This would represent a return to an earlier age of motoring when coach builders would be engaged to design and fabricate bespoke bodies for Bugattis, Duesenbergs or Rollers.

Banacek's AMX 400 still retains the classic George Barris signature of proportionality. Other customizers, says Barris, "chop the top and you've got a three inch window and a 25 inch body."