High-Octane Dreams

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Car fanatics: Try not to drool as you gawk at all the chrome, metallic-flake paint and shiny rubber on display at Supernationals By Dan Mayfield Journal Staff Writer In any conversation with a car guy these days, you have to talk about hybrids. Sure, the cars that run on electricity and gasoline can be cool. But the Supernationals car show is all about the original hybrids, the cars that burn both gas and rubber. About 200 custom, hot-rod and one-off cars and trucks will be part of this weekend�s Supernationals. These high-powered hot rods are the things that teenage boys have drawn in the margins of their textbooks since the first V-8 engines rolled out of Detroit. This year, said Supernationals organizer Reggie Tibbits, the show will feature several cars and designers who have never been to Albuquerque. The big crowd favorite will likely be the Radical Flyer, a Radio Flyer wagon on so many steroids that even Mark McGwire couldn�t deny it. But other cars at this year�s show are sure to attract a crowd as well. Local tattoo artist and custom-car enthusiast Brian Everette will bring his 1940 Mercury �Slither� to the show. Though it�s mostly a 1940, the car was built with parts from a 1939 Mercury Zephyr, a 1955 Buick grill and several others, painted to a gorgeous candy gold. Everette wanted a car that ran as good as it looked, and the car has a 350-horsepower Ford V-8 under the hood. All the work paid off, with the car winning awards at the West Coast Kustoms <b>...</b>

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car, show, carshow, supernationals, expo, new, mexico, hot-rod, Reggie, Tibbits, Manuel, Lujan, Complex

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