Don't call them funny cars. In Brunswick County, at least. Here they're Thunderbolts, those tricked out little vehicles that Shriners ride in formation in parades all across the country – as the Brunswick County Shriners will be doing at the N.C. 4th of July Festival Parade in Southport. … personalize the vehicles. But in Brunswick County, some Shriners were so dedicated that they had their car bodies custom-made by a local boat builder, who shaped them out of fiberglass. …

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