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Meet the forgotten 1959 Zar Car, a one-of-one prototype found on eBay for $13,000 by Avants member and current owner Brent Mills. Pulled from a Detroit junkyard after spending decades face down in the mud, it was built in Canada using Fiat 600 running gear and a full fiberglass body. The story…

Bentley was thinking ahead in 1938. This Bentley Derby 4.25L, coachbuilt by Thrupp & Maberly, was packed with clever fail-safes, from a hand crank starter backup to twin fuel pump and ignition systems designed to keep the car running if something went wrong. Current owner and Avants member Alex…

This is not your average 1935 Plymouth PJ Coupe… 👀 Built on top of a championship-winning C5 Corvette GT-1 race car, the team at Ruffian Cars took hot rodding to a whole new level with this absolutely ludicrous build: the Plymouth GT-1. Featuring an enormous 9L stroker Viper V10 making 802…

Meet the one-of-one Ferrari PPG Pace Car 🤯 What started as a Ferrari Mondial became one of Ferrari's most unusual creations. After spending over $1 million transforming it in the 1980s, Ferrari created a car featuring water-cooled brakes developed by Roush Performance, motorized louvers, and a…

Meet the $80,000 E91 M3 Wagon that BMW never made… 🤯 What started as a $2,500 BMW 320xi wagon quickly turned into an $80,000+ passion project for Ben Gerasimov. By cutting up a perfectly good E90 M3 slicktop and transplanting its drivetrain and components into an E91 wagon, Ben built his dream M3…

Meet the car with a helicopter engine, three headlights, six exhaust tips, and six mufflers... 🤯 This 1948 Tucker 48 is chassis 1029, Preston Tucker’s personal car. Today, it belongs to Avants member Matt from The Caretaker’s Collection and packs a bunch of unique features that make this example…

This Citroën is secretly a Silverado. 🤯 Avants member Rick Harbus turned a 1959 Citroën HY flower truck into the ultimate hauler for his Renault R5 Turbo, mounting it to a Chevy Silverado chassis with the help of Clint Wolff from Valley Motorwerks. More than 700 hours and $150,000 in modifications…

What started as an $800 Subaru Brat turned into a full father-daughter build for @Bucky Lasek and @Paris. After endless hours of bodywork, a completely reworked interior, and eventually an EJ22 swap from a ‘96 Legacy, the finished Brat now turns heads everywhere it goes. With Bucky’s long history…

One of 75 built, 650 horsepower, no roof, and a 200+ MPH top speed. 😅 Meet the 2009 Mercedes McLaren AMG SLR Stirling Moss, the final evolution of the SLR. The car’s current caretaker, John Schommer, gives us an inside look at its inner workings and what it’s like to drive. Big thanks to Motofish…

From a Ferrari hauler to a chopped-up water pump, this 1957 Ferrari Transporter has had quite the adventure… 😅 Avants member Fred Russell, the truck’s current caretaker, shares the incredible story of how this Fiat 642 RN2 was cut down, repurposed, and eventually left behind, before being…

How do you start a $40M Ferrari 250 GTO? The car’s former caretaker and current Avants member, Fred Russell, walks us through the process behind firing up the only white Ferrari 250 GTO in the world. #Avants #DriveEverything

When a base Singer just isn’t enough… @singervehicledesign 🙌 #Avants #DriveEverything

Meet the $800 Corvette exo car 🤯 Avants member Tyler Churchill bought this abandoned 2007 Chevy Corvette Z51 for just $800. With nearly every body panel destroyed, he stripped it down and turned it into a 500+ whp Vette-kart weighing only 2,600 pounds. Avants is a vibrant community of passionate…

Avants member Matt Gabe turned his 1967.5 Datsun Roadster into a Hot Wheels model for the 2024 Hot Wheels Collectors Convention in Los Angeles, with just 4,000 die-cast versions made for the event. Now, the real car is for sale on Cars & Bids, and the auction winner will receive a matching Hot…

Meet this genuine 1986 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 Group B rally car. Daniel from Avants spoke with the car’s caretaker, Sean Edwards, to learn more about its incredible history. Built by Audi in 1986, this car is the second evolution of the Sport quattro Group B machine. Its all-aluminum…

Join the Peel Trident for Avants Classics on the Green on Sunday, July 12th for an afternoon featuring a curated collection of rare and vintage automobiles, @chateaustemichelle wines, and great music all set on the beautiful grounds of Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville, WA. Get your tickets at…

Come see this 1977 Gösser Beer BMW E21 320 Group 5 race car at Avants Classics on the Green, July 12 from 1–6 PM! Enjoy an afternoon filled with gourmet food, great music, and a selection of @chateaustemichelle wines while experiencing an exquisite display of rare and vintage cars set among the…

At just 330 lbs and 9.5 horsepower, it’s impossible not to have fun in the Peel Trident. Avants member Brent Mills more than doubled the power in his Peel Trident replica, swapping the original 50cc, 4.5-horsepower engine for a 125cc two-stroke now making 9.5 horsepower, making this tiny microcar…

Meet the Peel Trident, the “family” version of the world’s smallest production car, the Peel P50. Daniel from Avants caught up with current owner Brent Mills to learn why this real-life Jetsons car is one of the quirkiest cars ever made. Avants is a vibrant community of passionate gearheads…

Meet the turbo K24-swapped 911 🤯 Avants member Bong Encarnacion's Porsche 911 is anything but normal. Instead of the usual flat-six upgrade, Bong went with a K24 swap making around 430hp, built with the help of Mikee Andrada from M-FAB. Daniel from Avants got the story behind one of the wildest…

A good MIXTAPE never goes out of style 🤙🎵 MIXTAPE brought cars, skateboarding, BMX, tacos, music, and a whole lot of 80s/90s energy all under one roof. We took over the Analog and Grit warehouse down in San Diego with BMX and skate legends Eddie Fiola and Bucky Lasek tearing it up alongside other…

From poster car to project car. 🚗🛠 Producer Sean from @carsandbids grew up with an Alfa Romeo GTV on his wall, then jumped head-first into restoring this 1974 GTV 2000. It started as a rough, barely-running project that had been off the road for more than 20 years. Now, after plenty of TLC, it’s…

One Wedge to rule them all. 📐 Meet the car lower than a Ford GT40: the one-of-one 1970 Lancia Stratos HF Zero. This is the OG wedge car. A fully functioning concept with 12-inch wheels, a 1.6L four-cylinder, room for two people and their luggage, and a front-opening cockpit you basically crawl…

The $1 million Mustang with 1,088 hp 🤯 Over 10,000 hours went into this build, and at just 2,900 lbs, Vicious Stang is one of the wildest ’65 Fastbacks on the planet. Avants is a vibrant community of passionate gearheads across the U.S. where members get discounts at 150+ premium partners, a…

1,088 horsepower at 7,000 rpm. 2,900 lbs. A compound-boosted second-gen Coyote with a supercharger up top and twin turbos buried in the front quarter panels. Daniel from Avants caught up with Chris, owner of Vicious Stang, to get a closer look at the 1965 Fastback Mustang built to be outrageous…

Meet the Beck 550 Spyder, an immaculate fiberglass-bodied replica of the legendary 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder. Now up for auction on Cars & Bids, listed by Dobson Stuttgart. If you’re new here, Cars & Bids and Avants have partnered to make selling your ride even easier. Avants members get a free…

POV: You Iron Man’d a little too hard. If Tony Stark built a Porsche, this @guntherwerks 993 Turbo Speedster, powered by @motulusa, is probably the closest thing he’d create. 850 horsepower. 2,600 pounds. 24-karat gold plating. Infinity Gauntlet-inspired shift knob. And to top it off, it’s got an…

Meet the one-of-one Iron Man-inspired @guntherwerks 993 Turbo Speedster, powered by @Motul USA 🤯😮‍💨 Featuring an arc reactor at the center, an Infinity Gauntlet-inspired shift knob, and the iconic red-and-gold color scheme with real 24-karat gold plating, this one-off build marks Gunther Werks’…

The 700hp GT2 EVO by Type 99 has arrived at the Avants Pit Stop at Long Beach Grand Prix 😏🏁 Join us today after the Long Beach Grand Prix for an evening at the Avants Pit Stop. 🏁 There will be great food, music, incredible cars, and an awesome crowd of people. This is the place to wind down and…

Meet the one-of-one Ferrari Conciso designed by Michalak. 😦 Built on a Ferrari 328 GTS chassis, the Conciso used a handmade aluminium body to shed about 800 pounds before making its debut at the 1993 Frankfurt Motor Show. It’s unlike any other Ferrari you’ll ever see. Now owned by the Caretakers…