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THE CUSTOM CULTURE REVOLUTION • WHY DO AMERICANS RETHINK, REBUILD, AND RECRAFT PERFECTLY GOOD CARS? BECAUSE WE CAN.

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THE LIFE

MICRO MODIFIED

WHAT DOES IT EVEN MEAN? • THE WORD “CUSTOM” HAS BECOME THE WORST KIND OF OXYMORON.

FOOT JUICE, FANCY FREE • A BRIEF HISTORY OF F1’S MOST UNSAVORY PODIUM CUSTOM.

A VALLEY FORGED

A FINE LINE • VON DUTCH’S PINSTRIPE BRUSHES ILLUSTRATE THE BRILLIANCE—AND MADNESS—OF A COMPLICATED MAN.

BIRTH OF COOL • EXPLORING THE HIROHATA MERCURY, ONE OF HISTORY’S MOST FAMOUS CUSTOM CARS.

YES, WE CAN SEE YOU’RE NUTS • WHAT TO MAKE OF BUMPER-MOUNTED BUFFOONERY?

“YOU BETTER WIN” • RAIDING FORD’S ARCHIVES FOR AN INSIDE LOOK AT ITS LE MANS TRIUMPH.

HANDS DOWN • A GEARHEAD WATCH REDEFINES THE ART OF TELLING TIME.

BUBBLE DREAMS • ED ROTH’S ORBITRON IS THE KOOKIEST CREATION OF CALIFORNIA’S KUSTOM KULTURE.

THE WELL

KING OF AMERICA • BRUCE CANEPA DARES TO SCREW WITH PORSCHE’S GREATEST 911 WITHOUT SCREWING UP.

Building the Perfect Race-Car Driver • The physical punishment of modern racing has forced drivers to adapt body to machine.

The Evolution of the Species • Over time, simple physics forced the physical transformation of race-car drivers.

RIDE LOW, SWEET CHARIOT • GREETINGS FROM THE LOWRIDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

GALAXY 911

THE OBSESSIVE RESTOMODS

THE FRINGE

THE R GRUPPE

THE ENGINE SWAP

THE LEGENDS

THE DIRTY

THEY’RE BOTH MARK STIELOW. • THE GODFATHER OF PRO TOURING HOT ROD CAMAROS AND A SENIOR GM ENGINEER WALK INTO A BAR.

Forward to the Past Back to the Future • Excitement thrummed through the crowd around the Nissan booth at the 1985 Tokyo motor show.

STASH AND BURN • FROM HORSE TRAILERS TO FAKE MOBILE TV PRODUCTION STUDIOS, A PEEK INSIDE THE WORLD OF WEED-SMUGGLING VEHICLE CUSTOMIZERS.

GENERATION GYMKHANA • IN BUILDING THEIR DECADE-LONG MEDIA JUGGERNAUT, KEN BLOCK AND THE HOONIGANS CREATED THE ERA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL CUSTOM CARS.

THE ART OF NOISE

THE GRID

WELCOME TO CRAZYTOWN • MCLAREN TAKES THE ALREADY BONKERS 720S AND MAKES IT QUICKER, WILDER.

Factory Custom • How McLaren turns the 720S into a 765LT.

Whence it Came • McLaren Longtails

Foundation Stock • One of the few people ever to race an original F1 GTR Longtail, GT and Touring-car ace Steve Soper gives us his driving impressions.

AUSTIN, TX • JUNE 25-26, 2021

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PALM SPRINGS, CA • JULY 23-24, 2021

MARANELLO A MONZA • NORTHERN ITALY | SEPTEMBER 6-13, 2021

CARBON COPY • A FEW FASTIDIOUS CARBUILDERS SET OUT TO MAKE AN EXACT REPLICA OF BRIGGS CUNNINGHAM’S 1952 LE MANS RACER, THE C-4RK. IT TOOK THEM SIX YEARS.

TOKYO ROAD • JAPAN|OCTOBER7-14, 2021

DARK ENERGY • MERCEDES CREATED THE AMG GT BLACK SERIES FOR A SINGULAR PURPOSE: THE NÜRBURGRING.

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