Brent Jarvis is one of those people who really likes playing with cars. By day, he owns and operates Performance Restoration in Mundelein, IL., a shop that does everything from bodywork on everyday cars to frame-off restoration to construction of custom resto-mod pro-touring g-machines. But in his spare time, he builds killer creations like this modernized '66 Corvette.
John Sonnefeldt has been driving his 1971 Chevelle SS 350 for years. It was oringinally a blue car with a black interior and top, with black SS stripes and a set of wheels. However, John was tooling across the Mississippi river on a cross-country road trip with thousands of other hot rods… you know the one… when the 350 decided to take a dump. Bummer. Or… opportunity!
Tom Mullally wanted a head-turning customized Musclecar, but he wanted something that still retained the flavor of the original car. He ended up talking to John Wargo at The Custom Shop to get some ideas on how to make his dream car come to life.
Roger built his Chevelle for himself, and he plans on keeping it. He’ll be the first to tell you it’s not an original LS6. He didn’t build this one to take home a zillion dollars at an auction; he built it to drive!
Flamed paint jobs are a signature of hot rodding, and Frank Betts’ 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air is a great example of a flame job done right. You've heard the saying... wheels, bags, done! In Frank Betts' case,
he needed a third element to make his '63 Chevy Bel Air stand out.
Fire. Betts started with a ’63 Chevy post coupe and added air bags and
Wheels and Tires for a wicked stance. The base color is a dark purple. The
next stop was The Custom Shop in Flanagan, IL., where John Wargo
sprayed a whole mess of intertwining modern flames over the nose, under
hood, and down the sides of the car. Wargo then airbrushed the trim on
the sides, and intertwined the flames to wrap around the trim. Betts
says it looks like real stainless trim from 6 feet away.
V8TV ventures to Flanagan, Illinois, to The Custom Shop to feature this supercharged, custom mixed orange 57 Chevy. Where’s Flanagan? We didn’t know either, but this just might be the car
that puts it on the map. Powered by a Vortech supercharged 350 Chevy,
this shoebox runs as strong as it looks. Subtle body mods are everywhere
so you really have to spend some time with this car to appreciate it.
Don Yenko was a guy who loved high-performance cars and decided to leave his mark on the world by introducing a limited amount of dealer-created Yenko Supercars allowing people to buy the car and race it the same day.
