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Dodge Deora, 1965. A heavily modified Dodge A100 pickup built by Mike and Larry Alexander to a design by Harry Bentley Bradley for the 1967 Detroit Autorama. The back window hatch from a 1960 Ford station wagon was used as the windshield. The 2.8 litre slant 6 engine was moved behind the front wheels and placed below the rear deck.

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Eccentrica V12 Pacchetto Titano, 2025. The creators of the restomod Lamborghini Diablo have made a new track-oriented package with a sharper chassis setup, subtle performance enhancements, and aerodynamic tweaks.

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Bugatti Brouillard, 2025. A one-off that is the inaugural product of Bugatti's Programme Solitaire subsidiary, dedicated to creating ultra-exclusive editions based on client commissions. The name pays homage to Ettore Bugatti's beloved horse.

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Jaguar XJ220 1993. - source RM Sotheby's.

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BMW prototype de 1969 – the BMW 2800 GTS by Frua

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Ringbrothers Aston Martin DBS "Octavia", 2025 (1971). The Wisconsin-based restomod specialists have turned the attention to a British classic for their latest build. Starting with an early 70s Aston Martin DBS they have added carbon fibre bodywork and an 805hp supercharged Ford Coyote V8. There are oblique references to James Bond with cam covers that read "Aston Martini" while the dipstick handle machined to look like a martini glass.

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Oshe Zambezi Defender, 2025. The Land Rover specialists are offering a restomod Defender 110 crew-cab pick-up that can be substantially upgraded with either a 5.3 or 6.2 litre GM-sourced V8 engines and 8-speed transmission driving all 4 wheels. The vehicles are rebuilt from bare metal and trimmed with African woods, like Acacia and Zebrano. Each build is bespoke with paint colour, interior leather and fit-out all fully customisable.

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Canepa BMW M1 Procar, 2016. A restomod BMW M1 Procar,  #31 of 40 Procar M1 chassis produced, that has been converted to road use by Canepa whilst retaining Procar features.

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Sbarro Héritage ESX, 2025. A project by 25 students from the ESPERA Sbarro – UTBM program to create a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupé tribute car. The one-off has a multitubular steel chassis and a 5.0-litre Ford Coyote DOHC V8, coupled to 6-speed manual transmission.

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Mercedes-Benz 250 AMG (replica) 1968/2023. AMG was founded in Affalterbach as an independent tuner of Mercedes-Benz cars in 1967. One of their first products was a modified W114 series ("Strich-8") 250 of which 105 were made between 1968 and 1976. They offered three performance levels for tuning the W114 with final stage 3 boosting the 2,496 cc straight 6 engine from 130 to 200hp. This was achieved by increasing displacement to 2.8 litres, 305º sports camshaft, modified combustion chambers, enlarged and modified ports, machined valves, modified manifold, enlarged intake manifold and a conversion to electronic fuel injection. Brakes and suspension were also modified to cope with the extra power and increase in top speed from 175 km/h to 210 km/h. The modifications came at a price, the top spec AMG 250 cost twice as much as a factory 250 and slightly more than a Porsche 911 of the period. The car in the photographs is a restomod W115 220 that has been customised to closely resemble the AMG 250 models from the late 60/1970s. The car's original 2.2 litre OHC 4 cylinder engine has been retained though significantly modified.

source mercedes-fans.de