1933 Ford Coupe, nicknamed “ZZ Top Eliminator”, is one of the well-known celebrity hot rods by Billy Gibbon. It has appeared in several rock music albums including “Gimme All Your Lovin” and “Sharped Dressed Man”. There's hardly a more iconic symbol of the early years of MTV than the ZZ Top Eliminator car.

Gibbon's ZZ Top Eliminator gave rodding an unmeasurable exposure and created the interest in teenagers. Billy Gibbon had always been a rodder, but the ZZ Top Eliminator or Ford Coupe was the first car to gain international fame. A painting of 1933 Ford Coupe was featured on the cover of ZZ Top's multiplatinum album Eliminator of 1983.

After being dazzled by the appearance of Ford Coupe in the hit movie of 1974, 'The California Kid', Gibbon tracked down the owner of the car, Pete Chapouris, and the process of creating a similar vehicle got underway. The process of custom-building the Eliminator ensued after a lengthy correspondence between Chapouris and Gibbons and Don Thelan was the builder for it.

The motors have never been Billy Gibbon's scene, so his total emphasis was on reliability. The 1933 model of the car included a stretched wheelbase (from 106 in to 112 in) and a new grille with its pointed-forward slope-at-bottom that resembled the much more pricey Packard. Its body details comprised '39 Ford teardrop taillights, the filled rear splash pan, and lowered '34 Ford headlights.

Many people took the efforts for the completion of Ford Coupe. Steve Davis created the three-piece hood with unique 'scooped' side panels, Thelan made the steel three-window body of three inches, and its 'ZZ' graphics were designed by Kenny Youngblood.

The fire-engine 1933 Ford coupe was the culmination of Billy Gibbons' long fascination with hot rods. He still owns both cars, along with various other high-profile rods and customs.