For 10 seasons, and hopefully, more, Danny Koker of Counting Cars, has restored and customized some of the most bad-ass rides on the road. The owner of Count's Kustoms in Las Vegas, Nevada isn't just one of the top resto-mod guys in the country, he's also a big car fan. According to an interview with The Globe and Mail, Koker has "around 58" cars in his personal collection.

Hailing from Detroit, and coming from a long line of Ford Motor Company workers, he doesn't discriminate, with Pentastars and Bowties joining the Blue Ovals in his garage. Though he loves all his rides, from muscle cars and hotrods to classics and supercars, some have an elevated status because of his emotional ties to them.

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1932 Ford Roadster

Fans of Counting Cars are no doubt aware of Koker's '32 Ford Roadster, dubbed the "Vamp Rod." In 1983, Koker and his father bought the car in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it's one of the few vehicles he says he will never sell. It was originally chopped into a hotrod in 1949 and spent the 50s and 60s on the drag strip before it became a Bonneville Salt Flats racer. It is however most historically significant in that it featured a flame job from legendary customizer Von Dutch.

Of equal importance, this is the car that Hot Wheels based their classic 1970s '32 Roadster toy on. With a small block 327 Chevrolet engine, Dyer's 671 supercharger, and 3,000 stall converter, this is an old-school dragster that produces 615 horsepower. Though it used to be a daily driver, Koker says he doesn't take it out as much anymore because he's trying to preserve this classic and historic hotrod.

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1971 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible

Koker has a special place in his heart for Cadillacs and owns several examples, but none is as important as his 1971 Eldorado convertible. This gold "Pimp Mobile" as Koker calls it, is a Dunham Coach Works Superfly Cadillac, named after the classic 1972 Blaxploitation film. Koker bought the Eldorado from a broker, who said it belonged to a real pimp in NYC, sight unseen and was told it was beautifully restored. When he got the car to his shop in Vegas, it turns out it was worn out and in need of some serious restoration.

Koker says he would have bought the car either way because he really wanted Dunham custom Cadillac, but he was a little disappointed in its condition. From there on, he broke the car down to its frame and did a total restoration. When it came for the paint, Korker says he went crazy with the gold flake and in order for that sparkle properly, he clear-coated it with piano resin, rather than traditional auto clear coat. Koker added some personal touches to the otherwise faithful restoration by lowering the Eldorado and making custom chrome spinners for the front wheels.

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1955 Chevy Gasser

The story goes that Koker's mother used to have a '55 Chevy convertible but had to give it up. Years later Koker and his father found one just like his mom used to have and restored it as a gift to her. This started Koker's love affair with the '55 body style, so when he was out on his own, it's one of the first cars he acquired. Bought in Portland, Oregon, Koker's '55 was, as he described it, a 1970's style street machine. It was his daily driver for a while, but an opportunity arose in 2018 for a complete restoration and customization of the vehicle.

Count's Kustom partnered with Matrix Automotive Finishes to make a radical, and in The Count's words "insane" custom paint job to present at the 2018 SEMA show in Las Vegas. What they came up with is one of the most eye-popping, head-turning rides in Koker's garage. As a true Gasser straight-line drag car, it has a solid axle front end and a bored-out big block 497 c.i. Chevy engine that produces between 600 and 650 horsepower. Koker doesn't drive the '55 much these days as it sits next to his mom's Chevy convertible at the Count's Kustoms showroom.

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1995 Dodge Viper

in 1989, Koker was back home in Detroit for a family reunion when he randomly spotted a prototype Dodge Viper tooling down the road. At the time he had no idea what that mystery roadster was, but in good time he found out. The car made such an impression on Koker that as soon as he was able to get one, he pounced. He ended up with a 1995 first-gen Viper, which was that last time the car came with side-pipes, something Koker is a big fan of. Koker is also a car customizer, so he added a few touches to the beast himself.

Koker says he likes the front clip on the '97 Vipers, so he swapped out the hood and nose, additionally adding some louvers. He also had HRE design some custom three-piece polished wheels. The big mod however is with the engine that he took to Hennessy Performance, who in turn transformed the original 400 horsepower V-10 into a 600-plus horsepower supercar. To add some Koker flavor to the Viper, he ghosted spider webs into the custom rally stripes, because, as he says,

"I kinda gotta gothic thing that runs through me."

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1966 Mustang GT350

Danny Koker loves all his cars, and everything cool with an internal combustion engine, but there is one vehicle in his garage that holds more sentimental value than all others put together. When he was just 9-tears-old, Koker's father bought a 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350 and that was the catalyst that sparked his interest in all things automotive. Eventually, the GT350 was passed down to Korker, and he has stated that if for some reason he had to sell his entire collection and could only keep one, it would be his father's Mustang.

Technically a '66 isn't a Mustang as Ford shed that tag for the model year and marketed them as simply "Shelby GT350s." The 289 c.i. V-8 engine in the '66 GT350 put out 306 horsepower and 329 pound-feet of torque, which was plenty of pep for the relatively small and light car. While Koker is world-famous as a car customizer and almost everything in his garage has been tweaked to some degree, he has basically left the GT350 alone. The family heirloom sent Koker on his automotive journey and his mind it is already pretty damn perfect.