They guys from the Hydraulic Press Channel put both steel and aluminum alloy wheels into a 150 ton press — and crush them to find out which one is stronger…
STEEL vs ALLOY Wheels ~ Which is stronger?
Roadkill Offroad
Kenny Hauk’s Wild ’48 Willys ~ Hauk .45
Kenny Hauk’s Hauk .45 combines the gun-slinging history of the Colt .45 with an old workhorse, a vintage 1948 Willys pickup truck. [More…]
Man Cave
Project: Bomber ’49
The car, a 1949 Ford shoebox was toast. D.J. tells us that he’s “wanted to do something like this for a long time, but wanted to do it differently”. D.J. really likes bomber planes and decided to wrap the rear-end in copper riveted aluminum. He worked on it one day a week for a year. [More…]
Roadkillers and Rat Rods
Darrik Hooper’s 1943 Ford G8T Military Truck
Darrik Hooper of Carthage, Texas started his project with only the cab that he bought, once he got it home, he took the time to look it over really well. He noticed all the nomenclature plates across the dash – the main plate included the serial number and date of delivery: 7-7-43. “1943?” he said to himself… [More…]