The Detroit Autorama has once again opened its basement to real world hot rods and customs that we can all actually aspire to build and own. While, competing for the Ridler is the car builder’s version of “gold” – let’s be honest, most of us will never get that chance (and many of us appreciate drivers, rather than super high dollar show-only style builds). So this one’s for YOU!

The downstairs exhibit at each year’s Detroit Autorama is known as the Autorama Extreme and it isn’t filled with million dollar builds, no lighted and rotating displays, or cars that will never see the road. It’s just a real-world car show with a bunch of real-world hot rods and customs. So here’s an inside look at what some might call the Autorama for the everyday hot rod guy.

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