How To & DIY
How To Build A Hot Rod
Learn how to build a hot rod with these resources that help facilitate your build from inspiration and planning to build and customization. [More…]
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How To Build Your Project Car On A Budget
It’s done. You’ve pulled the trigger on that project car or truck and dragged it home. Here’s what you can get done with a budget from $50 to $2,500. [More…]
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Chris Rusch’s 1930 Sedan Hot Rod Build
This movie short documents Chris Rusch’s Hot Rod build that transpired over a 4-day period with an incredibly talented group of builders. [More…]
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Ford F250 Super Duty Cummins Turbo Diesel Build
1970 Ford F250 Super Duty Cummins Turbo Diesel Build by VonWilliam ~ Watch the process from start to finish. [More…]
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1953 Chevrolet 3600 Raybestos Restomod Truck Build
Raybestos Brakes partnered with Schwartz Performance to restomod a 1953 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup Truck they transform this timeless classic into a Pro Touring beast. [More…]
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1955 Chevrolet 3100 RestoMod Build
2nd Series 1955 Task Force Custom RestoMod Truck Build Custom Center Console from Scrap Cab Corners ~ Project: 1955 Chevrolet Truck Barn Door Tailgate ~ Project: 1955 Chevrolet Truck Barn Door Tailgate ~ Project: 1955 [More…]
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Hot Rod Build: 1931 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan
Dave Tucci at Tucci Hot Rods of Marcy, NY set out to build a Ford Model A for a customer who simply wanted a low, loud and obnoxious hot rod, which also made a showing [More…]
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700HP Stroker LS ~ How To Build Bottom End
Brad goes over in detail on how to assemble the bottom end of an LS1 engine. Follow along as he explains the block, crank shaft and piston assembly. [More…]
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1,200 HP 1965 Chevy C10 Restomod Build
This 1,200 HP 1965 Chevy C10 restomod was skillfully built by the Roadster Shop in Mundelein, Illinois for the 2017 SEMA Show. [More…]
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Seven Day Build: London Taxi Transformed Into Rat Rod Van
An eccentric mechanic has converted a London taxi into a crazy rat rod van in just seven days… 44-year-old Paul Bacon, from Leicestershire, London spent £450 ($590 US) on a traditional black taxi cab. With a [More…]
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Low Budget Build: 1947 Chevrolet Autocross Rat Rod
This 1947 Chevrolet truck was built to be an autocross course dominator, and it has won several events already. But the real story here is that the truck was built, at home by a Father [More…]
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1946 Plymouth Special Deluxe Engine Swap Fix
Project: 1946 Plymouth Special Deluxe Engine Swap, Firewall and Floor Fix After a botched engine swap, we were asked to pull the engine, fix the firewall, floor and get the car running. An old and a [More…]
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1951 GMC/Chevrolet Resto Mod Chassis Swap
This 1951 GMC truck sits atop a 4th generation GM B-body chassis, in this case, a 1992 Chevrolet Caprice, which is one reason why this GMC truck has a Chevrolet tail gate – the other [More…]
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1946 Chevrolet Truck / 2002 Prius Unibody Chassis Swap ~ Wait… WHAT?!
Joe Winter of Hoopie’s Hot Rods in Ohio originally planned to mount a 1946 Chevy truck body on an ’02 Prius unibody/chassis. It became clear quickly that that approach was not going to fly. After [More…]
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Chassis Swapping a ’66 Ford F-100 with a Crown Victoria Police Car
The 2003+ Ford Crown Victoria has become a popular chassis swap donor for older vehicles, especially pick-up trucks for several reasons: First, starting in 2003, the full-sized fords (Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, and Lincoln [More…]
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1959 Chevrolet Apache Sleeper ~ B-Body Chassis Swap
The gentleman that purchased the 1959 GMC Fleetside, our first B-Body chassis / body swap came back to us an basically asked for a clone. He brought us a running 125K mile Chevrolet Caprice [More…]
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1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery / B-Body Chassis Swap
This smokin’ 1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery will soon find its way on top of a 1993 Caprice Classic, a Craigslist purchase that will provide modern everything for this chassis / body swap build. The goal is to fully swap the b-body chassis, floor, wiring harness, lighting, seats and any other creature comforts for this build that will remain patina. [More…]
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1936 Ford Humpback Rat Rod Roadster
Project: 1936 Ford Humpback Rat Rod Roadster This is what was delivered: Straight axle, wishbone, spring and a 1936 Ford Four Door Humpback that was at some point cut down to a two-door roadster. The first [More…]
