the V12 Laraki hand crafted engine, and the D9T, made by many craftsman, and it's designer/artist, Eric Van Hove. Made of bone, wood, ebony, malachite, silver, and other materials

http://www.wowsai.com/zixun/12872-7-1.html

http://www.hamofa.be/userfiles/useruploads/images/eric_van_hove_-_hamofa_2.jpg

which was just on display in an art gallery, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire     http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/explore/exhibitions/eric-van-hove

artist Eric van Hove, who recreated a model of the Caterpillar D9T engine that killed the American activist Rachel Corrie. The young activist was part of a pro-Palestinian group and was killed by an Israeli Defence Forces bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003. “Political art should not forsake beauty,” said Fadda, and this work is a prime example: the engine replica, while conceptually loaded, is undeniably beautiful, covered in intricate, decorative patterns.
http://www.artslant.com/9/articles/show/45400

http://diptykblog.com/blog/2016/02/24/biennale-de-marrakech-les-coups-de-cur-de-marie-moignard-au-palais-bahia/

For about a year, the artist is going to achieve by forty Moroccan craftsmen all 465 parts of the engine, but every line is handcrafted, using materials and techniques to craft each of them. Thus do we find in this new version of wooden rods, gears carved horn or bone, braided leather hoses, glazed ceramic casings, elements in hammered steel, yellow or red copper finely carved and decorated, etc., in the image of these objects, jewelry or furniture whose typical bill Maghreb is the joy of tourists.
http://www.paris-art.com/marche-art/v12-laraki-/eric-van-hove/7954.html

Creativity has no bounds and it can come in form or shape. And this time around it comes in the form of a Mercedes V12 engine made from copper, bone and 50 odd other materials. Made by Belgian artist Eric van Hove with help from 35 other master craftsmen from Morocco, this masterpiece took almost 9 months to complete and is called as V12 Laraki. It all started by first dismantling a real Mercedes V12 engine, which by the way in itself is quite a difficult and pain-staking task. Thereafter Eric along with his accomplices set out on replicating each and every part of the real thing with his own version of strange material choice. Apart from that, don’t be flabbergasted if I tell you that it consists of 465 hand-made parts and 660 cast-copper bolts. http://www.damngeeky.com/tag/eric-van-hove

http://www.mottodistribution.com/shop/v12-laraki.html

http://www.automobilemag.com/news/organic-engines-speaking-with-artist-and-sculptor-eric-van-hove/

"Scott’s shop is like an open-faced Bell helmet blast through Adventureland on methanol" ... Car Craft, June 2015. Scott was one of Mickey Thompson's employees from 67-71

After working at various Ford dealerships, Scott eventually landed a job with Mickey Thompson from 1967 to 1971 when Mickey was heavily associated with Ford, who funded most of his racing, including his famous record-setting efforts on the Bonneville salt.

Mickey took three Mustangs to set endurance records, with two cars on a 10-mile oval. Scott was there, helping to refuel the cars and keep the smudge pots burning during the night. Later, Mickey returned to the flats with his Ford-powered Autolite Special streamliner urged by a pair of 427 Cammers and Scott’s bright blue paint job.

 That was a time when pallet loads of engines and parts were delivered to Thompson’s southern California shop, dropped out of the sides of DC 3 cargo planes. How good was it back then? A well-funded shop might have a little 1963 Falcon Ranchero to run parts and get lunch. Scott’s parts chaser was a 1969 428 Cobra Jet Torino.

427 Ford with Mickey Thompson hemi heads... made of pure unobtanium.

Mickey Thompson only built four pairs of these Ford hemi heads, so the term “rare” doesn’t begin to describe them. Scott says one set ran in Mickey Thompson’s Thunderbolt, with another set as backup, a third set went into a supercharged dragster while the final set sat in the window of M/T’s retail store in Long Beach for sale for $3,200. There were only three cross ram intakes ever built.

Lightweight 63.5 Galaxie that ran a best of 9.26 at 149 mph

the Hemi in this T-bird has a turbocharger and three Carter carburetors. The engine has been relocated six inches to the right to accommodate the set-up. The car has a separate methanol tank and pump system to feed the third carburetor. The Hemi made 804hp normally aspirated and 1,100 on alcohol, and was put together by an engineer who worked at Garret AiResearch turbos

In the photo, it appears Big Daddy in the far lane has a comfortable lead, but Voigt power from the supercharged M/T Pontiac hemi was enough to power past the Swamp Rat for the win. As part of the Top Eliminator prize, Craftsman awarded the winning crew chief the aforementioned tool box that Voigt kept (including its original cardboard container) all these years.

Cool trailer design, coffin top on stilts that pivots up out of the way

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/ccrp-1207-scott-dapron-this-guys-garage/
http://www.hotrod.com/features/1506-look-at-this-unbelievable-stash-of-factory-race-cars/