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With Jon and Amy Holbrook of
Jordan, New York we need to go
deeper than that.
They’ve taken the idea of
the blue-collar build and added
a custom twist. If you were a
kid in the 1970’s, you probably
collected the Donruss ‘Odd Rod’
trading cards and stickers. They
featured freakish, cartoon hot
f
featured freakish, cartoon hot eatured freakish, cartoon hot
rods and muscle cars piloted by
r
rods and muscle cars piloted by ods and muscle cars piloted by
equally freaky drivers. Though not
equally freaky drivers. Though not eaky drivers. Though not
equally fr
specifi cally designed by Ed Roth,
specifi
specifi cally designed by Ed Roth, cally designed by Ed Roth, cally designed by Ed Roth,
specifi
these car
these cards were most certainly
these car
these cards were most certainly ds were most certainly ds were most certainly
infl uenced by him and others like uenced by him and others like uenced by him and others like
infl
infl uenced by him and others like
infl
Tom Daniels and George Barris.
T T
Tom Daniels and George Barris. om Daniels and George Barris. om Daniels and George Barris.
Jon and Am
Jon and Amy have brought y have brought y have brought
Jon and Amy have brought
Jon and Am
these cars to life, but o life, but
these cars t
these cars to life, but
with a darker, ghoulish
with a darker, ghoulish er, ghoulish er, ghoulish
with a dark
with a dark
twist. So what was
twist. So what was
the impetus behind
the impetus behind
the impetus behind
these creations? Amy
these cr
these creations? Amy eations? Amy
explains:
“Jon’s built cars
“Jon’s built cars
since he was thirteen
since he was thirteen e he was thirteen
sinc
or fourteen years old,
or fourteen years old, ourteen years old,
or f
I’m from a car family.
I’m fr
I’m from a car family. om a car family.
Both of us being into o
Both of us being int
Both of us being into
cars our whole lives and our love es and our love es and our love
cars our whole lives and our love
cars our whole liv
cars our whole liv
of cars, (w
of cars, (w
of cars, (we just wanted to do)
of cars, (we just wanted to do) e just wanted to do) e just wanted to do)
something different. We’ve built erent. We’ve built erent. We’ve built
something diff
something different. We’ve built
something diff
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