ICON 4X4: The Coolest Car Company In The World? - Carfection
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- A while back we met with Jonathan Ward, the creator of ICON. Icon is possibly the world's leader in awesome restomods. In our opinion the coolest person with the coolest company in the world. We wanted bring this video, originally published in 2014, to our new subscribers to show you just how awesome we think they are.
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icon defines quality, attention to detail, perfection
Jonathan Ward and the ICON team put some masterpieces together. I love the attention to detail on all their builds. You could honestly do a one hour show just highlighting all the modifications on their vehicles. Mr. Ward has a really interesting stable of personal vehicles himself.
A great company , not governed by stereotype ,and with Johnathon at the table , anything is possible , there FJ/BJ 40 series are sensational and the derelict mercury they did is a car I would want when I win the lottery, thank you for showing the masses 👏
If I was rich, I could make myself poor again by sending them a long list of commissions.
Those Land Cruisers are absolutely beautiful. Nothing will beat an old school Land Cruiser, not in my heart.
I love the "Asinine Business Model" comment. I doubt that anyone is getting rich with this business, but it sure is awesome to see it evolve. Thanks Jon!
Absolutely stunning. Man has a vision and follows it. Respect!
Crazy to see where icon is at now and also cool to see myself in this video ! Jonathan ward is one my favorite designers/builders and people .
Sick! Love that they do this!
That Bronco sure come out looking sweet.
Great interview, I have been following the work of Jonathan Ward for a few years now. He is an artist to the core. If I had the money, I would happily have him make me a Derelict. Alas... I don't have a money tree growing in my yard. Really enjoyed the behind the scenes look and I am sure his Helios project will turn out stunning, like all his other work.
Johnathan Ward I absolutely love all the work you do and especially all the different brands of vintage 4X4 ..ie Ford, Dodge , Jeep so how come I am still waiting ?? the most Iconic 4X4 there is ..is the International Scout ! This is the vehicle that started it all with Domestic 4X4 so much so that all the other brands Copied the IH Scout in design and concept even today 2018 the new Toyota FJ still looks like the SCOUT II ...When the new model Scout II was released in the 70's The IH Scout completely Blitzed the field at Baja wining outright ahead of the next car by a full 1 hour and 40 minutes ! ..Please Please Johnathan build a Scout !
I love the way this guy thinks !!!!!
Such a cool film ! I love these resto-mod companies, I think there is a real art to breathing new life into an older design but being respectful of the original. Icon, Eagle, Singer.... Legends.
Jonathan is a fun guy with even more fun intuitions on automotive future/past. Keep it rolling
Yes! When a niche is enjoyed from start to finish, what a great story and life
FJ40 is my favourite 4wd of all time and to see such a beautiful version of it that keeps true to the original is amazing! Great video! 😃
Their fj44 is a dream of mine
Great vid! The kerning on that white Bronco grille drives me nuts
Looks like a Petrolicious film.
Nah it's in English and about multiple cars. Definitely carfection
If you follow this channel since it was called XCAR, this kind of video is always been a regular feature in this channel.
@@papa_pt doesn't it just
Well I now know who I'll be ringing when the lottery comes up. Top shelf stuff here outstanding film.
1st guy I’m going to call when If i hit the lottery or my business explodes! I follow all Mr wards projects and would love to his spin on an old international scout.
great video and interesting vision on how cars should look like
I’m not sure why my mind wasn’t blown by this? These all looked like nice restomods of cars people already love. You don’t have to do much to a bronco to make me want one. Singer’s end products seem to resonate with me more in terms of pushing the visual evolution of the cars a bit more giving them kind of a seamless bridge to today. Like what would a 1967 Porsche look like if you transported the designer through time to now. Gonna have to watch it again and think more about engineering than aesthetics.
One of those 4x4 Toyota or Jeep is the top of my “Want” list. Fabulous company
It truly is the best car company/ restoration company in the world. Their work is incredible
Awesome stuff, more please
Absolute brilliance. G class please!
Now.. THIS is the Singer of Land.. Cruiser, Carfection!
Such a cool guy and company. My fav though is the chevy 3100 with independent rear suspenion
Beautiful! So beautiful. So amazingly beautiful!❤️
Straight awesome
If I was a Multi-Millionaire these folks would be my go to
Just like buying a lottery ticket it remains just a dream
And I kick my own ass for selling all those cars/trucks when I was young
What a fascinating film. Jonathan Ward seems like a very intelligent and interesting bloke. It would be great if you could keep in contact with him and let us know where his company is going and what they're up to next.
that Helios will still be a concept in 5 years
it's been a while since the first sketchs
dream cars.... thanks for the upload... question about the silver/grey bronco, looks like a liscense plate led bar? Is that a smitty built light? thnx!
I "Truly love This Shit" and hand You the baton on My imaginary build sheet . You have truly brought imagination to reality. I salute you ... John "NEO" Ward.
I love what they do to all their creations from the get go. If I had a pile of cash laying around I'd let them do up a 85' Fj60, drive it until the wheels fall off. Hope their next creation will become a reality.
Just did a brief google. "Production" models (like broncos or fj40s) reportedly run about $2-300,000. Reformers and Derelicts - the sky's the limit, 1-2 million. The client is doing a bespoke collaboration. And it appears it takes two craftsmen a year for the physical assembly, never mind the outsourced parts, the computer hours and diligence in the design. These things are works of art, and I want one so bad my teeth hurt. Mr. Ward is clearly a one-off, and lives on a little higher plane than most of us. Possibly more cycles per second.
Very cool!
haha brutal honesty "I'll just buy one and we'll figure it out"
ah soo good. finally seeing him without his dillon optics
Did you see the ‘49 Merc Derelict that they build with an electric motor and Tesla 85kw battery pack? It’s tremendous 👌
You guys should visit them again and drive one next time!
They should have put the Godzilla 7.3 under the hood instead.
You'll see me driving an electric car when they pry the OHV small block Chevy from my cold, dead hands...
Jonathan Ward is a cool dude. His channel is worth subscribing to
/DRIVE and Carfection 👌🏻
the movie Mac and Me bring me here, Jonathan Ward the actor.
Looks like a Bronco II and an International Scout had a love child.
I'd like an update on the Helios. I would have been thrilled to see it as some monster V8 or V12 idea of what a machine would have most likely been in the 1940s or so, but go BEV. I want to see your idea regardless.
Intelligent guy. He really knows how to make that sort of business work.
been following Icon since they began their presence online
Nice to see them become more widely recognized. Started when i was a kid reading a dupont registry magazine.. The CJ3B caught my eye Amazing company amazing designer Jonathan ward I think he's the Enzo Ferrari of our era.
International Scout II would be awesome. I have one "ralley" edition!
i like branco thanks for the video
Shout out to him and his Rolls-Royce he brought to Hoonigans Donut Garage!
Do an „Inside-Icon“ youtube series @carfection
And the prices? For silicon valley and Hollywood execs only I fear.
Yeah. Jay Leno did a drive did a few shows with at least two ICONs. They vary but can be about $200K a peice.
You could do the work yourself for about 1/4 the cost.
@@furripupau Yeah sure...you do that
@@furripupau I agree, and for the hard part, you can always contract it out
furripupau It’s not just a frame off restoration. How about the engineering, electronics, chasis design, and a bunch of other stuff? Your final product won’t be even close to an Icon.
I've rebuilt several vintage cars & trucks in the past. I pretty much always wanted them to be as close to original, but in the last few years I've thought it would be nice to restore vehicles to look original, but be electric motors & modern running gear. These guys are more than part way there.
I would love to work for icon
please work with ford or toyota and bring these into mass production! id buy one retro but modern
Take that question mark off, it's a fact. ;)
You Know he's the Boss when he walks around the workshop in Flip-Flaps 3:33 :-}
What a great fella, if I could I’d volunteer my services and indenture my sons as apprentices to icon. At least that way there’d still be three Australians involved in manufacturing something..... Don’t worry, when I come to power I’ll make Australia great again.... after the bloodbath
If I had the money I would totally get these guys to do a Suzuki Samurai build !!
Ide love to see a Jeep forward control build
TVR need to watch this. When is their car due out again? Seems like ages. I worry about that company still...
They revealed it last September and it's meant to be in production... now-ish? Very soon? They've been suspiciously quiet about it...
I dream of an ICON 1949 Dodge B1 Power Wagon. I will never afford one, but dreaming of it may be good enough to keep me going.
Ok so I loved the guys conceptual thought of not having world war and that styling getting carried away to modern cars , i kind of thought of something similar to always , nice that there will be someone who will build it.
Lord , please let me be rich enough one day to be able to own an Icon!🙄🙏
Wow! This company have the mentality and potential to reshape the entire industry. I hope they gain enough traction in the future
do they have airbags?
Out of curiosity how does one "re-brand" a vehicle like is done in this video? I could understand it being sold as "Ford Bronco by ICON" but to completely replace the actual Ford logo with ICON...is there trademark issues with doing this? I watched the Jay Leno Garage episode with the Bronco. I've also seen the Hennessy Venom, a re-branded Lotus. Where does Ford end and ICON begin? Surely Ford has not given up the rights to the Bronco name so how does a private company re-label them?
Joe Blow Ford was the one who made him take their logo off.
It’s done via “licensing”. As mentioned in the video ICON has close business relationship with car companies like Ford and Toyota. They’re completely reengineer old classics by doing restoration mods. So a Ford Bronco by ICON would use an original Bronco body attached to a new ICON built chassis. While the rest of the drivetrain would consist of a new engine & transmission sourced directly from Ford.
I'M AMAZED THAT THE COMPANY HASN'T BEEN TAXED TO A POINT THEY CAN NO LONGER OPERATE IN CALIFICORNICATION. WAY TOO MANY COMPANY'S CAN'T AFFORD TO BE BASED IN CALI. ANY LONGER AND HAVE MOVED TO ARIZONA AND TEXAS.
The design of that car that they’re building looks like a Moal aerosport. Built by Moal coach builders. I first seen these guys on Jay Leno’s garage with their derelict cars.
He's more than a little smug, but it sure sounds like fun. How about an Int'l Harvester Travelall?? I haven't seen any vids on that car...
Oh yeah. I get this.
Wow.
Anyone know the opening music track?
sounds like some kind of remix of Flight Facilities' 'Clair de Lune'
A great car Guy
0:08 Suzuki Jimny on steroids
"I always have a love hate thing with British design. I always loved the look of British cars, but I've yet to see one where the execution was any good." Jonathan Ward on his own channel: czcams.com/video/legY7iNdDWU/video.html
What happened with the Helios?
I would love to see what they could do with my 1972 Jeep Commando.
I would love to see what they could do with a 61 Pontiac Catalina (I really miss my baby)
Needs to be full electric
wait this petrolicious?
When I win the lotto I'm getting a derelict in right hand drive :-)
Ward is amazing! He's like Musk without the BS.
If only I had the chips.....
buat orang indo...cukup ngiler aja..
Taft / Jimny aja udah cukup...
you need "@richrebuilds" for the tesla conversion he would be able to do it with a couple of smashed cars built into one working
Rich is a hack, he couldn't tie their shoe strings, let alone work on their level. Johnathon has his own electrical engineer in house. Why would he need a backyard hack ?
Send the bill when you're done, kind of 💰
fucking cool
Showing a derelict must be like playing The Shaggs at a party. 😄😄
Electric.....???
The Helios still hasn't been built. Tesla didn't agree.
Shut up and take my money....and my car
ls bronco!! I'm good man, thanks anyway. I'm sure its nice and works great. Just not into that. Ford engines belong in Fords.
It's an Icon....its about $250K. lol.JK Yep...cant afford an ICON but have a 84 FJ60.
Boa tarde awseomes vai amém BOM 👌💪😷
Dude says WWII Willys, then shows a Cj-3B....no Cj-3B ever saw WWII action as that bodystyle, and the motor for which necessitated said bodystyle, didn't start being produced until 1953... the 49 Willys Cj-2A I've got in my garage more closely resembles a WWII Willys, but those Jeeps used in the war were the Ford GP and the Willys MB....
You can buy a model X an take it apart. Also Tesla’s patents are open to anyone. Get that done
Didn’t Elon Musk make all the Tesla patents public to encourage more people to use the tech?
They'd be a lot cooler if they didn't have to make $100K profit on every car.
If Toyota was Apple they would be trying to close down this company