Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Customs Scaled Up (or Down)

Peter Tanshanomi

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It takes a special kind of custom car to become so famous that it inspires a model kit. It is even more remarkable when a toy or model car is so iconic that it inspires the construction of a full-sized version. I’m not talking about models and toys based on mass-produced (or even limited production) production vehicles. I speak of those iconic one-off custom cars that either captured the minds of so many kids (and dads) that it was recreated as a model kit or Hot Wheels car, or a full-sized custom car replica of a toy that came first.
DIFFICULTY: Some obvious low hanging fruit, but bound to get tough pretty quickly.
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Peter Tanshanomi

Peter Tanshanomi

Tanshanomi is Japanese [単車のみ] for “motorcycle(s) only.” Though primarily tasked with creating two-wheel oriented content for Hooniverse, Pete is a lover of all sorts of motorized vehicles.

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29 responses to “Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Customs Scaled Up (or Down)”

  1. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    These two are sort of close:
    <img src="http://www.odinartcollectables.com/images/ExspressLane.jpg"width=600&gt;
    <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2225/1575120936_d9d48bb1d6_o.jpg"width=600&gt;

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  2. longrooffan Avatar
    longrooffan

    By far the coolest and the least practical A100 ever built.
    <img src="http://www.petersen.org/images/Exhibitimages/Full%20size%201964%20Deora.jpg"end&gt;
    This one came along four years later.
    <img src="http://onlineredlineguide.com/Deora_Green.jpg"end&gt;

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    1. Alff Avatar
      Alff

      Nailed it on the second post. Well done.

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      1. Jo_Schmo Avatar
        Jo_Schmo

        Did you know both versions of the Deora are modeled after the ass-ends of Ford station wagons?

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        1. longrooffan Avatar
          longrooffan

          Ah Yes, another bit of automobile trivia that will never earn me one red cent. Good to know though! Thanks Jo.

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  3. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    Pretty much anything George Barris did for TV in the 1960s or 1970s qualifies.
    Batmobile (actually all Batmobiles)
    Monkee Mobile
    both Munster Mobiles
    Beverly Hillbillies Truck

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    1. tonyola Avatar
      tonyola

      Once again, George Barris did NOT create the MonkeeMobile – Dean Jeffries did. Barris only bought one of the two that Jeffries made.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeemobile

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  4. Alff Avatar
    Alff

    With a tip of the hat to the Saucy Minx, here is the Car that Rust built (Rust Heinz, that is. I wonder if he waited for it with an-ti-ci-pay-shun).
    <img src="http://www.autoweteran.gower.pl/concept/1938_Phantom_Corsair.jpg"width=500&gt;
    and its tiny companion
    <img src="http://www.southtexasdiecast.com/hwguide/images/600/656a.jpg"&gt;

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  5. Paul_y Avatar
    Paul_y

    Whattadrag!
    <img src="http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/02/isetta_whattadrag.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/Rdo6tTwDcDI/AAAAAAAADZo/LyVU7Um5oOU/s400/hotwheels.jpg"&gt;

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    1. Slow Joe Crow Avatar
      Slow Joe Crow

      thanks, that was first thought as well.

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    2. zaddikim Avatar
      zaddikim

      That is so much bloody win. Thanks!

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  6. Jo_Schmo Avatar
    Jo_Schmo

    can we include vehicles that were spawned from vidya games??
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL9Y7EyCEx4

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  7. Jo_Schmo Avatar
    Jo_Schmo

    <img src="www.leehehe.com/images/hot_wheels_twin_mill.jpg">

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  8. Syrax Avatar
    Syrax

    Twin Mill!
    <img src="http://www.petersen.org/images/Exhibitimages/Full%20Size%20Twin%20Mill.jpg"/&gt;

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  9. longrooffan Avatar
    longrooffan

    The full size Boyd Cottington Shezoom
    <img src="http://www.flamingwheels.pl/artykuly/zdjecia/publicystyka/chezoom/image001.jpg"end&gt;
    and the Hot Wheels one.
    <img src="http://www.57heaven.net/pics/gallery/hw/GA_HW_Chezoom.jpg&quot; end>

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    1. Alff Avatar
      Alff

      I'm not one of those grouchy "stock is better" purists but in this case I'll make an exception.

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  10. tonyola Avatar
    tonyola

    The Mattel Hot Wheels Cadzilla.
    <img src="http://www.phillymint.com/I_other/mattelcadzilla124.JPG"&gt;

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    1. njhoon Avatar
      njhoon

      I saw that car in person, and boy is that thing cool as hell.

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  11. HycoSpeed Avatar
    HycoSpeed

    <img src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQW5Gu6zek9JxN3ED7NkyspeCaWBHn_SltrOPObuxwQ1ur0h6A&t=1&usg=__byka3URkFXLhf47uyw0iAkG6-kY=&quot; width="600">
    <img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR6_94zIDD6mXt0d2Kxb1fzlj6H05Kw9NxyOTdqNM2VY1p6nfo&t=1&usg=__haHJ2Ak3iImJ7OPAn0b9MIO5QAo="width="600"&gt;

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  12. Tomsk Avatar
    Tomsk

    The Black Widow. Monogram kit from the '60s:
    <img src="http://www.zoomie.com/black-widow-2/00.jpg&quot; width="662" height="377" />
    Real thing built last year:
    <img src="http://image.rodandcustommagazine.com/f/18301806+w750+st0/0906rc_09_z+60th_grand_national_roadster_show+1926_t.jpg&quot; width="640" height="480" />

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  13. HycoSpeed Avatar
    HycoSpeed

    <img src="http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200804/honda-racer_1600x0w.jpg&quot; width="600">
    <img src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTFFzenybisNcmRbNMn8EJXCvOKoZ6XixrggzIz0KbQg8dqPBQ&t=1&usg=__Jmn_Xd0a1L32Gc43yXHS_vsL5vA=&quot; width="600">
    <img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yba-0dpk3KQ/Sio_Fq3MQzI/AAAAAAAADlI/XZtF-vdg6VU/s400/hotwheels+007.jpg&quot; width="600">
    Sure it was build for a Hot Wheels contest, and sure, its a Honda, but well, it counts right?

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  14. JayP Avatar
    JayP

    Elvis has a black Blackhawk in his collection.

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    1. zaddikim Avatar
      zaddikim

      So you're saying he _is_ still alive?

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  15. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    <img src="http://cdfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/14-concours-lemons-2009-620op.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2766059467_d8c24553f4.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://cdn1.ioffer.com/img/1127026800/_i/8202968/1.jpg"&gt;

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  16. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    <img src="http://gallery.viperclub.org/data/500/7911hemi_big_wheel-med.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://www.bobsokol.com/trike/aac04_3.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://www.pedalcarplanet.com/files/1813255/uploaded/Original%2520Big%2520Wheel.jpg"&gt;

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  17. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    <img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/12/2009/11/4beda87b8049c15a9f31566148c5b98b/original.jpg"&gt;
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUEvkMZHno&feature=player_embedded” target=”_blank”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUEvkMZHno&feature=player_embedded

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  18. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    Just about everything Big Daddy Roth built.
    <img src="http://cdn2.ioffer.com/img/1142928000/_i/11038158/1.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2102/1537760664_b178a30b56.jpg"&gt;

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  19. ptschett Avatar
    ptschett

    Not sure where the line between "custom" and "factory-sponsored insanity" is, but…
    <img src="http://www.rebelvanners.co.uk/2700_1.jpg&quot; />
    The 1:64 version was one of my favorite Matchbox cars, second only to the Sierra XR4Ti and Escort 2000 RS. (I had a Ford of Europe thing for some reason.)

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  20. PowerTryp Avatar
    PowerTryp

    The Mustang Mach III should be included in this as well being that it's a concept car, a guy built one after the fact on his own and theres a model kit by Revell.

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