Hey Kevin...  

Yea... I don't think you've ever seen a full episode of RoadKill or RoadKill Garage if you think that's what they do....  They are the opposite...

Maybe you're talking about the full blown restoration shows... or the "Resto Mod" shows where they take a nice original car, and cut it up and put "some of" the shell on a new frame... a $20k + interior, with all new suspension... a 10 speed transmission.... and an LS something or other under the hood.  (Those shows are interesting, but not something I go out of my way to watch, and definitely not something I can relate to.)

That definitely 'aint what Roadkill, or Roadworthy Rescues is/are about.

They are the exact opposite of that.  Most episodes are based on finding something in a junkyard that hadn't run in ages... or buying somebody else's junk off of Craigslist/Facebook and then trying to make it run with as little effort as possible, to get it back to their shop/other, and then "maybe" deciding to do something more with it in a future episode...  Maybe. 

Strapping a plastic 5g gas container somewhere and running rubber fuel lines to the fuel pump, or a portable boat tank with a pump built in were normal go-to's when the original fuel system wouldn't do the trick.  Definitely not something I would recommend, but usually got them where they needed to go.  

Lots of cans of Head Gasket in a bottle too, and  a few cans of STP to quiet down the knock and rattles.  Watching them misdiagnose overheating problems, fuel delivery problems, ignition problems... or charging system problems was part of the fun for me.  Eventually they figured it out, but the shotgun'ing parts approach was often the method used, and often installed on the side of the road, or in a hotel parking lot.

Perfect for a guys who like to buy old junkers, and then do what they can to get them running... and then drive around in a 35+ year old vehicles that will never be part of the "Best of Show" judging.  You don't know anybody like that do you?  - Hint... Anybody that might buy old Chevy pickup trucks, say between 1988 - 1995, with the goal of making them roadworthy... and little concern for appearance, just to have at the ready for Home Depot runs?) >