‘54 Pontiac Bonneville Concept
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Not quite a reality yet, but this is one hell of a digital rendering by Oscar Vargas released on the web last month.
Chevy Silverado 632 SS Stepside (Chevy’s response to the Dodge Hellaphant crate engine hence the ZZ632cid with 1004hp naturally aspirated without power adders straight out of the box)
Obviously pretty impressive numbers by both manufacturers, but coming from a price standpoint Chevy’s crate is $14,995 msrp vs the limited edition Hellephant at a whopping $39.995 which sold out within a few days time.
In the competitive spirit and Dodge entering their final production run of the combustible high performance vehicle line up for the 2023 model year with them going all EV by 2024 (Quitters IMO) it was announced Dodge will be bringing new crate engines to this years SEMA show dubbed the “Cat X” a competition spec crate and a V6 “Hurricrate” with 3 different tier HP options and a 2nd run and updated batch of “Hellephants” with 1100hp.
Crazy times we live in with choices just from high HP crate engine configurations.
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Carroll Shelby’s 1st ever actual race car.
‘49 MG TC Roadster
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Got a pair of very special ‘55 Chevy Nomads Restomods to share here.
Jim Alley may not be a familiar name to some, but in the BMX Industry he is legendary figure and has been cranking out (literally) the absolute best components money can buy since 1978 and are considered the industry standard. Believe me, I’ve been a customer of Profile Racing for over 30 years and haven’t had one complaint about quality or durability once. Best of all everything is 100% made in America.
When it was time for Jim to create something special for himself with a background in building race chassis starting in 1968 before his time in manufacturing high end quality BMX parts he commissioned Tucci’s Hot Rods out of Marcy, NY.
The build was a two year process with Jim and his Profile BMX fabrication team headquartered out of St. Petersburg even contributed numerous parts like the entire rear end differental, numerous chassis parts, latches, even the grill all compliments of the machinery team in the sunshine state.
There are so many body modifications and wizard trickery to be mentioned it’s mind boggling how well this custom came out. A Chevy 502cid Twin Turbo setup pushing out 1100hp and 1500ft-lbs sits in a custom Art Morrison chassis putting all that power to road safely. Just a incredible build as it will stay in the Alley family for many generations to come.
“Gone-Mad” ‘55 Chevy Nomad
I absolutely love this car! Subtle paint configurations throughout the engine bay housing the massive Shafiroff all aluminum 509cid naturally aspirated power house to the underpinnings of the Roadster Shop Revo chassis to the absolutely gorgeous cigar room inspired leather interior complete with a one piece sheet metal headliner airbrushed to simulate wood grain.
The car was built in a two year process at Classic Car Studios headed by Noah Alexander also from the phenomenal TV show Speed is the new Black (sadly a short lived two year run on the Velocity Channel) as it was commissioned by a family out of Arizona that wanted the car finished in honor of their father whom passed away before he could see it complete.
The numerous awards this car has collected includes top five at the Tri-Five Nationals, Super Chevy Cover car, NSRA Showcase, Street Rodders top 100 Selection, Showcased at SEMA.
“Gone-Mad” was sold at Barrett Jackson in 2020 for $330,000 way below the cost of what it would take to build, but in the custom world that’s pretty good money to fetch at least half of your money back.
It’s pretty hard to find that right potential buyer for a custom from a financial standpoint to potentially break even. I’ve seen Detroit Autorama Ridler Award winner customs cross auction blocks the last few years (1 million dollar plus builds) that didn’t even catch half the cost. It’s just a catch 22 if the time comes to sell a piece of custom mechanical jewelry if you will.
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Id like to see a 1987 Chevy C10 Single Cab Short bed truck as well. Blue with white one is my personal truck
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http://www.barris.com/carsgallery/kustomshotrods/emperor.php
1929 Ford “The Emperor” built for Chuck Krickorian by the late and great Mr. George Barris. Winner of the 1960 AMBR (American’s Most Beautiful Roadster) award at the a world famous Grand National Roadster Show in Oakland, California.
The Prestigious GNRS Trophy enriched deep in history with legendary builders and customs since 1950.
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