Photo: Weaver Customs
We must say we really miss SEMA, the in-person variant of the show that is the highlight of the American custom car industry. Sure, we had some type of virtual replacement to fill in the gap last year, but that didn’t nearly cut it.
So, in terms of custom cars and custom hardware, 2020 has been the poorest year since we can remember. We only hope this year will be different, and until we get a sense of how 2021 is going to play out, we’re left with revisiting the great builds of previous years.
Last week, thanks to the upcoming Barrett-Jackson auction in March in Scottsdale, Arizona, we stumbled across a 1950 Ford F-1 nicknamed Friction. The truck is the work of Utah-based Weaver Customs, and it served as a reminder of the great machines the establishment used to make and show in all their might at SEMA.
That got us starting in finding more of them, and we’ve already showed you the heavily modified Plymouth Cuda that goes by the name TorC. It was shown for the first time in 2016, one year before the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS we have here came into the spotlight.
This build is also Weaver’s work, and it is described as combining “the aggressive muscle car styling with some world-class prostreet horsepower.“ Its power comes from a stroked Chevrolet engine that runs an 8-71 supercharger and gets its fuel thanks to a couple of carburetors. The engine is run through a six-speed manual transmission.
Propped on Billet Specialties wheels, it uses a custom frame that supports a properly tuned suspension.
As said, the car was first shown in the flesh at SEMA in 2017, at a time when it was owned by a couple of Camaro enthusiasts. It then moved on to be displayed at other shows as well, but just like in the case of the TorC, we don’t know what happened to it in the meantime.
Last week, thanks to the upcoming Barrett-Jackson auction in March in Scottsdale, Arizona, we stumbled across a 1950 Ford F-1 nicknamed Friction. The truck is the work of Utah-based Weaver Customs, and it served as a reminder of the great machines the establishment used to make and show in all their might at SEMA.
That got us starting in finding more of them, and we’ve already showed you the heavily modified Plymouth Cuda that goes by the name TorC. It was shown for the first time in 2016, one year before the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS we have here came into the spotlight.
This build is also Weaver’s work, and it is described as combining “the aggressive muscle car styling with some world-class prostreet horsepower.“ Its power comes from a stroked Chevrolet engine that runs an 8-71 supercharger and gets its fuel thanks to a couple of carburetors. The engine is run through a six-speed manual transmission.
Propped on Billet Specialties wheels, it uses a custom frame that supports a properly tuned suspension.
As said, the car was first shown in the flesh at SEMA in 2017, at a time when it was owned by a couple of Camaro enthusiasts. It then moved on to be displayed at other shows as well, but just like in the case of the TorC, we don’t know what happened to it in the meantime.
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