The crew on American Pickers has found some surprising gems while hunting for treasure, but one such adventure turned up a genuine rocket car.

Bob Maddox once built the world’s largest pulse-jet engine and mounted it in a 1965 Jaguar. Star Wars audio engineers even recorded his pulse-jet engines for the movie Solo.

Jet Industries converted ICE cars into EVs with 12V lead-acid batteries and tiny motors. While the body of this Omni looks completely original, it has a 23 hp electric motor. The trunk was ...