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The Hirohata Merc, one of the most famous cars in the lead sled style. A lead sled is a standard production automobile with a body heavily modified in particular ways [citation needed] [dubious – discuss] (see below); especially, though not exclusively, a 1949, 1950, or 1951 model year Ford 'Shoebox' or Mercury Eight car.
The Hirohata Merc is a 1950s lead sled [1] custom car, often called "the most famous custom of the classic era". [2] [3] Setting a style and an attitude, it had a "momentous effect" on custom car builders, [4] appeared in several magazines at the time [5] and has reappeared numerous times since, earning an honorable mention on Rod & Custom ' s "Twenty Best of All Time" list in 1991. [5]
NAPCO (Northwestern Auto Parts Company) was a four-wheel drive (4x4) vehicle parts manufacturing company founded in 1918 and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA.Besides four-wheel drive units, NAPCO also provided winches, auxiliary transmissions, tandem drive axles, hydrovac systems, and dump truck bodies.
Drawing inspiration from the lead sleds and Mercury Eights of the 1950s, CadZZilla attracted considerable attention. Hot Rod magazine's Gray Baskerville called CadZZilla "the most incredible transformation he'd ever witnessed", [ 1 ] and in their "History of Hot Rods & Customs" the auto editors of Consumer Guide praised it as "the first really ...
The rear window was a windshield from a 1951 Chevrolet fastback, mounted upside-down. [1] The car featured vertically-stacked, inward-canted headlights [3] (a common customizing idea at the time), with hand-formed steel front end and chrome mesh grille. [3] El Matador debuted in February 1961 at the Oakland Roadster Show. [1]
Reactor is a front-engined front wheel drive two seater. [3] The bodywork, like that on Winfield's Strip Star, is of lightweight aluminum. [3] The front wheels are exposed and fenderless, while the rears are enclosed by the bodywork and skirts.
Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, Inc. is a bobsled constructor, founded in 1992 by former NASCAR driver and 1986 Daytona 500 winner Geoff Bodine, that collaborates on the design, manufacture and supply of U.S.-built racing sleds for the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (USBSF).
A horse-drawn shooting brake was a variation of the break (also spelled brake).Originally built as a simple but heavy frame for breaking in young horses to drive, over time it became a gentleman-driven vehicle and was popular for such aristocratic sports as shooting parties.