An Auction of Hot Rods and Some Outrageous Customs

RM AuctionsThe 1966 Ed Roth-designed Druid Princess.The 1966 Ed Roth-designed Druid Princess is a classic custom car to die for. And luckily for its new owner, it comes equipped with its own coffin. Coach-shaped and coffin-trunked, the Druid Princess is one of dozens of hot rods, dragsters and wild custom cars to be sold tomorrow, during the “Icons of Speed and Style” auction held at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Some of the cars, like the supercharged 1961 “Big John” Mazmanian

Southern California Custom Car Creations Featured at Unique Auction Event

Southern California Custom Car Creations Featured at Unique Auction Event Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions, set to lift the gavel on an unprecedented, private collection of American racers, hot rods, custom vehicles and ‘kustom kulture’ memorabilia at the Icons of Speed Style event, September 26th, 2009 at the Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles. BLENHEIM, Ontario, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Valuable works from the originators of Southern California’s ‘kustom kultur

Four-Links – stolen Citroën, save this Minor, Franz Ferdinand’s car, hot rods gettin’ dirty

* I don’t want to make this a regular feature of the Saturday Four-Links, but this is the third week in a row we’ve come across a stolen car while putting the Four-Links together. In this case, it’s a 1987 Citroën 2CV , taken late last month from Rossendale, Lancashire, UK. There is a reward. * Even though our cash for clunkers program is over, Britain’s appears to still be going on, and one of the cars turned in was this 1958 Morris Minor (Britain’s program had no upper age limit for c

Toyota Celica Speedster at Woodward Dream Cruise

Since 1995, the Woodward Dream Cruise has taken over the streets of Detroit each August and is one of the biggest gatherings of muscle cars and hot rods on the planet. J-tin is a pretty rare sight at the WDC, but we’re not sure if that’s because photographers focus on the domestics or because there really isn’t any.Motor Trend‘s article on this year’s cruise showed this Toyota Celica speedster, a custom job that lopped the roof off a first gen coupe – a scalped daruma, if you will. There’s also

Dean Jeffries: 50 Fabulous Years In Hot Rods, Racing Film by Tom Cotter [Jalopnik Book Reviews]

I've been letting the titles stack up in the Jalopnik Book Review On-Deck Circle- including a really intimidating 75-pound slab of onanic Porschism- so let's get back into this book-review thing with a fun one! Jeffries isn't quite the showman and self-promoter that some of his car-customizing peers of the era were, so his contribution to the canon of amazing machinery to come out of postwar Southern California doesn't always get the recognition it deserves. In addition to building the

Needing 50 Original Car Videos by kojakstoy26

ANYTHING OVER $85.00 WILL NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED. I need 50 ORIGINAL custom designed videos related to specific muscle cars and hot rods. I will also need these articles to be submitted to youtube… (Budget: $30-250, Jobs: Advertising, Photoshop, Powerpoint, Video Services, Web Promotion) Go to Source Post similar project on [...]

Icons of Speed Style

A private collection of historic American racing cars, vintage hot rods and custom show cars is going up for auction in Los Angeles. The sale will be a once-in-a-lifetime buying opportunity for collectors of racing cars… Boothill Express 1951 Chevrolet “La Jolla” Custom 2-Door Coupe by Harry Bradley 1957 Chevrolet Revell show hot rod 1965 Dodge A100 “LIttle Red Waggon” Wheelstander Deora Dodge pickup truck The Road Agent by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth Valley

Classic Car Restoration: Body Work : How to Recreate Metal Parts for Car Restoration

Learn how to recreate a metal piece when doing body work and restoring a car in this free DIY car-restoration video from our expert mechanic and body shop owner. Expert: Doug Jenkins Bio: Doug Jenkins runs Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods in St. Louis, where he restores classic cars and creates mild to wild custom street rods. He races a 1972 Corvette in the SCCA performance rally series. Filmmaker: Ross Safronoff Duration : 0:1:3 Technorati Tags: automotive , body , car , c

Classic Car Restoration: Body Work : How to Recreate Metal Parts for Car Restoration

Learn how to recreate a metal piece when doing body work and restoring a car in this free DIY car-restoration video from our expert mechanic and body shop owner. Expert: Doug Jenkins Bio: Doug Jenkins runs Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods in St. Louis, where he restores classic cars and creates mild to wild custom street rods. He races a 1972 Corvette in the SCCA performance rally series. Filmmaker: Ross Safronoff Duration : 0:1:3 Technorati Tags: automotive , body , car , c

12th Annual Goodguys PPG Nationals Columbus - Hot Rod Custom Car Show

This weekend capped off the 12th Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. The event took place July 10 to July 12 on the grounds of the Ohio Expo Center with thousands of 72' and earlier hot rods, far-out customs, classics, muscle cars, street machines and trucks on display. For folks into hot rodding and modified classic cars, this is a must attend event that is one of the largest in the country. There was something for everyone with a Street Challenge Autocross, indoor and outdoor vendor di

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