April 2013 ~ Roadkill Customs

Dangerous Sport: Motor Skiing in 1955

April 11, 2013 Roadkill Customs

Motor Skiing is probably not considered the most dangerous sport by today’s standards, skiers are towed by cars and motorcycles including a Porsche 550 Spyder, a Porsche 356, miscellaneous Triumphs and other motorcycles and are speeding and sliding at speeds up to 100 MPH. […]

Frank Lloyd Wright Service Station

April 11, 2013 Roadkill Customs

Frank Lloyd Wright Service Station. The R. W. Lindholm Service Station is still open and pumping gas. This unusual Phillips 66 service station is located at the corner of MN-45 and MN-33 in Cloquet, Minnesota. Erected in 1956, the building was the prototype for a service station design that … […]

Rey Payumo’s 1963 Chevrolet Impala

April 3, 2013 Roadkill Customs

Rey Payumo of Kailua, Hawaii found this 1963 Chevrolet Impala packed with junk in a garage in Hayward, California. Rey tells us “It had an previous restoration, the color used to be lowrider purple and it used to be totally lowridered out. After buying it, my lil’ brother Roy and I towed it South… […]