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1953 Dodge ‘Zeder’ Storm Z-250
1953 Dodge ‘Zeder’ Storm Z-250 Concept with body by Bertone
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The Storm Z-250 was developed by Chrysler engineer Fred Zeder to evaluate the feasibility of producing a vehicle that would capture a portion of the growing American sports car market.
Built on a rigid tube frame chassis (built mostly by Chrysler engineer, John Butterfield, in his basement), it was intended to be a dual-purpose sports/racing car because Zeder Jr. envisioned a car with swappable bodies.
In 1952, while on Christmas vacation in Europe, Zeder visited Fiat's Chief Engineer in Turin.
Dante Giacosa recommended a visit to Bertone.
Though they were busy designing and building the Alfa Romeo BAT series, they agreed to build the body for Zeder's new car and promised three months to finish the car.
It took nine months to finish.
Unique to the Storm Z-250 was that the comfortable ‘touring’ body could be removed by unscrewing four bolts and replaced with an ultralight 150-pound fiberglass body for ‘racing’.
The mechanical components of the car included a Dodge hemi V8 truck engine with 260hp and 330ft-lbs of torque.
Other parts came from Plymouth and Dodge vehicles, including brakes, radiator, clutch, fuel tank, rear axle, and the steering system.
The transmission was a new unit developed by the Spicer Division of Dana Corporation.
The Storm did not reach the assembly line because high production costs would have made it too expensive to sell in profitable quantities.
The Z-250 would have competed with the Ford Thunderbird, Chevrolet Corvette, and the Kaiser-Darrin.
Zeder drove the Z-250 for 16 years.
He loaned it to the Northwood University where it remained until 1992.
Unfortunately, water leaked into the cylinders so the engine was removed and replaced with a 1965 Dodge V8 with two four-barrel carburetors.
After the work was completed, Zeder continued to drive the car in his home in California.
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Kiwi Rebel. ''67 Dodge Power Wagon.
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bigboppa01 · 4 months
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mermazeablaze · 7 months
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This video is doing numbers on TikTok, but I wanted to share it here because I am so proud. The man being featured is my uncle Steve Smith.
Steve has been building drag racers & custom cars his entire life.
My grandma before passing away would tell the story of how when he was 10 or 11 years old - she came home to him taking apart the engine in her secondary vehicle (reserved for fancy outings).
She asked him why & he said he wanted to know how it worked outside of a schematic. & she told him that as long as he put it back together the way he found it, it was fine by her. & what's more - he put it back together from memory without even looking at a diagram!
If anything went wrong with the car, my grandma had him fix the car & it was that way until my grandma passed away. She never paid for a mechanic in her life again.
When Steve was a teenager he spent most of his time at the OKC Racetrack & raced with drag racers he built himself.
Also, as a teen he won the Bethany, OK wheelie championship by riding over a mile nonstop on his motorcycle on a single wheelie position.
All throughout my childhood he always had cars around in various stages of fixing up.
The city of Bethany refused to sell him the property next to his house to open his own auto garage. He had worked for Diffee Motors most of my life up until then. So he moved out in the country & opened his own garage.
Steve has been on several mainstream auto shows being featured for his custom work. He also built a custom car for one of the guys on Duck Dynasty. He was also offered a permanent role on an auto TV show, but he turned it down because it required moving out of state.
My uncle Steve is one of the sweetest, kindest & most generous people you will ever meet in your lifetime. He's as smart as a whip, has never met a stranger & gives the best hugs!
It just makes me so happy to see him getting the recognition he deserves.
The picture below is of him at a family function sitting next to his wife, Nancy.
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max-e-doodle · 8 months
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1969 Dodge Charger Custom.
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1969 Ringbrothers Dodge Charger Tusk, 2023. Another of the Wisconsin-based tuners projects for this years SEMA is a restomod 2nd generation Charger that has been repowerd with a 1000hp 6.2-liter supercharged Hellephant V8. The car has been rebuilt around a custom chassis from Roadster Shop
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coolthingsguyslike · 5 months
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rollerman1 · 21 days
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winterthebeau · 6 months
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american auto industry be like
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Dodge Charger
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