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AUTOS: Five To Watch Saturday
Clint Bowyer helped create this custom Toyota Tundra, which is among our picks for Saturday at Barrett-Jackson.
This custom Toyota Tundra that NASCAR star Clint Bowyer helped put together will be sold to benefit the Emoporia (Kansas) Community Foundation. (Photo: Barrett-Jackson)
It’s Saturday at the Barrett-Jackson Orange County Collector Car Event, which means today we’ll see the best of the best roll across the block today — muscle cars, exotics, classics, you name it.
So for today’s Five To Watch, we offer an eclectic and entertaining assortment of wonderful cars for your viewing pleasure.
LOT 1005, 2011 Toyota Tundra— A charity vehicle to benefit the Emoporia (Kansas) Community Foundation, this Toyota Tundra was put together with the vision of NASCAR Sprint Cup star Clint Bowyer. Under Bowyer’s direction, a stock Tundra was given a weathered and relic’d paint job to make it look like an old Kansas farm truck, but with modern features and amenities. This truck features incredible attention to detail and is very, very cool.
LOT 328, 1976 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser — OK, this is a quirky pick, but I grew up in a family with a lot of station wagons and I’ve owned two Custom Cruisers myself. This is a very, very nice example and 1976 was the last year before the big GM wagons were downsized. Besides, what better way to live out your Clark Griswold fantasies than with your very own Family Truckster?
LOT 348, 1964 Ford Falcon — This one gets the nod on rarity. Sure, there are lots of resto-modded 60s convertibles out there, but how many Ford Falcons do you see get the full treatment? This one has beautiful silver blue metallic paint and a full rotisserie restoration. It’s powered by a 347 cubic-inch, fuel injected Ford V8 coupled to an automatic overdrive transmission.
LOT 353.1, 1970 Jaguar XK-E — Although the Series II E-types aren’t quite as sexy as the Series I models, this is still a jaw-dropping beauty. This Jaguar has had a full, professional restoration and is stunning in every respect. And the silver blue over black paint combination is perfect for this car. Thorough attention to detail sets this kitty apart from lesser restorations.
LOT 359.2, 1932 Ford Hi-Boy — One of the best customs in the show, this 1932 Ford has everything a hot rodder could want, including a Chevrolet LS1 fuel injected power plant backed by a 4-speed automatic transmission. Suspension parts include 4-link with coilovers in the rear. Up front is a chrome dropped I-beam axle, chrome Pete & Jake's split wishbones, chrome shocks, rack & pinion steering and So Cal finned polished aluminum Buick-style covers over power disc brakes. Words are inadequate to describe how impressive this car is up close.
Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100.
So for today’s Five To Watch, we offer an eclectic and entertaining assortment of wonderful cars for your viewing pleasure.
LOT 1005, 2011 Toyota Tundra— A charity vehicle to benefit the Emoporia (Kansas) Community Foundation, this Toyota Tundra was put together with the vision of NASCAR Sprint Cup star Clint Bowyer. Under Bowyer’s direction, a stock Tundra was given a weathered and relic’d paint job to make it look like an old Kansas farm truck, but with modern features and amenities. This truck features incredible attention to detail and is very, very cool.
LOT 328, 1976 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser — OK, this is a quirky pick, but I grew up in a family with a lot of station wagons and I’ve owned two Custom Cruisers myself. This is a very, very nice example and 1976 was the last year before the big GM wagons were downsized. Besides, what better way to live out your Clark Griswold fantasies than with your very own Family Truckster?
LOT 348, 1964 Ford Falcon — This one gets the nod on rarity. Sure, there are lots of resto-modded 60s convertibles out there, but how many Ford Falcons do you see get the full treatment? This one has beautiful silver blue metallic paint and a full rotisserie restoration. It’s powered by a 347 cubic-inch, fuel injected Ford V8 coupled to an automatic overdrive transmission.
LOT 353.1, 1970 Jaguar XK-E — Although the Series II E-types aren’t quite as sexy as the Series I models, this is still a jaw-dropping beauty. This Jaguar has had a full, professional restoration and is stunning in every respect. And the silver blue over black paint combination is perfect for this car. Thorough attention to detail sets this kitty apart from lesser restorations.
LOT 359.2, 1932 Ford Hi-Boy — One of the best customs in the show, this 1932 Ford has everything a hot rodder could want, including a Chevrolet LS1 fuel injected power plant backed by a 4-speed automatic transmission. Suspension parts include 4-link with coilovers in the rear. Up front is a chrome dropped I-beam axle, chrome Pete & Jake's split wishbones, chrome shocks, rack & pinion steering and So Cal finned polished aluminum Buick-style covers over power disc brakes. Words are inadequate to describe how impressive this car is up close.
Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100.
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