{{Short description|American car builder}} '''Rick Dore''' is an American custom car builder, prominent in the field since the 1990s. He operates Rick Dore Kustoms in California, having first worked in Glendale, Arizona.<ref>''Art of the Hot Rod'', Ken Gross. Motorbooks International, 2012, {{ISBN|978-0-7603-4300-5}} chapter 9 [https://books.google.com/books?id=mTCkZlTKrGsC&dq=%22Rick+dore%22&pg=PA94]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rickdore.com/about-rick-dore/ |title=About Rick Dore | Rick Dore Kustoms |publisher=Rickdore.com |date=2013-01-25 |accessdate=2014-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Rick_Dore |title=Rick Dore |publisher=Kustomrama |date=2013-04-04 |accessdate=2014-03-18}}</ref> Dore's focus is American roadsters from the 1930s through 1960s. He is the co-host, with Chuck Palumbo, of the Discovery Channel show ''Lords of the Car Hoards'', which debuted in 2014. Metallica's James Hetfield has said “When it comes to building a Kustom car, Rick Dore is in a league of his own.”<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/lords-of-the-car-hoards/hosts/rick-dore.htm |title=Meet Rick Dore, a hall of fame master builder at the forefront of the custom car scene, and now host of Discovery's Lords of the Car Hoards; the series has since been renamed ''Rusted Development'' for 2015. |publisher=Discovery.com |date=2014-03-10 |accessdate=2014-03-18}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://rickdore.com/ Rick Dore Kustoms website]
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