Vik Tchalikian made a name for himself in the car customization world, giving exotic makeovers to the cars and trucks of celebrities including Kendall Jenner, Chris Brown and Billie Eilish at RBD LA.
Doo-wop harmonies fill the air inside Back Street Kustoms, and 70 years of automotive history crowds the floor - a mishmash of whitewall tires, beautiful curves, sparkling chrome and pure ...
Called "Rita" by its builder, this 1958 Packard is customized like crazy and scheduled for auction through Barrett-Jackson in ...
To car customizer Vik Tchalikian, it doesn't matter if you drive a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon or a Honda Accord — if you want a snowplow attached to the front of your car, he'll do it. "Logan Paul had us ...
We love our cars, but if the plethora of reality shows about customized vehicles is any indication, we also love to pimp our rides — to paraphrase the title of one early such series. And now comes the ...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Once it was just a Depression-era sedan, a homely vintage car unknowingly destined for fame. Today, the 1935 Chevrolet is a gleaming, hand-tooled automobile with a design so sleek ...
The Ranchero is coming back. Only this time, Ford Motor Co. won't be the one building it. Car customizer George Barris of Batmobile fame has developed a modern version of the half-car, half-truck body ...
Carl Moyer spent a lifetime collecting classic cars. Now, more than a year after the successful Iowa car dealer's death, ...
Every culture has a golden age. The custom-car movement has had at least three, in succession no less. The one from about 1960 to approximately 1965 shines particularly bright in pretty much all ways.
Car personalization guru Will Castro releases his autobiography today. In Unique Hustle: My Drive to be the Best Car Customizer in Hip Hop and Sports, Castro details his self-propelled ascent from a ...
“I’m not really a car guy: I’m a Porsche guy.” And that’s an understatement. Rod Emory lives and breathes the carmaker as one of the foremost Porsche customizers in the world. Also as an all-around ...
Former Speedway-based Mustang tuner Kenny Brown is back in business, but not here. Brown, who closed his local operation in 2005 after his health failed and finances soured, has struck an alliance ...