World of Wheels is all about toys for big boys. Many of the young Matchbox racers and model car collectors graduated to these full-sized rides. The motivations of these classic car owners varies, but they all have a passion for these never-ending projects that connects them. Most of the owners customize their cars in a way to express their own style or just to showoff their own attention to detail.
One of my favorites from the show was this '37 Ford Coupe. I don't usually like flames on cars, but the way these were painted on the car was subtle and you can tell a lot of work was put into them. There was another 30's Ford that caught my eye. It was a '32 Ford roadster that has been nicknamed "Fusion." This all original hand formed steel Ford Roadster just looks deadly from the rear. One of the most memorable Fords at the show was much newer though. This 475 WHP Ford Mustang GT was pretty amazing. The 2005 Mustang was a joint effort between Massive Speed System and Motovicity Distribution. It's so common to supercharged Mustangs that the Turbonetics turbo kit and ZEX wet nitrous system really surprised me.
One of the most surprising cars I saw at the show was a Vespa 400. That tiny 20 HP French car was about as far as you could get from the 1,700 HP ’63 Corvette that was on display. Before I saw the Vespa, I didn't even realized that the company ever made cars. Speaking of Corvettes, there were a few notable ones there. There was a notable '62 Corvette at the World of Wheels that had an LS1 engine. Some people frown upon that, but I like to see a classic design mated with modern technology. I was also impressed with the paintjob on this C6 Corvette. I thought some parts of the car were questionable, but work done on the blue stripe was amazing.
