Remember that stripped down 49 Mercury that Aaron Von Minden was cruising in? Well, things have taken a slightly different direction with a coat of shiny black. More images to come when the wrapping is off!

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Would you let this guy design your BMW?

Our guy on the West coast, Aaron Von Minden is sort of an automotive Jekyll and Hyde type of guy. Here in The Garage, we see the monster side of this creative genius with all manner of retro American kool. The more mild mannered daily face Von Minden wears doesn’t appear very often here in The Garage, as the two personalities don’t always play nicely together.

After close to a decade, Aaron has decided to leave BMW’s prestigious Designworks USA. 3 years with BMW body shops led to a long stint at Designworks, where Von Minden took part in some seriously impressive projects. McLaren F1, MINI, Rolls Royce. Aaron built design models for all of them, not to mention many internal projects that may not have been seen by prying outside eyes.

I’m sure the powers that be at BMW will be sad to see him go, as should future BMW owners. For those of us who get excited by the work that the Savage side of Aaron’s abilities create, you can be sure that he has only just begun. Next up on the resto train is a sweet Hemi powered 1970 Road Runner!

We’ll have pics of that beast soon

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Our guys on the West coast never cease to amaze me with the incredible cool car stuff they manage to send our way. Aaron Von Minden, from Savage Speed Garage has taken things to a new level this time. The Von Fonda is on vacation in New Zealand at the moment and has somehow found a stash of vintage sprint cars and managed to get some seat time. I’m disappointed he didn’t take the Stars & Stripes lid with him for the photo op!

Aaron has promised tons more photos when he gets back to Cali.

More sideways goodness after the break.
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Through the eyes of Coop and Aaron Von Minden, we’ve been lucky to grab some glimpses of The Old Crow, a land speed record racer built from the fuel tank of a fighter plane that both of the guys worked on. Owner Bobby Green was approached by the minions of Tommy Hilfiger to see if he would be interested in having the historic racer involved in a bit of a photo shoot. One thing led to another and Bobby & friends built another car in an incredible 2 days and both cars became the focal point for Hilfiger’s 2008 Spring ad campaign. Currently, The Old Crow is on display in Amsterdam.

Bobby has the full story on The Old Crow blog and we’ve got some video for you after the break.
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Speaking with Chip Foose the other day reminded me that I haven’t gotten around to posting the pics Aaron Von Minden sent of Live Wire. Back in the fall, we showed you Piero DeLuca’s Ford Coupe in the early stages at the Savage Speed Garage. The months of work leading up to the 2008 Grand National Roadster Show have paid off and Live Wire won 4 awards! Nice work guys!

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard from our West coast guy, Aaron Von Minden. Well, not really. We’ve heard from the Von Fonda, we just haven’t gotten around to posting the cool pics he sends us.

The Savage Speed Garage has gotten a pretty solid rep for building super cool hot rods, but there is really more to it. Over the past weeks, Aaron & his boys have been doing paint and resto work on this really cool 37 Cord. These photos were taken just before the car was sent out for glass and interior work. Somewhere there is a very lucky owner about to enjoy a nicely restored car.

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Our west coast contributor Aaron Von Minden would like to wish everybody a happy holiday season, Savage Speed Garage style.

Enjoy the PBR’s boys, I hope Santa is good to you all!

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Here is another new clip from the guys at Black Top TV, which gives a little more insight into who our west coast contributor really is.

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A few weeks ago, we brought you a set of killer images of west coast contributor Aaron Von Minden’s trip to the final drag weekend at LA County Raceway. Now, our man Aaron Von Fonda and the boys at Rocker Arm Films bring us some of the coolest video of the year. From the burnouts to the groovin’ tunes, this video is what old skool rodding is all about!

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So now we’ve seen Aaron’s coupe in stills and even with a starlet, but how about seeing the beast in action. It seems the young man has been holding out on us, as he’s had this video hiding in the gootoobz.

Get ready for some killer sounds of late night rodding in California…after the break
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