Builds and Examples
DIY Hot Rod Chop Top and Lake Pipes
With the Model T on a rolling chassis, the build duo is shows how to do a chop top and scratch build a set of lake pipes. [More…]
Articles by Mad Scientist Garage
Builds and Examples
Old School Model T Chassis Build
In two short days a rolling chassis was crafted and this field-find Model T is supporting its own weight for the first time in decades. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Junked ’27 Model T Rescue Mission
DD Speed Shop is gathering yard art and forgotten parts to build the ultimate budget 1927 Model T Rat Rod. [More…]
Builds and Examples
Budget LS Swapping a Chevy C10 ~ Mounting and Wiring Made Easy
Dan is here with another DIY for budget builders, this time all about LS engine swaps on the cheap. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
This Dukes of Hazzard Tribute Car is Just What We Needed
This hand-built Plymouth Duster is an unholy marriage of Mopar, GM, and Nissan components carefully grafted into an image of a race car. [More…]
Builds and Examples
Bringing an Abandoned C10 Project Back from the Dead
Dan is proving a dream truck can be built from a rusted out and stripped shell with a few hundred dollars and some simple tools. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Father-Son Road Trip ~ Retrieving a GTO Project with a Buick Wagon
Anyone who’s into cars remembers the firsts: first burnout, start-up, speeding ticket — and the first road trip to get a project car with dad. [More…]
Hood Rides & Hoopties
The Gambler 500 Rally is Cheap, Bucket List Quality Fun
The Gambler 500 Rally is a mostly off-road rally-style navigational adventure using cheap, impractical or fun vehicles. [More…]
Car Shows & Events
Thinking About Driving The Hot Rod Power Tour?
The 26th HOT ROD Power Tour will continue in 2020 with exciting new features ~ Here’s what it’s like and why you should do it. [More…]
DIY Projects
How To Install A ($25) Shift Kit And Wake Up Your TH350
Working through a $100 Craigslist TH350 find and turning it into a stout shifting transmission for a ’75 Pontiac Firebird. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
Built For Speed ~ A Photo Gallery by John Schultz
Every hot rodder knows that going fast IS looking good. Here’s a gallery of cars from John Schultz that were Built For Speed. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
The Ultimate Shop Truck ~ A 1970 Buick Estate Wagon?
In need of a truck to move his family and project car collection across the country, a rare 1 year only 1970 Buick Estate Wagon was selected. [More…]
Car Shows & Events
The Most Meaningful Mustang at The SEMA Show 2019
Whether you’re a fan of the iconic pony car or not, this is the most meaningful Mustang you’ll ever see at The SEMA Show… [More…]
Car Shows & Events
Hot Rod Drag Week 2019 ~ Follow Along with Photographer John Schultz
Follow Along with Photographer John Schultz as he gallivants around at Hot Rod Drag Week 2019. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Roadkill Nights Interviews & Outtakes: Alex Taylor and Fuel Injection Sucks
We caught up with Alex Taylor at Roadkill Nights 2019 and got the inside scoop on troubles with her turbo LS ’69 Camaro from a pass earlier in the day. We also ran into Justin and Corey from Fuel Injection Sucks. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Capturing Speed ~ The Photography of John Schultz
He doesn’t work for any big companies, he doesn’t have any sponsors, but he can be found at automotive events all over the country. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
DeBoss Garage Blew Up My Firebird!
On their road trip from California to Ontario Canada, Rich and Aaron from DeBoss Garage met up with Mad Scientist Garage for some junkyard exploring and Firebird bedlam. Rich’s heavy Canadian foot got the metric to bald eagle conversion wrong, and claimed another Pontiac victim! Check out the interview, the junkyard crawl, and F-body thrashing! [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Wrecking and Reviving a $50 Mini Bike
Mad Scientist Garage bought a cheap mini bike and revived it in an auto parts store parking lot… a few moments before they crashed it… [More…]
