March 2018 ~ Roadkill Customs

1951 GMC/Chevrolet Resto Mod Chassis Swap

March 31, 2018 Roadkill Customs

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…]

GM B-Body Chassis Narrowing for Body Swap

How To Narrow a GM B-Body Chassis

March 28, 2018 Roadkill Customs

The General Motors 4th Generation B-Body Platform is perfect for a lot of 40s, 50, and 60s cars and trucks, except… its frame rails are too wide for most of these Classic vehicles. The tins [More…]

Shift Knob / Shift Handle Thread Sizes

March 25, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Shift Knob and Shifter Handle Thread Sizes may vary depending on make, model and trim package of a vehicle. The shift knob thread size information provided below is as accurate as possible and should be [More…]

How To Wire Your Rat Bike or Motorcycle

March 22, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Generally, building a rat bike or custom motorcycle project involves stripping the bike down to only the necessary functions. You can see that the original wiring looks extensive and complex. You don’t need to get scared because building a rat bike means that you can eliminate a lot of it… [More…]

1939 Plymouth Air Radial Truck

March 20, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Colorado Auto & Parts is home to the famous “Plymouth Air Radial Truck” — A 1939 Plymouth PT-81 truck with a seven-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine from a 1954 Cessna 195 Airplane. [More…]

How To Bleed Brakes By Yourself

March 17, 2018 Roadkill Customs

This How To video shows you how to bleed or purge the air from your brake system by yourself. Tools and Supplies Used in this Video: SAE / Metric Wrench Set Drill Drill Bits Cloth [More…]

How To Powder Coat At Home

March 16, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Using an Eastwood HotCoat Powder Coating Gun to demonstrate how to properly clean and powder coat paint a machined aluminum part. In addition to powder coating a sample part, video includes an overview tutorial of powder coating equipment, tips, tricks and more. [More…]

How To Create Hand Hammered 1930’s Style Louvers for your Hot Rod

March 15, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Jerry Laboranti demonstrates the technique for creating hand formed 1930’s style clam shell louvers for your hot rod. [More…]

How To Convert a 1955, 56 or 57 Chevrolet From 4 Doors to 2 Doors

March 15, 2018 Roadkill Customs

This video is a journal of the steps involved in converting a 1955, 1956 or 1957 Chevrolet 4 door post car into a 2 door… Also of Interest: Chassis / Body Swaps ~ An Overview [More…]

1946 Chevrolet Truck / 2002 Prius Unibody Chassis Swap ~ Wait… WHAT?!

March 14, 2018 Roadkill Customs

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…]

2018 Autorama Ridler Winner & Great 8 Cars

March 13, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Once again Two-Lane Blacktop Productions brings to you the full story behind the Great 8 and Ridler winning cars and their owners. [More…]

How To Chassis Swap an F-100 Pickup with a Cop Car

Chassis Swapping a ’66 Ford F-100 with a Crown Victoria Police Car

March 12, 2018 Roadkill Customs

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…]

Torque Converters ~ Understanding and Troubleshooting

March 12, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Torque converters are a type of fluid coupling which transfers rotating power from a prime mover, like an internal combustion engine, to a rotating driven load. In a vehicle with an automatic transmission, the torque converter connects the power source from the load. [More…]

Will Vegetable Oil work as Engine Oil?

March 12, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Project Farm tests to determine if Vegetable Oil is a suitable substitute for motor oil in a small engine. [More…]

Wrench Wars Reality TV Car Show with Brother JD

March 9, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Wrench Wars is the reality car show “For the People, by the People.” Real backyard builders compete for cool prizes, bragging rights and cash for their chosen charities. A celebration of the “Blue Collar Nation” [More…]

1959 Chevrolet Apache 4WD - B-Body Chassis Swap

1959 Chevrolet Apache Sleeper ~ B-Body Chassis Swap

March 7, 2018 Roadkill Customs

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…]

Turbo Toyota 2JZ 1931 Ford Model A Rat Rod

Turbo Toyota Powered ’31 Ford Model A

March 5, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Brandon DeJesus rolls a ’31 Ford Model A rat rod, but it may not be what you’re expecting — it’s powered by Toyota’s 2JZ-GTE power plant — an inline-six-cylinder engine that is sooo ready to make staggering amounts of horsepower that, more than two decades after its introduction, professional motorsports teams of all kinds still seek out these early ’90s 3.0L engines. [More…]

Arizona Window Delete on a 1950 Chevrolet Styleline

March 3, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Arizona. They don’t need no stinkin’ windows. At 300+ sunny days a year, windows are usually down in older and classic rides without air-conditioning. In the life with its current owner, this 1950 Chevrolet Styleline never saw its windows closed. The solution, an Arizona Window Delete. [More…]

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Do-It-Yourself Hot Rodder Magazine

Month: March 2018

1951 GMC/Chevrolet Resto Mod Chassis Swap

How To Narrow a GM B-Body Chassis

Shift Knob / Shift Handle Thread Sizes

How To Wire Your Rat Bike or Motorcycle

1939 Plymouth Air Radial Truck

How To Bleed Brakes By Yourself

How To Powder Coat At Home

How To Create Hand Hammered 1930’s Style Louvers for your Hot Rod

How To Convert a 1955, 56 or 57 Chevrolet From 4 Doors to 2 Doors

1946 Chevrolet Truck / 2002 Prius Unibody Chassis Swap ~ Wait… WHAT?!

2018 Autorama Ridler Winner & Great 8 Cars

Chassis Swapping a ’66 Ford F-100 with a Crown Victoria Police Car

Torque Converters ~ Understanding and Troubleshooting

Will Vegetable Oil work as Engine Oil?

Wrench Wars Reality TV Car Show with Brother JD

1959 Chevrolet Apache Sleeper ~ B-Body Chassis Swap

Turbo Toyota Powered ’31 Ford Model A

Arizona Window Delete on a 1950 Chevrolet Styleline