The winners of the six Goodguys‘ Regional Terrific 12 awards were recently announced, including the winners of Custom Rod of the Year, Kustom of the Year, Muscle Machine of the Year, Muscle Car of the Year, Truck of the Year (pre-1952) and Truck of the Year (1953–1972).

“A Terrific 12 Award is the highest honor Goodguys offers to recognize automotive excellence,” representatives for Goodguys said in a press release.

Finalists for the awards were chosen at various Goodguys events throughout the season, with a winner being chosen from that group of finalists.

“This method benefits participants of all regions from across the country … instead of limiting the award to a certain region and certain event,” Goodguys said.

The Goodguys 2011 Kustom of the Year went to the 1936 Ford belonging to Ken and Jan Wall of Mukilteo, Washington. The car started out as a five-window coupe but was customized by Ken over a period of 10 years. The car features  a custom two-piece windshield, doors from a 1936 roadster, a Carson-style top, molded 1937 Ford headlights, hidden hinges, a redesigned grille, one-off tapered running boards, and ribbed Desoto bumpers. The Walls’ 1936 Ford was chosen as a finalist at the 24th Pacific Northwest Nationals in Puyallup, Washington.

To read more about the car, click here.

The 2011 Custom Rod of the Year award went to the “Sun Cammer,” a 1956 Ford Sunliner convertible owned by Bruce and Judy Ricks of Sapula, Oklahoma. Earlier this year, the car took home the the 2011 Don Ridler Memorial Award.

Built by Steve Cook Creations of Oklahoma City, the “Sun Cammer” boasts a wedge-sectioned and channeled body, a pancaked hood, and front fenders that have been slumped and re-peaked. It also features hundreds of one-off  handmade parts and a powerful  600 horsepower 427ci engine.  The “Sun Cammer” was chosen as a finalist at the 20th Heartland Nationals in Des Moines, Iowa.

To read more about the car, click here.

The 2011 Muscle Car of the Year was awarded to Ted Stephen’s 1968 Dodge Charger RT. The cherry-red Charger is the first car ever to score 1,000 points at the Muscle Car Nationals. (It also won the top prize at the 2011 Mopar Nationals.)  The car was restored by Ken Moiser’s  Finer Details shop in Danville, Indiana.

“Mosier and his team scoured and scavenged far and wide to get the car back to 100-percent stock,” Goodguys representative said in the press release. “This Charger has a 30-year collection of both new old stock, used as well as some reproduction parts on it.”

Features of the car include a stock 426 Hemi engine with dual quads, a Prestolite dual point ignition with dual hemi exhaust from the factory and a 727 automatic transmission. Inside, the Charger features factory bucket seats, a woodgrain steering wheel and a factory dash. The car was chosen as a finalist at the 1st WIX Filters Speedway Nationals in Indianapolis.

To read more about the car, click here.

The 2011 Muscle Machine of the Year award went to the 1962 Chevy II owned by Gerry Kerna. The car, nicknamed “Runt,” was built by Curt Ukasik and his team at RPM Hot Rods in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.

The Muscle Machine of the Year award is, according to Goodguys, “designed to honor a muscle car that has been modified to perform at a high level including stance, handling, body & paint and overall engineering.” Kerna’s Chevy II fits the bill, boasting a custom boxed Roadster Shop chassis with a modified Heidt’s Pro-G front suspension, a Currie 9-inch rear end on a parallel four-link, Ridetech single adjustable coilovers and Nextel Cup-style swaybars.

Modifications to the car’s body include stretched front wheel openings, tucked and smoothed bumpers, a sheet metal spoiler, new floors and firewall, and a custom lower front valence. Inside, the car has diamond-stitched brown leather upholstery courtesy of Smith’s Custom Seats, as well as a full roll cage, five-point harnesses and a steering wheel designed to match the car’s wheels. The car was chosen as a finalist at the 14th PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio.

To read more about the car, click here.

For the second year in a row, a truck owned by George Poteet snagged the Truck of the Year-Early award, an award given to trucks up to the 1952 model year. Poteet’s  1934 Ford pickup, which was built by the Hot Rod Garage of Denton, Maryland, was built to be a driver.

The pickup’s modifications include  a stretched stock cowl and three-window coupe dash. The Cornhusker chassis is outfitted with a Pete & Jake’s 4-inch axle, So-Cal Speed Shop brakes, drilled Nerf bars and Pete & Jake’s ladder bars. Poteet’s truck was chosen as a finalist at the 6th Bridgestone Nashville Nationals in Nashville.

To read more about the truck, click here.

The 2011 Truck of the Year-Late winner was Jason Hill’s 1956 F-100. Trucks with a model year from 1953–1972 are eligible for this award.

Hill built the truck at Hills Hot Rods, his Lubbock, Texas-based shop. It features a low-sitting No Limit chassis, flush-mounted glass in the front and back, a pancaked roof and hood, radiused doors and extensively reworked fenders and roll pan. It also features a two-toned custom paint job applied by Hill.

Under the hood sits a BOSS 302 from Ford Racing with Holley induction and MSD ignition, as well as a set of Doug’s Headers and a 3-inch Magnaflow exhaust. The truck was chosen as a finalist at the 19th Lone Star Nationals in Fort Worth, Texas.

To read more about the truck, click here.

The other six Terrific 12 awards were given out a specific events throughout the Goodguys’ season.

(All photos courtesy of Goodguys)

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