Season 5 - Episode Guide

A 1971 Ford Crew Cab 4x4 tow truck. Yeah, exactly what Finnegan and Freiburger need in their lives. In this episode of Roadkill, powered by Dodge, the guys trek to Colorado to meet up with cool fans who sold them the homebuilt, 460-powered tow truck that instantly became known as Harry Tow, or Harry for short. The guys hit the road aimlessly and a solid plan goes awry when snowpocalypse hits Colorado. Lost in the blizzard, Roadkill heads south to Arizona to pick up an old friend: Pigpen, the 1950 GMC truck that was rescued from a junkyard in episode 31.

Roadkill is powered by Dodge, which honestly has nothing to do with us needlessly destroying a Chevy and a Ford in this episode. It's the mullet-car showdown, a battle of dirt-cheap beaters: an SN95 Mustang V-6 and a third-gen Camaro with a 305 that's so gutless it might as well be a V-6. Don't worry, neither one of these junkers was worth saving, but we prove that a couple of guys with some useless cars can have a whole lot of fun throwing caution to the wind in full-thrash mode on an off-road racetrack. Good air! And when parts finally fall out of the engines, Freiburger's Jeep comes out to put the mullet cars out of their misery. Enjoy this throwback to the early days of Roadkill: It's just like the van vs. wagon thrash battle (Episode 6) and the cop car shootout (Episode 12).

Roadkill survived 50 episodes! In that time, we've built a whole lot of cars, and in this episode we've got a shootout of the 10 that are still running and driving (and that have appeared on the show since our similar competition for the 25th episode). Fans asked for this, so we delivered! It's the very least we can do to thank all of you who have watched our show over the last four years. Big thanks to Dodge for keeping us going, too, and to supporting sponsors CRC, Jegs, Lincoln Tech, Pioneer and Optima Batteries!The cars in this episode are the NAScarlo from Episode 46; the Mazdarati from Episode 45; the Raunchero from Episodes 2, 13, 14, 25, and 32; the Crop Duster from Episode 40 and Roadkill Garage Episode 2; Stubby Bob from Episode 44; Harry from Episode 48; the Muscle Truck from Episodes 18, 28, and 38; General Maintenance from Episodes 43 and 47; the Draguar from 7, 41, and 47; and the Vette Kart from 35 and 47. Why no General Mayhem '68 Charger? It was out on display at an O'Reilly Auto Parts convention. Why no Rotsun? The crank was broken in half. For more behind-the-scenes details on all 50 episodes, make sure to grab issue Number 4 of Roadkill magazine.Thanks to Dodge, Roadkill is still free on YouTube 12 times in 2016!

Roadkill powered by Dodge brings back a Mazda pickup powered by a 455 Oldsmobile in the bed! In Episode 45, Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger bought a lemon-colored Mazda REPU mini-truck with a 455 Olds big-block mounted in the bed, powering the rear wheels through a Toronado transaxle. The seller said it did wheelies and ran 10s in the quarter-mile. Not surprisingly, the guys quickly realized the lemon wouldn't run 10s even if it had unicorn blood in the engine. In this episode of Roadkill, the guys pull out all the stops to push the Mazdarati into 10-second territory by doing a top-end rebuild in the staging lanes of a dragstrip, road-tripping on HOT ROD's Drag Weekend event, and then making one heroic pass with the nitrous button pushed!

Bam! Stubby Bob goes big-time in this episode of Roadkill, presented by Dodge. In episode 44 of Roadkill, Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger took a 1950 Ford F6 dump truck and shortened the wheelbase to just 102 inches so it would look freaky-cool-but the truck wasn't road trip-ready by the end of the show. This time, the truck is transformed by a supercharged big-block Chevy in the back with a Gearstar 4L80E transmission and a V-drive from a boat-all set up like a '60s dragstrip exhibition wheelstander. But as the buildup continues, the big question is whether the weight balance and the massive dualie tires will really allow the truck to jerk the wheels off the pavement or not. The answer is some action you can't miss. Roadkill is supported by Optima Batteries, CRC Industries, Lincoln Tech, Cooper Tire, Pioneer, and Jegs! We also thank Weiand, Gearstar, and Slims Fab Farm for help with parts for this episode.To order parts used on this episode go to www.Jegs.com/RoadKillChampion Cooling Systems - Part# 166-MC370K2Radiator 67-69 Camaro BBC - Part# 166-MC370Elect Fan-12" Dual 225W - Part# 555-52118Fan Mount Bracket Kit - Part# 555-52120Recirc/Overflow Round Clr - Part# 555-51135Radiator Cap - Part# 555-51162Dual Fan Harness - Part# 555-10570Swivel H2O Neck - Part# 555-53020Lakester Steel Throttle Pedal Assembly - Part# 625-BAG-6154B&M Pro Stick Shifter - Part# 130-807068-71 Supercharger Kit - Part# 925-7386Hi-Performance Carburetor Linkage Kit - Part# 925-7166WNDShiny Supercharger HP Carb - Part# 10-0-80576SCarb Dual Fuel Line Kit - Part# 925-7093Weld-Up Header Kit - Part# 520-5483Holley 12-150 Electric Fuel Pump - Part# 510-12-150Ano-Tuff AN to Pipe Adapter Fitting - Part# 361-AT981608Ano-Tuff AN to Pipe Adapter Fitting - Part# 361-AT981666Holley 12-840 Billet Adjustable Regulator - Part# 510-12-840Earl's Ano-Tuff AN Swivel-Seal Hose EndsPart# 361-AT800106, Part# 361-AT800108, Part# 361-AT804606, Part# 361-AT804608,Part# 361-AT809106, Part# 361-AT809108, Fuel Pressure Gauge - Part# 361-100189Team-G Water Pump - Part# 925-9243Water Pump Pulley - Part# 720-4967Water Pump Pulley - Part# 720-4961G

People love it when we rescue old cars from the junkyard. We'll see what happens when they see this episode of Roadkill presented by Dodge, during which we literally hack a '56 Buick Century out of a thorn bush it's been sitting in for 25 years, then continue slashing as we attempt to mount the body on a '73 Corvette chassis. Oh yeah, we hacked up that car, too. Watch for more Sawzalls, weed whacking, and plasma cutting per minute than any other episode of Roadkill

For this episode of Roadkill powered by Dodge, David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan wrote a Facebook post seeking the coolest car they could buy from a fan for a rescue and adventure. The winner was a 1970 Dodge Challenger that had been set up as a dirt-track race car in the '90s but was then ignored for a decade-plus. The guys made a trek north to Oregon to hang out at a Mopar-and-llama farm to revitalize this long-lost race car, which turned out to be in surprisingly good shape once they looked past all the welded body panels and the rollcage made of water pipe. But, of course, junk is never quite as flawless as it seems when Roadkill gets involved, so the road trip turns into the normal breakdown-fest before the glorious and violent dirt-track thrashing could begin. Roadkill is supported by Optima, Cooper Tires, Pioneer, Lincoln Tech, CRC Industries, and Jegs!

Finally, a diesel swap on Roadkill! Fans asked for it, but they couldn't have seen this coming: the victim is a 1991 Cadillac Brougham, now converted into the swingin' Broughammer with a Cummins turbodiesel! Join Freiburger and Finnegan with special guests Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa from the Hot Rod Garage show as they hit Colorado, dig through a private junkyard, and emerge with black-smoking, tire-churning, sky-launching power. Roadkill is powered by Dodge-this time, literally!

Roadkill Nights powered by Dodge is an event series with legal drag racing in unexpected places-like right on Woodward Avenue in Pontiac, Michigan, in front of M1 Concourse! For our August 2016 event, we knew we would have 30,000 to 50,000 people showing up, so naturally we wanted to race the worst junk possible. In this episode of Roadkill, follow along as we take our clapped-out 1970 Dodge Challenger dirt-track car to the Mopar Nationals in Columbus, Ohio, buy a bunch of questionable speed parts from the swap meet, install them on the spot, and road-trip to Pontiac for Roadkill Nights. Along the way, there's a detour to investigate a 1968 Pontiac Firebird 400/four-speed car, Mike Finnegan's dream machine. You'll also meet our competition, special guest Mike Musto from the House of Muscle show, along with his 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona clone!

What if you could have a supercharger on any car, any time? In this episode of Roadkill powered by Dodge, that was the plan with the Roadkill Boost Caboose, a trailer with an engine that powers a centrifugal supercharger that sends boost to the tow vehicle! And, it's not just any tow vehicle -- it's the long-lost Roadkill 1978 Chevy Monza Spyder from episode 16 that was boosted with five leaf blowers mounted under the hatch. This application of boost is a few notches more absurd, but does it really work? Watch as David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan head to a secret high-speed, high-tire-smoke test facility to find out.

David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan finally got together with Marty and Moog of Mighty Car Mods, Australia's most popular YouTube show for gearheads.

On this episode of Roadkill powered by Dodge, both David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan get their dream car! Who wins that game is up to you: Is it Finnegan with his 1968 Datsun 520 mini-truck, or Freiburger with his 383-powered 1971 Plymouth Road Runner? One thing's for sure, the Datsun delivers a lot more suffering, and no one can believe it's more reliable than the Road Runner. Don't miss the special guest appearance by Fred Williams from Dirt Every Day!

Roadkill fans always ask to see a competition with hosts David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan going against each other, so we finally deliver it in Episode 59 of Roadkill powered by Dodge! The idea was to have each guy buy a car for $1,500 and enter the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational in Las Vegas. But there was a catch: the cars could not be American-made. Finnegan ended up with a 1974 Honda Civic-now known as Laphonda-and Freiburger had to go rear-wheel drive with a rotary-powered 1985 Mazda RX-7...but then the whole thing went "Roadkill" in a huge plume of Honda smoke. The story ends up with burnouts, road-tripping, engine explosions, engine swapping, racing, and, as usual, thrashing around in the desert. That's a lot of fun for $3,000 worth of cars. Roadkill is sponsored by Lincoln Tech, CRC Auto, Optima Batteries, Pioneer Car Audio, Jegs, and Cooper Tire!

Back in 2015, Roadkill hosts David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan went on the annual Hot Rod Power Tour road trip with a bunch of Roadkill project cars and shot a video for a Hot Rod show that never came to be. As a result, this lost episode of Roadkill powered by Dodge has not aired until now. And while this show does not have exactly the same production quality or format as a normal Roadkill episode, it's Roadkill-y enough that we thought we should share it with youhere on Motor Trend OnDemand.