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Category Archive: CHEVY, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Ruined Or Remarkable? CHOP CHOP Part 1: How To Cut Up A Perfectly Good 1937 Chevrolet To Make It Shorter!

A chopped top is one of the most iconic, and extreme modifications you can make to a custom hot rod. Whether you are talking about a 1930’s hot rod, a 1940’s or 1950’s custom, or...

Wanna Watch A Dude Engine Swap A Big Ford Wagon In The Snow? Good, Cause Here Is The Video!

I’ve told folks for years that if you pull a small block out of a car, and immediately replace it with another small block, you’ll spend $1000. Hell, it’s 2025 and that number might...

Rebeldryver’s Garage Investigates A 1970 Chevelle SS 396 To Discover It’s Story And Whether It’s A Rare L78 396

Ever look at an old car and wonder about its history? Every car has a story to tell, but sometimes that story is a mystery. Either the previous owner with the knowledge sold the car, or they have...

Finnegan’s Body-Dropped 1961 Caddy Coupe DeVille Got Custom Seats and More Rollcage Bars!

Finnegan’s Caddy is one of the more talked about projects from the Finnegan’s Garage channel, and is also one of the projects he’s most looking forward to. The plan is for this...

Is This The Best Junkyard Find Ever? Mortske Says He’s Never Found One Better! Let’s See If This Thing Will Run.

This could be yours! Mortske sells most of the cars and trucks he finds and features on the channel, which is good news for you because you get to see, and hear, what he thinks about these rides as...

The Mangled Mercury Project: This Barn Find 1939 Mercury Has Gone From Forgotten To Incredible Hot Rod! Watch The Whole Build In 30 Minutes!

The Mangled Mercury project from Iron Trap Garage has been a really fun project to watch come together. Starting out as what seemed like a simple chop top Mercury build, it has gone into full custom...

New Junkyard Inventory! Check Out This Farm Fresh Barn Find V-8 Auto Ford Customline with a Factory Sunvisor!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more awesome finds and more awesome parts. His collector car wrecking yard is one of the finest in the country, and we’ve been there several times and taken home...

Steve Magnante Isn’t Slowing Down Any! Check Out This RARE TUXEDO BLACK 4-SPEED ROAD RUNNER He Found In The Snow!

We’re so glad to see Steve back out in the wild, hunting hot rods and muscle cars in the wrecking yard, and sharing all his muscle car knowledge with us.He’s as hard core as they come,...

Dylan McCool’s Project Car Updates! Monaco Body Swap, ’58 Plymouth, W200, Cobra II, Charger, and MANY MORE!

To wrap up 2025, Dylan McCool sat down to give everyone an update on his current projects and some of what to expect in 2026. If you are a fan of all the cool stuff he has going on, then check out...

If You Could EV Swap An Old Ride For Cheap, Would You? This Mercury Comet Had One Donor Vehicle And Cost Less Than $6,000

I know everyone likes to bash on electric vehicles, and I’m clearly not the market they are aiming for, but there is something kind of cool about guys doing EV swaps on certain rides. Sure, I...

The Firewall Fix We Should’ve Done 20 Years Ago. This Simple Kit Is Just What The Doctor Ordered.

Have you ever put off a project for 20 years? We did with our 1966 Chevelle. You see, the hole in the firewall where the steering column goes through wasn’t sealed up. We tried duct tape,...

240z Suspension & Brake Upgrades, Plus Cool Tractor Pulling Innovations On Stacey David’s Gearz

Stacey is back at it in this episode of Gearz, working on his 240Z project which is getting some suspension and brake upgrades to keep this project moving. These cars have a ton of high performance...

350 Mile ROAD TRIP in the 1957 Chevy Belair – Derek Traded SIGHT UNSEEN After He Finished The Rebuild!

Here we go again with another one of Derek’s Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras. This time he’s taking the Texas 1957 Chevrolet on a road trip for a trade. He has no clue how good the...

How to Prep an All-Original 1932 Ford to Chop – Haters Welcome, Cause This Thing Has Been Untouched For 93 Years!

Here’s a video showing you everything that has to happen to plan and prepare to chop an all original 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan. There is a lot of measuring and taping and measuring and measuring...