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When it comes to decorating their cars, Americans are in overdrive.

From "Art Cars" by Harrod Blank

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The auto -- for Americans -- is as powerful a symbol of freedom as the bald eagle. Take your Ford on the open road and the country is yours. But a small and growing group asks, "Why drive the same car everyone else drives? Why not drive my own creation?" These are owners of art cars, men and women who redesign ordinary cars and make them extraordinary. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes outrageous, they are always original and express an individual's ideals, quirks and dreams.

Researched by Dan O'Connor

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