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Update: Parking Lot Engine Swap Complete!

Hot Rod’s Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger wrapped up yet another adventure in with a successful finish to their ’69 El Camino engine swap in the parking lot of Summit Racing Equipment’s Retail Store in Sparks. A recap for those of you just joining us–our heroes drove a 1969 El Camino from L.A. to the Summit […]

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Updated: Parking Lot Engine Swap! Snow Flies…Profanities to Follow?

When we last left our super heroes (Hot Rod magazine’s David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan), they were on their way to Summit Racing Sparks, where they planned to perform a parking lot engine swap on their ’69 El Camino. The good news: the ailing Elco survived the trip from L.A. to Sparks, NV. The bad […]

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