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Stories about: custom cars

Would You Take This Supercharged V8 4Runner Over a New Bronco Raptor
Would You Take This Supercharged V8 4Runner Over a New Bronco Raptor

24 Jan 2022, 21:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The engine in question is a 5.7 liter Toyota 3UR-FE V8 fed through a 2.5-inch exhaust to a Magnaglow 18-inch rear muffler.

 
Can't Afford to Pay $6.1 Million for a Porsche 550 Spyder? Try This Faithful Replica
Can't Afford to Pay $6.1 Million for a Porsche 550 Spyder? Try This Faithful Replica

11 Jan 2022, 17:09 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Meet the Beck Spyder, a car that looks so strikingly and uncannily similar to the Porsche 550 that you'd be hard-pressed to distinguish between the two

 
Race Tuned Lotus Exige Packs Mysterious Engine Under the Hood, Not Stock for Sure
Race Tuned Lotus Exige Packs Mysterious Engine Under the Hood, Not Stock for Sure

9 Jan 2022, 18:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As it sits today, this Audi-powered Lotus jets 350 horsepower to the rear wheels. The car sports just 45,600 original miles (73,386.08 km)

 
This Beautifully Restomoded Corvette C2 Can Smoke Its Rear Tires, and It's for Sale
This Beautifully Restomoded Corvette C2 Can Smoke Its Rear Tires, and It's for Sale

5 Jan 2022, 22:58 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Whenever a C2 Corvette appears on the market, some people are looking for a matching number or a proper restomod, such as this example

 
Meet the Mid-Engined Zimmer Quicksilver, The Nuttiest Thing on a Fiero Chassis
Meet the Mid-Engined Zimmer Quicksilver, The Nuttiest Thing on a Fiero Chassis

22 Dec 2021, 21:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Meet the Zimmer Quicksilver. A Pompano Beach, Florida, produced coach-built body and interior on top of the venerable Fiero chassis and drivetrain

 
LS9 Swapped 1959 Impala Melts Our Hearts and Steals our Spouses.
LS9 Swapped 1959 Impala Melts Our Hearts and Steals our Spouses.

17 Dec 2021, 20:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / 638 horsepower to the tires must not have felt like enough. So they gave it a light sprinkling of muscle car fairy dust, courtesy of Lingenfelter

 
Adorable Tricked Out Daihatsu Mini-Truck Is All Show, No Go
Adorable Tricked Out Daihatsu Mini-Truck Is All Show, No Go

12 Dec 2021, 20:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / 1996 was the first year of the revised Midget truck. The name started as a line of tri-wheel utility trucks in the late 1950s

 
1961 Nash Metropolitan Does Fusion Dance With Honda S2000, in Move Straight Out of DBZ
1961 Nash Metropolitan Does Fusion Dance With Honda S2000, in Move Straight Out of DBZ

16 Nov 2021, 06:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If there was any classic American car whose overall demeanor made it the right choice for a Honda F20C engine, it was the little Metropolitan

 
Ford 302-Swapped MGB Is an Anglo-American Collaboration on Par With the Shelby Cobra
Ford 302-Swapped MGB Is an Anglo-American Collaboration on Par With the Shelby Cobra

15 Nov 2021, 21:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The MGB was one of the first British sports cars to see success in America and at least a few thousand of them were imported

 
This 440HP Suzuki Mighty Boy Kei Car Is Tire-Smoking Insanity
This 440HP Suzuki Mighty Boy Kei Car Is Tire-Smoking Insanity

30 Oct 2021, 11:55 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Sold only in Japan and exported outside the country only to Australia - and of all places, Cyprus - less than 3,000 Mighty Boys were actually sent overseas

 
Orbitron and Rotar, Bizarre Creations from the 1960s Kustom Kar Kraze
Orbitron and Rotar, Bizarre Creations from the 1960s Kustom Kar Kraze

26 Aug 2021, 21:38 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Roth, one of the pioneers of modifying cars as rolling artwork, built example after example of barely or hardly street-legal custom cars

 
Ed Roth: the Car Customization King of the 1960s
Ed Roth: the Car Customization King of the 1960s

25 Jul 2020, 20:50 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Virtuosity is usually found in the context of music, painting or sculpture. Without any exaggeration, Ed Roth's creations are the work of a virtuoso

 
In the Mood for Something Metallica? James Hetfield’s Cars Going on Display
In the Mood for Something Metallica? James Hetfield’s Cars Going on Display

15 Jan 2020, 09:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Starting February 1 and until October 2020, ten of James Hetfield's custom cars will be on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum

 
These Are the Five Coolest Airplane-Engined Cars Ever Made
These Are the Five Coolest Airplane-Engined Cars Ever Made

21 Nov 2016, 17:25 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Fitting an airplane engine inside an automobile is something that does not happen anymore, but a few have stood the test of time. We listed the coolest

 
Tron-Inspired Ford Mustang Loves Green, It Is a One-Off Custom
Tron-Inspired Ford Mustang Loves Green, It Is a One-Off Custom

13 Jun 2017, 14:22 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Josh Rivers is a sci-fi fan from Phoenix, Arizona, and he drives a 2015 Ford Mustang V6. He loves his car, and a tuning shop showcased his completed project

 
Ram Unveils Two Special Editions of the 1500, Describes Them As Factory-Custom
Ram Unveils Two Special Editions of the 1500, Describes Them As Factory-Custom

10 Apr 2017, 13:43 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ram has developed two special editions of the 1500 pickup truck. They are called Sublime Sport and Rebel Blue Streak, and they are boldly configured

 
Custom-Built 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450SL Shooting Brake Is For Sale, It's Unique
Custom-Built 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450SL Shooting Brake Is For Sale, It's Unique

10 Apr 2017, 09:23 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Have you ever dreamed of a Shooting Brake that you can call your own? Well, someone has, and a 1979 Mercedes-Benz SL received the transformation. It's for sale

 
Changing US Law Heralds New Age for Replica and Custom Cars
Changing US Law Heralds New Age for Replica and Custom Cars

9 Dec 2015, 21:44 UTC · By: Mircea Iordache / Small manufacturers can build and sell up to 325 replica cars per year, exempt from vehicle safety regulations. They have to register with NHTSA and EPA

 
Volvo Pondering to Create Bespoke Division
Volvo Pondering to Create Bespoke Division

3 Dec 2015, 18:37 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The Swedish carmaker considers opening a bespoke division for building more upmarket versions of its models. New division would be aimed at customizing cars

 
Metallica’s James Hetfield Talks Cars and Art
Metallica’s James Hetfield Talks Cars and Art

30 Apr 2013, 09:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It’s been five years since heavy metal band Metallica released a studio album, but the American group seems to be alive and kicking through other activities. Lead singer James Hetfield, for in...