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I always like running into TV cars in real life. Vehicles that were built on TV shows where the viewer receives a sanitized, edited and usually scripted version of reality. Thus it was a surprise that at AutoRama 2024 I would stumble upon Kevin Byrd's 1990 BMW M3 "LSM3". I had enjoyed partially watching the build, until Speed channel pulled Two Guys Garage and it apparently moved to Motortrend TV, which my local cable provider did not carry. Therefore I was left without the satisfaction of completing, having never watched to the end of the project. I'd have to say, after seeing it in person, it looks good. A lot better than many of the other TV builds. The only thing I didn't enjoy about the project was Kevin Byrd himself. It was a clear personality conflict because he spoke with such and authoritative condescending tone that listening to him was a frustrating experience. Hopefully he grew out of that in later seasons. I now see that they have many of their later seasons (starting at 8) on the Two Guys Garage YouTube channel so I'll definitely be revisiting the show.
Seems to me that there was a more eclectic selection of vehicles this year. An RS4Ti created by somewhat local JH Restorations was not something I would expect to be judged for a Ridler. Nor was a 1970 Opal GT. And for that matter, an enormous Pink Panther themed van, again somewhat local to me. In a sea of what is normally 34 Fords, Chargers, Camaros and other car show staples.
Though I must say with regards to Chargers, the grey Charger SRT built by Revenant Motors was a sleek and modern interpretation that stands out from all the other Chargers at the show.
The Twelve Air from Kindig It Design won the Ridler and I think it is the perfect example what it takes. That thing must have cost millions to build, and will never see the road. It probably is just shipped between the owner's gallery and Kindig Its gallery to display. I walked by it because I'm just not big into swoopy bubble cars and only took a few pictures because I noticed who the builder was.
I seem to be running into the Batman Tumbler at a lot of auto shows these days.
The '59 Chrysler 1000x by American Legends Hotrods was one of my show favourites. Extreme attention to detail, sleek, modern and subdued. I quite like especially the large amount of work that went to tucking and shaving the bumpers. The '59 Chrysler 300 bumpers are a weird chrome lower lip mustache and to make that look good without completely redesigning the front of the car takes talent. It's exactly what a resto-mod should be. Sadly though I doubt it will ever see the road.
Why do people put enormous V8s in Miatas? Frankly I've just never understood the want to stick an enormous engine in any small car especially when doing so means cutting up half the car and having to look past a ridiculous intake sticking through the hood.
A new one on me is a gasoline powered CitiCar. I can't seem to find any reference to any gasoline CitiCars ever produced yet the '74 example tucked into a corner of the Autorama basement appears to be a factory build. Also yes, it was weird running into a '74 CitiCar at Autorama.
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