Metallica’s Metal Motor – Car – That Is – Wins Top Prize

Metallica's James Hetfield has many hobbies.  One of them, cars, has scored him a #1.  He won another top prize, it's not the first time he has been awarded  for a hot-rod.  He's been a collector for quite some time... his latest?  'The Black Pearl.'  It was named the custom car of the year by the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association.  It is an entirely custom built machine...  hand formed and designed my Hetfield himself.  Take a look at a photo of his creation from the Goodguys...

According to 'Motoramic' it has a 1948 Jaguar frame, a V-8 with 375 hp and is more of a work of art than a speedster.  Hetfield was in awe that what started as an 8 x 10 drawing turned into this.  It was born from steel sheets, from scratch!

I made a car once, in industrial arts class, in like 7th grade.  Yeah, shop.   I remember how much I loved that class!  We took a little block of wood and sanded, grinded, painted, added accessories, I think it was almost as cool as the clay pot I made in art class.  It was only a little piece of wood and maybe the size of a shoe, but I still was pretty proud of that puppy.  I can't imagine how proud James musta been for creating this beautiful gal, his, 'Black Pearl.'  I maybe have a small amount in common with him, in that I named my little shop creation the 'Blue Royal.'   Thats about it, his is way more awesome.  The video [below] features James talking about cars.  He says, 'Cars are like people.. They like love'....   He loves working with his cars!