If this doesn't get your juices flowing, nothing will.
Completely scratch-built,
without a make or model, boasting a handmade body inspired by the tear
drop contours of 1930’s European and American classics, the latest
custom creation of Metallica frontman James Hetfield is called the Black
Pearl, and it is a masterpiece. After deservedly scooping the Goodguys’
2014 Mother’s Custom of the Year award earlier this year, the Rock
& Roll Hall of Famer's spectacular creation, which was designed with
Rick Dore, has come to the LA Auto Show.
The Black Pearl was put together with the help of
Southern California’s Marcel and Luc De Lay. These are two of the
world’s top coachbuilders, who took an 8x10 drawing and some steel
sheets and ended up forming and building one of the most beautiful car
bodies we’ve ever seen. Coated in a deep PPG black contrasted with
brushed brass trim, with a Ron Mangus interior sporting Art Deco style
dash gauges, the Black Pearl rests on a custom chassis using the outer
frame rails of a 1948
Jaguar Mk 4 sedan with power coming from a 375-hp 302 cu.in. (5.0 liter)
Ford V8 mated to a Ford C4 automatic box.
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