In one of the recent episodes of Jay Leno’s Garage, the legendary skateboarder, Tony Hawk, showed us his futuristic ride. Hawk owns the infamous 1964 Chevrolet Stingray Corvette, which has a new twist to it. Hawk replaced the gas-guzzling 327 V8 with Tesla’s 300-horsepower drive motor. This might upset some Chevy fans, but Hawk has his own views on this beauty. Jay Leno was very surprised when he hands-on reviewed this beautiful machine, which costs around $70,000.

Despite being a former professional skateboarder, Tony Hawk likes to do a lot of different kinds of work. He is the owner of ‘Birdhouse’, which is a skateboard company. Hawk also has his own games being published by the world famous video game publishing company Activision. This man even has his own documentaries.

Tony Hawk and his beautiful machine

Tony Hawk is very much interested in modifying vintage vehicles with some futuristic tech. He is ready to do some swapping to make the gas-consuming old automobiles into eco-friendly beasts.

“Just to piss off all the purists,” Hawk laughed because he knows what he is doing. “They will hunt you down,” said Leny. The skater knows that the people who care about the originality of vehicles will be coming after him. After all the small talk, Leno asks Hawk to pop the hood of his car.

Leno pointed out that “It looks like a coffin” and Hawk replied, “It’s all smoke and mirrors,”. The Birdman did apologize to all the Corvette purists for converting his vehicle.

During their drive, “I learned to drive a 1977 Civic CVCC hatchback” said Hawk when Leny asked him about his first automobile.

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Hawk bought his first car for $15,000 and he even mentioned how his dad went to Tijuana to paint it red for Hawk’s birthday. Hawk also mentioned that his parents were very supportive, rather than forcing him to do a proper job.

Tony Hawk’s real secret to success

Tony Hawk’s father passed away in 1995, which was before his big success, but then his mother supported him a lot with his career.

Hawk explained how his father, Frank Hawk, used to inspire him to work and also influenced him to follow his own path. Both his father and mother always supported Tony Hawk and were always by his side. Frank Hawk also formed the National Skateboard Association when there was no governing body for skate events.

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