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Monster Truck Video: Watch The Full Monster Jam Freestyle Show #4, From Anaheim Stadium!

Monster trucks are cool. I don’t care how old you get, there is something about watching them fly through the air that makes everyone feel like a kid again. Which is why they are so popular...

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MAKING A Wood HAMMER Formed Firewall: Part 2 – DIY Hammer Forming Because BEADROLLING Can’t Do THIS!

Hammer forming is one of the oldest forms of precision sheet metal forming. It’s how many early car body panels were made, and is the process that led to stamping of sheet metal parts. But the...

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Car Feature Video: The “Ardun Killer” – Cody Walls 1932 Ford Coupe Al Slonaker Award Contender in Bare Metal

Damn, this is a hot rod! I’m in love with this thing and it’s only in bare metal for a pre-paint photo shoot right here. Thanks to John Jackson, for sharing this behind the scenes video,...

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Making Cheap Rust Coat Look Like Factory Paint – Insane Rustoleum Results That Will Surprise You!

Cheap DIY paint jobs totally intrigue me as our regular readers and viewers will know. I have never painted a car myself, but am planning for one this year, and have looked at just about every option...

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Dennis Taylor Gives Us A Rundown On How to RESTORE Aluminum Wheels With Crazy Before And After Results

Dennis is back at it in the shop, and since there aren’t many things Dennis doesn’t do on his own it should come as no surprise that he’s restoring a set of American Racing Wheels...

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How It’s Made: Take A Tour Of The Craftsman Toolbox Factory And See How Real USA Made Toolboxes Are Created

Toolboxes are awesome, and we all love them, but boy are there a lot of different options out there. You can buy them in every color in the rainbow, at just about any price point, and with any...

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Greg Heinrich’s 1967 Camaro: A Speed Demon in White

In the heart of Hesperia, California, a rust-covered gem lay waiting to be transformed into a roaring street racing legend. Rodger of Ironworks Speed and Kustom had just acquired the skeleton of a...

Who Makes The Best Heat Gun? Will Harbor Freight Dominate? Let’s Find Out Which One Is Right For Your Shop!

If you haven’t added a high performance heat gun to your arsenal of tools, you are  missing out. If you only use it to properly heat shrink tubing, you are leaving a lot on the table but...

Historical Video: Sinking Ships, Making Steel, Slogging Through The Mud – WWII Footage

This is one of those videos that shows the incredible size and scope of what WWII was by the time it reached its peak at the end of the first half of the 1940s. The film you are going to see was...

American Tough: Watch This Old Cop-Spec Crown Vic Handle Moab Off-Roading

If there is one thing that the internet has exposed us to over the last few decades it is video proof of stories that no one in their right mind would have ever believed before. This is one of those...

Naked and Unafraid: Check Out This Video of Guys Shaking Down A Car Sans Body At George Ray’s In The 1980s

This right here is awesome. Imagine taking a drag car stripped of every unnecessary thing outside of the engine, chassis, transmission, axles, and wheels and placing it on a drag strip that has been...

Happy 3/18 – Let’s Celebrate The Chrysler 318, The 318 Poly, and One Other 318ci Mill You May Not Think About

Ah yes, 3/18 the day we look back at the venerable 318ci Chrysler small block, the 318ci Chrysler Polyspheric, and a diesel engine that is not necessarily known for its displacement but more for the...

Hot Rod Hoarder Video: This MYSTERY V8 Austin Healey Hot Rod Has Sat ABANDONED Since the ’60s!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is always finding killer hot rods and race cars in barns, fields, shops and wrecking yards and here is another one. This Austin Healey is really something...

The Right Line: This 1960s British Motorcycling Film Is Spectacular! Trials, Grand Prix, Moto-Cross, Isle of Man

Motorcycle racing is not exactly a burning passion of mine in the modern world, but I am fascinated by its history. This is especially true of the scene and the sport in Europe where it was and still...

An East Coasters Tour Of So Cal Hot Rodding History: Blair’s Speed Shop Tour Photos From Joe Grippo.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The next few stops on our East Coasters Tour of Southern California Hot Rod Shops took us to some legendary locations. First up on this day was Blairs Speed Shop in...

ABANDONED To RESTORED! Vice Grip Garage Is Rebuilding A Ford F100 : Part 5 – Derek FINISHED The Hotrod 300 Ford F100 Truck And It Is SO Good!

Part 5 of the Abandoned and Restored F100 build is right here! And if you missed the first four, we’ve got a link to it down below. This episode of the build is all about buttoning this thing up so...

History Video: This WWII Film Called Gunnery In The B-29 Is An Amazing Look At The Computerized Tech The Planes Used In The 1940s!

Perhaps someday we’ll run out of things to be amazed at about WWII but so far, we’re not even close. Take this film for example. You are going watch an animated training video made by the...

Happy Y-Block Day! We’re Celebrating The Lincoln 317 On This Fine March Day!

Like yesterday’s look at the little 316ci Pontiac, the 317ci Lincoln Y-Block is not exactly history’s most celebrated engine. The mill as introduced in 1952 and produced trough 1954. It...

This GMC V12 Powered Farmall Tractor Looks Killer, Sounds Mean

  The 702ci GMC V12 was a torque making, fuel chugging monster that certainly had its place in history and the fact that there are still a bunch of them floating around today certain speaks to...

The Mother, Jugs, and Speed 2WD Pulling Van Was Kind Of Awesome – Flip Top Body and Wheelies

Many of you out there remember the 1976 cult classic film Mother, Jugs, and Speed. With names like Raquel Welch, Bill Cosby, Larry Hagman, and others, it was packed with some star power for sure....