Now, Would That Be Just One Big Open Container Violation?

By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

Last year, I shared a pic of a poster of Alex the Dog sitting in a Stroh’s beer can-shaped hot rod. It was pure, unadultered awesomeness. The only thing missing was info about the promo car itself. Fortunately, Ron Wharton of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, stepped in recently to let us know that not only did he design and build the car, his business, Automotive Innovations, briefly offered a run of such can-shaped cars in the early 1980s. Though based on VW mechanicals, they weren’t kit cars; in fact, Ron said he fought hard to get a manufacturer’s license to produce the cars. Continue reading at Hemmings