In 1962, President John F. Kennedy declared, “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” That same year, the Studebaker Corporation gambled it all on a flagship 2+2 grand tourer with V-8 power. One dream made it, one […]Read More
Restomod gurus from Icon recently debuted their latest creation. Based in Chatsworth, California, Icon is famous for transforming Toyota FJs, Ford Broncos, and flatfender Jeeps into re-engineered restomods, and this 1949 Hudson Super Six is the latest in Icon’s Derelict line, which features an all-new chassis and drivetrain under bodywork that’s left as untouched as possible. Icon made a name for […]Read More
All of Icon 4×4’s Ford Bronco or Toyota FJ40 restorations are built with an eye for detail, an emphasis on substance and usability over unnecessary flash. Icon built 14 Broncos for customers in 2017, with plans to build 17 by the end of 2018, but this 1966 Bronco roadster is new territory for the outfit. It’s the first that […]Read More
We all knew Christine would need some extra help resurrecting herself, especially after being compacted into a tiny cube. Still, who could have predicted the cursed 1958 Plymouth Fury to come back snorting three times more horsepower than her dubbed-over Cobra Jet soundtrack ever boasted, thanks to a Hellephant powerplant? Stay your knees from knocking long enough to […]Read More
upercar ownership ain’t what it used to be. Pop open any social media app and you’ll be thrust into a sea of barely-post-pubescent man-children braying about how getting their sparkly one-off Ferrari three weeks out of high school was a result of 49 percent “rising”, 49 percent “grinding”, and… two percent having a semi-absent dad […]Read More