This is Blasfamous. A ground up, hand-fabricated, turbocharged bucket of fun. We’re talking about Chris Lee’s ’49 Ford that’s powered by a 1JZ Toyota engine, Nissan 6spd transmission and a chassis built entirely from scratch. And yes, you are right – it look downright blasphemous. Chris is a very talented photographer but he is a home grown fabricator too. From top to bottom, this customized post-WWII-era Ford pickup is all Chris’ handy work.– Here’s a little excerpt from Chris about it: “It’s a ground up, homegrown mess of parts assembled in what I describe as a giant anxiety attack. The…
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In 1978, when Ron Wolcott was 11 years old, he found himself hanging out at a local rod and custom shop near his house in Columbus, Indiana. One day during a visit to the shop he caught a bad case of hot rod fever. An affluent customer arrived trailering a ’32 ford coupe hot rod that needed some work.– The instant the rod’s blown engine was fired up, Ron was hooked; he never stopped dreaming of one day owning a real hot rod of his own. Not until he was in his early forties did his dream become a reality.…
Paleontologists in Italy have uncovered up to eleven skeletons belonging to a dinosaur species that lived approximately 80 million years ago. Included in these remains is the largest and most complete dinosaur that has ever been discovered in the country. The bones, which belonged to a dinosaur species named Tethyshadros insularis, were unearthed at a location called Villaggio del Pescatore which is close to the Italian city of Trieste. It is believed that the creature inhabited one of the European archipelago islands in the Tethys Ocean. Tethyshadros insularis was a type of herbivorous Hadrosauroid that grew as long as 13 feet (4 meters) and weighed as…
Today, a strange stone circle’s bizarre photo went viral, whipping up the UFO community. I also came across a video on the UFO Mania YouTube channel that solicited feedback from viewers by posing the question, “What precisely is this? Where is this peculiar building located? I did some investigation and discovered the following: This Stone Circle, which is located in the Turkish province of Mersin, is a perfect geometric shape that either developed naturally or was previously engraved. This petroglyph is intriguing because it exactly mimics the first pictograms that were discovered in English fields in 1990: two circles connected…
Sherry Wilde thinks that extraterrestrials from a faraway galaxy abducted her. In this presentation, Sherry Wilde makes a distinction between being an abductee and a volunteer while also revealing some intriguing details about “her trip” with the aliens. Sherry had just turned 17 when it all started. She recalls a situation in which she disappeared for a while. She had always wondered what had occurred, but she brushed it off as a case of forgetting. But she chose to go through hypnotic regression, and it was then that she discovered she had been brought on board an extraterrestrial spaceship not…
After completing a reconnaissance operation, the Italian Air Force pilot was flying back to the base in Treviso when an unidentified flying object crossed Italian airspace without being detected. The military aircraft interceptor was then ordered by the Istrana radar center to intercept and identify the invader. On June 18, 1979, at 11:30 a.m., pilot Giancarlo Cecconi was flying his G-91R fighter with G-91R group 14 of the Air Force’s 2nd Fighter Wing back to Treviso AFB, Italy, after completing a reconnaissance mission. Credit: Google Search/Anomalien/UFO Sighting’s Footage/UFO News/Ufosfootage/Canva. Credit: Google Search/Anomalien/UFO Sighting’s Footage/UFO News/Ufosfootage/Canva. Credit: Google Search/Anomalien/UFO Sighting’s Footage/UFO…
This 1957 Buick Special have big wheels, big brakes, big block… this Buick is absolutely incredible and amazing piece of custom automotive art. In the decade following World War II, the automobile Industry advanced in both technology and style. Having acquired skills and knowledge while producing aircraft during the war, hot rodders and OEM manufacturers looked toward developing aerodynamics and custom styling in the vehicles of the time. One car designed at that time was the 1957 Buick Special. Taking its stylish lines and sleek looks to the next level with a blend of modern customization are the guys at…
Chevrolac? Cadillet? Ruben Allender’s El Morocco blurred the line. The rarest of the 1957 Chevys, the “Poor Man’s Cadillac”, the El Morocco was a customized full-size car produced by Ruben Allender based on the 1956 and 1957 Chevrolet. For the first time ever, GM allowed an outsider to design a custom Chevy and this rare 1957 Chevy is an example of what happens when beauty meets beast.– Allender was not a coachbuilder in the traditional sense, but rather a customizer as the 1956-1957 El Moroccos were face-lifted Tri-Five Chevrolets with bone stock drivetrains and interiors whose bodywork was restyled to…
We just love seeing flawless classic cars transformed into lovely hot rods like this 1967 Chevrolet Impala.– The paint is immaculate, the 20-inch Boyd wheels perfectly fit this fastback, the factory style vinyl interior is very clean and smooth, the 327 V8 motor is nicely detailed and married to a Powerglide auto transmission. Ryan is an Aussie gearhead who found this Chevy Impala on Ebay and although the car was not exactly what he expected he did not give up.– He faced number of challenges during the build, but nowadays he and his family appreciate and enjoy cruising in his…
This amazing black 1966 Cadillac Coupe Deville is a real beauty. It is an astonishing low rider and a beauty of a machine. With swooping angled lines tracing alongside the dark silhouette of this Coupe De Ville, the visual experience is taken to the next level by the slammed and menacing stance it has, sitting on black aluminum wheels, complementing the paintjob, this car is beyond astonishing. This charismatic vehicle is powered by a original 429cui engine.– It is easy to see how it stands out from the rest of the cars on the street. The candy red interior is…
Oddly enough, the creator of this trick 1930 Model A Tudor, Richard Dabbs, doesn’t think of himself as a hot rodder. “I’m just a guy stuck in the 60s who likes to build period-correct machinery” he says. Richard’s whole approach to his funky rod (aptly named Brown Sugar) was to build what would have been the latest whiz-bang machine if it had been pieced together in 1960. I guess that makes Richard a high-tech tuner who was born in the wrong decade!– The late 50s and early 60s were hugely prosperous times in the United States. Auto giants Chevrolet, Ford…
Look at this ‘Cuda. Have you ever seen a more high-end, every-trick-in-the book, custom E-Body show car? This isn’t some ordinary show car though. Built by Jesse Matlock (Jesse’s Auto Body Shop) the “Striker” ‘Cuda is way over the top, but at the same time its old school style is well retained. For a whole lot less, customers could now have essentially the exact same car, minus the little numbers on the dash, and 99 percent of the world would never know the difference.– This ‘Cuda was built over a 5 year period. It was Jesse’s “project between a project”.…