Plymouth Archives ~ Roadkill Customs

Mooneyes Xmas Party 2018 ~ Drag Strip

December 11, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Of course Mooneyes Xmas Party wouldn’t be complete without the drag races! A/FX, gassers, traditional hot rods, and muscle cars challenged each other to see who could run the 1/8th mile down the drag strip… [More…]

Daily Driver ~ 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe Club Coupe

December 10, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Connor bought this 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe Club Coupe from his uncle to replace his 2010 Mazda 3 as a daily driver. [More…]

MOPAR Mel is Retiring and Selling Off 250 Cars and Parts

November 14, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Mel Bohnenkamp, aka MOPAR Mel, is retiring and selling off his hoard of more than 250 MOPARs collected by his long-time operation, Mopar Mel’s Classic Restorations in Fertile, MN. [More…]

1933 Plymouth Hot Rod ~ Burnouts and Shredding Tires

October 21, 2018 Roadkill Customs

I’ve been waiting for quite a while to shoot my friend TJ’s amazing ’33 Plymouth. This build is incredible. Fully hand built from the ground up by TJ Russell – Russell Built Fabrications. via AutotopiaLA… [More…]

1934 Plymouth Hidden in Basement for 30 Years

1934 Plymouth Hot Rod Hidden for 30 Years

October 11, 2018 Roadkill Customs

This 1934 Plymouth hot rod, built by Charles Berry in 1965, has been rescued and put back on the road after more than 30 years — follow the journey as we rescue a historic hot [More…]

1957 Plymouth Belvedere Buried for 50 Years

October 7, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Just imagine a free, all original, 1957 Plymouth Belvedere, a true classic car with only 4 miles on the odometer. Sounds amazing right? Well, there’s a catch. [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…]

Classic Original Exterior Sun Visors For Sale

Original Exterior Sun Visors For Sale ~ Chevy, Ford, Mopar, More

May 22, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Sunglasses not enough? Looking for that Classic or Lowbrow Style? Go with an Exterior Sun Visor — Adding sun visors to your vehicle can help you see while driving in bright sunshine or to add that full custom classic or vintage car look… [More…]

1946 Plymouth Special Deluxe Engine Swap Fix

April 10, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Project: 1946 Plymouth Special Deluxe Engine Swap, Firewall and Floor Fix After a botched engine swap, we were asked to pull the engine, fix the firewall, floor and get the car running. An old and a [More…]

Shift Knob / Shift Handle Thread Sizes

March 25, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Shift Knob and Shifter Handle Thread Sizes may vary depending on make, model and trim package of a vehicle. The shift knob thread size information provided below is as accurate as possible and should be [More…]

1939 Plymouth Air Radial Truck

March 20, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Colorado Auto & Parts is home to the famous “Plymouth Air Radial Truck” — A 1939 Plymouth PT-81 truck with a seven-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine from a 1954 Cessna 195 Airplane. [More…]

Classic Vehicle Identification

February 12, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler DeSoto Dodge Ford Henry J Hudson Kaiser / Frazer Lincoln Mercury Nash Oldsmobile Packard Plymouth Pontiac Studebaker Volkswagen Willys Also of Interest: Popular Automatic Transmission Identification Chart Early Ford Beam Axle [More…]

Wheel, Tire and Fender Fitment Calculator

January 21, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Wheel and Tire Technical Information – Calculate Wheel Fitment, Tire Stretch and Rolling Radius. Includes Speedometer Error Calculator. Play with specs, try different settings and combinations, compare results… [More…]

Charles Darmanjian’s ’47 Plymouth

November 7, 2017 Roadkill Customs

Charles is a one-man-show in a small three bay shop in North Troy, New York. He primarily designs and fabricates parts for cars that are far from rat rods, his project car is a 1947 Plymouth. While his business caters to newer cars, Charles admits that it’s the classics he really enjoys working on. [More…]

1946-53 American Classic Car Technical Sheets

September 16, 2017 Roadkill Customs

The following American Classic Car Technical Sheets show exploded views of all major body parts and the corresponding OEM part numbers and frame dimensions. 1946-49 models also include electrical wiring diagrams. This information is invaluable [More…]

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