By Bill McGuire

Photography by Wes AlIison

Good news, HOT ROD readers. You just thought you were crazy. In truth, you’re only mildly colorful. Oh sure, you’ve often reflected on how your taste in transportation trends toward the outlandish, if not the extreme. And given all those long hours you’ve spent in the garage building such machines, friends and family have mentioned (frequently) how your behavior might be described as, well, obsessive. However, when it comes to over-the-top road vehicles and the mentally questionable commitment required to construct them, you’d have a hard time matching Joe Skonecki. Just look at what he built. Compared with him, you can consider yourself almost normal. This dude is totally nuts, and we mean that in the best possible way. We come in praise of this form of insanity.

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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 the finalists for the prestigious America’s Most Beautiful Roadster award. This was not, however, the RPU’s first trip to the GNRS. The car was there the year before in unfinished bare metal, and the year before that as a finished frame-both times in the display booth for the Jalopy Shoppe.

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One Bad Bowtie! – A 1967 Chevy Camaro RS

This bad boy sports a 454 Cu In, Automatic Transmission, aluminum performer RPM intake, Holley dual feed carb, MSD ignition, Big Tube headers, aluminum radiator, and engine dress-up kit complete the engine compartment.

The bumble bee exterior is finished in bright yellow accented by a bold contrasting stripe package, Cowl Induction hood and rear spoiler

A set of reversed American Racing polished torque thrust mags keeps this baby to the road.

The interior sports bucket seats, console, B&M ratchet shifter, large faced Auto Gauge Tach with shift light, and a Pioneer AM/FM/CD player.

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Nothing says custom more than this 1950 Mercury Lead Sled.

This classy machine was built on tubular frame. It sports a ’74 Camaro Front End, ’72 Monte Carlo Rear End, Tilted Post T-Bird Interior, Air Ride Technology Suspension.

This Merc will lay all the way on the ground too!

Other features include a ’54 Chevrolet Bumperette with parking lights, AM/FM Radio, Air Conditioning, Power Steering, Power Brakes, Door Poppers, Cadillac Rear Tail lights, Radial White Walls, 350 Turbo Transmission, and M502 Big Block Motor to get this monster around.

Nothing like cruisin’ in style!

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In the Pantheon of American Muscle Cars, the Chevelle has staked a rock-solid position. When it first rolled off the production lines in 1964 you get it with 120hp V6 or, either a 283- or 327- V8, that with the SS set-up would produce 300 bhp. Chevrolet would continue to produce the Chevelle until 1977, during which time it would get ever-increasing boosts of horsepower during the muscle-car salad days of the late sixties, and reach the zenith of it’s performance in 1970 when it rolled off the line with 454 cubic-inches capable of turning out 450 horsepower. As with all muscle cars, the early ’70′s saw a continued roll-back on power thanks to higher fuel and insurance prices, as well as the introduction of smog equipment. When the Chevelle badge was retired in 1977 the basic chassis/body style carried on under the Malibu name–de-tuned and de-fanged.

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Like many prize-winning custom trucks, Havoc was built to the highest standards of craftsmanship. Fittingly, Havoc captured a Top Five Early prize in the Truck of the YearEarly competition at the Goodguys Lone Star Nationals. Lone Star show participants and attendees realize that any of the finalists are worthy of the grand prize. However, for Havoc’s owner, the greatest pleasure comes when he turns the ignition key. Driving the streets of his hometown must feel much like those movie luminaries felt in their grand made-to-order Hollywood boulevard cruisers.

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In the wide and wonderful world of hot rods, the story behind the trio of ’32 Ford roadsters presented in this story has the option of being viewed as either extremely diverse (in the case of the owners and builders) or incredibly similar (by the materials, parts, color, and style selected). Starting with the people, each of these cars began in the mind of its unique and individual owner long before the first bolt was ever turned. The look of each of these cars originated decades ago at the dawn of hot rodding, and photographic examples of this period can be found in the pages of Don Montgomery’s hot rod history books-themselves the blueprints for multiple generations who were not there to witness and feel the excitement of WWII-era hot rodding.

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By The Time You Read This, Rob Morell’s ’73 Camaro Will Already Have A Bigger Turbo, Because 1,200 Hp Just Isn’t Good Enough.

It’s not that Rob Morell is impossible to please. He’s just always tinkering, trying something new, pushing the limits, and applying what he learns to make things work better. All of which are admirable traits, unless you’re trying to finish a project car.It all started 10 years ago when Rob was in high school. He was the typical high school student, who skated by the seat of his pants. He only really ever enjoyed his auto shop class, and paid just enough attention in his other classes to pass. Then it happened.

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