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Oct 31, 2022 · ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Has The Coolest Car Collection. Oct 31, 2022 — 2 min read. Elizabeth Puckett. He definitely has the best celebrity collection we've seen in a long time. Billy Gibbons is well-known in the car community, so what does he drive? Check out the highlights. 1948 Cadillac 'CadZZilla' Series 62.
Nov 28, 2018 · Hot Rods: ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons’ Car Collection. By Ian Wright - November 28, 2018. Iconic musician is responsible for the most recognizable hot rod on the planet and the renaissance that kept the automotive form alive into this century.
Aug 7, 2022 · ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Has The Coolest Car Collection. Aug 7, 2022 — 2 min read. Elizabeth Puckett. He definitely has the best celebrity collection we've seen in a long time. Billy Gibbons is well-known in the car community, so what does he drive? Check out the highlights. Watch the latest Motorious Podcast here. 1948 Cadillac 'CadZZilla' Series 62
Feb 13, 2024 · Billy Gibbons’ cars collection is a renowned assemblage of meticulously maintained and pristinely restored automobiles that reflects his deep-rooted passion for classic and high-performance vehicles.
- 1933 Ford Coupe A.K.A. Eliminator
- 1948 Cadillac Series 62 A.K.A. Cadzzilla
- 1936 Ford A.K.A. Mambo Coupé
- 1932 Ford A.K.A. Highboy
- 1962 Chevrolet Impala A.K.A. Slampala
- 1950 Ford Business Coupe A.K.A. Kopperhed
- 1958 Ford Thunderbird A.K.A. Mexican Blackbird
- 1936 Ford Truck A.K.A. Rat Rod
- 1933 Ford Coupe A.K.A. Wiskeyrunner
Heavily influenced by Pete Chapouris' the California Kid, Billy had Don Thelan's Buffalo Motor Cars shop built him a chopped 1933 Ford in the early '80s, that became one of his earliest custom cars. The Eliminator was featured on two of ZZ Top’s album covers and appeared in a handful of the band’s music videos. Some of the defining features of the ...
After Gibbons came up with the name for this Cadillac Sedanette, he went to straight to Larry Erickson for a design proposal. CadZZilla turned out to be a mix of early post-war Cadillac design and artistic customization at the hands of Larry Erickson, Boyd Coddington, and Craig Naff. The car has a custom House of Color’s deep purple paint scheme, a...
This is a three-window coupe with a cool paint job, and a screaming chrome skull on the front grille was named Mambo Coupe after a box, full of Hawaiian shirts, that was found in the trunk of the vehicle.
Billy said: Gibbons believes that this is the most elegant car he owns. It has an old French-built V8 flathead under the hood.
The modern air-ride suspension allows the car to be set to extremely low ground clearance. The name Slampala came from the slang term for a low clearance (‘slammed’) and the model (Impala). Gibbons said:
Gibbons named the car Kopperhed because of its copper and black color combination that reminded him of the rattlesnake. The vehicle is based on the ’50 five-window business coupe/sedan that has been “metamorphosed” into a three-window. The car was created by Pete Chapouris, Jim Jacobs, Mike Cardenas, John “Waddy” Crambia and Rick LeFever.
A vintage vehicle nicknamed ‘The Mexican Blackbird’ (after a ’75 ZZ Top song of the same name), was customized by the SO-CAL Speed Shop in Pomona, California, under the direction of Pete Chapouris.
The Ford Model T was the start of the assembly line, mass-production, and Henry Ford’s fortune. This truck has the rat rod look but a custom hot rod function. It was this combination that caught Gibbons’ eye and made him need to have it. Stripped back to its basics, the Ford runs a '53 Ford flathead engine with an S-10 transmission , 6-inch drop tu...
This is yet another unique '33 Ford in Gibbons’ collection that was built by So-Cal. The most interesting feature of this car is the jagged line running from front to back and over a grille on the front fender/hood. If you want to learn more about Gibbons' collection, you can check out his book titled 'Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Rock Gearhead,' or wat...
Jul 6, 2022 · The Iconic 1933 Ford Coupe ‘Eliminator’. via SCVHistory. In 1974, there was the movie, The California Kid, and the hero car of the movie was a Ford Coupe. Blown away, Gibbons approached Don Thelan’s Buffalo Motor Cars to build him one in the early ‘80s. The car was no fiberglass model but the real steel deal.
Jul 19, 2016 · ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons is no stranger to the automotive world with a car collection like no other, including cars like “CadZZilla”, which we featured in last month’s Hot Rods You Should Know feature.
