The AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania is known for its amazing automotive exhibits, showcasing the vintage wonders of the production car world both here in the states and across the globe. Starting January, the prestigious museum will offer a different kind of experience to its entrants, one that will not only deviate from the production world, but also showcase some of the most amazing builds the hot rod community has ever seen.

The Tucker 48 clone pictured above is owned by Rob Ida and is just one of over a dozen vehicles set to be on display for the hot rod and customs exhibit at the AACA Museum starting in January.

Kracklin Rose owned by Al Nosse.

This amazing custom exhibit called “The Art of the Build: Rods and Kustoms,” will kick off on January 24^th and run through April 27^th. According to Hemmings, making up a majority of the exhibit will be 16 custom-built vehicles, from cars to motorcycles. Many of these vehicles were once Ridler Award contenders, showcasing an array of high level customization and fine detail.

According to AACA, while they normally focus on what a vehicle started out as, this exhibit will be put on as an art installment, focusing on the amazing art forms that these vehicles have become.

Among the vehicles set to be on the exhibit floor are “Handyman” a 1956 Chevy wagon built by Neil Lea and owned by Gordy Peters, “Kracklin Rose” a 1933 Willys 77 built and owned by Al Nosse, “SwishAir” a 1957 Chevy owned by guest curator of the exhibit Daniel Swisher, and “The 69er” a 1934 Ford roadster owned by Chip Hoynitski.

Delahaye USA Pacific- a re-styling of Ralph Lauren’s 1937 Type 57S Bugatti Atlantic.

Deviating even further from the norm at the AACA Museum will be an exhibit car named “Delahaye USA Pacific,” a completely fabricated hot rod built as an homage to cars of the hot rod era, but only loosely based on actual production vehicles.

Other installments set to be included in the exhibit are a Tucker 48 clone owned by Rob Ida, the engine-driven Radio Flyer wagon “Wagen Meister” thought up by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, and a motorized bar stool named Bloody Mary.

Neil Lea-built “Handyman” owned by Gordy Peters.

To show the true contrast between all the exhibit vehicles and original production vehicles, there will also be a stock ’68 Camaro RS/SS on display, as well as the 1967 Camaro known as “Low Profile,” which is a multiple Street Machine Nationals and Hot Rod Nationals Grand Champion and was once named “The World’s Most Beautiful Camaro” by Super Chevy Magazine.

The Art of the Build: Rods and Kustoms exhibit is set to be a whole new experience for AACA Museum regulars, as it will combine museum-quality vehicles with the amazing custom scene found at car shows all across the country. For more information or to secure tickets to this unique museum exhibit, be sure to visit the AACA Museum online.