Chassis / Body Swap Archives ~ Roadkill Customs

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. […]

Engine, Transmission, Wheelbase Cross Reference and Chassis Donor Vehicle Search

July 11, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Use the Engine, Transmission and Chassis Cross Reference and Interchange Chart to: look up engines and transmissions by model number; view vehicle applications; identify vehicles that have the parts you need; and search for applicable vehicle(s)… […]

The “F71” ~ F-100 / Crown Victoria P71 Chassis Swap

June 23, 2018 Roadkill Customs

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… […]

How To Fix and Prevent Drive Shaft Vibration

How To Fix/Prevent Driveline Vibration

June 2, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Drive-Shaft/Universal Joint Cancellation Problem: Driveline / drive-shaft vibration. Driveline geometry incorrect. Drive Shaft Harmonics The process that can be used to address a condition called drive-shaft/universal joint cancellation, often referred to as adjusting pinion angle. This […]

How To Build a Model A Hot Rod Chassis

June 2, 2018 Roadkill Customs

This tech article is meant to inspire and give you a jumping point for building your own chassis. Every car is going to be a little different in measurements and execution, so be sure to think it all through before you start… […]

How to Measure for a Drive Shaft

June 2, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Greg Frick from Inland Empire Driveline Service in Ontario, California offers information on how to properly measure for a custom or refurbished stock or aftermarket performance driveshaft. In this video you learn to: Measure from […]

1965 International Harvester D-1100 F-350 Chassis

1965 International Harvester D-1100 on 1993 Ford F-350 Chassis Swap

May 16, 2018 Roadkill Customs

1965 International D-1100 atop a complete 1993 Ford F-350 chassis and drive-train with power brakes and power steering. 80,000 original miles on the complete running and driving 1993 Ford F-350 donor truck before dismantle. 7.3 Liter […]

1951 Chevrolet 3100 6.0 L LQ4 LS Motor Swap

LS Motor Swap ~ 1951 Chevrolet 3100 with Rear-Cooled 6.0 Liter LQ4 LS Motor

April 6, 2018 Roadkill Customs

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… The First Road Run… The Chevy 3100 In Vinyl Wrap […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

1963 GMC Truck Longbed to Shortbed Conversion and GM B-Body Chassis Swap

March 2, 2018 Roadkill Customs

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Chassis / Body Swaps ~ An Overview

February 27, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Classic and Custom Chassis / Body Swaps ~ An Overview of Swapping Your Classic Car, Truck or Custom Body to a Late Model Chassis and Drivetrain… […]