Buick Archives ~ Roadkill Customs

Kurt McCormick’s Legendary Lead Sleds

April 20, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Dennis Gage visits Kurt McCormick in Imperial, MO and goes for a spin in a couple of legendary custom lead sleds. [More…]

1949 Buick Custom Chop Top Build

April 19, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Got a ’49 Buick – Planned to paint it and drive it. Things got out of hand and the next thing I knew I was building a full custom. [More…]

Body By Fisher

April 2, 2019 Roadkill Customs

The Fisher logo on the doorsill of autos was a hallmark of reliability and American manufacturing and style for most of the last century. [More…]

1961 427ci Buick Skylark ~ The GTR Destroyer

March 27, 2019 Roadkill Customs

What started as a typical LS swap project, turned into a 200+ mph half-mile car in no time! [More…]

Resurrecting a Rusty Buick Nailhead V-8

March 13, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Davin (literally) cuts into our next project, a Buick 401 Nailhead V-8 out of a 1965 Buick Wildcat. [More…]

16 Unbelievable Classic and Vintage Vehicles

December 24, 2018 Roadkill Customs

16 Unbelievable Vintage Vehicles including the 1960 Pininfarina X, the 1959 Cadillac Cyclone, the Stout Scarab, and other unique vehicles… [More…]

1950 Buick Special Sleeper Build

November 24, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Watch the build process unfold as this 1950 Buick Special gets transformed into a true sleeper… [More…]

1962 Ed Roth "Mysterion" Recreation Karissa Hosek ©2018 Courtesy of RM Sotheby's

1962 Ed Roth “Mysterion” Re-creation Goes to Auction

November 4, 2018 Roadkill Customs

RM Sotheby’s is offering the exceptional recreation at its Petersen Automotive Museum Auction on December 8, 2018. The hot rod is expected to go for six figures. [More…]

Ride Along ~ Jeff Brock’s Record Setting Bonneville Run

November 1, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Ride along with Jeff Brock in his 1952 Buick Super Riviera, “Bombshell Betty”. Filmed at the Bonneville Salt Flats during Speedweek 2012 — the in car footage shows Jeff’s world-record setting run clocking in at over 160 miles per hour. [More…]

5 Forgotten V8 Engines From The Muscle Car Era

September 27, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Every self-respecting hot rodder is familiar with or has heard of: Chrysler 426 Hemi Chevrolet LS6 454 Buick Stage-1 455 Pontiac 455 HO Oldsmobile W-30 455 Ford 427 large displacement V8s These were some of [More…]

Big Vehicle Overdrive ~ 4L80E Transmission Basics

September 15, 2018 Roadkill Customs

When your big engine and TH400’s lack of overdrive has your engine screaming on the highway, a 4L80E transmission might just be the answer. The 4L80E transmission’s roots trace back to the Turbo-Hydramatic 400 automatic [More…]

Ventura Nationals 2018 ~ Drive-Ins and Cruise

September 7, 2018 Roadkill Customs

The Ventura Nationals is one of the biggest traditional hot rod/rockabilly car events in Southern California. [More…]

1949-54 GM Car Torque Tube to Open Driveshaft Conversion

July 16, 2018 Roadkill Customs

The enclosed driveline, or torque tube, is really a quite effective design — It’s advantages are positive location of the rear end, with no Panhard bars, traction bars or four-link setup needed for rear-end stability. [More…]

How To Build Your Project Car On A Budget

June 13, 2018 Roadkill Customs

You’ve pulled the trigger on that project car and dragged it home. Project cars come in all shapes and sizes, so let’s assume you’ve found yourself one that runs, but just barely. Only your true die-hard hot-rod buddies get it. Everybody else thinks you’re crazy. You see what the non-believers can’t, not a rusty junkyard escapee but a soon-to-be cruiser that just needs a little tweaking to become a loyal daily driver… [More…]

How and Where To Score a Cheap Junkyard Engine

June 12, 2018 Roadkill Customs

For generations hot rodders have pulled bigger and more powerful engines out of other cars to use in their DIY hot rod projects. Back in the ’50s gearheads would spend hours hunting for Cadillac and Oldsmobile engines to use in their rods. In the ’60s builders started pulling Hemis, Pontiac 455s, Ford Cammers, and of course the big-block Chevys out of cars to power their gassers, T-buckets and other custom powered street machines. [More…]

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