Although YearOne has been in the parts business for close to three decades, only in the past few years have we’ve been building project cars in-house. Sure, we’ve contributed to countless cars built by others, but the move to design and construct the cars ourselves was a big one. Project cars can be a double-edged sword for companies – build something really cool and everybody loves you. Miss the boat, and, well, you can guess the rest.

Fortunately, everything we hear from customers and friends (and media) is good so far. In fact, many of the cars have been so well-received we’ve been getting plenty of requests for customer versions. We’ve built a handful of customer cars so far, and we will continue to do so, but on a very exclusive basis. And we’ll also continue to build project cars for ourselves. After all, what good is having all the parts around if you can’t use them!

The list of cars below isn’t complete, as we currently have a project or two under construction. Hopefully, it will never be complete. Enjoy.

	Innovator The Innovator was one of our first project cars, and by all standards it's certainly our most famous. The car has been in countless magazines, on all kinds of TV shows, and has made a brief appearance in a major movie.
	Blackened Blackened - a modified 1969 Mach 1 - was built for the producer of such standout TV shows as Overhaulin', Rides, and Hot Rod TV. When you're responsible for shows that spotlight some of the coolest cars on the planet, you better drive something pretty cool yourself!
	Boss Hoss The Boss Hoss is YearOne's '66 Mustang project car that, like many of the others, combines classic muscle car appearance with modern power and reliability. The car was built to publicized the release of YearOne's classic Mustang catalog in 2004, and was debuted at the 40th Anniversary Mustang show in Nashville, Tennessee.
	Mail Order Camaro The Mail Order Camaro was an unusual project for a few reasons. First off, it began with a reproduction '69 Camaro body instead of an original car. Second, the car was built by a number of volunteers from many different departments within the company. Third, the build was the basis for a book we published on building a 99% reproduction muscle car.
	Red Runner YearOne is closely associated with the Mopar side of the muscle car hobby, and for our first in-house Mopar project car we wanted something different. E-bodies are being built left and right these days, with good reason, but instead of jumping on that bandwagon we thought it would be cool to build a convertible Road Runner. Of course, we would apply our style of combining new technology with classic looks, and of course we would drive it.