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Detroit Autorama The Great 8 - Ridler Award finalists
Johnny and Ryan Martin of Johnny’s trim & rod shop in Colorado have been part of the Ridler Great 8 finalists group before with a ’62 Corvette in 2011. For the Hrehovsik’s tri-five, they reconfigured the hardtop hood and chopped it 3 inches–the same amount the body has been channeled. The body is also wedge-sectioned one inch in front and three inches in the rear. Under the hood is a 515c.i. twin-turbocharged big-block Chevy.
Detroit Autorama The Great 8 - Ridler Award finalists
“Nickelback” is what Chris & Greg Allen call their first gen Camaro, which features a hood stretched several inches, radiused corners all around, machined hood hinges, CNC-machined trim, and the wheel wells have been stretched. The motor is an LT1 355c.i. topped with a Magnuson supercharger. Every bolt on the car was custom machined.
Detroit Autorama The Great 8 - Ridler Award finalists
Chris has built a number of vehicles at his shop for customers in the past few years, but this one is his personal car. A 2” chop, tucked bumpers, and the hump in the Continental’s trunk being shaved are only some of the body mods in play here. It’s painted with PPG Vibrance candy paint, is powered by a Ford Coyote V8, and rolls on 20” Curtis Speed wheels.
Detroit Autorama The Great 8 - Ridler Award finalists
The “TUX” is what Adams calls his black Camaro, and it’s been “In the works” for some 13 years. Detroit Speed did the build, including the hand-fabricated floor pan, shaved drip rails, and six-point roll cage. An LS2 is topped with a Harrop supercharger, and the car’s overall height is only 47 inches!
Detroit Autorama The Great 8 - Ridler Award finalists
Builder Jason Graham mentioned that his customer Danielle Lutz, 31, has owned this pickup for years, but it had been rodded back in the 80s. She wanted it redone and turned it over to Graham but had not seen most of its construction, including its color, until she saw it for the first time when she found out she was a Ridler Great 8 finalist. There’s a 347c.i. stroker motor under the hood backed to a World Class 5-spd trans. The wheels are 18”and 20”, and the roof chopped 4.5 inches, cab stretched 1.5 inches, and the A-pillars leaned back.
Detroit Autorama The Great 8 - Ridler Award finalists
Built at Steve Legens’ shop in Tennessee, the body of Anderson’s ’36 Poncho was pie-cut (two inches in front to zero inches in back) and the wheelbase extended four inches up front. A supercharged LT4 is used for power, and the car utilizes 18 and 20” EVOD wheels. There is also a brass and Lucite skylight that is inset into the roof!
Detroit Autorama The Great 8 - Ridler Award finalists
Built by Farrell Creations & Restorations, this ’40 Ford is Reid’s first car. He bought it for $500 in 1965, and it took only 2 years before he started customizing it. Tom Farrell picked up the build in 2010, and pie-cut the hood 4.5 inches, widened the rear fenders by 2 inches, and set the body on a Morrison chassis outfitted with a ZL1 big-block.
Detroit Autorama The Great 8 - Ridler Award finalists
Dan Wickett and the crew at Hot Rod Construction built this delivery for Harold and Rhea, a couple who have shown cars on this level for years. Suicide doors, narrowed running boards, and shaved drip rails were added before the Axalta paint went on. Zebra wood was used as the flooring out back, built on a carbon fiber and Kevlar base. A 5.7 liter Chrysler hemi is under the hood.
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