The Corvair never really lived up to its full potential. Or did it? In the late 60s a guy named Ted Trevor came up with a great way to stuff a SBC into the Corvair ahead of the transaxle. His $600 Crown conversion fell into the hands of Chuck Rust in Southern California, who built […] More »

So, here I was thinking that one life size Hot Wheels Camaro was enough when Chevrolet brings out this thing. Surprisingly  it’s not actually a Hot Wheels car, but a promotion for a new Dreamworks animated movie called “Turbo.” It’s about a snail who want to become and Indy 500 driver. I’m not entirely sure how […] More »

Now this looks like a fun little car. Porsche’s 944 was always a sexy looking car, but it was cursed with a pretty wimpy four banger. The turbo was better, but it can’t really compare to the brawn of an LS1. The engine itself is “built” according the youtube page. He mentions it has a Howards […] More »

There’s so much color on this car, it’s hard to tell it apart from the equally seizure including carpet that it sits on. The paint is easily the most arresting (nauseating?) part of this car. It reminds me of the type of graphics you’d see on a Hot Wheels car from the 90s. Expect those […] More »

Well. You gotta start somewhere, right? I’d like to think that in the future the Noriega Brothers will look back on these early designs and laugh as they’ve gone on to build a successful botique car business. Maybe one day they’ll end up being the next famous coach builder. Unfortunately, today is not that day. […] More »