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Special guests included 007 driver Ben Collins, Paxton Booth and Tony Stewart. The judges included Leno, Snoop Dogg, Gabriel ‘Fluffy’ Iglesias and Brionna Lynch. The final stop was live-streamed from Jay Leno’s Garage, co-hosted by auto media personality Jarod DeAnda and Leno himself on Leno’s YouTube page and Hot Wheel’s Facebook page. Our Road & Track brethren teamed with the iconic company and became a virtual stop on the tour. This year, with the constraints of the Covid-19 pandemic, The Tour went virtual. The last winner was a Nash, a car you might have a hard time seeing as cool, but check it out. More than 110,000 people stopped in on the tour to see the cars. If there’s ever another SEMA show, let’s hope he is there with his next build.Īs for the Hot Wheels Legends Tour, the Tour started as an actual worldwide multi-city tour that included stops in Europe, Latin America, Asia and North America. “Everything but the paint and powder was done in the side yard of the house,” Stair said.Ĭlearly, Stair is an artist. The exhaust oozes forward of the engine block like Play-Doh extruded from a Play-Doh press. The 400-cubic-inch LSV8 revs to 10,000 rpm.

The flares are 18-gauge steel sheet he made himself. Indeed, the car is seven feet wide, a stat that seems to have fascinated almost everyone who has seen it and fully everyone who has written about it in the two years since its debut. “It’s a single layer of Pontiac, the rest is all tube chassis.” “Yeah, so, it’s a bit wider than stock,” Stair told Hoonigan last year. Your own kid might be playing with it on your kitchen floor come 2021. And now Hot Wheels and the judges of the Hot Wheels Legends Tour have agreed with that general assessment, naming it the third car to gain status as a 1:64 th scale Hot Wheels Legends car, meaning it will be manufactured into a little toy car and sold around the world. Riley Stair spent 20 months in a lean-to in his parents’ side yard building what is now generally acknowledged as the greatest Pontiac Firebird ever made.

Hot Wheels just named it a Legends Car, to be built into 1:64 scale.

Builder Riley Stair worked on it for almost two years.

Pontiac Firebird totally reimagined into something far cooler.

Wilwood 4 piston calipers with 14”drilled and slotted rear rotorsĪluminum performance 3-piece wheels 20×12. Wilwood 6 piston calipers with 14” drilled and slotted front rotors Ididit tilt steering column/keyless ignitionĭSE tubular upper and lower control arms with 2 ½” dropĭSE rear Quadra Link suspension with adjustable coilovers and 3” drop Vintage Air Sure Fit climate control system

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Bullseye Power 62 mm extended tip turbos with polished race coversĬustom air to air intercooler with aluminum charge tubingĬustom air hat with retro-Pontiac six pack designĬustom design full leather interior with dual stitchingĬustom Budnik split-grip sport wheel anodized black TURBO SYSTEM – Custom All Speed Performance TwinĢ ea. Custom Twin Turbo PontiacĬrank – 4.00″ stroke crank – Scat 4340 forged steel This latest 1970 Firebird stretches its 1200hp wings with the help of Brian Moat/All Speed Customs, based in Muskegon Heights, Michigan – where the muscle car has the proper pedigree for a build of this nature.ĮNGINE: 475 Cu. Nearly 2 decades ago, owner Tom Cronkright’s first car as a juvenile was a 1970 Pontiac Firebird, but his spirited youth combined with a heavy right foot shortened that relationship. Although this Machine of muscle might appear to be a garage happy show car, it has lots of wear and tear with both street and track miles.

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Plus there is an enormous amount of black.

The body modifications provide a contemporary yet bold look and will increase performance by managing and directing airflow.

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Built as a high-performance daily driver, this Firebird needed to include many luxuries and appointments found in late model sports cars such as a tuned suspension, fuel injected adjustable twin-turbos, climate control, power windows with a state-of-the art stereo and multimedia electronics.” “When I set out to build my dream car the vision was to tastefully integrate modern styling and technology into the classic 1970 Pontiac Formula Firebird body. Owner: Tom Conkright | Build: All Speed Customs | Photos: McGaffin