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 You can always count on Hot...  You can always count on Hot Rods and Custom Stuff (Escondido, CA) to produce some good-looking rides, and it really doesn't get any better than Roland Tittle's 427 Roush-powered '60 Starliner hardtop. This is what a post-'48 hot rod should look like.  Back in the day, if you won...  Back in the day, if you won it, you could actually take the America's Most Beautiful Roadster trophy home with you until next year's show. Around 9 feet tall, that would take up some space in the living room!  The 12-inch steering wheel...  The 12-inch steering wheel was made by the same folks who made the 18x7 and 20x10 road wheels: Genuine Boyds. Classic Instruments created the custom gauges, and they're set into pods that came from Headwinds.  A departure from the other...  A departure from the other cars in the AMBR field, James Hetfield's customized '36 Auburn boattail was the work of stylist Rick Dore and was nicknamed "Slow Burn." The deep Root Beer paint was courtesy of Darryl Hollenbeck at Vintage Color Studio.  Scratchbuilt from steel at...  Scratchbuilt from steel at Scott's Hotrods 'N Customs in Oxnard, CA, the idea behind Mike and Dianna Dingham's AMBR winner was what would it look like if the car Ford built in 1933 was blended with some of the design elements from the golden era of European coachbuilders?  Ron Mangus not only created...  Ron Mangus not only created the custom leather interior for the car, but also custom-fit the seats to the owner. The European design really comes out in the seating.
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