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Whether modified for improved performance or simply as a styling statement, custom cars have a history almost as old as the automobile itself and they are here to stay
1:1 Matchbox Jeep Gladiator Will Help Build Homes for Heroes
1:1 Matchbox Jeep Gladiator Will Help Build Homes for Heroes

27 Jan 2024, 11:54 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / RealTruck and Doetsch Off-Road have built a 1:1 Matchbox Jeep Gladiator Rubicon for a good cause. And some lucky fellow can take ownership of it in Arizona.

 
Jesel’s “Equal 8” Isn’t Your Grandad’s Big Block Racing V8, It’s Even Better
Jesel’s “Equal 8” Isn’t Your Grandad’s Big Block Racing V8, It’s Even Better

25 Jan 2024, 18:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For over 40 years, the late great Dan Jesel and his eponymous company in Lakewood, NJ, set out to build some of the finest racing engines in America.

 
The Kalmar RS-6 Is a Porsche 911 With Cayenne Ground Clearance
The Kalmar RS-6 Is a Porsche 911 With Cayenne Ground Clearance

25 Jan 2024, 13:43 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / The Kalmar RS-6 is the Porsche 911 with no off-road limitations. It gets extra oomph, extra ground clearance, extra everything

 
Mitchell Race Xtreme Put the Engine in the "Right" Part of a Porsche 911 After 60 Years
Mitchell Race Xtreme Put the Engine in the "Right" Part of a Porsche 911 After 60 Years

25 Jan 2024, 05:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's something that's so devilishly delicious about seeing the top of an engine block jutting out the front end of a 911

 
Velocity Modern Classics' '68 Mustang is the Cleanest Gen-III Coyote Swap We've Ever Seen
Velocity Modern Classics' '68 Mustang is the Cleanest Gen-III Coyote Swap We've Ever Seen

25 Jan 2024, 00:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Never once does a Velocity Modern Classics classic restomod build leave shop grounds during its roughly 14-week build process.

 
Apocalypse-Ready Jeep Gladiator 6x6 Is a Love It or Hate It Affair
Apocalypse-Ready Jeep Gladiator 6x6 Is a Love It or Hate It Affair

24 Jan 2024, 12:26 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / We think the Jeep Gladiator looks fantastic with an extra rear axle, riding on humongous tires, and featuring a green finish. But we're children at heart

 
Someone Paid $100,000 To Buy This Bizarre Alfa Romeo Stelvio Ultimate Party Machine
Someone Paid $100,000 To Buy This Bizarre Alfa Romeo Stelvio Ultimate Party Machine

24 Jan 2024, 11:00 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / The life of this Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV was short. Soon after it rolled off the production line, it became a peculiar stretched limousine

 
This 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix Is Fighting for Its Life, up to Us To Save It
This 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix Is Fighting for Its Life, up to Us To Save It

23 Jan 2024, 23:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The first-generation Grand Prix was a prelude of sorts to the low-slung sports coupe that'd soon after form the foundation of American muscle cars.

 
Has Anyone Noticed This Chromed Maybach S 680 Is a Custom Two-Tone Wrapped Wonder?
Has Anyone Noticed This Chromed Maybach S 680 Is a Custom Two-Tone Wrapped Wonder?

23 Jan 2024, 13:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at RDB LA in Los Angeles, California, have done it again - they are proudly presenting on social media another custom S 680

 
Tesla Cybertruck Foundation Series Feels Out of This World in a Dual-Tone Honeycomb Wrap
Tesla Cybertruck Foundation Series Feels Out of This World in a Dual-Tone Honeycomb Wrap

23 Jan 2024, 08:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Signature Custom, a Tesla (and more) wrapping expert outlet from Dania Beach, Florida, has established a new 'BSpoken4' line of products

 
S55 AMG-Swapped Mercedes 500SEC Puts Modern German Muscle in a Classic Shell
S55 AMG-Swapped Mercedes 500SEC Puts Modern German Muscle in a Classic Shell

23 Jan 2024, 04:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As a range-topper of the flagship S-Class line, the C126-series 500SEC was perhaps the finest luxury sports coupe to come out of West Germany in its day.

 
This Square Body 1976 Chevrolet C10 Has Turned Into a 455-HP LT1  'Urban Cowboy'
This Square Body 1976 Chevrolet C10 Has Turned Into a 455-HP LT1 'Urban Cowboy'

22 Jan 2024, 13:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at Roadster Shop strike again with a third-gen 'Rounded Line' C10 that gets a new nickname and then adds a lot more modern pizzaz on top

 
Hear Me Roar: Ultra-Rare Jaguar C-X75 Built for James Bond Is Being Made Road Legal
Hear Me Roar: Ultra-Rare Jaguar C-X75 Built for James Bond Is Being Made Road Legal

22 Jan 2024, 11:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Chassis 007 is currently undergoing conversion ahead of a planned auction. It's the last of the seven C-X75 supercars used in the 2015 film Spectre

 
Dusold Designs' Twin Turbo Windsor '65 Mustang Humbles Purpose-Built Race Cars
Dusold Designs' Twin Turbo Windsor '65 Mustang Humbles Purpose-Built Race Cars

21 Jan 2024, 20:04 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Ultimately, this drivetrain could be the envy of any custom build, perfectly suited for endless quarter-mile dragstrip passes. But it's so much more than that.

 
The 'World's First 6x6' Humvee Has a Hellcat V8 Under the Hood and an Aircraft Wing!
The 'World's First 6x6' Humvee Has a Hellcat V8 Under the Hood and an Aircraft Wing!

19 Jan 2024, 11:40 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / This is a massive collaboration project, and it could be yours - the team has decided to auction the build on January 27 at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale

 
Sunbeam Yellow Valiance Is the World's Second-Ever Convertible Land Rover Defender 90
Sunbeam Yellow Valiance Is the World's Second-Ever Convertible Land Rover Defender 90

19 Jan 2024, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Dutch companies Niels van Roij Design and Heritage Customs present the second-ever Land Rover Defender 90 in modified, convertible form

 
Forget a Super Duty, We Want This '88 Citroën Tissier to Haul Our Restomod Collection
Forget a Super Duty, We Want This '88 Citroën Tissier to Haul Our Restomod Collection

18 Jan 2024, 04:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The impetus for what appears to be Citroën CX front end welded to a ramp trailer came from a quite unlikely source. None other than a French Civil servant.

 
Rolls-Royce Spectre Rides Cleaner on 26s, But Do You Want It White or Black and Silver?
Rolls-Royce Spectre Rides Cleaner on 26s, But Do You Want It White or Black and Silver?

16 Jan 2024, 13:50 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / A lot of aftermarket outlets and parts providers love to play with the looks of Rolls-Royce vehicles; here's a quartet of pristine examples

 
Nissan Puts Europe's Rogue (X-Trail) on Tracks for Mountain Rescue at Italian Ski Resort
Nissan Puts Europe's Rogue (X-Trail) on Tracks for Mountain Rescue at Italian Ski Resort

16 Jan 2024, 09:56 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Besides the snow tracks and additional mods on the outside, the Nissan X-Trail Mountain Rescue has a custom interior that can save lives

 
Toyota Has Just Unveiled Its First-Ever Century SUV Convertible
Toyota Has Just Unveiled Its First-Ever Century SUV Convertible

15 Jan 2024, 22:23 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / Toyota has just build its first-ever convertible SUV. The Century drop top was requested by the Japanese Sumo Association