update: deadend magazine

The Deadend Magazine needs no introduction. Click here to check out the latest issue, a look back to 2010.

bare metal beauty

Mercury Sedan, seen at the Weil am Rhein show in 2009.

it is not what it looks like

Hand me the salt, please.

hot wheels

You might have asked yourself, what's happened to that other coupe: the three window model a coupe build. Well, here it is! Our man Raphael has finally decided on the type of wheels he's gonna use. And we all know how important this is, so this was no easy task. We think it looks awesome as it perfectly captures the european 1930s race car vibe he was after. The rear end still needs to be narrowed a little but the quick mock-up above gives a good idea of the final stance.

magical mystery coupe: update

Here are some more pics of the Koch Coupe. It's being built by Thomas Koch, swiss custom car builder, restorer and metal wizzard with the help of his equally talented brother Fabian. In case you're familiar with the aircooled Volkswagen scene, these names might sound familiar to you as you probably noticed their "Hammered" bug in the Volksworld magazine. Now the brothers are at it again! And their workmanship is stunning as usual. Check out the first steps.


They started with a decent stocker that was looking quite good, but it turned out that the lower two or three inches of the body were rusted. Not happy with the fit and quality of some repop panels they had bought, Thomas fabricated his own panels. Now they fit perfectly.


The Koch bros. started with a roof chop of 3.5 inches. Not entirely happy with the result, they cut out another half an inch.


Now it looks like it should.


The so important cuts in various finishing stages.


4 inches are missing.


All of the new sheet metal, e.g. the rear corners or the wheel wells, was made from scratch.

magical mystery coupe

Some time ago, I heard about a mysterious model a coupe build in my neighborhood. This weekend I finally managed to check it out. I took my camera, grabbed some cheap lights and snapped a few pics. The shop wasn't that big and it was hard to get a good angle but damn I can assure you, the proportions are right on and the workmanship is more than impressive. I can't wait to see the progress on this! Stay tuned for more detail pics from this swiss hot rod build.

garrison mercury for sale

Do you feel like owning a traditional and historic kustom? Well, who doesn't. But if you got the funds to fullfil your desire, here's your chance. See more pics on flickr and read more about it on Kustomrama. (BaT)