When Chip Foose and Wes Rydell get together on a custom project, step back and watch out. The results are bound to be spectacular.
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Despite the family-vehicle stigma they've carried for decades, once-lowly station wagons have been hot commodities recently. So when Derick Samson, of Marshall, Missouri, got his hands on a clean '62 Chevrolet wagon, he was excited by the possibilities. The old family hauler needed a little straight
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Go ahead, admit it: You were about ready to turn the page and dismiss Clayton Moorman's Bel Air sedan as just another stock-bodied, resto-rod, red '55 Chevy. We almost did the same thing when we first saw the car at the 2005 Goodguys Southeastern Nationals. Then we took a second look. So should you.
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It's pretty easy to change a vehicle's style. Do a little cutting and welding here, some parts swapping there, and you're bound to make any car look different. Making tasteful and purposeful changes is a bit more challenging, however; it requires talent and restraint to truly enhance a car's design.
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It's pretty easy to change a vehicle's style. Do a little cutting and welding here, some parts swapping there, and you're bound to make any car look different. Making tasteful and purposeful changes is a bit more challenging, however; it requires talent and restraint to truly enhance a car's design.
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Wonder Wagon"I am not a famous guy, but I thought you would be interested in one of my rare rides," writes Stuart Clark, of Chehalis, Washington. Rare, indeed-Chevrolet didn't build a two-door Impala station wagon in 1959, though Stuart's longroof has been decked out in Impala attire. It also wears
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'49 Chevy FleetlineLet's get this "Stylines" sendoff started in style with a classy Chevy. The Fleetline has such a nice profile that I left the roof unchopped, though I deleted all the trim except for the top-accentuating beltline brightwork. Up front I inserted a floating '54 Chevy grille flanked
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Any enthusiast who owns the same custom car for a significant length of time is bound to refine it as he goes along. He builds the car, drives it, determines its strengths and weaknesses, and, ideally, makes tweaks to improve it through the years.
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A Low-Profile '53 Chevy From Chopit Kustom
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You might think someone who buys and sells cars for a living would view all vehicles as mere commodities-merchandise on which to make a profit. We're sure that's the case for some car dealers, but we've also met quite a few who are true enthusiasts and keep handfuls (sometimes fleets) of cool person
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You might think someone who buys and sells cars for a living would view all vehicles as mere commodities-merchandise on which to make a profit. We're sure that's the case for some car dealers, but we've also met quite a few who are true enthusiasts and keep handfuls (sometimes fleets) of cool person
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For all the talk about custom enthusiasts being "lost in the '50s," in reality many aficionados today never experienced that decade. Kirby Wilcox is representative of those who grew up in the '60s (or later) and prefer more performance-edged cruisers.
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We like to preach about building offbeat cars here at Custom Rodder, but we must admit there's something to be said for following a more mainstream path.
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The word unique gets tossed around pretty casually these days, but it's aptly applied when referring to Larry Johnston's radical '50 Chevy. This is truly a one-of-a-kind custom. Yet despite its singular stature, this car's story will sound all too familiar to many enthusiasts.
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Take a look at this fully customized 1963 Chevy Bel Air Coupe with air ride suspension from Custom Rodder Magazine
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Check out this completely customized 1950 Chevy Coupe!
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We've got a new pen contributing to "Stylines" this month-Murray Komant, from up in Lake Country, British Columbia. He's dreamed up a pair of way-cool wagons to ignite the imaginations of family-minded customizers, or simply those who have a lot of stuff to haul around.
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Most custom cars are personal creations, built to suit the specific tastes and desires of their owners and builders. A select few go beyond mere personalization and approach the level of true design studies. Such cars often appear to have rolled right off an assembly line, rather than looking signif
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The Detroit Autorama is one of the premier indoor events in our hobby, and countless enthusiasts and car builders through the years have yearned to find themselves at Cobo Hall earning recognition for their efforts. Most would be thrilled with a class trophy; a select few can realistically dream of
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NHRA Salutes CustomsTaildragging customs may not come immediately to mind when you think of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California, but even racers have a soft spot for well-done boulevard cruisers. With that in mind, the museum's newly appointed executive director, Tony Thack
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Wild Paint Defines Mike Legault's Otherwise Mild '70 Impala
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Stanford Art Coming To LifeBy the time you read this, a piece of artwork that Steve Stanford penned in Custom Rodder a decade ago will have finally come to life in steel under the guidance of Pennsylvania's Penfound Design. Slated to debut at the 2006 Detroit Autorama, this '63 Impala SportsRoof is
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Have A BallNow you can show off your personal style by topping a Lokar automatic transmission shifter with almost any aftermarket shifter knob. The company's new Shifter Knob Adapter allows the use of virtually any 3/8-16-threaded shifter knob on top of a Lokar shifter, while still maintaining safet
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There's an approach in the numbers-matching musclecar realm known as a "day two" restoration. Rather than aim for assembly line accuracy or dealer showroom condition, a day two resto returns a car to the way it might have appeared several days after purchase, once its buyer had an opportunity to add
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Harvey Bagshaw's Sweet, Sultry '55 Chevy
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