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1946 Plymouth Special Deluxe Engine Swap
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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…]
1951 Chevrolet 3100 6.0 L LQ4 LS Motor Swap
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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 [More…]
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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 [More…]
GM B-Body Chassis Narrowing for Body Swap
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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 [More…]
1959 Chevrolet Apache 4WD - B-Body Chassis Swap
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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 [More…]
1963 GMC B-Body Chassis Swap Conversion
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1963 GMC Truck Longbed to Shortbed Conversion and GM B-Body Chassis Swap

March 2, 2018 Roadkill Customs
Also of Interest: 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 Swap
1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery - GM B-Body Chassis Swap
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1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery / B-Body Chassis Swap

February 23, 2018 Roadkill Customs
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

February 20, 2018 Roadkill Customs
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

February 17, 2018 Roadkill Customs
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

February 16, 2018 Roadkill Customs
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…]
Roadkill Customs 1949 Studebaker Shop Truck
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The Roadkill Customs 1949 Studebaker Shop Truck

February 14, 2018 Roadkill Customs
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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