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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

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…]

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

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

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 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

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… [More…]

1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery - GM B-Body Chassis Swap

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…]