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Month: August 2019

The H.A.M.B. Drags 2019 Drag Race Cars
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The H.A.M.B. Drags 2019 ~ Hot Rods and Gassers at MoKan Dragway

August 31, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Pre-1965 Street Rods, Gassers, and Rat Rods gathered for The H.A.M.B. Drags 2019 at MoKan Dragway in Asbury Missouri. [More…]
1968 Pontiac GTO Pro-Touring Build
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1968 Pontiac GTO Pro-Touring Build

August 31, 2019 Roadkill Customs
This 1968 Pontiac GTO was built by the crew at MetalWorks Classic Auto Restoration in Eugene, Oregon as their personal shop car. [More…]
Jessi Combs, Race Car Driver and TV Host
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Jessi Combs ~ The Fastest Woman on Four Wheels

August 31, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Jessie Combs was one of the rare dreamers with the bravery to turn those possibilities into reality, and she left this earth driving faster than any other woman in history. [More…]
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Automatic vs Manual Transmission ~ Which is Faster in a Drag Race?

August 30, 2019 Roadkill Customs
It’s an age-old question in drag racing: is an automatic faster than a manual transmission? Hoonigan Project Cars breaks it down… [More…]
1300cc VW Beetle Engine Swapped Motorcycle
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1300cc VW Beetle Engine Swapped Motorcycle

August 29, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Build Photo Story of a 1300cc VW Beetle engine swapped into a Ukrainian Dnepr MT-10-36 motorcycle, built by an owner from Finland. [More…]
TIG Welder Setup Simplified
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TIG Welder Setup Simplified

August 29, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Getting started TIG welding can be tough. There’s often a lot of information and detail missing. This video shows all the “HOW” and “WHY”. [More…]
How To Properly Install an Oil Pump Pickup
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How To Properly Install an Oil Pump and Locate the Pick-up Tube

August 29, 2019 Roadkill Customs
This How-To is performed on a small block Chevy, but this information will apply to several engines with a press in oil pick-up tube. [More…]
Jessi Combs
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Jessi Combs, Race Car Driver and TV Host, Dies in Jet-Car Crash

August 28, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Race car driver and TV personality Jessi Combs died tragically during an attempt to break her own land-speed record on Tuesday on a dry lake bed in Oregon. [More…]
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Classic Chevy Sales Training Film Relentlessly Trashes Ford

August 28, 2019 Roadkill Customs
This Chevrolet sales training film spends more than 20 minutes relentlessly bashing virtually everything about the new Ford product for 1952. [More…]
1949 Chevy 3100 Pickup
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1949 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup Reborn

August 28, 2019 Roadkill Customs
This truck has been in the family for more than 60 years and restored to its original state, just as when the family purchased it in 1955. [More…]

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