Icon
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Icon has been in operation since 2003, and recently completed its 500th Land Cruiser build.
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Reformer 1970 Chevrolet Suburban arrives as $1.1M Icon build
Icon has revealed its first Chevrolet Suburban restomod.
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Icon's Mercedes 6.2 Derelict rumbles into Jay Leno's Garage
Popular restomodder Icon has tackled Mercedes-Benz's legendary 300 SEL 6.3 for its latest project.
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Icon FJ43 Bandeirante reimagines a timeless classic
Expert restorer and restomodder Icon has revealed one of its earliest Toyota Land Cruiser builds.
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Tesla-powered Icon 1949 Mercury Coupe charges into Jay Leno's Garage
California's Icon brings one of its Derelict restomods to Jay Leno's Garage.
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Icon revamps '71 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL, keeps the patina
Icon's Derelict series of restomods has been expanded with a 1971 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL.
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The latest build has been dubbed a "New School Edition," but it started with a 1952 Chevy Thriftmaster 3100.
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Icon worked its magic on a 1972 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ44
Expert restorer and restomodder Icon has returned with another impressive Toyota Land Cruiser build.
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Icon's latest restomod is a 1950 Chevrolet Thriftmaster pickup truck
This stunning Chevy pickup has retained its classic style but benefits from a whole host of modern upgrades.
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Icon restomods a 1970 Ford F-100
The restomod experts at Icon are back with a new creation based on an iconic Ford pickup truck.
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Low and not slow: Icon Derelicts a 1949 Hudson Coupe
Icon, the Californian design and engineering house, may have gotten its start building classic 4x4s, but the company’s line of patina-embracing Derelict cars have become its signature offering. Over the years Icon has produced some pretty fantastic Derelict cars, but its latest creation might...
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Icon works its magic with 1954 Chevrolet pickup truck
Beloved Icon has hashed out its gorgeous work again. The restomodding shop based in Los Angeles, California, has released its latest project into the wild: a 1954 Chevrolet Thriftmaster pickup truck. The Thriftmaster, part of the Chevrolet Advanced Design series, was the first redesign for the...
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Icon continues to work its magic with numerous vintage SUVs, and the latest to go under the knife is a 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser. It also happens to be Joe Rogan's personal vehicle, and it's clear the 51-year-old comedian has pretty good taste in modifications. According to a video Icon's Jonathan Ward posted to YouTube, the Land Cruiser still boasts its factory axles and transfer case, but the company got to work elsewhere. There are now locking differentials at both the front and rear, operated via a new panel where the interior clock once sat. Icon then gave the Toyota SUV a boost with a...
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The sleeper of sleepers: Icon builds 1949 Mercury Coupe powered by Tesla tech
Everyone loves a sleeper—something that looks rather mundane, but ends up ripping the doors off of anything in its way. This 1949 Mercury Coupe was never a full-blown hot rod, but it's now one of the coolest electric cars we've seen. Icon undertook the build as a way to push the boundaries of...
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Icon revives its Baja Edition for a special FJ40
Back in 2007, SCORE turned to Icon and Jonathan Ward for a run of special Baja Edition FJ40 Land Cruisers. Those trucks were priced at $145,000 and boasted far more aggressive off-road chops then the average Icon build. Fast forward to today, and Icon has been tasked with revisiting the style and...
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1966 Ford Bronco Roadster gets the Icon Derelict treatment
Back in 1966, Ford created the Bronco in an effort to capture the growing enthusiasm for off-road adventure. The most basic example is a model called the Roadster, which arrived from the factory sans doors and roof. Expert restorer Jonathan Ward and his Icon outfit got ahold of one and turned it...
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Icon puts original Ford Bronco back into production
A new Ford Bronco is coming. An old one is on its way as well though, thanks to Jonathan Ward and his firm Icon. The truck is called the Old School BR, and it's a first-generation Ford Bronco buillt virtually from scratch. It's also better than any Bronco that ever left the Ford factory. When Icon...
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Icon is building an all-electric Derelict Mercury
Icon is perhaps best known for its many high-dollar bespoke-built vintage SUVs. Lately though, the Icon team has been cranking out a handful of other project vehicles, including cars, and each one has been more amazing than the last. We've seen a gorgeous Ford F-250, an impossibly cool Rolls-Royce...
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This is the nicest example of a classic FJ40-generation Toyota Land Cruiser that you're likely to find. It's as clean as can be, free of rust, and shows just 5,265 original miles on its odometer. It's also for sale on Bring A Trailer, and if you want it you'll need a massive pile of cash. With one day left on the auction, the top bid sits at $100,000. That's after four bids, and that figure shows the potential buyer is quite serious. The bidding started $8,000, then went to $9,000, before shooting up to $84,000, and finally to $100,000. Why the interest in such a truck? It's a time capsule...
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Sleeper 1958 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud stops by Leno's Garage
Icon turns out fantastic works of automotive art. The company revisits classic cars and gives them a modern spin, though mostly under the sheet metal. You're most likely familiar with the Land Cruisers, Broncos, and other off-road machines built in the shop owned by Jonathan Ward. His company...
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Icon builds a perfect retro-modern 1965 Ford F-250
There is a 1965 Ford F100 in my garage. I've owned it for a few years, performed a few mechanical fixes and upgrades over the years, and I love my truck. It's a good "ten footer" and a pleasure to take on cruises. Jonathan Ward of Icon doesn't build "ten footers." He builds amazing machines to his...
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Icon made a 6-figure Chevy Caprice, and it's glorious
One of my dream machines isn't a new Ferrari [NYSE:F]. It's not the latest Porsche. It's not even something like a Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Shelby GT350, or other modern high-horsepower muscle car. It's a Ford Crown Vic. You see, I drive on the Los Angeles freeway system and it's a terrible...
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5th-gen Ford Bronco is a Raptor under the skin
If Ford made new product decisions based on enthusiast forums, it'd have never killed the beloved Bronco. Of course, planning corporate strategy around internet commentary doesn't exactly a guarantee a slam dunk—or a future as a going concern. But true believers—like Icon's Jonathan...
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Icon FJ-44 hits up Jay Leno's Garage
Here at Motor Authority we tend to spend most of our time on the paved bits, in low-slung, fun-to-drive cars. Barring that, we gravitate toward full-size highway bombardment hardware: cruising in style. But sometimes we get the urge to go where the roads don't. And when we do, the Toyota FJ is at...
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