A U.S. Customs ... showed this helicopter taking off from Brown Field, about 20 miles west, around 9 a.m. The helicopter is a Eurocopter AS350 B3 from a company called Granite Coast Mapping.

The car and its build will be featured on an episode of Inside West Coast Customs that will air on the Velocity channel next month, but don't expect to see this car pull up into your driveway next ...