![]() Billy has done almost as much for rodding as he has for rock 'n' roll. He still owns both cars today, along with several other high-profile rods and customs. Demand for public appearances was so high that Billy had California Street Rods construct an Eliminator clone to go on tour. Visit Model Roundup for Model Car Kits - The best site for plastic model car kits We have a large variety of current and out of production vintage plastic. ![]() Gibbons' Eliminator gave rodding immeasurable exposure and spurred the interest of an MTV generation of teenagers who hadn't before seen a real hot rod in motion.īilly had always been a rodder, but the Eliminator was his first car to gain international fame. The members of ZZ Top granted the protagonist a magical set of keys with a stylized ZZ key chain, and the hot rod appeared as a magical fantasy object. The ZZ Top Eliminator was used in the band's "Sharp Dressed Man" music video, among others.Įach video featured a Cinderella-story vignette in which an earnest but unfairly downtrodden teen is swept away and "saved" by the arrival of beautiful girls in the Eliminator. As a finishing touch, Eric Vaughn milled the ZZ Top logo into the valve covers.Ī painting of the coupe was featured on the cover of ZZ Top's multiplatinum 1983 album Eliminator, and the real car was immortalized on the small screen in four music videos that were run in heavy rotation on MTV. Power was provided by a simple but capable 350-cid Chevy V-8 with a Camaro Z-28 hydraulic cam, a polished intake manifold with a single four-barrel carb, and a Turbo 350 transmission. Additional body details included the filled rear splash pan with recessed license plate, '39 Ford teardrop taillights, and lowered '34 Ford headlights.įinicky hi-po motors have never been Billy's scene, so the emphasis was on reliability. Thelan chopped the steel three-window body three inches, Steve Davis made the three-piece hood with unique "scooped" side panels, and Kenny Youngblood designed the "ZZ" graphics. 1934 Ford 3 Window Coupe Street Rod S216 Houston 2014 Mecum Auctions.
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