ABOUT US

Revlicas is an American maker of luxury scale motorsport machines, built by the family-based team behind the Ridler Award winner Gray Madder. Precision engineering, old-school craftsmanship, and standards we won’t compromise on, in every build.

Heritage designs as functional art

EVERY DETAIL

EVERY TIME

It began with the obsession of getting every detail right, and it earned its first major recoginition at the highest level of custom car building. This is the story of how that obsession shrank down to quarter scale.

A DECADE LONG PROJECT COMES TO LIFE

For ten years, we poured everything into one goal: to build the best custom car in the world. We were a regular working-class family with no big shop, no investors, and a handful of people who refused to quit. Along the way came two battles with cancer, and every hour we had left went back into the car.

When Gray Madder was finished, every dollar we had went into the car, but there was a 1955 Chevrolet Nomad that went on to win the 2025 Don Ridler Memorial Award at Detroit Autorama.

That win showed us something. The talent, the standards, and the attention to detail we’d built into one car were enough to build a future in the industry we love. We still didn’t have a big shop, only an unrelenting will to create true automotive artistry. So we decided to lean into what we were good at.

WHAT WE BUILD FOR

Every Revlicas build carries a premium price, and every one earns it. Each piece is made by a small team of craftsmen who care more about getting it right than going home early.

Our shop designs and fabricates the key components in house, from machined metal parts, to detailed finish work, so quality stays in our hands from the first sketch to the final inspection. When a part calls for outside expertise, such as chrome work, we turn to a trusted circle of suppliers and partners all based in the United States, who we trust for even our own personal projects.

HIGHER STANDARDS AND BIGGER PASSION

BUILT LIKE THEY USED TO

FUNCTIONAL

AUTOMOTIVE

ARTWORK

PREMIUM MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Our designers and engineers have patented multiple new technologies over the years and consulted with cross industry experts such as Boeing.

We want to bring the same level of craftsmanship to 1:4 scale as we do full sized cars. Real combustion engines, manual and automatic multi-gear transmissions, full steel or carbon fiber bodies, chromed steal bumpers, motorized pop-up headlights, working speed and tachometers, reactive interior lights and turn signals, and just about every functional option made to scale.

THE HOME OF REVLICAS

Revlicas was founded and operates in Peoria, Illinois, just ten miles from the founder’s childhood home.

Revlicas was established in the heart of downtown, sat amongst engineering giants like Catepillar and Kamatsu. With 3D printing stations, electronic test benches, textile/fabric labs, and a full machine shop, there is plenty of room for reaserch and development, powertrain and electronics testing, pre and final assembly, and vehicle and parts storage and display.

It is here in the heart of Illinois that a handful of bespoke 1:4 scale functional pieces of automotive artwork.

PEORIA - ILLINOIS

THE CREST

SEAL OF STANDARDS

You may have seen the roundel crest stamped on finished cars, or on our clothing.

But what is it?

It is the blended design of the custom one-off wheels and “bird” hood ornament on the Ridler winner, Gray Madder. These were just two of the hundreds of custom designs on the car that became reoccuring style choices on the car.

The designs became two of the most recognizeable designs from Gray Madder that started our journey of design, enineering and craftsmanship.

Now, we use this crest as our seal for public identification as something we stamp to recognize as standing up to the highest standard we hold our products, team members, and and morals to. If you see this crest, it is our personal statement as something we stand behind 100%.