Jul 8, 2019 - Explore Darren Tucker's board "ZZ Top Car", followed by 227 people on Pinterest. A 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. Initially, many of us in the press discounted BFG as just another rich guy getting high-dollar cars built for him. trunk reupholstered to match. But arguably one of the most famous cars of all time is the ZZ Top … One of their founding members, Billy Gibbons, who has always been a car collector and Hot Rod enthusiast commissioned the customised chopped Ford 1933 Coupe which featured on the cover of their 10 million copies sold 1983 released album "Eliminator". Technical. It's true that the ZZ Top Eliminator '33 Ford, like Joe's '34, is a full-fendered, three-window coupe with a small-block engine. As a finishing touch, Eric Vaughn milled the ZZ Top logo into the valve covers. Rather than just updating the Model A, Ford launched a completely new vehicle for 1932.The V8 was marketed as the Model 18 in its initial year, but was commonly known as the Ford V‑8. The Eliminator was featured in two of ZZ Top’s albums covers and appeared in a handful of the band’s music videos. See more ideas about zz top, billy gibbons, cars. has led interior lighting, vintage gauges & tachometer, power windows, cd stereo & a tilt cushioned wheel. 1933 Ford Coupe aka The Eliminator. has remote operated doors. interior just completely redone by a inside rides. See more ideas about zz top car, zz top, cool cars. It had the new flathead V8 engine. The upholstery was a choice of Madrid or Laredo-grain black vinyl over bucket seats. The Model 18 was the first low-priced, mass-marketed car to have a V8 engine, an important milestone in the American automotive industry. ZZ Top is an American Rock Band formed in 1969 who have sold over 50 million albums. Billy asked TT built him a chopped 1933 Ford in the early 80s. The interior of the GSX was still typical of Buicks from the period. Born from a steel-body 1933 Ford, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons commissioned the custom chassis mods, paint job, and Z-shaped striping. The Eliminator has been featured on the cover of two ZZ Top albums and appeared in many of the band's music videos. Billy’s “second channel” of brilliance surfaced with the ZZ Top “” Eliminator” ’33 Ford coupe that graced both a ZZ Top album cover and the cover of Hot Rod Magazine. With a Ford 9-inch rear end, Chevy 350 and Turbo 350 transmission, the Eliminator is built for road duty. has the 3 window, chopped top with suicide doors. Instrumentation featured round gauges set into square-shaped pods, and a tachometer sat in a bulge on the hood. zz top graphics reproduced at a cost of $3,000. smooth, virtually flawless red paint. Sep 19, 2015 - Explore Gary Tallard's board "Cars ZZ Top" on Pinterest. 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