMA Show

A few years ago, a small group of people came together to create an awards program for those vehicles with amazing interiors at the annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Our friends Marcel, Jason, and Ross...

Check Out Newbern’s Video From The PRI Show Where He’s Highlighting All His Favorite Cars!

If you don’t normally attend the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, or the PRI Show in Indianapolis, then you rely on sites like ours, and all your favorite industry folks, to share all the cool stuff you...

Ultimate Flap Disc Test: Neiko and Bauer Go Toe To Toe With The Grinder Test Rig To See Which One Survives Best In Round 2.

A couple days ago we shared the video from Fireball Tool where Jason was building the ultimate grinding disc test rig in preparation for the ultimate grinding wheel test we’ve ever seen. And now it...

Spot Weld Or MIG Weld: Which Is Better For All The Repairs Needed To The Vice Grip Garbage Camaro Project?

In this update you’ll see just how far this former parts car has come, and actually see parts going back on it for the first time! New parts is exciting, but new ways to attach them might be even...

Ultimate Flap Disc Test: Makita and DeWalt Face Off In Round One To See Which One Hogs Metal And Lives The Longest

A couple days ago we shared the video from Fireball Tool where Jason was building the ultimate grinding disc test rig in preparation for the ultimate grinding wheel test we’ve ever seen. And...

This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 9: The Vintage Dragster Gets A Rad Fuel Tank And Velocity Stacks!

It’s getting exciting!!! In this video update on the Vintage Dragster project, it gets a rad fuel tank up front and some custom velocity stacks. All this after coming off the chassis table to sit...

Mike at Cornfield Customs Is Doing A Step-by-Step Video On Bending Tubing For Frame Rails As He Bends Up A Custom Back Half

Bending tubing is a fairly simple principle, but there are a lot of little things going on that have to be taken into consideration. Whether you are compression bending tubing, like at a muffler...

RAM Fans Rejoice, And Truck Shoppers Pay Attention: VIDEO – The Ram 1500 is MotorTrend’s 2025 Truck of the Year!

For decades, car and truck shoppers have relied on the testing that MotorTrend does for their Car and Truck of the Year competitions. The cars and trucks that are included have a pretty substantial...

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: 3rd Annual Christmas On The Coast Jr. Dragster Races – Sunday

With big money bracket racing going bigger and bigger each year, it’s about time the Jr. Dragster races start stepping up as well. This race here, in it’s third year, has big money up for grabs...

Lowrider Mini Truck Perfection: Georjah Erin Silva’s 1989 Toyota Pickup at SEMA 2024

Georjah is a staple in the lowrider world as a model, enthusiast, and all around cool chick who loves to drive, promote, and work on her own lowriders and mini trucks. We dig her for it, as well as...

Cleaning Up A Dirty Rear! – Resto How To: Repainting a Rusty Rear Axle on a 1980 Trans Am

Sometimes technique is everything, and using the right products can be a game changer. When combined, the right methods and techniques, along with the right chemicals and coatings, can make all the...

Inaugural FTD Customs End of the Year Extravaganza – $25,000 Saturday

Is this the final big money bracket race of the season? It is at Immokalee anyway, and thanks to our friends at MotorMania, we’ve got all the action live for you to check out right here. This...

Grinding Disc Testing: The Ultimate Grinding Disc Shootout Requires A Pretty Trick Grinding Disc Testing Rig

Jason at Fireball Tools is doing the ultimate grinding and flap disc shootout, and because he only does stuff as scientifically as is reasonable, it means that a very special testing rig is required...

Derek’s Vice Grip Garage Going To Town Rig Get’s Some Love: Duramax Diesel “Extreme” Tune and Allison Transmission Service

Most of us car guys and car girls have the vehicles we love and then there is usually one that is more “acceptable” to the masses, aka our going to town rig. It’s the one you give...