Goodguys Reveals the 2025 BASF Most Bitchin’ Car of the Year

Goodguys Rod & Custom Association announced that Amadeo “Amie” Angelo and his custom 1932 Ford Coupe as the winner of their 2025 BASF Most Bitchin’ Car of the Year. The Most Bitchin’ title is part of Goodguys’ premier “Top 12 of the Year” awards program presented by BASF and was selected during the Goodguys 32nd Summit Racing Lone Star Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, on Sept. 28.

Angelo’s trick ’32 three-window coupe, built by Ben York and his crew at Roseville Rod & Custom in Roseville, California, is full of one-off custom touches, a wild inline-six engine, an amazing interior and subtle modifications throughout that add up to one Bitchin’ hot rod, event officials stated in a press release. Angelo’s winning car also just completed the 1,700-mile Goodguys Hall of Fame road tour before showing up at the Texas event.

The Winning ’32 Coupe Is Much Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

At the heart of the winning coupe is a unique inline-six-cylinder GMC engine equipped with a rare Howard 12-port cylinder head, along with a vintage Hilborn injection setup converted to electronic fuel injection. Roseville crafted all the accessory brackets, headers and components on the highly detailed engine.

The custom chassis under the coupe incorporates traditional hot rod components, including a dropped I-beam axle, hairpin radius rods, a four-link rear suspension and quick-change rearend. The Roseville team built the cowl steering setup, the distinctive custom shock/headlight mounts and unique spreader bars.

Vintage Kinmont-style brakes provide the right hot rod appearance, complemented with 16-inch artillery-style shod with classic style tires.

Roseville started with a fresh body from Brookville, chopped the top 3 inches, fine-tuned the panels and fitment, worked in a ’34 Chevy grille and added a GMC emblem to match the six-cylinder engine. The taillights are from a ’34 Chevy and the color is a modified version of a vintage ’36 Graham-Paige hue.

Inside are a set of modified ’64 Corvette seats wrapped in leather, a ’34 Chevy dash with custom gauges, a ’41 Buick steering wheel, hand-formed trim, custom handles and details that make this hot rod truly unique and absolutely Bitchin’, noted the release.

Five More Vehicles Still to Be Announced for the Top 12 of the Year

To round out their Top 12 of 2025 program, Goodguys will be announcing the final five winning vehicles on Friday, Oct. 3rd. These final award winners will include the 2025 Snap-On Muscle Car of the Year, Vintage Air Custom Rod of the Year, LMC Truck of the Year (Early), Dakota Digital Truck of the Year (Late), and Scott’s Hotrods N’ Customs Custom of the Year.

Check out some of the other Goodguys’ Top 12 of the Year winning vehicles for 2025, and then come back tomorrow for a look at the 2025 Griot’s Muscle Machine of the Year, which was also announced at the 32nd Summit Racing Lone Star Nationals.