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[ September 16, 2020 ] How To Bench Start an Old Hot Rod Motor ~ First Start In Years How To & DIY
[ September 16, 2020 ] 1,000 HP Twin Turbo Dodge Hand Controlled Hot Rod Rides & Roadkillers
[ September 14, 2020 ] A Trans-Am Inspired 1966 Ford Pro-Touring Mustang Rides & Roadkillers
[ September 13, 2020 ] DD Speed Shop is Giving Away a 1957 Chevy Bel Air for FREE! Really. Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ September 13, 2020 ] Experience a Pikes Peak Record Run Plus 360° Interactive Ride-Along Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ September 10, 2020 ] Rebuilding A Junkyard Pontiac 400 Engine For $2,000 Builds and Examples
[ September 9, 2020 ] MaxJax 2-Post Car Lifts for Home Garage Use Home Garage
[ September 8, 2020 ] How Do Nitrous Nozzles Work? NOS Dry and Wet Shot Nozzles Explained Technical Info
[ September 8, 2020 ] Best Plastic Car Trim Restorer: Mothers, Turtle Wax, Meguiars, CeraKote? Products & Reviews
[ September 8, 2020 ] Engine Masters Tests Budget Mods for Big Power! Technical Info
[ September 7, 2020 ] How To Repair a Cracked Steering Wheel How To & DIY
[ September 6, 2020 ] Rodney Dangerfield’s Guide To Auto Repair Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ September 4, 2020 ] 10 Classic Muscle Cars You Can Still Buy Under $10K Roadkill Muscle
[ September 3, 2020 ] Suspension Design ~ Scrub Radius Explained Technical Info
[ September 3, 2020 ] How to Wire an LS Engine Harness ~ De-Pinning and Crimping How To & DIY
[ September 3, 2020 ] The California Highway Patrol has officially retired the last of its Crown Vics Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ September 1, 2020 ] Pikes Peak Hill Climb Record Shattered by a 1949 Ford Truck Car Shows & Events
[ August 31, 2020 ] Slapper Files ~ Auto Body Work’s Magic Wand DIY Projects
[ August 31, 2020 ] Which Wet/Dry Shop Vacuum is Best? Products & Reviews
[ August 30, 2020 ] Chasing Dreams and Stormin’ Bonneville Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ August 30, 2020 ] Modernizing the 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle for 2021 Concept Cars & Design
[ August 27, 2020 ] How To Maximize 6.0L LS Engine Performance ~ 10 Mod Combos Tested How To & DIY
[ August 25, 2020 ] DD Speed Shop: Someone Come Get This 1957 Chevy Bel Air Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ August 25, 2020 ] How To Add Juice Brakes To Early Ford Spindles How To & DIY
[ August 24, 2020 ] Engine Building 101 ~ Installing Pistons and Connecting Rod Assemblies How To & DIY
[ August 24, 2020 ] Big Block Wars ~ 454 Chevy vs 455 Pontiac vs 455 Olds vs 451 Mopar Technical Info
[ August 23, 2020 ] “Hot Rod” ~ Feature Film from the 1950s Vintage Films
[ August 21, 2020 ] Don’t Talk To Strangers, Unless He Drives a ’67 Camaro RS/SS, of Course Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ August 20, 2020 ] Another Cannonball Record: 25 Hours, 39 Minutes from NYC to LA Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ August 20, 2020 ] 2 Ford R Codes: ’69 Torino GT + ’69 Mach 1 Mustang with Dennis Collins Rides & Roadkillers

Rebuilding A Junkyard Pontiac 400 Engine on a 2000 Budget

Rebuilding A Junkyard Pontiac 400 Engine For $2,000

September 10, 2020 Roadkill Customs

The Pontiac 400 cubic inch motor (1967-79) is still a great platform for a high-performance daily driver. Here’s a $2000 budget rebuild. [More…]

1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Restomod Project by Foose Design

1956 Bel Air Restomod Project by Foose Design

August 13, 2020 Roadkill Customs

Chip Foose and the Foose Design team are restomoding Victor’s 1956 Chevy Bel Air with a chassis swap and LS Engine. [More…]

Building a Budget 440 Big Block for a Ratty Challenger

August 9, 2020 Roadkill Customs

Dan at DD Speed Shop battles the elusive 440 Mopar big block. “What a Fiasco…” He says: This big block fought me every step of the way! The motor had gotten a little water and [More…]

1931 Ford Coupe with Blown Mercury Flathead on a 1932 Pinched Frame

1931 Ford Coupe with a Blown Mercury Flathead on a ’32 Pinched Frame

July 28, 2020 Roadkill Customs

The short shows progress over the course of the build: 5 inch top chop, an engine rebuild, a handily fabricated blower snout and pulleys. [More…]

DD Speed Shop’s ’57 Chevy Bel Air Giveaway Gets Interior and Exhaust

July 26, 2020 Roadkill Customs

The DD Speed Shop Giveaway ’57 Bel Air is getting FiTech EFI, Flowmaster Series 40’s, electric exhaust cutouts, and fresh interior. [More…]

Broncosaurus Rex ~ A RATical Rod Build-Off Drive-Off 2020 Contender

July 15, 2020 Roadkill Customs

The Team Broncosaurus 2020 build ‘Broncosaurus Rex’ was designed by Michael Turk and the fabrication is headed up by one Roy Edwards. [More…]

Building a 600hp ’74 C10 Chopper Hauler In 10 Minutes + Win This Truck!

July 14, 2020 Roadkill Customs

When Zac first picked up his ’74 Chevy C10, it was a humble work truck — it had NO Idea what was in store for it! Now it’s being given away! [More…]

1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Field Find Revival

July 9, 2020 Mad Scientist Garage

Putting a ’71 Cutlass on the road after sitting in a field for more than 35 years isn’t exactly a recipe for success, but common sense has never been a driving force for most hot rodders. [More…]

1962 Chevy C30 on a Dodge 4x4 Dually Chassis

Budget Body Swap ~ 1962 Chevy C30 on a ’95 Dodge 4×4 Dually Chassis

July 8, 2020 Roadkill Customs

Meet “Moose The Manbuhlance” ~ A 1962 Chevrolet C30 chassis swapped with a 1995 Dodge 3500 Cummins 4×4. Here’s how the build was done. [More…]

1947-54 Chevrolet 3100 Widebody Chevy SSR Chassis Swap

1947-54 Chevrolet 3100 Widebody Stretch / Chevy SSR Chassis Swap

July 6, 2020 Roadkill Customs

1947-54 Chevy / GMC Advance Design 3100 truck body is cut down the middle and widened 5 full inches to facilitate a Chevy SSR chassis swap. [More…]

’51 Hudson Hornet Rebuild in 10 Minutes

June 14, 2020 Roadkill Customs

Tim Strange and an able crew rescue a stalled 1951 Hudson Hornet project from a Michigan viewer and rebuild it in 10 minutes. Kinda. [More…]

Wedding Wagon ~ A Weathered ’65 Chevy Becomes Bel Air of the Ball

May 30, 2020 Mad Scientist Garage

As a wedding surprise for a gearhead pal, Broken Gear’s Kevin and Karson ready a weathered ’65 Chevy station wagon to be Bel Air of the Ball. [More…]

Casey Loter’s Tesla Swapped ’58 Chevy Apache

May 29, 2020 Roadkill Customs

Casey Loter and Electric 51 Speed Shop started this Chevy Apache EV as a side build, but a Tesla swap was not the original plan. [More…]

Rough Cut ~ A Radical 1957 Chevy Bel Air Rat Rod

First Look: Radical ‘Rough Cut’ 1957 Chevy Bel Air from ITW Hot Rods

May 27, 2020 Mad Scientist Garage

ITW’s Chris walker is breaking all the rules again and hacking up a ’57 Chevy Bel Air into bite-sized pieces for his latest creation dubbed ‘Rough Cut’. [More…]