A Twin-Turbo '33 Ford, a C8 Fajita Truck and Seven More SEMA 2026 Builds We Couldn't Walk Past

Nick Cryer's 1933 Ford is about as subtle as a wheelie bar. Two turbochargers hang out in the open on either side of the grille, the windshield wears a HOT ROD Drag Week 2026 banner, and pink "DRIVEN" lettering sits across the cowl. It is a car built to be driven to the track, raced and driven home again, and it looked the part parked on the HOT ROD display on Thursday, Nov. 5.

That was our day on the floor and in the outdoor lots, and it is where this list comes from. These are nine builds we stopped for, chosen because the story behind each one holds up and because our photos do them justice. Every spec here is either confirmed by more than one source or credited to whoever published it, including the build placards where that is all there is.

Nick Cryer's twin-turbo 1933 Ford

The placard on the display names it "Nick Cryer's 1933 Ford Coupe." Drag-and-drive fans may know Cryer from his old ride: Holley covered him racing a 1963 Divco milk truck, and the coupe is a newer car, not a rebodied Divco. According to RacingJunk's report from Sick Week 2026, Cryer finished second in the Unlimited class in the '33, behind Niklas Lindrin's 1967 Firebird. That result comes from one outlet, so treat it as reported, not confirmed. The Drag Week 2026 banner on the windshield is what we saw on the car; we did not find published results for it.

Vettro, the C8 Corvette fajita truck

The patina is real, and so is the Corvette underneath. Vettro is a 1950s International Metro van (the placard and most coverage say 1952) on the chassis and mid-mounted 6.2-liter V8 of a wrecked 2021 C8 Corvette. The builder is LJ Koch of Luc's Fajita Hut (@lucs) in New Jersey, and it still works as a food truck. The Drive reported that Koch paid $400 for the van in July 2018 after finding it behind a building in Pine Brook, New Jersey. Corvette Blogger and GM Authority covered the C8 transplant in 2023, and it was shown at the New York Auto Show in 2025.

At SEMA it sat under Guinness World Records "Official Attempt" signage. The Drive reported that Guinness created a fastest food truck category for Koch with a 130 mph minimum. We found no completed record, so for now it is an attempt, not a record holder. Our photos also show DR Forged wheels and Hoosier tires. The full story is Vettro: The $400 International Metro Fajita Truck Hiding a Wrecked C8 Corvette.

OMF Car Craft's Battle of the Builders Bronco

Jeremy Wessels, president and chief engineer of OMF Car Craft (@omfcarcraft), made the 2026 SEMA Battle of the Builders Top 12 in the Off-Road category with a red 1969 Ford Bronco. The finalist board in our photos lists it, and THE SHOP published the same Top 12. The Off-Road spot in the Top 4 went to Mark Giambalvo's 1974 K10, and Eddie Pettus's 1970 Chevelle won overall.

The build placard lists a Ford Performance Gen 4 supercharged Coyote with Whipple, a Ford 10R80 10-speed, Fox and Wilwood parts, Method wheels, BFGoodrich KO tires and AkzoNobel paint. Those truck-specific details come only from the placard. Our photo of the bay shows the blower on top of the Coyote and exposed carbon on the inner panels, which fits OMF's carbon-bodied classic Bronco program covered by THE SHOP. The placard gives Magnolia, Texas, as home; OMF describes itself as a Houston company.

Killer Creations triple-turbo Apache

Killer Creations from Middleton, Idaho, built a drift truck out of a 1958 Chevrolet Apache cab and front clip on a 2004 Tahoe front chassis, according to Diesel World and Diesel Army. The engine is a built 6.7-liter Cummins with a compound triple-turbo setup, the stacks poking straight through the hood. Diesel Army credits Jeffrey McHaddad and his father Jeff, whose name is on the roof, with the build, and Creative Wraps of Idaho with the purple, black and gray geometric livery. Diesel Army lists TIS wheels and Toyo Proxes R888R tires. We found it parked beside one of the convention center's glass walls after dark. The full story is One Last Truck: The Triple-Turbo Cummins '58 Apache Behind Killer Creations.

Attacking the Clock Racing's carbon 240Z

Shawn Bassett's (@shawnb26) Attacking the Clock Racing (@attackingtheclockracing) 240Z, number 269, is a 1972 Z rebuilt as a full-carbon hill climb and time attack car on a custom tube chassis. It is also in Forza as the "#269 Attacking the Clock Racing 240Z." Bassett, who runs the Orlando shop, lists a Texas Speed 427ci LS with a Garrett G42 turbo, a BMW M3 DCT transmission and 800 hp on the build page. Those figures come from the builder only. Moton coilovers, Sabelt seating, Radium fuel parts and an APR GT-2000 wing are on both the build sheet and the car's decals in our photos. The full story is From $1,100 Craigslist Heap to Pikes Peak: Shawn Bassett's All-Carbon, Turbo LS 240Z.

Bailey Zimmerman's white Huracan

Country singer Bailey Zimmerman's (@bailey.zimmerman) Lamborghini Huracan is all white, from the widebody kit and wing to the engine bay, with gold trim and a "BZ" plate. duPont Registry, citing Zimmerman's Instagram, reported the car on the Air Lift Performance booth, riding on Air Lift air suspension with gold air lines and Kompression wheels. The placard in our photos credits Hydes Leather with the interior. Most of the build detail comes from that one duPont Registry report, so we are crediting it there.

Two Texas trucks with Whipples

Two of the best engine bays in the outdoor Hot Rod Industry Alliance display came from Texas. Smithy Customs (@smithycustoms) is a Houston shop, and its 1955 Ford F-100 is slammed over two-tone green paint. The placard lists Randy Richards of Houston as builder and Smithy Customs as owner, with a 2021 Gen 3 Coyote 5.0 and a Gen 5 3.0-liter Whipple, a Ford 10R80, Forgeline GT3C wheels on Pirelli P Zero tires and custom PPG Bayou Mud Hex Metallic and Voodoo Green Moss Metallic paint. We could not confirm those details anywhere else. It is a different truck from Fat Fender Garage's 1956 F-100 GT/FX, which also uses a blown Coyote.

The other is a 1984 Chevrolet C10 from Wilco Classics & Speed (@wilcoclassics), a Texas shop LMC Truck Life has featured before. The placard lists a GM LT4 with a Whipple 3.0, a GM 10L90-E 10-speed, Blue Ember Metallic paint and Kompression wheels. As with the Ford, those are placard details we have not seen confirmed elsewhere. The blower, color-matched sheet metal and clean bay are all right there in our photo.

CyberHooligan

The strangest thing we saw in the Future Tech Studio was a stainless, angular roadster labeled CyberHooligan (@cyber_hooligan), wearing a Grand Theft Auto VI themed livery. The display credits TSK EV Collision Repair (@tsk.club) and says it is based on a Tesla Model S Plaid. The one number we can confirm is the donor's: Tesla rates the stock Model S Plaid at 1,020 hp. We found no evidence that the GTA VI livery is licensed or official, and no published spec for the finished car.

What ties these together is not a scene. A Divco veteran's hot rod, a fajita truck, a Cummins drifter and a country singer's Lamborghini have nothing in common on paper. Each one, though, has a builder who decided the obvious version was not enough.