Here’s a car that, were it to roll onto the grounds of any Billetproof show, would cause a vast wave of inked-up Lemmy Kilmister and Tura Satana lookalikes to drop to their knees in captive-bolt-to-the-dome-grade stunned worship. But that almost certainly won’t happen, because this fine example of how-they-done-it-way-back-then backyard customization is Crusher bound! (Read More…)
Tag: Rat Rod
It’s been quite a year for the builders of the Model T GT: a feature article in Hot Rod, plus several races in which the T held the lead for quite a while before vaporizing the transmission. Finally, everything came together this weekend at Infineon Raceway aka Sears Point, and the world’s quickest road-race Model T turned more laps than every one of its 170 competitors. (Read More…)
The rules for the Billetproof show are simple: Nothing newer than 1964, no trailered vehicles, no post-1960s mag wheels, no fenderless cars with independent front suspensions, and— above all— no billet anything! I flew out to California Saturday to check it out. (Read More…)

Here’s a totally practical daily driver I spotted on the south side of Denver a while back. (Read More…)

Not many of us wake up in the morning and say to ourselves, “I think I’m going to shorten and narrow a ’57 Chevy wagon, give it a truck bed, and install a 427 with a 5-speed!” (Read More…)

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Ryoku75 - This looks more like a Ferrari California competitor to me, though oddly similar to the new Lutz-Karma above it on the main page.
bball40dtw - Cuautitlan and Chicago will both have room soon.
corntrollio - I was thinking the Lincoln Transit Connect could be the MKV for van, but that would conflict with the Mark V. Maybe MKU for utility.
jkross22 - I wonder who decided that the flappy paddles and the start button should be orange. I like it, but it doesn’t really fit with the rest of the interior.
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PonchoIndian - “Rather than single out Detroit as the object of my scorn,” I guess this is really the line that turned me sour instantly....
danio3834 - Interestingly, the large, opulent coke bottle and fuselage designs of the 70′s are some of my favorites. It’s just too bad their...
DeadWeight - I loved the ride quality, power and overall refinement in a buddy’s then-new 2005 Range Rover HSE. It was the epic, incredible rate by...
hp - That is a really ugly picture of the fusion, most are but this one especially!
Derek Kreindler - +1 I never want to see TTAC become an echo chamber.