Freiburger and Finnegan are back with another episode of “Roadkill” their off-kilter adventure show where they do neat and humorous car stuff. Essentially we revel in their pain and suffering. We’re ok with that. This time the guys drive a 1969 El Camino that has been in Finnegan’s family since brand new to the Sparks, Nevada Summit Racing store and perform a complete engine swap. It is a small block to small block swap, but by the time the guys fight through the cold, a couple of legit snow squalls, darkness, and general misery, it takes quite a while. The good news is that the Elky roars back to life with a new 450hp crate engine from Blueprint. The guys take the scenic way home and come across some neat stuff like junkyards and cool old roadside stuff.
We think that Dave and Mike make a good pair and this is a pretty entertaining adventure to watch considering virtually every parts store in America now has a “no working on your junk in our parking lot” sign. We suspect the remaining few that do not have that sign will after seeing these two spend hours on end screwing their car back together.
As we’re getting ready for our dirtbag/dirtball trans swap in Buford T Justice this coming weekend, we dug the open air nature of this thrash. Stay tuned. Ours will be way less epic but it is going down!
Press play below to watch DF and Finnegan freeze their nards off while wrenching!
Ahhh you should be able to swap it out in about 4-41/2 hours. I am suprized my friend Brian (the 1st guy at the counter) didnt smack the bull completely out of em when they said what they were planning to do. Brian is a more than capable mechanic/fabricator. He has a bad-ass 55 gasser he is concocting.
I credit all the success of this endeavour to the sheer determination, willpower and patience . . . . . of the dog. As for the barf scenario, I would have too if all I ate was hot pockets and pepperoni pizza. Now go put a real exhaust on the El Camino, it sounds like shit.
What was the total cost of parts, cost of tools, and number of trips to the counter?
doesnt frysnburger know the dog gets the window seat and he has to cuddle up to finnegan ? another epic gearhead trip.
Not a real car dog, doesn’t like day old pizza.
What is the name of that junkyard??
Funny stuff! Always a hoot to watch these two guys…