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Mercedes 190 Body for BMW Z3

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Duesen Bayern, a Japanese company, is offering a complete rebody for BMW Z3 roadsters. The finished car is called the Duesen Bayern Mystar and turns the BMW into a convincing Mercedes 190 roadster, all of the performance and modern engineering of the BMW with all of the classic panache of the Mercedes 190. After digging through a web translation of the Japanese site, here's … [Read more...]

Michael Ulman Found Object Hot Rod Art

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Michael Ulman is a sculptor, not the usual kind working in clay or stone, instead, he works with found objects from the dumpster, flea market or under some boxes in the back of the shop. He looks at the piece and sees things you or I would miss and builds motorcycles, hot rods and boats that look sometimes whimsical, sometimes real, but always phenomenal. The photo above is … [Read more...]

Ford Peterbilt Pickup Truck Conversion

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Some guys just aren't satisfied with what you find in the showroom. Take Lynn Mullinax, for instance. Lynn likes big pickup trucks, but anyone with money can buy an International CXT, Lynn had his mind set on a Peterbilt. Of course, small problem, Peterbilt doesn't make a pickup, so Lynn started thinking about what he would need. Let's see, frame, engine, cab, tools, time, … [Read more...]

Five Million Dollar Cobra Super Snake

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The highest priced car ever sold by Barrett Jackson just crossed the block. Carroll Shelby's own original twin supercharged Super Snake AC Cobra sold for $5 million. I have said before the many Cobra replicas, some very poorly designed and constructed, were beginning to cheapen the Cobra image. The originals were superb cars in their day and the design is classic. When any of … [Read more...]

W9 Nine Cylinder E85 Engine Project

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Thomas Johansson has been working toward a Master of Science degree in Engineering at the Lulea University of Technology in Sweden. Looking for an appropriate project for his thesis he decided to design and build a complete internal combustion engine from scratch to run on E85. Of course, he didn't just build an inline 4 or V8 or anything so mundane, instead, he chose a W9 … [Read more...]