Regular readers of this online rag have been admiring Ed White's (a.k.a. Fast Eddy) art work which has been featured in almost every issue of ESM since 2004 and he never fails to impress! Ed always uses various crazy options, wild wheels, and colorful paint schemes that mesmerize even the biggest names in the industry. The word on the street is that Fast Eddy has been drawing since diapers which makes him a professional artist in every aspect of the word! Obviously his talent has paid off for Ed is now one of the most sought after automotive artists in the industry.

As always, we encourage our readers to contact him if you need some foresight by having your project come to life on paper first (always helps to keep things rolling along... YOU KNOW!). All you have to do is dial: 281.455.2883. Ed is Texas friendly and just like the state in which he resides, has big ideas. Also, keep in mind that Ed can paint the real deal, too! If you want a wicked paint job on your ride, Ed can get it done for you. To catch a glimpse of more examples of Fast Eddy's radical artwork, visit: www.fehrarules.com. Oh yeah, be sure to tell Ed that ESM sent ya!

Ford makes a GT 500, but it looks like the 1968... this one is more like the 1969. Ed kept within the 1969 styling including stretching the nose. Ed actually had pictures of the 1969 Mustang side by side with the 500 to see exactly what Ford did, then he incorporated that into what is actually a 2008 Mustang. If Ford doesn't stretch the side glass into a quarter window, then that would be the hardest modification... everything else is bolt on, plug and play. The wheels are 20-inch designs combining the Torque Thrusts and the Magnum 500s. Ed left the gas door where it is for simplicity and moved the license between the taillights and the exhaust where the license used to be. The "518" in the name would come from the ponies (fitting term for a pony car) under the hood.

John Hodnefield is building this one. This is actually a 2003 S-10 Xtreme. The body is a fiberglass body kit called 1939 Studebaker Coupe Express. The kit uses the original yellow along with a white for the two-tone that incorporates a smoke graphic that is done like the real fire flames only with varying shades of grey and silver. The yellow and white are inspired by his father's 1955 Chevy. It rides on air and 20-inch ZE wheels. You can follow the project build and read more about this truck at: www.39stude.com.

This is a gamers rolling paradise. Ed's intent was to use an SUV, but he tends to stray off the obvious path just to do things a little different. Instead, Ed decidedto use a 1962 Cadillac Hearse with the floorpan modified to a more conventional shape. Seating consists of buckets up front, bench in back (with LEGROOM). The fronts swivel like a 1976 Monte Carlo and the rear seat folds down. In the passenger seat back, there is a built in laptop with a wireless mouse for editing A/V. The console houses a refrigerator, the headliner above the front seats houses the A/C unit instead of it looking tacked onto the roof, there is a slide back rag top and finally an HD flat screen drops down at the back. When the rear seat is folded down, it reveals the game systems mounted between the wheel housings--in this particualr case an X-Box and Playstation 2. You can swing the front seats around, put your feet up on the back seat and play until your heart is content! If you want to play something else, there is a smaller flat screen on the left sail panel to accomodate such a change of heart. There are speakers in the roof "console" for better sound and the opposite sail panel is where the Guitar Hero controllers are displayed... er... actually I mean stowed and if you want to play a real guitar, the Eric Clapton Strat is "stowed" in a rack on the tailgate. The amp is located in the area between the wheel housings not used by the gaming stations. Rock on dudes!

Ed was watching a 4-wheeler show on cable one day and they were rebuilding a 1979 Bronco. When Ed saw the body off the chassis and with the roof "removed" he thought it would make a great Trans Am car. Ed wanted a more updated look and when he started looking at wheels, he got the idea to go Ferrari with it. The wheels are designed like ones he found on an Enzo. Body mods include the addition of a recessed rear cab wall and bed cover with a little duck tail, smooth tailgate with the Ford script done in Ferrari "font", Ferrari'd taillights, roll pan with exhaust, shaved side markers, door handles and emblems, brake cooling ducts in the lower quarters and molded, one piece front bumper and the hood has huge twin heat extractor vents on top. Finishing it off, the paint consists of all, you guessed it, Ferrari red. The yellow logo is the Bronco emblem surrounded by red, white, and blue (USA colors), unlike the Ferrari logo which is surrounded by red, white, and green (Italy's colors).

They say that inspiration comes from the strangest of places and this design is no different. Ed was in a meeting at his "real" job and a tele-conferencing phone on the table reminded him of the old tri-bar/triangle shaped hood ornaments the early 1970's Dodge Polaras had except for the bulbous after thought number pad. Anyway, one of the tri-bar things was facing Ed and a light came on in his head: "That would make a different looking rod." Yep, it sure would and here it is! The wheels were inspired by a watch someone was wearing across the table from Ed at the time (no pun intended). It's kind of track roadster-ish with its Duval windshield, but you could show up to any black tie affair in-style. There are five pipes shooting out each side, but that's only for visual effect, for one is a dummy. This rod has a 500hp Hemi for light to light blasts, but the kicker is there are electric motors in each rear wheel. SURPRISE-SURPRISE-SURPRISE-- it is a HYBRID street rod! Anything less than half throttle is handled with electricity. So, this "green rod" can go from nothing to 60 something in about three seconds, quarter mile in 10+, and get semi-infinite mileage in town and about 400 miles on a single charge for trips. If this were a real car, you could go from Houston to Dallas without a drop of fuel, blow most of a tank street racing all weekend, plug in at night (maybe) and come home on the same tank of gas ("green" can be cool afterall). Then there is the upholstery which consists of ultra leather in shades of black grey and white trimmed in chrome, gold and paint, styled after the suit you'd be wearing to your black tie affair-- hence the name: TUXEDO.

Ed designed this 1971 Camaro for Sgt. Craig Kauzlaric who is currently stationed in Iraq. Craig Kauzlaric wanted this car for over 20yrs. He wrote to Ed White, "I have contacted other designers just to get ignored." Can you believe this? This 1971 Camaro consists of anti-freeze green, on bags (pro tour look), 19-inchers in rear with 17-inchers up front, 5 spoke Intro V-Rods (gunmetal in color), split front bumper, shaved door handles, rear view mirror on driver side but using a bike mirror attached to the window pillar, and a stripe up the hood that goes into flames in the same color as the rims. Most importantly ESM says: thank you for your service to our country, Sgt. Kauzlaric!

1967 GTO "Project Identity"- This car is a big deal for the one who is good with the pencil! Fast Eddy designed this car and ARG (Adrenaline Rides Garage-Kendall Burleson 210-838-5338) is building it. It will have a fuel injected 400ci, with a carburetor replacement throttle body, and a serpentine pulley system, with horsepower just north of 500, a 6-spd with a Gear Vendors overdrive hanging off the back of it and a Ford 9-inch with posi. Ed designed the wheels and Budnik is making them in 18-inch and 20-inch sizes. Baer is handling the disc brakes, and vintage air is taking care of the A/C. Clear headlights (Tri bar type) wil lbe used along with white LED strips behind the stock taillight lenses. The suspension will be updated as well with new larger sway bars and lowering springs. The body will be painted Candy Tangerine over a Gold base. Except for replacing the old sheet metal with new stuff, and removing the Pontiac arrowhead from the hood and adding a removable hard top-- the body will be as it was when it rolled off the GM assembly line. The interior will come straight out of the catalog with the exception of the door panels, which ARG and Eddy will make. The 4-spd console (off-center hole) will be replaced by an automatic console modified to fit the 6-spd shifter location with the original Hurst shifter and "hole" piece installed for a factory look.

Short history lesson to to explain the project's name...
Ed has owned this car since 1985, so as the story goes while in college, in 1988, one day Ed's English professor called him a prophetic "Fast Eddy" because of that car. (Read more about it on the "Bio" page on www.fehrarules.com) The folks that knew Ed and even some of those who didn't began calling Ed "Fast Eddy" as a result. So, the car in the rendering identifies Ed-- really!