A new kind of rat rod - all hi-tech underneath

This is a trend that is fast picking up pace, keeping a car with its patina intact and fixing or replacing everything underneath to a very high quality and upgrading the mechanicals to modern standard.

This 1952 Chevy Business Coupe looks regal in its worn out paintwork and dented chrome bumpers. Even the wheels like it came from a derelict. Actually it is a custom machined wheel that is made to look  the part.

The car is the creation of Icon cars, the company that is spearheading the idea of restorations that maintains as much as the patina of the original car.

Hi-res album after the jump