Jim McNiel first saw the car in 1959. It was from a past era, its age visible by the scratches and dents it had sustained. The low-slung custom car scene had been replaced by the muscle car age by ...

Cars have been status symbols ever since they were invented. Initially, only the rich could afford cars, but as manufacturing techniques and technologies became cheaper and more widespread, so did ...

Sketched by fashion designer Andy Di Dia and made famous by American '50s and '60s superstar Bobby Darin, this unique, coachbuilt work of automotive art held the Guinness record for the most expensive ...

When it comes to custom cars, it’s hard to argue that the iconic Golden Sahara II isn’t at, or at least very near, the top of the charts. It’s a car that’s instantly recognizable and one with a wild ...

HOT ROD has stated several times in the past that 1949-1951 Mercurys can be considered the foundation of the custom car craze. Nobody has proved our claim better than legendary customizer Dick Dean, ...

Based on a Citroen chassis, powered by a Chevy flat-six, and donning a handbuilt body that looks like a spaceship, The Reactor is an automotive masterpiece that deserves to be rediscovered. The ...

Inside West Coast Customs (2011) Season 4 viewers get an exclusive look at the famous custom car shop headed by CEO Ryan Friedlinghaus, where ordinary cars are transformed into automotive masterpieces ...