Results tagged “Custom Built”

Local Motors Rally Fighter

January 14, 2013 12:00 AM

Local Motors Rally Fighter

Meet Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors, who's got a vision for the future - where the global community designs your car, and you go to the factory to build it!

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Local Motors Rally Fighter - Photo Gallery

January 12, 2013 12:00 AM

Local Motors Rally Fighter - Photo Gallery

Local Motors hand-builds the tubular steel space frame for their Sangho Kim-designed Rally Fighter.

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1932 Bowtie Deuce Roadster

June 25, 2012 12:00 AM

1932 Bowtie Deuce Roadster

Check out the hot rod Jay and the Big Dog team created for SEMA 2005.

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Compressed Air Pipe Systems

June 1, 2012 12:00 AM

Compressed Air Pipe Systems

A custom compressed air system may well be every gearhead's dream and now you can have one too. Knut Jorgensen stops by the garage to show off Sata's energy efficient, push-to-connect aluminum piping system, which you can install and configure yourself.

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1975 Custom Plymouth Duster

April 30, 2012 12:00 AM

1975 Custom Plymouth Duster

Before master mechanic and race car driver Paul Annunziata passed away, he wanted to make sure his supercharged 426 Hemi-engined Duster went to a good home. Watch Paul's own history of the car and see what Jay's done to keep Paul's dream car on the road.

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1975 Custom Plymouth Duster - Photo Gallery

April 28, 2012 12:00 AM

1975 Custom Plymouth Duster - Photo Gallery

Get a close-up look at one man's realized dream of a pro stock drag Duster for the street.

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Ryca Motors CS-1 Cafe Racer Kit

April 23, 2012 12:00 AM

Ryca Motors CS-1 Cafe Racer Kit

Are you a pretty good wrench who wants a lightweight commuter with a sleek cafe look? Then get yourself a used Suzuki S40 and one of Ryca's CS-1 kits - and presto! In about 40 hours, you'll have an air-cooled, single cylinder, 650cc cafe racer!

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Ryca Motors CS-1 Cafe Racer - Photo Gallery

April 21, 2012 12:00 AM

Ryca Motors CS-1 Cafe Racer - Photo Gallery

Get a good look at the details of this kit-converted motorcycle.

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Excalibur RS

March 12, 2012 12:00 AM

Excalibur RS

Time for a special treat! Bob Shaw visits the garage to show off his dream car, an updated version of the Hawk sports roadster that his good buddy Brooks Stevens originally designed in 1959. It took 10 years to build, but you won't believe the result!

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Excalibur RS - Photo Gallery

March 10, 2012 12:00 AM

Excalibur RS - Photo Gallery

Get ready to let your jaw drop.

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Jonz Customs Motorcycles - Photo Gallery

January 26, 2012 12:00 AM

Jonz Customs Motorcycles - Photo Gallery

Check out the amazing details on Steve Jones' handmade custom bike.

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Jonz Customs Motorcycles

January 25, 2012 12:00 AM

Jonz Customs Motorcycles

Do you appreciate fine American handcraftsmanship? Steve Jones is a one-man operation, who designs and builds all of his one-of-a-kind bikes from scratch, using radical materials. Check out his Jackpine Gypsy and Anti-Shiny Bike - amazing!

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1959 Custom Chevrolet Corvette

January 9, 2012 12:07 AM

1959 Custom Chevrolet Corvette

Sean Cassar drove his '59 Corvette around for a while until he decided that it could be better - way better. Enter a designer and builder Alan Palmer, and voila! This exquisite 700 hp custom rocked SEMA 2011, taking home a GM Design Award.

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1959 Custom Chevrolet Corvette - Photo Gallery

January 5, 2012 12:00 AM

1959 Custom Chevrolet Corvette - Photo Gallery

An ultramodern take on a classic sports car - it's even got its own iPad!

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Magnolia Special

November 7, 2011 12:00 AM

Magnolia Special

New Orleans designer J.T. Nesbitt took Jay's question (Why isn't natural gas sexier?) as a challenge, and answered it by creating this gorgeous CNG. Inspired by '30s grand prix racers, the Magnolia Special made it from New York to Los Angeles in 89 hours!

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Decoliner - Photo Gallery

October 20, 2011 12:00 AM

Decoliner - Photo Gallery

Check out Randy Grubb's amazing Decoliner motorhome, inspired by a flying bridge.

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Jay's Book Club: Show Car Dreams

July 20, 2011 12:00 AM

Jay's Book Club: Show Car Dreams

Bob Larivee (the man responsible for the legendary Red Baron) stops by with his deluxe two-volume box set, which covers the last 60 years of indoor hot rod shows. It's the history of custom cars in pictures!

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Hossack BMW Motorcycle

June 24, 2011 12:00 AM

Hossack BMW Motorcycle

After honing his race engineering mettle with McLaren Motor Racing, Norman Hossack struck out on his own to create a better bike. What started as a model made from a coat hanger and wood is now BMW's signature front end.

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1960 Ford Starliner - Photo Gallery

June 21, 2011 12:00 AM

1960 Ford Starliner - Photo Gallery

Would you call it the Starliner or the Scarliner? Check out these pics of SEMA's 2009 Best of Show, created by the inimitable Bodie Stroud, and you be the judge! Let us know what you think in the comments.

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"Fast Five" Picture Cars

April 25, 2011 12:00 AM

Picture Car Coordinator and creator of the latest Black Beauty, Dennis McCarthy visits with two vehicles from the latest "Fast and the Furious" flick, then takes you to his own shop, just down the road from Jay's Garage.

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Super Cars
Super Cars

Quite simply, the finest, fastest and fiercest cars on the road, from both today and yesterday. More »

Skinned Knuckles
Skinned Knuckles

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Steam Cars
Steam Cars

Developed around a century earlier than internal combustion engines, these heavyweights held all the early land speed records. More »