Hoonigan Builds a Donk - Season 1

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New Blower Parts for the Donk, Custom Transmission Mount, and Finishing up the Ford 9”
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New Blower Parts for the Donk, Custom Transmission Mount, and Finishing up the Ford 9”

By Andrew Hilman

    Grind time. We’re tidying up the last bits of the donk frame before we can lower the body back onto this thing. Dan’s on the welder, Jamo’s on the wiring, while Scotto and...
Our Donk Gets a Big Rear End. Building a 1000hp-Ready Ford 9” With BIG Axles

Our Donk Gets a Big Rear End. Building a 1000hp-Ready Ford 9” With BIG Axles

By Andrew Hilman

    Imagine a scene where you hear a big block with HEAVY chop, supercharger whistle, and big donk wheels roll up to the line. Transmission brake engaged. Hitting launch limiter. All types of dramatic...
What Color Should We Paint the Donk?? The Great Debate Begins
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What Color Should We Paint the Donk?? The Great Debate Begins

By Andrew Hilman

    Donk paint ain’t nothing to mess with. After going back and forth on what color to paint this project, we headed out to our local body shop - Horn's Collision Center - to...
The Donk’s Roof is a Nightmare!! So We Make it Safer… With More Metal
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The Donk’s Roof is a Nightmare!! So We Make it Safer… With More Metal

By Andrew Hilman

    Did landau tops ever reeeeally seem like a good idea? Even if they did, we can almost guarantee that most of ‘em are hiding some real nightmares these days. Just like ours. Can’t...
The Donk Project’s Big Block Gets a 8-71 Blower, and a Special Guest for Wiring
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The Donk Project’s Big Block Gets a 8-71 Blower, and a Special Guest for Wiring

By Andrew Hilman

    We said it, and we mean it: we’re gunning to have this donk project make 1000 horsepower. Will we get there? Who knows. But we’re definitely going to throw a big ‘ol blower...
A Donk With a Parachute?? Our ’71 Caprice Gets Brand New Suspension and Drag Prep
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A Donk With a Parachute?? Our ’71 Caprice Gets Brand New Suspension and Drag Prep

By The Hoonigans

Now we’re not saying we’re the first ones to toss a drag chute onto a donk, but it definitely ain’t something you see on your typical ’71 Caprice. But then again, not much about this...
Donk Gets its Big Block eBay Crate Motor “Dropped in”, and We Box the Frame
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Donk Gets its Big Block eBay Crate Motor “Dropped in”, and We Box the Frame

By The Hoonigans

How many Hoonigans does it take to build a donk? Probably just one, to be honest (*cough* Suppy), but dude needs to put some of us to work. So the crew showed up in full...
We Split The Donk in Two. And Our Big Block Crate Motor Arrives!
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We Split The Donk in Two. And Our Big Block Crate Motor Arrives!

By The Hoonigans

Divide and conquer. This ain’t no unibody, this is real vintage American metal: you can split the chassis from the body with two friends and a lift. One team is going to do body prep,...
We fit 26" Wheels on our Donk... With NO Cutting
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We fit 26" Wheels on our Donk... With NO Cutting

By The Hoonigans

First thing's first, we can't call this thing a real donk build while it's still sitting on its mega basic 15" wheels. Final while choice on our gem of a '71 Chevy Caprice is a...
We Buy a Donk Project. Goal: 1000HP! Part 1 of 69
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We Buy a Donk Project. Goal: 1000HP! Part 1 of 69

By The Hoonigans

Late nights and lockdowns mean we're doubling up on our time searching for our dream projects, especially king Carcaine himself: Brian Scotto. With a history deep rooted in donk culture (i.e. being the editor in...