Video taken at Lemay/ACM in Tacoma, WA.
“Slow Burn” was crafted from an official Glen Pray recreation of an Auburn Boattail. The fiberglass body made it difficult to alter extensively, so James Hetfield (Metallica frontman) and Dore instead added details, like a sloped, Carson-style convertible top, to emphasize the car’s curving lines. The root beer paint color of the fenders, in contrast with the darker body color, highlights their sinuous shape. Accents like the geometric grille, taillight trim, and personally designed wheels exemplify Hetfield’s personal style.
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The 1936 Auburn ‘Slow Burn’ boattail is the most expensive car in James Hetfield's collection with its estimated worth to be over $799,688. James got the idea for boattail when he came across a Glenn Pray’s fiberglass recreation of the 1936 Auburn 852 Speedster. So James got an original Pray classic’s body and handed it over to Rick Dore to start his work on the car. Dore customized the entire body of the car and hand fabricated most of the panels. After the bodywork was complete it was given a two-tone paint. For the interior Egyptian leather was used and most of the dials and gauges have been customized to look original.
1936 Auburn ‘Slow Burn’
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Price: $799,688
Engine: 4.6-liter supercharged inline-8
Horsepower: 150 hp
Torque: 230 lb-ft
Transmission: 3-speed manual
0-60 MPH: 15.0 sec
Top Speed: 121 MPH
The 1936 Auburn Boattail Speedster came with a supercharged, 4.6-liter eight-cylinder engine that makes 150 hp and 230 lb-ft of torque. It came with a three-speed manual transmission and was fast as well as powerful for its time. As per third-party claims the Auburn could do 0-60 MPH in 15.0 seconds flat and if pushed further can hit a top speed of 121 MPH. But James got a 350 cubic inch ZZ4 Ford crate motor fitted into it. The engine made 350 hp and 405 lb-ft of torque. And it was mated to an automatic transmission. The car sat on a RideTech air suspension system and rolled on 15-inch custom-designed wheels.
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