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Category Archive: TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos

Snap On vs Icon: 7″ Diagonal Cutters. Harbor Freight 1/3 the price and 99% the same. But will they last?

Cheap tools used to suck, but with the incredible advances in manufacturing over the years it is much easier to build quality tools than it used to be. In addition, name brands aren’t always...

FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The ACE Triple $20,000 Races Are LIVE From National Trail Raceway – Race #1 Saturday

The ACE Triple $20,000 Races are live this weekend from National Trail Raceway in Ohio, and we’ve got all the action coming to you live and free right here thanks to our friends at...

BIG MONEY & CRAZY RACING! 103 Car Butt Naked No Prep On The Brand New Surface At U.S. 60 Dragway!

There are basically three kinds of No Prep drag racing. Officially there are two, front of the track and back of the track. Front of the track meaning racing from the starting line just like you...

The StanceWorks 800hp 1931 Ford Model A Race Truck Is Ready For Street Testing And This Thing Is Scarier Than Ever!

It’s been a long time coming after this car tried to kill him, and itself, but the StanceWorks Model A Ford is back up and running and finally ready for some street testing before it goes to a new...

Is Milwaukee’s Latest Impact Driver The The Least Reliable On The Market? Here’s The Fix Though… Would You Buy One?

I’ve been building a new shop for the last couple of years, and we’ve done 99% of the work ourselves. Without a couple of good impact drivers I could not have gotten this project going at...

1320Video’s Epic Adventures In Japan Continue: Exploring Japan in EPIC JDM Cars Makes For An Unforgettable Experience!

Kyle and the boys went off to Japan earlier this year for the Tokyo Auto Salon and while they were there they got to experience all kinds of fun stuff that every car guy or girl on the planet would...

Tool Testing: $60 vs $4,000 Torque Multiplier: Can You Hand Turn 5,000 lb ft? Putting Them To The Test!

The Torque Test Channel is back at it, and this time they are testing something a little different. If you haven’t heard of a torque multiplier before, or you have but have never seen one in...

Iron Trap’s Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod: Shaved Trunk Lid W/ An Old School Popper To Complete The Hot Rod Look

In this update on the Iron Trap Garage 1938 Ford Convertible project, Matt and the crew are “shaving” the trunk lid and adding an old school popper to make it open on command. This is an old hot...

Featured Products: Baer Brakes Classic Series – Modern Brakes Now Available For Lots Of Classic Vehicles

Automotive brakes have come a long way since the 1960’s, and that means that you no longer have to live with brakes that only work well a couple of times in a row. With high performance brake...

American Made Video: Watch To See A Morooka Tracked Dump Truck Get Built From Scratch – This Rules!

For one reason or another we were feeling kind of down the other day and when that happens we go searching for fun stuff to watch to cheer us up. We also go poking around eBay. That’s where we...

The Grand Old Man Of Bonneville: This Video and Interview With Norm Thatcher Is Amazing!

The world was a different place back in the 1960s. For starters, the definition of “old” was far different than it  is today in 2020. Hell, we have guys who are 90 years old running top...

Monster Truck Mid-Air Collision: This Is One Of The Wildest Things We Have Ever Seen! 10 Tons Of Wreckage

There’s always something awesome about seeing a “first”, right? We don’t me a global “first ever” we mean a, “Oh damn, never seen that before!” moment....

New Junkyard Inventory! This 1954 Studebaker Pickup Truck Is A 1/2 ton, Short Bed, Factory V-8 Automatic & Trick Vent Shades!

Dude… this thing is awesome! I’m a sucker for Studebaker trucks as some of you well know, and this one that has just hit the yard at Nobody Else’s Auto is great! This thing is in...

Will It RUN AND DRIVE 1,600+ Miles Home? Dodge Polara Parked 32 Years! Vice Grip Bought It SIGHT UNSEEN!

Derek Bieri is getting braver and braver with his will it run car purchases. It used to be that you’d look at half of them and think there is no way, and the other half that it would totally...