10 Of The Coolest Kustom Classics

April 29, 2018

Dodge Deora

Built by Mike and Larry Alexander for the 1967 Detroit Autorama, the Deora is quite unlike anything else you’ll ever see. Designed by Harry Bentley Bradley, who later went on to design most of the first run of Hot Wheels cars, the Deora is based on a Dodge A100, but it’s difficult to tell. The kustom features striking sci-fi looks, with the most obvious omission being the apparent lack of doors. To get into the Deora, you needed to lift the windshield, which had been taken from the backend of a station wagon, and then rotate a good chunk of the hinged front end, allowing you to clamber in. This also required the steering wheel to swing out of the way, and the gauges to be to either side of the driver, rather than directly in front of them. Once you were in, the interior was actually pretty nice, featuring wood and leather.

The exterior looks like an amphicar via Lost in Space, and to facilitate this reworking, a little work had to be done. The powertrain was moved 15 inches towards the rear, into the covered bed. However, the engine is the same slant-six you’d find in a normal A100, but fitted with an Offenhauser intake manifold with dual carb. The transmission, drum brakes, axles, and wheelbase were also kept as standard. A kustom that still looks pretty futuristic, the Deora is a strange, wonderful pickup that could never go into mass production.

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