Johnny Cash's CADILLAC ?

Pretty much ever since cars were invented, owners have sought to take vehicles as offered by the manufacturer and then changed them to suit their own personal tastes. As a car leaves the showroom, it may well be more than adequate for most owners in terms of looks and the way it drives; the new owner having left all the design and performance decisions to a design committee at the factory. But there’s always been that percentage of owners for whom the factory hasn’t gone quite far enough. The demands of this small group, however, were always catered for by a growing cottage industry of talented engineers, whose work has since gone on to create the huge aftermarket industry for customising, coachbuilding and hot rodding that we know today.

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