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Crazy car creations of the 2014 SEMA Show

By C.C. Weiss
November 11, 2014
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SEMA Show 2014 boasted plenty of automotive variety
The North American Eagle is gearing up for an attempt at an 800-mph (1,287.5 km/h) absolute land speed record (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The North American Eagle uses a magnetic anti-lock braking system developed by Lev X (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Badger Air Brush custom bike (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Motorcycles at SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
2014 Viper Convertible "Medusa" built by Prefix Performance (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Corvette Stingray gets a matte yellow paint job (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Corvette Stingray gets a matte yellow paint job (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
After revealing a red FT-1 at NAIAS 2014, Toyota first showed this graphite version at Concours d'Elegance Pebble Beach (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Toyota FT-1 at the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Factory Five Racing GTM with Sherwin Williams paint (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Factory Five GTM at the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Factory Five GTM at the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Hovering Porsche 911 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Magnum MK5 at SEMA (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The MK5 is powered by a rear mid-mounted 250-hp four-cylinder (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
2015 Honda Grom modified by MAD Industries and ComposiMo Fabrication (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The 125cc Grom fits inside the matching Honda Fit (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Blood Type Racing Hyundai Genesis (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Thanks to a turbocharger, nitrous injection and other upgrades, the BTR Genesis develops nearly 1,000 hp (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Lexani Forged at the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren may be long out of production, but it's still getting blinding tunes (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Forgiato Mercedes SLR McLaren (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
HSV Maloo R8 ute outside at SEMA (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Forgiato Wheels outside at SEMA (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
A steering wheel to match the distinctive wheel set (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Forgiato Wheels outside at SEMA (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
A sea of cars just outside SEMA's doors (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
La Bestioni 1917 "Rusty One" from California car builder Gary Wales (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
La Bestioni 1917 "Rusty One" from California car builder Gary Wales (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Rusty One features a vintage-styled body built around a 14-liter six-cylinder La France fire truck engine (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Chevy Camaro gets a Line-X bed liner treatment (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
West Coast Customs Camaro (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
All flash: mirror body and colored lights at Llumar's booth (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The door on this over-the-top design not only opens automatically, it puts on a little spinning show (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The artistic Lone Survivor Viper (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Even SEMA's hallways are packed with flashy cars (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
A 535-hp Factory Five Racing Mk4 Roadster 427 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Batmobile (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Motorcyle in tow (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Lowrider 2014 Chevy Impala (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Lowrider's Impala features a subtle, multi-coat paint job (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
2014 Hot Wheels Darth Vader car (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Darth Vader car was immediately recognizable as the infamous villain (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Hot Wheels at SEMA 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Intricate "public enemies" paint job (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Hot Wheels Twin Mill (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Twin Mill packs 1,400 hp worth of twin Chevy big block engines (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
One of the louder paint jobs at the entire SEMA Show (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
1966 Ford Mustang "Good Karma" custom coupe (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Batmobile at the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
AEM at the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
AEM at the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Mariani streamliner (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Mariani streamliner (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
West Coast Customs Toyota Sienna: Remix (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Sienna mobile DJ booth has 22 6.5-in external speakers, along with four 12-in subwoofers (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Toyota FT-1 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Braille Battery Gymkhana Grid Nissan 350Z (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Local Motors constructed its first 3D-printed car in September
Local Motors live printed a Strati at SEMA (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Strati uses a small powertrain borrowed from the Renault Twizy (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Gerber Tracy Special (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Gerber Tracy Special (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Mustangs surround the SEMA demo area (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Mustangs surround the SEMA demo area (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Mustangs surround the SEMA demo area (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Pretty in Red: Lexus LFA (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The Lexus LFA at the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Local Motors' Office Chairiot Mark II is a mobile office chair with dual computer-controlled motors (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Local Motors Verrado electric drift trike (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Local Motors is working on developing the contest-winning SF-01 Street Fighter(Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Local Motors Rally Fighter (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Classic Corvette outdoors at SEMA (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
2008 GT40 MK1 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Superperformance's MKII FIA is designed as a replica of 1960s Cobra 289 race cars (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Superperformance MKII FIA (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Corvette outside at SEMA (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
A different kind of vehicle on show (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The all-new Polaris Slingshot (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Tropical island-mobile with pullout minibar (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
We'd love to take a ride in this yellow cab (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
540-hp + Lexus RC F GT3 concept (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
In a show full of shiny, new cars, a rusty, beat-up truck really stands out (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Ringbrothers 1971 De Tomaso Pantera ADRNLN (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Ringbrothers' re-imagined Pantera is powered by a 600-hp Wegner Motorsports LS3 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Barrett-Jackson auction house shows the 1932 Ford "Double Trouble" custom show car (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Ringbrothers Pantera ADRNLN at Barrett-Jackson booth (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
A different look for the Local Motors Rally Fighter (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
2015 King Cobra Mustang by Ford Racing (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The 600-hp Factory Five Racing GTM (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Vorsteiner Lamborghini Aventador (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Motorcycles at the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The North American Eagle team plans to run a 52,000-hp turbojet engine when they go for the world record
No rubber at these speeds, the North American Eagle rolls on solid billet aluminum wheels (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Cars of the SEMA Show 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
25th Anniversary Panoz Esperante Spyder GT (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
25th Anniversary Panoz Esperante Spyder GT (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
MINI mobile DJ booth (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
MINI in the mix (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Dodge Viper ACR Concept (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Saleen's FourSixteen is a tuned Tesla Model S (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Inside the Saleen FourSixteen (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Amani Forged at SEMA 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Motorcycles at SEMA 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Amani Forged at SEMA 2014 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The 1,000-hp Triumph Castrol Rocket motorcycle streamliner (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The team behind the Triumph Castrol Rocket has 400 mph (643.7 km/h) in its sights (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The BMW 2002tii was built between 1971 and 1975 (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
2015 BMW 335i sedan with M Performance Parts (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
SEMA Show 2014 boasted plenty of automotive variety
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Gizmag spent the better part of last week touring the halls of the 2014 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. A bit of a change from your typical Paris or New York auto show, SEMA focuses in on components and accessories ... and the wild automobiles they create. It's a jungle of the flashy and impractical, with everything from pristine classics preparing for the auction block to outrageous one-offs that will never be seen again. Here are our favorite cars of the show.

Given the sheer volume of vehicles inside, outside and around the greater vicinity of SEMA, this will be the first of several round-ups from the show. Here, we look at the lighter vehicles of the show – mostly cars, but also a few motorcycles, three-wheelers and world record streamliners. Step into the gallery and behold the mad science of automotive specialty parts and tuning.

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C.C. Weiss
Chris joined the New Atlas team in 2011 and now serves as the automotive and campers editor, traveling extensively to gather the latest news on cars, outdoor sports gear and other innovations designed to help people experience and enjoy the greater world around them.
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What a wacky automotive smorgasbord! I guess that is to be expected in LA. A few gems, some notables, and a whole lotta 'what were they thinking?'
My favorite is the Factory Five GTM (10, 11, + 12). Low, sleek and GT40ish, with that satin finish on the gun-metal-gray paint job to make it look stealth.
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