Incredible Custom DIY Supercars People Built Themselves

- [Narrator] Almost everyone loves sleek,

sophisticated, sexy and flashy cars.

However, not everyone can afford one,

and some just wanted to get seriously creative.

Get ready to marvel at this list

of the top 20 most amazing DIY supercars ever built.

Number 20, The Eagle Speedster.

The Eagle Speedster, a step up from the Jaguar E Type,

has been called one of the most beautiful cars,

by Jeremy Clarkson, from Top Gear.

It started when a doctor in Connecticut

decided he wanted something a bit special.

That was when the creator of the speedster,

Paul Brace decided to take out his pen and paper

and start drawing.

Later, Paul cut into an old roadster and started building.

What he created was a sleek speedster

with some refined features.

For instance, it has a lower windshield,

which is more steeply raked than the Jaguar,

along with a deeper valance and a wider track

that fills out, with a tapering rear-end.

The car may cost about half a million pounds,

but it's designed to perfection.

Number 19, Sharpie, Lamborghini.

19 year old Brett David felt like he had to prove

he could take on his father's responsibilities

of running an automotive empire after his passing.

He did this by hiring a graffiti artist

to draw on a Lamborghini using only a Sharpie.

The $240,000 canvas made national acclaim

and turned the car into an incredibly unique masterpiece.

Number 18, Splinter.

This supercar that is made almost completely out of wood

began as a graduate school project

inspired by the De Havilland Mosquito.

The Splinter is the first and only of its kind

because there has been no other

car that has been built

with wooden composites like this one.

With a small block V8

that is expected to reach close to 700 horse power

the car gets close to the power of a Lamborghini Aventador.

Number 17, Replicated Lamborghini Countach.

This epic aluminum body Lamborghini Countach,

which took over 10 years to build,

was built by hand by Ken Imhoff in his basement.

Imhoff, who has an engineering degree,

created his own space frame for the car.

He used measurements from a real Countach

to make sure the body is 100% correct.

He did, however, make a few changes from the original.

The A-arms are customized and he used corvette hubs

and GT40 headers on the car.

What inspired him to build this

was the Lamborghini Countach

used in the movie Cannonball Run.

To get the car out of his basement

he hired a contractor to knock out the basement wall

and built a ramp to bring the car up on.

Number 16, The Uragano.

This supercharged, sexy, supercar

which name means hurricane in Italian,

is hand made by Moreno Filandi,

an Italian coach builder.

He hand-made almost everything on the car,

which includes the brakes, the suspension,

the body, the frame and the steering system.

The only thing he didn't make by hand

is the V8 4.2 litre Audi engine that is in it.

The car, which he built out of pure enjoyment,

took him four years to build

and the only outsourcing he did was

with friends and neighbors for the engine.

Number 15, Ever - S.

Filandi had no plans to build another supercar

but in 2009 he came up with the idea

to create a noteworthy car called the Ever S.

The car started out as a Mercedes-Benz SL 500

from the R129 generation.

The new body remains unpainted, which is uncommon.

Another interesting commodity about the car

is that the triangular shapes of the edges

intersect with each other.

The Ever - S still has the Mercedes engine,

however, everything else built around it is different.

Number 14, RM Wilson Replica Ferrari P4.

Fast, beautiful, and expensive;

this replica Ferrari P4 is made from scratch

by RM Wilson Engineering,

a company that has been restoring classic Ferrari's

for 45 years.

Wilson's created the chassis for the car from scratch.

On the surface the replica matches the original P4.

The color of both the exterior and interior

also matches the candy apple red of the original.

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Number 13, AMC Javelin AMX Defiant.

Due to the lack of time the Ring brothers

had in creating the Javelin,

the panels on it are digitally designed.

The wheel arches, which were recreated in carbon fiber,

were moved forward to combine with the new hood,

front fenders, front valance and grille.

The trim, tail lights and bumpers

are just a few of the many customized changes.

The car is redesigned to fit

the super charged 6.2-liter V8 engine

which is pulled by 1,036 horses.

Number 12, II Temple Gigante.

At first glance, you wouldn't think

this 6000-pound car could reach 40 miles per hour.

However, this vehicle, which is replicated

after the supercar in the Pinchcliffe Grand Prix movie,

which premiered in the 70s in Norway,

lives up to its name

and can reach a speed of 200 miles per hour

when both its front and rear engines are boosted.

Yes, you heard me right.

This supercar has two engines

that makes the Richter scale shake.

The front engine has 12 cylinders, and is 800 hp

and when ignited it starts the rear turbine engine

which has 1200 horsepower.

It isn't only the power magnitude of the car

that makes it different.

It has additions most normal cars don't have.

Items such as a radar, a TV screen, a compass, barometer,

blood bank, wind gauge, trip counter, echo sounder,

and a peepsight.

Best of all, its roadworthy!

Number 11, Orbitron.

Died and brought back to life,

this spacey hot rod was created by Ed Roth in 1964.

When it was originally created

the car had a fiber glass body on a metal chassis,

with a Plexiglas bubble that had a doorbell switch

that would open it, over the cockpit.

The fake-fur-lined cockpit

was set at the uttermost rear of the car

and had a 11 inch portable TV,

along with a small hidden tape recorder.

The car has three lights of green, red, and blue,

which at the time was thought to create a white light.

This car was thought to be lost in the 70s

but has since been bought by a carnival owner.

The existence of the car was practically forgotten

and left in front of a store to deteriorate.

Michael Lightborn learned about the car,

and negotiated for the purchase of it

and started restorations on it

before he sold it to Beau Boeckman,

who then removed all the original parts,

and finished restoring it.

Number 10, Chen Yinxi Supercar.

This red electric car, with a foxy interior,

and scissor doors, might look like a supercar

but the maximum speed it hits is 37 miles per hour.

It is designed and hand built by 27-year-old Chen Yinxi,

a university graduate in China.

The car, which cost approximately $4000,

and took six months to build is not street legal.

In order to pay for this project,

Yinxi leases the vehicle out for photo shoots.

Number nine, The Porcelain L'or Blanc.

This sleek, custom, porcelain made

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport L'or Blanc

definitely isn't DIY but is phenomenal by it's own right.

The Royal Porcelain Factory and Bugatti

worked together to create this extreme piece

of custom made artwork with blue sweeping curves

and delicate lines with five layers of clear lacquer.

This is the first car ever created with an interior

and body shell fitted with porcelain elements.

It also has a porcelain inlay on the rear panel

and the transmission tunnel.

Number eight, Flatmobile.

This 19-inch flattened Batman car look alike

isn't exactly a supercar,

but it did make it into the Guinness World Book of Records

as the world's lowest street legal vehicle.

The car which has a ground clearance of two inches,

has surrealistic details such as the fin tails,

and taillight lenses of a 1959 Cadillac.

It's aluminum steering wheel,

which is the smallest one ever built,

is fashioned to aid the drivers access

to the customized reclined seat.

The pitch black bat car has red cosmic wheels

and a flame throwing jet powered engine

which helps it boost up to a speed of 100 miles per hour.

Salesman, Perry Watkins built the tiny car

out of a 1963 Hillman Imp economy.

The car has an all-aluminum 875cc four-cylinder engine,

which can slant at a 45-degree angle

which allows it to fit into the car.

Number seven, SCG 003.

Film producer and automotive entrepreneur Jim Glickenhaus

wanted an SCG 003 race car that could be both road legal,

and equipped for the racetrack, so he decided to build one.

His idea was to be able to take the car to the racetrack,

and then when done to be able to change the tires

and drive it home.

He took the appearance of the car,

which is all carbon fiber designed,

from the Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus.

The street legal prototype has the dorsal fin,

pointed nose and peaked fenders like the original race car,

but it also has some additions such as a third brake light,

side reflectors and cut lines in the sapphire bodywork.

It also has benders that can be easily switched out

in case of a fender bender.

The kit car can even be equipped

with diverse types of engines.

Number six, Blastolene B-702.

This is one of three cars that Randy Grubbs

and his brother Michael built.

The B-702 design,

which features a hand formed aluminum body,

is influenced by the French cars of the 30s.

It has a blue plate glass grill

and the tail lights are made of hand blown glass.

The engine in it is a manufactured V12 by GMC,

which was originally manufactured in the 1960s

for a two-and-a-half-ton truck.

Apparently the power steering

and the four-wheel power disc brakes

makes the car drive like a jewel.

Number five, The Reactor.

This super cool aluminum car,

created by Gene Winfield in 1965,

premiered in Bewitched, Mission Impossible,

Star Trek, and Batman.

The car, which was ahead of its time,

was completely hand built with a flip top roof,

electronic doors, retractable fins and a radar screen.

It has a 425 HP engine,

which definitely makes it a supercar of its time.

Number four, The Galaxian.

This golden, blast to the past, sci-fi hot rod,

is created by Japanese shop owner, Junichi Shimodaira.

The vehicle started out as a Model T 1927 Ford.

The car's LED taillights,

the moon crescent shaped gear shifter,

and the half circle steering wheel

add to the sci-fi spectrum of the car.

Junichi kept true to the roots of the hot rod

by adding polished Goodrich Silvertown 14-inch

Astro Supreme tires.

It has a V8, 348 cubic inch motor in it,

which came from a 1959 Impala.

Number three, The Old Crow Bellytanker.

Old Crow Bellytanker looks like a bullet

but was actually made from

a World War two fighter drop tank.

This hot rod, with a weathered paint job,

can reach speeds of up to 137 miles per hour.

Even though it doesn't run as fast as a supercar,

it's model B four-cylinder engine,

which sits at the near end,

has allowed it to set several salt records

at the Bonneville flats.

The driver's seat and steering components

sit in front of the engine.

There's not much room for anything else

to fit in the vehicle.

Number two, Vaydor.

The Joker's car in Suicide Squad is a do it your selfer.

The Vaydor is a fiber glass body kit,

which can be built over the 2003 to 2007 Infiniti G35 Coupe,

that was created by Matt McEntegart.

To add the bodykit the car must be stripped to its chassis,

and then a roll cage put in.

90% of the car is kept, the other 10% is the new interior,

the body, and the motor.

The kit comes with a budget option of a 300 hp 3.5L V6

or you can go with the more expensive kit

that comes with a supercharged V8 from a Z06 Corvette.

Number one, Holographic Lamborghini Avantador.

This beautiful, flashy, Lamborghini,

which resides in Tokyo, Japan,

is worth half a million dollars.

It has been modified with 30,000 LED lights

that value at $20,000, and a $10,000 holographic wrap

that reflects light like a disco ball.

This model is only one out of 100

Avantador's that were built.

This type of skittles-chroma exterior

has been given to a number of different cars,

and it definitely looks special.

Which supercar was your favorite?

Let me know in the comments down below,

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