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How To Do An Engine Makeover In Your Driveway
You’ve got a driver, but it’s engine compartment is the dumps. Sometimes, all a Small Block Chevrolet needs is a little TLC in the form of a tune up and a clean up — a freshly [More…]
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Interior and Upholstery Preparation for Hot Rods and Customs
Tips for preparing your hot rod or custom car or truck for interior and upholstery. Wiring First and foremost, your wiring harness and all connections should be completed and fully tested before you bring your [More…]
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Best Roadkill Builds
At Roadkill, not every project comes out perfectly. In fact, most of the time they don’t. Check out some of the most successful builds they’ve managed yet… [More…]
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Build Breakdown: Cleetus McFarland’s Twin Turbo 427ci Corvette Kart
The Hoonigans at LS Fest West meet Cleetus McFarland and his twin-turbo 427 Corvette death kart, “Leroy The Savage” [More…]
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The “F71” ~ F-100 / Crown Victoria P71 Chassis Swap
In this series of videos, a 1971 Ford F-100 Pick-up truck is chassis swapped with a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria P71 Police Interceptor and converted from long-bed to short-bed… [More…]
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10 Hot Rod Budget Build Alternatives: Buy This, Not That
1. AN Fittings vs. Pipe Thread Fittings AN stands for Army-Navy, and its name alone will answer the question: They’re military-grade parts that work in the aviation world. They’re also the standard of motorsports for [More…]
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1951 Chevrolet 3100 with Rear-Cooled 6.0 Liter LQ4 LS Motor
The motor is a young 83K mile 6.0 liter LQ4 from a 2005 GMC Yukon which will be mated to a brand new 4l60e transmission. [More…]
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1951 GMC/Chevrolet Resto Mod Chassis Swap
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…]
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1946 Chevrolet Truck / 2002 Prius Unibody Chassis Swap ~ Wait… WHAT?!
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…]
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Chassis Swapping a ’66 Ford F-100 with a Crown Victoria Police Car
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…]
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1959 Chevrolet Apache Sleeper ~ B-Body Chassis Swap
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…]
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1963 GMC Truck Longbed to Shortbed Conversion and GM B-Body Chassis Swap
Also of Interest: Hot Rod Chassis / Body Swaps ~ An Overview 1959 Chevrolet Apache Sleeper ~ B-Body Chassis Swap 1959 GMC Fleetside Truck / B-Body Chassis Swap 1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery / B-Body Chassis [More…]
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1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery / B-Body Chassis Swap
This smokin’ 1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery will soon find its way on top of a 1993 Caprice Classic, a Craigslist purchase that will provide modern everything for this chassis / body swap build. The goal is to fully swap the b-body chassis, floor, wiring harness, lighting, seats and any other creature comforts for this build that will remain patina. [More…]
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1936 Ford Humpback Rat Rod Roadster
Project: 1936 Ford Humpback Rat Rod Roadster This is what was delivered: Straight axle, wishbone, spring and a 1936 Ford Four Door Humpback that was at some point cut down to a two-door roadster. The first [More…]
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1959 GMC Fleetside Truck / B-Body Chassis Swap
Project: 1959 GMC Truck / B-Body Swap and Cut to Short-bed Chassis and Drive-Train Donor: 1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic A customer that had recently purchased a 1959 GMC Truck, running, came to us wanting to [More…]
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1956 Ford COE C-600 Body / E-350 Chassis Swap
Project: 1956 Ford C-600 COE Drive Train / Chassis Donor: 1990 Ford E-350 7.3l Diesel (ex-U-Haul box truck) The chassis donor for this project, a 1990 Ford E-350 was used to retrieve it’s own [More…]
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The Roadkill Customs 1949 Studebaker Shop Truck
Build a Hot Rod in 30 Days for $1,000? This truck has been built twice — with a tear-down and cross-country move in between. The first build section documents the build mating the ’49 Studebaker [More…]
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Wild-Torquey ~ Cummins Diesel Rat Rod Build
A 1931 Chevrolet gets bagged and straight axle’d, a built Cummins 6bt diesel, nitrous, methanol and a hell of a lot more. [More…]
