Saturday, September 4th, 2010

By Tim Bernsau Photography by Kevin Lee Spectators at the ’09 Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) were the first to see Jim Benitez’s Model A roadster pickup in finished form. Jim’s newest and greatest creation, nicknamed Faster Pussycat, made its first formal appearance in Pomona, California, last winter-and not just in the show, but among [...]

Recent research that has been taken out by Moneysupermarket.com, the UK’s number one price comparison site, shows that over one million drivers in the UK has considered deliberately crashing their car to make a fraudulent insurance claim. Out of the one million drivers, around 350,000 have managed to successfully stage an accident. The results from [...]

By: Mark Daley TWISTED finished top fifty at the AMD world championship of custom bike building held in Las Vegas 2005. PAINT AND GRAPHICS DENNIS EPPLE; COLOR TWISTED GREEN WITH BLACK AND SILVER GRAPHICS. Via: Thunderstruckcustombikes.com

Wiesmann, the luxury sports car maker, will be presenting an absolutely stunning example of its hand-crafted sports car range – the Wiesmann Roadster MF5 – to visitors at the 63rd International Motor Show in Frankfurt. The Wiesmann Roadster MF5 takes even experienced sports car enthusiasts into a brand new dimension of driving enjoyment, delivering a [...]

by MW Design Technik RSC’s Vantage-C Powerkit including a beautiful polished canister race exhaust system, high flow 200 cell catalysts and engine software retune bring this machine to a serious contender at 445hp. The loud yet refined bark emitted from the handbuilt V8 through the free flowing exhaust produces such a beautiful note that the [...]

In the designers words: Our theory of Evolution is based on the fact that no two bikes should be the same, just like no two bike owners are the same. That’s why every Evolution custom is truly one-of-a-kind creation, and not based on a production model with factory options. So, if you want an original [...]

The 1969 model did not have the vent windows, had a slight grille and taillight revision, moved the ignition key from the dashboard to the steering column (which locked the steering wheel when the key was removed, a Federal requirement installed one year ahead of schedule), and the gauge faces changed from steel blue to [...]

By Jim Aust Photography by Kevin Lee As with so many hot rodders, the seed was planted very early for Lynn Bird. While his earliest memories would be of his uncle’s fixed up cars when he was very young, Lynn would forever be a builder after he was introduced to scale model car kits in [...]

Cursed 51 has been 3 years in the making, I custom built the whole interior and body mods.3000 Watt sound system was put in to cover up the sound of the 750 hp blown 468. Car is pro street with 21 inch tires, has air ride, pwr hood, trunk, windows, and doors. It has a [...]

Bare Knuckle Chopper’s Sweet Leaf By Jeff G. Holt Photography by Josh Kurpius I want to be different, just like everyone else.” Most choppers built as of late should have this painted on, or in some cases scratched into the $200 off-the-shelf “custom” tank with a Buck knife. Jeremy “Needles” Bueschmann, the owner of this [...]

Hannah Elliott From Kanye to T-Pain, no artist is complete without a ”crunk” car. Via: Forbes In the 2005 film Batman Begins, the freewheeling Bruce Waynepulls up to a nightclub in a low-slung Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster. The car, whose name is Spanish for “bat,” was presumably purchased to celebrate the scion’s return to Gotham. Sticker price? About $350,000. [...]

It’s great to see such a resurgence from the British high end auto industry. Anyways, if you’re also like me – you can’t afford an Aston. But, we can always look at pictures right? Aston Martin has released a few new images of the stunning DBS Volante. I selected a few of my favorites out of them that! And [...]

In his teen years, George Barris, legendary Kustom car builder from California, formed a local car club named ” Kustom Car Club”. In the mid ’40s, it became “Kustoms of Los Angeles”. Again in 1949 George changed the name to “Kustoms of America”.He advertised in all the small car books and at one time it was reported [...]

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