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Bad Ass Road Kill Charger

Muscle car enthusiasts will have definitely heard of Hot Rod Magazine and their brilliant YouTube channel. If you know this channel you’ll most likely know the Road Kill channel formed by Hot Rod Magazine’s Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger. These two guys literally know every nut and bolt of any muscle car ever built – the episode featured in this article is a testament to their knowledge.

The Dodge Charger is an iconic muscle car, not only featuring in classic TV and cinema but also making it into modern film too. The car pictured above is a ’68 Charger painted with the ‘serial child murderer’ brush. It is dripping with ‘bad ass’; it emanates a sense of dread, fear and disgust.

Finnegan and Freiburger take this beaten up Charger, throw spanners and wrenches its way and take a road trip any true man would kill for. It’s the kind of adventure that would take you to the level of excitement an 8-year-old kid would experience the night before Christmas. The best bit is its heart… yes, it’s a 440 big block, but it is ripped from the bowels of a camper van.

This is a bastard of a car, a Frankenstein machine botched together for the purpose of eating tarmac and terrifying the general public (the latter, I’m all for :D). It looks extremely sinister and irrationally evil; it is loud and probably handles like the devil with an icicle shoved up his arse, but it is beautiful and I want it.

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Mighty Car Mods – A Must Watch

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I don’t know about you but I love cars so much, terrestrial TV doesn’t satiate my hunger and need for horse power, racing and sideways action. One YouTube channel I subscribe to and often watch is Hot Rod Magazine’s Road Kill. This I highly recommend if you like big blocks and burnouts; however, if your tastes are more European or Japanese, you need to check out Mighty Car Mods. These two Aussie chaps (Moog and Martin) started their own little mini series set on Martin’s mum’s driveway. They are both naturally funny, offer extremely helpful and insightful tips, and have become so popular in Japan, their series has grown with sponsorships left right and centre.

Here’s my favourite episode to give you a little taste.

Thank god there are guys like these two out there – as much as I love Top Gear, their antics are getting a little tired.