Nice! Notice the pinstriping even on the valve cover

And though the camera wasn't great at getting the shot, nice flying eyeball on the clock. Very cool touch

Metallica musicians are hot rodders.

Above images from http://overkill.pl/news/goto.php?id=2249

For the full gallery: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/metallicas-lead-singer-james-hetfields.html for the Grand National Roadster Show gallery, and for the SEMA gallery of the same Auburn: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/james-hetfields-boat-tail-speedster.html

James Hetfield (also a member of the Beatniks car club) had a cool customized 53 Buick Skylark (named Skyscraper) at the Grand National Roadster Show (formerly the Oakland Roadster show), and won the Most Elegant Custom at the San Fran Custom Show http://www.sfcustomshow.com/navigation/showresults.html#Anchor-35326 and Kirk Hammet had his 36 Ford GNRS too, and they were both pictured in Street Rodder magazine.

James Hetfield's Buick showed up in Street Rod Builder magazine, April 2007, page 67 http://streetrodbuilder.com/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp?AudID=CAABC04124864AFC82D9CEC69C0E29ED for the overall magazine


Kirk's 36 here http://www.salinasboys.com/pk_metallica_36ford.html

James also has a few that show up on http://www.beatniksofkoolsville.com/Members%20Cars.htm a 36 black Ford

http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?47,507108

The Rodders Journal had an article too, if I come up with a link or pic I'll put it here http://www.thehotrodcompany.com/shopnow/show_item.asp?product_id=trj029

http://rockindownthehighway.blogspot.com/2007/02/rockin-team-metallicas-james-hetfield.html for several pics of JH's '36, his under-construction truck a '56 F100 custom by Blue Collar Customs of Sacramento

You might also like the racing in their video "Fuel"

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/11/adjust-volume-depending-on-your.html

Not just a transmission mechanic, Don's GN is around the 9's in the 1/4

DRW Transmission Specialties, Inc.

10728 Kenney St. Ste. B, Santee, CA 92071

Office phone: (619) 258-4240

http://www.drwtransmission.com/

Really cool dealership photo, architecture was important then

I'd never heard of a Caballero, until I saw this at the Coronado annual car show, Orange and Isabella

Best of Show winner at the annual GoodGuys show.
Because the Century was considered the senior "small Buick", the model received GM's only hardtop station wagon, the Century Caballero, from 1957 through 1958. The Caballero's expensive tooling, plus its limited sales appeal, caused GM to abandon the hardtop station wagon body style going into its planned 1959 divisional-wide new design program.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Century
The most remarkable part of this wagon is the wrap around rear window that raised up. Sorry i didn't take a picture of it now.

The rare and unusual Buick, the 1987 GNX, 13.43 in the 1/4 from the factory. Wow.

A Gnx delivered 275 bhp and a whooping 360 lb-ft.

It also received a special rear axle housing cover made of aluminum (with GNX embossed on it) that serves as an additional strengthening element and point for the torque bar. For even more strengthening, the car body received special structural reinforcements in the form of "behind the back seat bracing" and special chassis (steel cross member between the chassis rails) bracing.

The GNX was the only Regal to ever receive 16 inch wheels. The wheels were made of a lightweight alloy and the rear wheels were wider than the front. The GNX came with P245/50VR16 tires in front and P255/50VR16 tires in the rear.

Inside, the dash had a special Steward Warner analog gauge package.

All GNXs received a special numbered plaque mounted on the passenger side dash which identified the number of that particular car (1-547).

But all of this came at a price. The cost of the GNX option was a whopping $10,995, which resulted in a final MSRP of $29,900.

Even more rare are the Buick Regal T-Type "Special T." These models had a Grand National exterior, but a Regal T-Type interior.

Production: Grand Nationals: 20,193
GNX: 547

Engines: Grand National: 3.8L V6 Turbo 245 bhp @ 4400 rpm, 355 ft-lb @ 2000 rpm.

GNX: 3.8L V6 Turbo 276 bhp @ 4400 rpm, 360 ft-lb @ 3000 rpm.

Performance:
Grand National: 1/4 mile in 14.23 seconds @ 98 mph.
GNX: 1/4 mile in 13.43 seconds @ 103 mph.

http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/buick-grandnational/buick-grandnational.shtml