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Cannonball Run Record Breakers: How we made our car invisible to cops...
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Cannonball Run Record Breakers: How we made our car invisible to cops…

December 4, 2019 Roadkill Customs
The New York to Los Angeles Cannonball Record has just been broken. Here’s the story of the 2015 Mercedes-Benz E63S AMG they used to do it… [More…]
New Cannonball Record 2019 ~ New York to LA in 27 Hours 25 Minutes
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New Cannonball Run Record ~ New York to LA in 27 Hours 25 Minutes

December 4, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Three guys you’ve probably never heard of recently broke a speed record most people don’t care about—the New York to Los Angeles run referred to colloquially among aficionados as the Cannonball. [More…]
Raw GoPro Gymkhana In-Car Footage ~ Ken Block & Friends at GRID Poland 2019
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Raw GoPro Gymkhana Highlights ~ Ken Block & Friends at GRID Poland 2019

October 25, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Check out 3 runs from Gymkhana GRID Poland featuring my Ford Escort Cossie V2, driver Daigo Saito, and armless drifter Bartosz Ostaloski. [More…]
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Real Rat Rods ~ Rats Trained to Drive to Collect Fruit Loops!

October 24, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Rats have mastered the art of driving a tiny car to collect food, and seem to find driving relaxing, tests of their poop show. [More…]
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Journalist Pushes 100 MPH, Posts Video on Facebook, Gets $1,000 Fine

October 22, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Be careful what you post! A journalist in the U.K. has been fined $1,018 (600 pounds) and given six demerit points for driving dangerously on a notorious road. [More…]
Top 10 Celebrity Car Crash Survivors
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Top 10 Celebrity Horrible Car Crash Survivors

September 6, 2019 Roadkill Customs
There are so many celebrities who have had serious car crashes ~ these are the ones lucky enough to survive. [More…]
Custom Turbo Jaguar Drift Car
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Custom Turbo Jaguar Built to Drift

July 15, 2019 Roadkill Customs
This Jaguar is no joke ~ Four doors and 4.2 liters of force-fed British straight-six is that perfect recipe of strange we’re looking for. [More…]
1940s Los Angeles
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A Drive Through 1940s Los Angeles

July 7, 2019 Roadkill Customs
A drive through Bunker Hill and downtown Los Angeles, California in the 1940s. [More…]
Le Mans 1956
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Le Mans 1956 ~ On-Board Ride-Along with Mike Hawthorne

July 6, 2019 Roadkill Customs
A camera and a microphone are fitted to racecar driver Mike Hawthorn so he can commentate his way around the Le Mans circuit in 1956. [More…]
1971 BMW 2002
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1971 BMW 2002 ~ DIY Rally Racer

July 2, 2019 Roadkill Customs
This 1971 BMW 2002 had been sitting since the mid-1990s when it was found it on Craigslist. [More…]
Justin Meyer'a 1952 Chevrolet Sedan
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1952 Chevrolet Sedan ~ “I Built It To Drive”

June 26, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Justin Meyer and his 1952 Chevrolet Sedan were caught up with at the Holley LS Fest West. [More…]
1955 Ford
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Dad Surprised with 1955 Ford Drive on 99th Birthday

June 19, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Walt West’s wish was to drive the 1955 Ford he bought brand new and has been parked in a shed for the past 47 years. [More…]
1972 Chevy C3 Corvette
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Brothers Bond Over Co-owned 1972 Chevy C3 Corvette

May 30, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Two brothers realized they could do and experience more in life if they started sharing. And what better to share than classic American iron? [More…]
Autocrossing a 1965 Chevrolet El Camino
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Autocrossing a 1965 Chevrolet El Camino

May 3, 2019 Roadkill Customs
At his first event, it performed exactly how one would expect a stock ’65 El Camino to perform – he and the car needed to grow together. [More…]
Why You Should Own A Vintage Vehicle
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Why You Should Own A Vintage Vehicle

May 1, 2019 Roadkill Customs
After stored for winter, I took my vintage truck out for the first drive of the year. I wanted to share this euphoric feeling with all of you. [More…]
Supercharged Big Block 1968 Chevrolet C10
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Supercharged Big Block 1968 Chevrolet C10

April 9, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Want to know what it’s like to drive a Chevy C10 shortbed with a 640WHP supercharged 502 big block in it? So did we. [More…]
Fast Driver, Slow Car vs Slow Driver, Fast Car
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Fast Driver, Slow Car vs Slow Driver, Fast Car

February 11, 2019 Roadkill Customs
What matters more in a race – car or driver? Donut Media puts a fast driver in a slow car, and a slow driver in a fast car to find the truth. [More…]
Most Amazing Views of Route 66 ~ An Aerial Documentary
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Most Amazing Views of Route 66 ~ An Aerial Documentary

February 11, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Thousands of miles, fuel, and dollars and over 2 1/2 years of obtaining footage resulted in never before seen perspectives of Route 66. [More…]

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