![]() Naturally as BCC started to address these issues, the truck just got nicer and nicer until it surpassed the daily driver mark and headed full-tilt for show car world. Next up was the chassis that came complete with a chunky girder for extra strength. ![]() First, and most alarming, was the cab, which on close inspection turned out to be a diamond shape, rather than square. Like peeling back the layers of a bad onion, the further Scott and the boys got into the truck the worse it got. Unfortunately, the best-laid plans often make a hard left when it comes to taking on someone else's hot-rod project. After that, the truck would be delivered to Hetfield's workshop and Scott would help the frontman finish off the project there-the Metallica man has an excellent garage and is more than handy around a toolbox (when he gets the time). The funny thing is it was also painted purple, but a completely different purple to the one you see here today."Īs well as building a daily driver, the original idea saw Scott and the BCC team installing a new front clip and chopping the top. "It already had the extended cab and a flatbed on it. "He bought it off the internet from some old guy," continues Scott. (The '56 Ford is about to be delivered to its expectant owner and the last thing anyone needs right now is a scratch or a ding). "James really wanted a daily driver," begins Scott as he eyes the truck with a combination of pride and apprehension. ![]() The truck's story starts, as many things do these days, with the internet. He was moving much more towards finished kustoms rather than rough, but safe, beaters." "James was kind of into some of that stuff, but his style was growing and changing really quickly at that time. "Remember all this happened back in '04 when the rat-rod scene was huge," points out Scott with a stroke of his beard. Just like thousands of hot rodders do every weekend all around the world, the two of them would stop and talk about cars, and Scott would joke with Hetfield about when he was going to get around to building his own version of the BCC sedan. Truth to tell, nothing much came of that first meeting, but fate was weaving its wonderful way in the background and the two men kept running into each other at various car shows in and around Northern California. It's not every day James Hetfield takes time out to say he likes what you're doing, so Scott took some of his own time to show the singer around his Model A. We had already built two similar projects and, thankfully, it just caught James's eye." That car was chopped six inches, channeled, it had a nail-head engine and sat just right. Scott Mugford smiles and recalls, "It all started in 2004, we had a Model A sedan at a show in San Francisco. ![]() ![]() Nor is it the story of a Johnny-come-lately rodder throwing hissy fits over the smell of the fresh leather in his shiny new cab. But thankfully this is no tell-tale about a spoiled rock star with more money than sense. Million dollar Veyrons, Ferraris, and Lamborghinis are all just a phone call away. Let's face it, a guy such as Metallica's front man, James Hetfield, has money to burn when it comes to cars. ![]()
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