All the Koolsville Paint Slingers design their custom cars by hand, said Syx, who’s been a professional sign painter for 45 years. “No vinyl people, it’s just all old-school,” he said.

From the beginning, the small cars were often based on real custom cars, and now Hot Wheels are thriving in the hands of new generations of car-crazy kids. The team that creates it combs the ...

But over time, piece by piece, the old car named "Lost Soul" started to come back to life. Over eight years, Bill would change one small thing that led to another. With no plan, each custom detail ...