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

November 20, 2020 Roadkill Customs
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…]
17th Annual Ventura Nationals Hot Rod, Custom Car & Motorcycle Show
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17th Annual Ventura Nationals Hot Rod, Custom Car & Motorcycle Show

September 1, 2019 Roadkill Customs
The show featured Customs, Hot Rods, Choppers & Classic Motorcycles, Vans, Lowriders & Vintage Trailers. Live Music, Vendors, Art Show… [More…]
Nobody Else's Auto Recycling, Great Bend, Kansas
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Classic Cars and Trucks For Sale – Great Bend, Kansas

May 8, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Nobody Else’s Auto Recycling 332 N US Highway 281 Great Bend, Kansas Call 620-786-4428 Specific questions about parts or a specific vehicle needs – CALL: 620-786-4428 Vehicles For Sale and many parts can be viewed [More…]
How To Clone Vintage Knobs
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How To Clone Vintage Knobs

January 24, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Cloning Vintage Knobs – perfect for copying vintage knobs, classic car radio knobs, automotive dash knobs and switches and more. [More…]
15 Vintage Campers That Will Take You Back In Time
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15 Vintage Campers That Will Take You Back In Time

December 30, 2018 Roadkill Customs
Campers have changed over the years, but it’s surprising that features available today aren’t vastly different from 40-50 years ago. [More…]
20 Vintage Vehicle Designs That Define Cool
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20 Vintage Vehicle Designs That Define Cool

December 21, 2018 Roadkill Customs
from Minds Eye Design ~ Here is our list of 20 vintage vehicle designs that define cool.. [More…]
57 Vintage Photos of Classic Cars from the 1950s
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57 Vintage Photos of Classic Cars from the 1950s

December 11, 2018 Roadkill Customs
57 Vintage Photos of Classic Cars from the 1950s [More…]
The Rusty Classics of Nelson's Ghost Town ~ Eldorado Canyon, Nevada
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The Rusty Classics of Nelson’s Ghost Town ~ Eldorado Canyon, Nevada

November 8, 2018 Roadkill Customs
The Rusty Classics of Nelson’s Ghost Town in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada ~ An old gold mine with a ton of classic cars, trucks, old buildings and sights for miles… [More…]
Classic Cars and Trucks For Sale ~ Harvard, Nebraska
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Classic Cars and Trucks For Sale ~ Harvard, Nebraska

November 2, 2018 Roadkill Customs
Zack at Rudy’s Classic Auto & Chop Shop has provided an updated inventory video showing the vast number of Classic Cars and Trucks For Sale. [More…]
Spinning Levers
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Spinning Levers ~ 1936 Film Explains Transmissions

October 29, 2018 Roadkill Customs
The transmission in the modern motorcar — the mechanism that makes it possible to have three forward speeds and a reverse — is a series of levers, levers that spin. [More…]
Car Commercials from the 1950's
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Car Commercials from the 1950’s

October 17, 2018 Roadkill Customs
These classic car commercials fascinate for many reasons. Not only do we get a rundown of the features on these cars and what was important to car buyers in the 1950’s, but we also get [More…]
Fascinating Automobile Assembly Line Footage from 1936
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1936 Chevrolet Automobile Assembly Line Footage

October 13, 2018 Roadkill Customs
This fascinating Chevrolet Automobile Assembly Line footage was filmed in 1936 at the Chevrolet Plant in Flint, Michigan… Also of Interest: Ingenuity in Action ~ 1958 NHRA Hot Rod Film The Bug ~ The Iconic [More…]
Complete Project Car
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How to Save Money on Your Hot Rod Build or Classic Car Restoration

September 17, 2018 Roadkill Customs
You’ve been to a few shows, your buddies all have rods to wrench on, and now it’s your turn. Here’s some tips to help keep cost under control as you embark on your hot rod [More…]
G28T 4-banger Model A Hot Rod Woody - The Coffin Shaker
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The Coffin Shaker ~ G28T 4-Banger Model A Hot Rod

June 13, 2018 Roadkill Customs
This G28T 4-Banger Model A hot rod woody was built almost entirely from scratch by Henry van Uden of the Netherlands over a period of two years.  Henry is a welder by trade and he teamed [More…]
GM Trucks Chevrolet GMC Project Vehicles and Cabs
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Chevrolet and GMC Trucks For Sale – Great Bend, Kansas

June 11, 2018 Roadkill Customs
Nobody Else’s Auto Recycling 332 N US Highway 281 Great Bend, Kansas Call 620-786-4428 Specific questions about parts or a specific vehicle needs – CALL: 620-786-4428 Many Parts and Vehicles can be viewed on eBay [More…]
1951 Hudson Hornet
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A Fabulous 1951 Hudson Hornet

May 27, 2018 Roadkill Customs
This is a 1951 Hudson Hornet powered by a 292 Chevrolet six cylinder with Offenhauser Intake Manifold, dual carburetors, finned valve covers, high lift cam, 198 marine head for that Twin H Power look… The [More…]
Chevy, GMC, Dodge, Ford and IH Trucks For Sale in Pella, Iowa
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Chevy, GMC, Dodge, Ford and IH Trucks For Sale in Pella, Iowa

May 17, 2018 Roadkill Customs
Doug’s 4-Wheelers, Inc. ~ 1211 Hwy 163, Pella, IA 50219, U.S.A ~ (641) 628-2755 Doug’s 4-Wheelers is a family owned business established in 1975 and located 4 miles East of Pella, Iowa. Doug grew up [More…]
Ford Model T - How to Start & How to Drive
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Ford Model T – How to Start & How to Drive

May 16, 2018 Roadkill Customs
In this video I demonstrate the Ford Model T’s unusual controls and how they all work, I show you how to start a Model T, and I take you on a short drive at the end… [More…]

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