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Smoothster | It's no surprise that this screaming-yellow rolling sculpture cruised away with the 1995 America's Most Beautiful Roadster trophy at the Oakland Roadster Show. Smoothster's designer took the curvy styling of a '37 Ford roadster, the last roadster offered for sale by FoMoCo, and swooped it up with highly stylized fenders and a long pointed hood. The Art Deco-inspired, V-shaped grille with fine horizontal bars was hand-shaped and glides your eyes in a clean straight line from the top of the grille all the way to the rear. Smoothster epitomizes the simple elegance of a Boyd Coddington work of art. |
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CadZZilla | "CadZ-Zil-la" rolls off your tongue just as smoothly as your eyes sweep over this homage to the 1948 Cadillac. Built in just six months for rock musician Billy Gibbons, CadZZilla is the most famous of the Boyd Coddington originals. Its dramatic design transformed a classic Caddy into a monster street rod complete with moon tank set in the grille, frenched headlights, and rearview mirrors doubling as door handles. The jewel-like eggplant purple finish shimmers from deep maroon to almost black in different light. From front to rear, CadZZilla oozes elegance - with just a hint of evil intentions. |
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Vern Luce Coupe | The Vern Luce Coupe captured the 1981 Al Slonaker award for craftsmanship at the Oakland Roadster Show - the top showplace of the hot rod world - and set the wheels in motion for the Boyd Coddington empire. Designed by Thom Taylor, the radical '33 Ford three-window coupe is revolutionary from its stainless grille insert to its highly visible rear suspension. The slanted roof gives the body a long nose-down rake to retain the hiboy look and accentuate the ultrasmooth bodywork. The Vern Luce Coupe is startling in its striking simplicity - and its screaming red lacquer. |
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CheZoom | With the hypowered CheZoom, every road is your runway. Based on a '57 Cheverolet Bel Air, this elongated and lowered ultracar with factory Corvette engine is a sleek teal tribute to an American icon - from the smooth curving lines of the body sides uninterrupted by chrome or door handles to the exaggerated tail fins. Part of the front fenders and trunk were revived from a real '57 Chevy. The rest of this thundering wonder, designed by Thom Taylor, was handcrafted in the Boyd workshops - from the chassis to the body and down to the chromey finish of the gas pedal. |
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