Deora (custom car)

The Deora is a super special truck that started life as a regular Dodge pickup truck from 1965. But then, two brothers named Mike and Larry Alexander got their hands on it! They chopped it, changed it, and made it look like nothing anyone had ever seen before. It was like giving a regular toy a superhero makeover! This amazing truck was first shown off in 1967, and people went wild for it!

After the Deora won tons of awards for being so awesome, something really cool happened. A toy company called Hot Wheels saw it and thought, 'Wow, kids would LOVE this!' So, they made a tiny version of the Deora that you could play with! It was like the Deora became famous and got its own action figure. It also became a model kit you could build yourself, which is super neat!

The Deora wasn't just painted a cool color; it was completely changed! The front windshield opens up like a car door, which is super unusual. It also has a cool, sleek shape that looks like it could fly. It was designed by a guy named Harry Bentley Bradley, who helped make it look so futuristic. It was so unique that it won the biggest award at a car show called the Detroit Autorama!

Because the Deora is so famous and one-of-a-kind, it's worth a lot of money. In 2009, someone bought the real Deora truck at an auction. Can you guess how much they paid? It was $324,500! That's more money than you could ever imagine, enough to buy a whole lot of toys and video games. It shows just how special this custom truck really is.