Steve Magnante's Super Models
Steve Magnante is a car guy of epic proportions and a car builder of miniature scale-1:25 scale, to be exact. On Steve Magnante's Super Models, he'll toss the instructions aside to custom-build some of his favorite cars from history. Drawing from his encyclopedic mind, his vault of vintage magazines, and a near junkyard worth of spare parts, Steve hot rods ordinary kits to become extraordinary glimpses into our automotive history.
- 2021-2021
- 1 season
- MotorTrend Group
- Reality
Steve Magnante is a car guy of epic proportions and a car builder of miniature scale-1:25 scale, to be exact. On Steve Magnante's Super Models, he'll toss the instructions aside to custom-build some of his favorite cars from history. Drawing from his encyclopedic mind, his vault of vintage magazines, and a near junkyard worth of spare parts, Steve hot rods ordinary kits to become extraordinary glimpses into our automotive history.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2021
Episode 1
Factory-Backed Street Racing in a '67 GTX
Mon, Jun 7, 2021 22 mins
Things were very groovy indeed when, in 1969, Detroit's Big Three automakers were actively supporting and sponsoring local Detroit street racers. The prize for such a risky marketing play? Both bragging rights and sales, not to mention pretty cheap R&D. This is the story of Jimmy Addison's Silver Bullet and the details that made it such a force on Woodward Avenue.
Episode 2
Hilborn Stacks, Wheelbase Surgery, and a '67 Chevelle. This is Funny Car Folk Art!
Mon, Jun 14, 2021 21 mins
Model building, much like full-size hot-rodding, can be an exercise in imagination and building out your dreams. Steve introduces us to the fever dream that is Funny Car Folk Art as he explores the altered-wheelbase movement of the mid-'60s, gasser stylings, and the big-block power of the '67 Chevelle.
Episode 3
The Even Littler Red Wagon
Mon, Jun 21, 2021 22 mins
Steve builds the origin story of the 1960s Wheelstanders movement, the Little Red Wagon. He knows how to make a good kit great as he bashes together the mid-engine wheelie machine that accidently turned Dodge's flailing marketing campaign into a long-running cultural phenomenon.
Episode 4
The Charger of Magnante Past
Mon, Jun 28, 2021 22 mins
Steve's feeling a little nostalgic as he rediscovers his long lost love, his 1968 Charger R/T. Referencing his personal photos, he builds a Steve-correct car with primer finish, Racing Green jambs, TorqueFlite trans and wide-by-wider rolling stock.