The last of the ten cars exhibited at the Petersen by Hetfield was Crimson Ghost, which started off as a 1937 Ford Coupe (via Hagerty). It appears to have been given a few modifications in Hetfield’s signature style, including the new, bigger grille and revised headlights. It also sits so low to the ground that it’s likely to be on air suspension, although this hasn’t been confirmed by Hetfield himself. Like much of the rest of his collection, the chopped roof and sloped rear end pay homage to an era of car design when looks mattered more than anything else.
With the rise of increasingly homogeneous SUVs and crossovers, that era is long gone, but at least collections like Hetfield’s keep that spirit alive. However, he’s no stranger to cutting-edge vehicles – in a 2020 interview, he said his daily drivers were now a Tesla and a Ford SVT Raptor, both a far cry from his opulent art deco show cars. Clearly, even a man with as impeccable tastes as Hetfield’s isn’t immune from the charms of Elon Musk’s segment-defining EVs.
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