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Category Archive: FORD, HISTORIC, MISC, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Iron Trap’s 1939 Mercury Project: Taking The 1939 Mercury “Jersey Devil” For Its First Test Drive!!!

This ’39 Mercury has fought Matt and the gang every step of the way, man is it coming together now. After saving it from an old garage, where it had been all but forgotten for decades, their...

Fab Rats Barn Find Road Trip: 1000 Miles From Home! Will This 55 Year Old Barn Find Drive That Far?

The Fab Rats crew was going to pick up a truck that they were going to finish up for a family who had recently lost the builder. What they ended up finding is a surprise the wife of the fabricator...

Accidental Barn Find Of The Century? The Fab Rats Find Something Special While Picking Up Another Rig

There have been plenty of times that I’ve gone to look at a car or truck for sale only to end up finding something else cool that I’d love to have as well. Of course, I’m not...

Finnegan’s Garage Does Sick Week: Day 2 Video From The Road, Including A Dancing Cameo From Yours Truly.

Finnegan, Newbern, and the boys have been having fun on Sick Week in Florida and there is a lot of fun video to share. We showed you the Day 1 video yesterday, and here is Day 2. If you missed the...

Abrasives Or Chemicals? Is Paint Stripper Or A Grinder The Best Way To Remove Old Paint?

I’ve stripped the paint off of a car with aircraft paint stripper and I’ve done it with abrasives. Both work, but there are definitely some advantages to both. While both remove paint,...

Finnegan’s Garage Has Fun On Sick Week In Florida! Day One Video Is Right Here

We shared all of 1320Video’s coverage from Sick Week and now we’re going to share the stuff that Newbern and Finnegan got during the trip while Finnegan filmed an episode of Road Kill...

Sick Week Day 5: This Is NOT How You Want To End Your Run!

Racing at SGMP on Day 4 took it’s toll on some of the racers of Sick Week 2022, and it showed once we arrive at Bradenton. With the longest drive of the event being from SGMP to Bradenton there...

Shop Tech: Restoring A Vintage Vise AND Making A Killer Swiveling Wall Bracket For It.

I like old vises and anvils and such. Hell, any old tools are cool really. So when I saw that Matt from Urchfab was restoring a cool old vise for his shop I was immediately interested…and then...

Engine Porn: Watch The 454ci LS7 Make Over 950 Horsepower Naturally Aspirated On The Dyno!

There’s something about a killer naturally aspirated engine that just gets us excited. Take this video for example. Would we be all that worked up to see a 600hp naturally aspirated LS7?...

Cool History Video: This WWII Film Talks About Why Ball Bearings Were A Priority Target Of The Allies

WWII is such a fascination for so many people because there are facets of it that you’d never really consider unless you are REALLY into the history of the conflict. The mechanical side of WWII...

JUST HOW GOOD IS MY FACTORY, JUNKYARD INTAKE MANIFOLD? SHOULD I UPGRADE? CARB VS EFI INTAKE TEST!

Is upgrading your factory dual-plane intake manifold for one from the aftermarket really worth doing? This is a question lots of folks ask because they think that the only real upgrade is to go all...

SPARKY THE ELECTRIC TRUCK – Behind the Scenes of Farmtruck and AZN Episode 5

Video Description: Where we are going we don’t need fuel! LOL We went out on a limb with this project and really pushed our team into new territory. Sparky taught us some big lessons and we...

Is The Mystery Shelby Mustang For Real? Or Is This Thing Too Good To Be True?

In January there was a Shelby Mustang that became the talk of the muscle car and drag racing world as it just showed up after all these years presumably out of nowhere. The resulting buzz was a mix...

How To Get A Beautiful, Long Lasting Paint Job On Your Engine For One Dollar

Painting an engine is a pain in the butt. Do it wrong and you end up painting all kinds of stuff that shouldn’t be, the paint doesn’t stick, or it fades and looks like crap. Personally,...