Custom car

Passenger vehicle that has been altered One of the famous custom cars in the classic American custom style, the Hirohata Merc A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been altered to improve its performance, change its aesthetics, or both. Some automotive enthusiasts in the United States want to push "styling and performance a step beyond the showroom floor - to truly craft an automobile of one's own." A custom car in British usage, according to Collins English Dictionary, is built to the buyer's own specifications. Custom cars are not to be confused with coachbuilt automobiles, historically rolling chassis fitted with luxury bodywork by specialty auto body builders. History 1916 Ford Model T modified into a speedster, an early form of customized carA 1923 Ford T-bucket in the traditional hot rod style Some of the earliest examples of modified cars were cars modified for racing or off-roading. The coachbuilding industry is considered part of custom car history, as companies and individuals built custom bodies to be fitted to early cars and inspired later customizers. Hot rods were an early type of custom car first popularized in the United States, considered to be one of the ea