Howdy to all, and welcome to #5! This is the fifth of the Customized VWs pages which show the customizing talent of those who appreciate the VW castings of the world, and put their own little personal touch on 'em. Please also check-out pages #1, #2, #3, #4 , #6, #7, #8 and The Real Things. This fifth page is made possible by your beautiful and plentiful customs work! Please help add more and more by giving the RPMster an e-mail. |
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Vince Mosley's Ferrarinugen II!Vince presents this follow-up to the masterpiece of innovation that debuted and ruled the 2000 Hot Wheels® Convention's "Big Dawg" customs class. Check-out the following photos: the top/side photo, the chassis next to the body, the top-side of the fully-painted model, the front-half, the rear angle, the rear-hinged body opened-up, this overall view, close-up of the dual rear wheels, the engine detailing -- unprecedented, underbody exhaust is another first, the 3 seats w/ detailing, the Boyd billet-style steering wheel and the intricate engine wiring! Yes, he is a master of the innovative details and finish. How do YOU compare? | |
Vince Mosley's "Treasurehunter" and "Fahrvergnugen" Buses!Vince has blasted-out into the customizing arenas. His ideas are innovative and execution is extraordinary. These examples will leave you as impressed as I was, I am sure. Keep it up, Vince, and you will have many, many more fans. |
Vince's Black-and-White Bus!It features a white Bus with black & shadowed airbrush streaks down its length. Very clean-looking! |
Vince's "Treasure Hunt Bus"!He took the simple 1st edition Bus body, and customized everything underneath it. Those gold-rimmed Real Riders® seem right at home. |
Vince's "Bad Blue" Bus!V-man took the First Edition Bus and shaped the original paint into flames. The rear is plain-old Zamac metal. |
Vince's Streeeeetched Bus!Once again, Vince has impressed EVERYONE with this first-ever stretched VW Bus! It has a fit-and-finish to be envied, and a paint job that is worthy of this milestone piece. Inside photo--notice disc brakes at the rear! |
Vince Mosley's "Return of the Stretched Bus"!Yes, it is better than the original. Check-out the quality fade paint, too! Here are photos of the top-side, the driver's side profile, the overall Bus again, the driver's cockpit, a detail of the engine and a peek at the tandem engines! |
Vince Mosley's "Interactive Collector's CD-Rom Bus®" Pickup!Well done example of what a pickup (or crew cab) version of the Collector's CD-Rom Bus would look like. It also features an opening bed cover and custom engine! |
Vince's Mafia-Themed Bus!Realistic, though out-of-scale bulletholes and mafia graphics make this simple piece a standout. Here's another photo! |
Vince Mosley's Harley-Davidson Bus and Blown Dairy Delivery®!V-Man also brought to the convention the two school buses to the right==> |
Vince Mosley's VW Bus and Dairy Delivery® S'Cool Buses!These were painstakingly detailed in their execution. I doubt Mattel could have done better themselves. It just further proves the point made in my Analysis of the Hot Wheels ® VW Bus Design.Here's a list of photos straight from V-man himself! |
Vince Mosley's Slammed Bus!This orange looker has been lowered to subterranean levels, and even has a little appearance by the engine's intake--through the roof! Another can't miss by Customeyes. |
Vince Mosley's Green/Flamed Bus!This is a tried-and-true combo of base paint with elaborate painted flames. Difference here is that the Bus has been slammed to the ground. Look for yourself! Here is the Custom Box with which it came. |
Vince Mosley's Funny Car Concept 1!He took a new-paint (white) Matchbox Concept 1 and, well...had a funny concept |
Vince Mosley's Club Bus!It features multi-colored splash-like graphics, but don't let the weak description fool ya. It truly is unique and beautiful. More views of the Bus and the custom box are available! |
Vince Mosley's Suicide BomberThis one made its way to the public around Thanksgiving 2004 and is yet another innovative idea to come from V-man. Some additional photos show the undercarriage (note all of the different cuts here), the truck hauler, the duo loaded-up and ready to roll, a wide-angle photo of the "Suicide Bomber", and a close-up of the toolbox found at the front of the trailer!. Yet another drop-dead gorgeous creation from Vince Mosley! |
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Vince Mosley's "Indigo Bus"!It is a subtle variation of the 1996 FE Bus' paint scheme, with a monster white-lettered rear wheel. |
Vince Mosley's Super Drag Bus!It is a stretched and lowered Bus, with a removeable rear hatch. See to believe! |
Vince Mosley's Mongoose-and-Snake-Inspired Streeeetched Buses!They feature stretched bodies and graphics straight off of the Mongoose and Snake funnycars of the seventies! |
Vince Mosley's 1:64 version of the 1:18 Bus!This is Vince's version of this 1:18 scale VW Bus |
Vince Mosley's Matchbox Bus Funnycar!V-Man's Customeyes Hots comes through with this red/white/yellow "Z"-striped Matchbox Bus funnycar. An Action Racing® funnycar supplied the chassis. See more angles of the rear and the inside! |
Vince Mosley's Red Bus!A very simple title for this involved piece. Just take a glance at this red/flamed wonder! Another photo is available showing the inside. |
Vince Mosley's Pink/Flamed Bus!Similar to his "Red Bus" featured above, this one shows a different flame with a slightly different base color. More photos are of the rear and with the matching Deora II. |
V-Man's Tubbed/"Ripped" Bus"!V-Man made this up as a Bus to resemble the proportions of a street-legal Bus. The body hinges from the rear, like a funnycar. The photos found here show the detailing of the undercarriage, too! |
V-Man's Black "Tribal Bus"!It has the V-Man-favorite 3-spoke cookie-cutter wheel, and a paint job worthy of V-Man status. The newer-style engine is shown in all its glory, also! V-Man added a new parachute to the rear-end along with a detailed chassis. |
V-Man's Purple/Side-boarded "Pink Bomb"!V-Man combined his newest paint style of the slash flame with his modernized "Bomb" bodystyle. Look at the backside...the top...the chassis/body apart...another angle of the body! |
Vince Mosley's Bus/Pro Street Dodge set!More photos of these two, the Bus mainly, are showing the opened body and the bare chassis. Excellent color combo! |
Ben and V-Man's Purple Racing Bug!Ben and V-Man once again have hit a home run. The gold-rimmed RRs help in the looks department a bunch, also. |
V-Man's Blue Charity-auction Bus!V-Man created, then donated, this Bus to raise money for the family of John Brecka for helping to defer the cost of John's hospital stay. It shows the Hot Wheels® logo with a rip-type graphic in the clearcoated blue paint. Here are photos of the other side and of the chassis with custom engine! |
V-Man's "Return of the Treasurehunter Bus"!V-Man's 1-year anniversary of the "Treasurehunter Bus"(see top of this table) inspired him to create another one, with even more body mods! It is now lowered, de-spoilered, and has the V-Man classic 3-spoke cookie cutters (front AND back)! More angles of it are seen at this link...and...here, showing it opened! |
V-Man's "The Bomb" w/ Custom Box from "The Boxman"!It is an updated edition of a hot rod Beach Bomb! Complete with miles-deep paint and Testarossa-inspired board holders. See it to believe it! The following are photos...at 3/4 view, from front...of the rear...of the Grafx®-exclusive artwork design...of the entire display...of "The Bomb" with its display box...of the box itself...of the box at a different view...of a closeup of the custom steering wheel...of the chassis' rear-end detailing...of the chassis from the side! See it in raw, primered form in this photo and this photo. | |
Ben & Vince's Super-Limited-Run 2-Bug Set!This was a home-grown LE duo, not officially done through Mattel®. You wouldn't know it by looking at them, though. Some more photos are here showing the Bugs together, together again, the Orange Bug, the Orange Bug again, the Yellow Bug, the Yellow Bug again and a Photo of the Card! | |
Bus Fire Truck!Kustom City has been kind enough to share some photos of the customs found at the annual Hot Wheels® convention. Please visit Kustom City for more coverage, or to see their own customized pieces! |
Kustom City's Black/Flamed Flatbed Hauler!Check-out a close-up of the New Beetlein this two-car set. Another couple of angles of it are here and here!. These expert flames have become KC's signature, and are the best interlocking flames out there to date! |
Kustom City's White, Hot Wheels®-Logo Bus!Take a look at this and the other Buses coming out of this city, and you'll see why their graphics are "out of this world..." |
Kustom City's Blue Bus!Nice variation on the theme that has come to be a trademark for Kustom City |
Kustom City's Black Bus!Those flames look really well done, and the black background highlights the carefully laid-out and applied paintjob |
Kustom City's White Bus! |
Kustom City's Checkered-Graphic Bus!.Hey, It's Kustom City. Another siting of this is HERE.
Kustom City's Pink Bus!Here is a great version of the checkered-flag paint design with some of those attractive PC wheels to boot! Another view of this masterpiece is HERE | |
Kustom City's Stars and Stripes Bus! |
Kustom City's Harley Bus, etc.!This is a set of cars devoted to the Harl-Davidson fans out there. This is ure to be in high demand. |
Kustom City's RED HOT Flamed VW Bus Custom with Redlines!This is a piece that uses the PC wheels to highlight the flames in the paint. Very well executed. To see it at a different angle, CLICK HERE. It is another outstanding piece in the portfolio of Kustom City! |
Kustom City's WINDOWED Bus!Yup, that's right---windowed. Each window was very precisely cut-out of the side, and on top of that, an awesome flamin' paint job! Try this other photo, too! |
Kustom City's "Beach Bomb 2000"!Another, rear view is here. Check-out Kustom City's full pictorial of the "Beach Bomb 2000!" Excellent execution, and a description would not do it justice. |
KustomCity's ChromaLusion/Cracked Paint Bus!KustomCity added there trademark ripped paint jobs and added the ChromaLusion base coat. The super-detailed engine is a work of art in itself! See more views of the body & engine HERE and HERE! |
Kustom City's Green Harley Bus w/ Custom Box!This is another one-of-a-kind masterpiece from Kustom City. Not only is the Bus beautiful, the box is outstanding all by itself. Check-out more of this here and here! |
Kustom City's "Steel-Plated Bus w/ Custom Box"!From the super-detailed, multi-themed paint job to the ultra-custom and labor-intensive custom steel box, this is one of the MOST unique presentations for a custom ever seen. Be sure to gaze at Kustom City's other creations! |
Kustom City's Jade-colored ChromaLusion Bus!Following the ChromaLusion theme made popular by Kustom City's founder, this one is 100% hand-painted. Absolutely amazing! See his ChromaLusion entries to the 1999 Mattel® Hot Wheels® Convention to the right! |
Kustom City's ChromaLusion Bus Collection!This picture of an array of ChromaLusion Buses was courtesy of Kustom City's 1999 Mattel® Hot Wheels® Convention coverage. Also, a close-up view of one of these is provided. Go to Kustom City's Website to get more beautiful customs photos! |
KustomCity's ChromaLusion "Tribal Bus"!Please click on the following photos:the "driver's seat", the engine, the chassis and the closed body @ different angles! One of his best creations to date! |
KustomCity's "Jagged Edge"!It was Harley-Davidson-inspired, obviously, but the overall detailing in the paint and otherwise is noteworthy |
Ben's "In-and-Out" Diner Bus!Beautiful custom made graphics and diorama for displaying the promo piece. Too bad the chain didn't go ahead with this as their promo piece! Here's another view for the interested! You can reach the Boxman by e-mail. |
Ben's Metallic Red Bus!It looks very professional with the RC 5-spokes and the interweaving graphics! |
Doug's Pink Surfboard Bus!A sunroof was cut along with rear openings for boards to be stored. Then an in-your-face pink paint job polished-off the mods. Please e-mail Doug! |
Blue Matchbox Bus w/ Surfboards!Very realistic in its detailing. Check-out these other angles: of the rear or the side. |
2J's S'Cool Bus®!Another customizer's rendition of the VW Bus meets the S'Cool Bus® offspring! Another view is here. 2Js can be e-mailed here. |
TerryL's '40 Ford/Bug Hybrid!Very cleanly done, and timeless! |
Cam's Customs' Ripped Bug!Cam's Customs brings you this scheme of the paint ripping away to show a rock-like underlying paint. Very unique! |
Z's Customs' Teal Cal-Look Bug!Z' Customs gives us views also of the side and a rear-view |