George Barris was one of the most famous of the TV car customizers, his Batmobile is probably at the top of a long list of cars he's responsible for. His recent passing has renewed interest in his work and this T-Buggy just came up for sale, it's a Barris design created during the dune buggy craze of the 60s and it is completely restored, looking period correct and perfect. … [Read more...]
Clemens Leonhardt is Building a Tank Car to Share the Garage with Gunbus
What do you do after building the Gunbus? The Gunbus was a jumbo sized 410 cubic inch V-Twin motorcycle that looked like an impossible dream, right up until it rolled out into the sunshine in all of its mechanical magnificence. Well, if you're Clemens Leonhardt, you build a car, a BIG car, a retro 1920s style open roadster powered by a 30 liter, 1400 horsepower V12 with a mere … [Read more...]
ICEngineWorks Exhaust Header Modeling Blocks – Make Custom Headers Like a Pro
The original Ford GT40, had a pretty sweet exhaust system appropriately called a "basket of snakes" reflecting the intertwined tubes running over the engine and out the back. Some of us look at a system like that and our first thought is of the time and frustration involved putting it together for the first time. ICEngineWorks might have made their day a little easier and if … [Read more...]
Magnolia Special from Bienville Studios is Finished
A little while back we wrote about the Magnolia Special, a custom bodied, Jaguar six powered and compressed natural gas fueled pre war styled roadster being built by J.T. Nesbitt of Bienville Studios in New Orleans. The only photos we had then were of a work in progress and it looked very promising but it was still in a very unfinished state. Well, unfinished no more. The car … [Read more...]
Magnolia Special – Pre War Styled Natural Gas Fueled Jaguar 6 Powered Roadster by JT Nesbitt
If you follow motorcycles, the name JT Nesbitt may ring a bell. He previously worked for Confederate Motorcycles as a designer for the G2 Hellcat and early versions of the Wraith, back in the pre Katrina days when Confederate was still in New Orleans. He has since gone his own way, establishing Bienville Studios in the French Quarter and he's been working on a number of … [Read more...]