Car Features

Rudi Van Der Merwe from Pretoria is the proud owner of this unique 1955 Chevy 210 4-door beast he affectionately calls Lucky Lucile. Rudi’s story of his beloved Lucky Lucile is one of passion, grit, and a love for raw power.

Ettiene is no stranger to SA HotRods. We all spent hours glued to our screens watching him build Riaan Venter’s 1941 Chevy Coupé, which was featured in Edition 10. But what many people didn’t notice was what was lurking in the background: fibreglass moulds of a 1932 Ford Pickup, something Ettiene had been quietly working on for some time.

Well, Eddie van der Walt from Bethal didn’t just imagine it—he made it a reality. Eddie isn’t your typical rodder, and this build is anything but ordinary. He’s a guy who follows his own path, proving that we don’t need to look across the pond to figure out what we should be doing.

Article and Photos by Joe van Zyl

Jeremy shared the backstory of his masterpiece on wheels, the 1939 Chevy Master Deluxe. “I’ve always wanted a '39 Chevy,” he told me. “To me, it’s the original gangster car, the kind of ride Al Capone would have cruised around in. But I never thought I’d actually find one.”