Description
Lot #975 - Built by Rick Dour, "The most highly publicized custom car in the world". On the cover of Street Rodder magazine, Rod & Custom and many other national and international magzines. The winner of the Grand National Oakland Roadster show 1998, Best Custom, Best Paint, Best Engineered and Best Design. Custom Car of the year, Custom De' Elagance, Harry Bently Bradley Design Achievement and many others. This car was designed with a deco theme. Some of the body modifications include: chopped handbuilt removable Carson top, front fenders stretched 3 inches, hood and hoosides stretched 3 inches, 1940 Packard grill, hand formed Zephr rear fenders and flush mounted skirts, 1936 Buick headlights molded to the body and hand made rear valance pan and bumper. Complete air ride system raises and lowers the car at the push of a button. 1500-watt CD stereo, amplifiers mounted and encased in the trunk, 24 carot gold wiring. 350 Chevy engine and transmission. The paint is a custom blend of Tangerine and Gold, all in candies and pearls. the interior has handbuilt panels on the doors and headliner made out of Italian white pearl. All aluminum spears in the interior, trunk and hoosides handmillled.