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The Nissan GT-R, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, Studebaker hot rod, disfigured Bentley Continental GT, and lifted Toyota Tundra you see here are the five cars Toyo Tires will be bringing to the upcoming 2008 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. But what's the one thing they all have in common—besides wearing Toyo rubber? They're all ridiculous caricatures! Well, the 1931 Studebaker Model 54 hot rod might not be so bad, but if the rendering pictured is accurate, its non-existent ride height means it's nothing but a trailer queen. The most subtly tuned of the rest is the Nissan GT-R, which sports some carbon-fiber body parts, an Amuse titanium exhaust and Endless six-piston brakes. The rest of the bunch are a bit more radical. galleryPost('ToyoSEMA', 3, 'Make It Stop'); The green Mitsubish Lancer Evo X is boasting 650 HP. The Bentley Continental GT (yes that's what's hiding under that awful body kit) brags of 800 HP. The Tundra? Well it's a huge lifted truck with...
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Traditional wolf-whistle-style pinups are always a hit, but some of us might get weary of the same vacuous facial expressions and slab-o-meat poses you generally get. So what happens when an Oregon pinup model with a crazy '57 Chevy drag car decides she wants to do her own take on the pinup thing, complete with special-effects makeup? That's right- horror pinups ! Here we see the story of what happens when Paco meets Miss Axemaker on the road, complete with innovative use of the shoebox's big trunk to hide the evidence. [Flickr] galleryPost('PacoHitNRun', 3, 'Paco And Miss Axemaker Have A Slight Mishap');
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We've seen the mystery Corvette concept (who some dare to believe it may be named "Hot Rod") from the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie three times already. The first photo was a blurry camera phone shot from far away. The second shot was of the folks at Saleen busily painting the new movie star up and making him all silvery-looking. The third shot showed the mystery Transformers Corvette concept and a buddy about to be loaded up to roll out. Now, thanks to an e-mail tipster, we have the fourth and fifth shots as it gets close enough to the camera to see the "GM Design" logo on the rear end. Is it a prototype for a "C7" Corvette? Is it some hot Rodimus action? We guess we'll have to wait and see. ( Hat tip to Anonimus Prime! ) galleryPost('TransformersCorvetteConcept2', 2, 'Vette Concept Shows Off A Really Hot Rod'); galleryPost('TransformersCorvetteConcept1', 3, 'First Three Photos Of Contact');
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It's hard to tell from the angle...and the perspective, but we think this is a little hot-rod go-kart with a five-horse Briggs & Stratton behind the seat. Or it could be a kid's pedal toy. Either way, with its patriot paint it's ready for parade duty anywhere with white picket fences. [ American Legion Post 207 ] See the rest of our Jalopnik Auto Flag-Elation here and check out our pre-Fourth Jalopnik Automotive Amerigasm here .
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Flat black, white walls, wagon, flames. On paper, this Buick Roadmaster wagon would be a spectacular hot rod and parts hauler, but the truth is far stranger than that. Start with the first description, then chop the top off the wagon, add a vinyl liner to the back, and make those flames out of wood-grained contact paper. Oh, and put some bull horns on the hood. And rename it the Ratmaster Roadster. Intriguing. In fact, all signs point to crazy, and therefore a sick part of us really likes it. ( Thanks for the pics Tinfoil ) galleryPost('ratmaster', 3, 'Ratmaster Roadster');
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While the cars at the Billetproof show come in all sorts of old-skool flavors, there seem to be two ends of the spectrum: hot rod roadsters on one side, and kool kustoms on the other. We know the two don't always have to be mutually exclusive; after all, just look at some of the creations from Autorama Detroit . But the pure essence of each is pretty distinct. So, toward which pole does your compass point? galleryPost('bp08roadsters', 3, 'Roadsters'); galleryPost('bp08kustoms', 3, 'Kustoms'); Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you're viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled web browser.
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When we brought a car with a crazy engine/transmission swap and some wild junkyard suspension mods to the 24 Hours of LeMons race , some folks thought it wouldn't last a dozen laps... but we knew better. You see, we've got the mighty Hellhammer, aka Junkyard Dave Schaible, as crew chief, and this guy can build anything . Here's one of my favorite Hellhammer projects: one of the first- if not the first- of the current generation of Northern California rat rods, built back in the early 1980s. It's a Model T body (which was found, complete with bullet holes, sitting in a Castro Valley field) on a Model A frame, powered by a '49 Cadillac 331-cubic-inch engine spinning a seriously lumpy mid-50s-vintage Isky cam. It's built entirely from stuff Dave had sitting around, including a Geo Metro back seat, '40 Ford brakes, handmade headers, etc., and I'm having a tough time thinking of any vehicle that's more fun to drive. Those of you heading to the Billetproof...
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With all the hullabaloo over Truck Nutz it's a wonder the folks at Car Nutz Customs haven't taken a cue and changed their name a bit. True, they don't specialize at installing chrome dangly bits on '71 Impalas , but with Florida legislators rebelling against all things Nutz, you'd think they might just consider it. That being said, Car Nutz Customs (CNC in brief) actually does some nice work if you're into the whole big rims and crazy stereo with a clean install kind of thing. Unfortunately they aren't into big pictures of their cars. Enjoy the tiiiiiiny gallery of their work. galleryPost('somecarnutz', 6, 'Car Nutz Without a Key Accessory');
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Some guys think big, Michael Leeds is one of those guys. The designer of the fantastically prodigious Blastolene Special has come up with another behemoth of a hot rod, and this one sips diesel. His 1950 Peterbuilt has been chopped eleven inches and dropped with a custom suspension up front and a modified air system in the back. Rowing that twelve speed transmission and 2.92 final drive, that monster six cylinder turbo diesel runs on the highway with up to 21 MPG — take that hippies. galleryPost('sneakypete', 9, 'Sneaky Pete Is Not Too Subtle'); When Leeds showed up with it at the Antioch Billetproof show last year he darn near stole the show. We're kind of curious about where he got those Toyo tires in that size. If you really want a treat, go listen to it run . [ MyRideIsMe and MyRideIsMe ]
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Well, whaddya know- an American Hell Project beat a French one in our most recent Choose Your Eternity poll , with the Malaise Corvette Limo winning by a small- yet significant- margin over the V8-ready Peugeot 404. Unprecedented! We need to honor this tremendous underdog victory by going with an all-American matchup, with a 71-year-old car taking on a 79-year-old truck. Not only that, to honor the amazing Packard Straight Eight we saw in today's Engine of the Day post, each of these projects must be viewed as the potential recipient of a supercharged Packard inline eight engine. So forget those small-block Chevy engines that come with 'em, because the Chevy is just too easy. Today we're going with a somewhat different format, because today's tipster (and Project Car Hell Tipster T-shirt winner), UDMan found both cars sitting on trailers in upstate New York and photographed them himself: I took these pictures at a Fabrication Shop called Tom's Hot Rod & Fab Shop...
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We told you what was needed to figure out the details on that sweet black lakes-style hot rod was to just sit back and let the HAMBers do their thing. Of course we were right again, as they've clawed a ton of information out in just a single day. First and foremost on the neat-o list is that engine its unbelievably a Datsun 260Z mill made to look like an old Miller/Offenhauser inline six — very trick. The car was built by a first time body man by the name of Jim Pendleton out of Texas and the build is fairly well documented across several sites. It's pretty nicely built and aside from the Datsun motor the rest of the build appears to be period correct. Jealous. galleryPost('speeder2', 12, 'The Jim Pendleton Lakes Speedster'); [ MetalShapers , Webshots , 2008 Round Up , and Jalopy Jounal ]
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A very mysterious custom hot rod showed up last weekend at the Lone Star Rod & Kustom Round Up last weekend and it's caught our eye. The single seat, lakes-style inspired roadster is sleek and smooth with some very cool tricks up it's sleeve. The car is powered by an inline six sporting a straight pipe running down the side and a V12 distributor — good for a dual spark head. Not too much info out on it yet, but the folks at the HAMB are on the case, so we'll know what schedule bolts were used on the seat bracket in no time. More details and images over at galleryPost('1seater', 3, 'A Dark and Mysterious Hot Rod');
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newVideoPlayer("plymouthrat_jalopnik.flv", 475, 295,""); A 1934 Plymouth sedan isn't a typical starting point for a hot rod, but that's just the beginning of the uniqueness of this car. It's a hodgepodge in the best sense of the term; '79 GM A-body rear suspension, 400 cubic-inches of '73 Plymouth V8 power, a custom intake manifold, and 3 Rochester 2bbl carbs. The wood headliner is actually made from a tree that was growing in the owner's yard. That machine gun styled air cleaner even utilizes the leftover portion of the shortened driveshaft. And would you take a look at that homemade hood ornament; its a "screw" flying though a "U." The best part? The owner bought the car just to get one part for another car, but ended up deciding to build this up just for fun. It's stuff like this that make us love Autorama . galleryPost('plymouthratautorama', 6, 'Mean Machine');
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With all the testosteriffic talk about European Booth Professionals in Geneva yesterday, those of us in California can't help but think that real car women pose with good ol' flathead-powered machinery and aren't afraid to pick up a wrench now and then. We found a Flickr set with a pretty good selection of hot rod pinups and thought we'd share them with all you knuckle-dragging wolf-whistlers . [Flickr] galleryPost('HotRodPinupsUberAlles', 6, 'Hot Rod Pinups');
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newVideoPlayer("Rockabilly_GAZM20_Pobeda_476.flv", 463, 387,""); We think the ideal car for a Russian rockabilly dude would have to be a heavily customized ZIS 112 , but the GAZ-M20 Pobeda is way easier to find these days. Lower it a bit, shine up the chrome, and install some aftermarket wheels, and you'll be living in an alternate universe in which the Soviet Union of the 1950s was all about rock-n-roll and hot-rod hoonage.
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