Yes, I say this is very Hot Rod…

A 1957 Lancia Aurelia? It’s not a hot rod as we know it, but it has indeed been ‘hot rodded in a traditional way’, and I personally dig this thing. Let’s just imagine your a wealthy man living in post war Italy; You love small hand-built sports cars with gobs of speed, precision handling, and of course, elegant style. How do you find all these attributes in one glorious bespoke vehicle? You would likely ask a quality coachbuilder to design and fabricate exactly what you want. In this case it would be a B20GT ‘Outlaw Lancia’ with a chopped roof and later Flaminia drivetrain that was created for a special customer by the gents Thornley Kelham in the UK. I’m quite certain this is exactly what Doane Spencer would have done with a Lancia in the 50s.

Look closely at the infinite, subtle details of this beautiful creation both inside and out, and tell me this doesn’t get your hot rod juices flowing even the slightest…