Sorry for the delay between parts two and part three of the 2013 Mega Speed Coverage it wasn’t really intentional, I just got busy getting a few ducks in a row (more on said ducks next week).
Today’s wrap up coverage has a little bit of everything that you couldn’t find in the previous posts.
Vans
Have to respect ‘vanners’ for doing whatever they want and not giving a damn what other people think. I probably spend more time than I should looking at vans to be honest.
65 Ford Econline line affectionetly known as The GrasshopperNo missing that intake setupThis van was fairly morbidly decked outThe George Barris SuperVan in it’s freshly restored gloryUnderneath all that custom body work, sparkle paint, and red shag is a 66 Dodge TradesmenI’m almost positive growing up one of the (old) phones in our house was the one on the back wall of this vanYou couldn’t pay me to get in a van with shag carpeting but some of the Mega Speed Models did for the sunshine girl shoot
Car Stars
I wonder if in say, fifteen years or so, people will start to make replicas of cars from the Fast & The Furious series? I suppose for that to work they would have to stick around from movie to move.
Oddly enough this car had Ironman playing on a screen in the trunk. I guess the owner wasn’t a fan of the Seth Rogan’s Green Hornet eitherThere’s no doubt in my mind that I have seen each of these at Street Classics Cruise In before
Lowriders
There were a few lowriders at the show but they were parked in high foot traffic area that didn’t lend itself to great shots. I’ll see them again as the season progresses for sure though.
This Impala has such a classic Cali styleMajestics Toronto and Switches N Thangs holding it down in Hall 1It was great to see this car completed for the show, I wasn’t expecting to see it until the summerAll the chrome and mirrors actually made this car somewhat difficult to shootI should be taking some more photos of this sooner rather than later…
Classics and Customs
It took me awhile to see the vehicles in halls one and two but like years previous they didn’t disappoint in the least.
This is one of a handful of cars I really regret not taking more photos ofProbably be awhile before I see something like it again…The owner of this Buick turbo six powered Camaro drove this car through the snow to the show as it sits.Long time readers might recall when this car was blueBoothill Automotive Reseruction’s other show stopper, Rick Nash’s CamaroTrans Am Rocking ForgelinesThe wheel choice on this GTO was interesting, can’t say I see mesh wheels on GTO’s too oftenClass winning, big blower, CamaroOne of the more fitting uses of the “Remove before flight” tag I’ve seenThis Lincoln was one of those cars that was so well done it looks like it could have come that way from the factoryIt’s hard to describe the amount of work in this without showing you the owners build logThis Buick Sedanette was pretty wild, and brightThese Fords are really growing on meThis actually reminds me quite a bit of Chuck’s 56In addition to being gorgeous this truck made me want creamsiclesThe paint was beautiful…I kind of want to take before and mount it to my nitro RC.Classic flames herePerformance Improvements is building this Factory Five for their 50th Anniversary. I’m hoping to pop by and check in on this car as it progressesLots of gold leaf on this build, which as the plate implies was all steelHitman Hotrods T bucketThe purple lights shining on ‘The Booch’ always make shooting it a bit of a challengeThis 36 Ford known as the time bomb is absolutely perfect in my eyesNice touch with the wheels matching the interior on this’32 Ford on a Multimatic frame featuring their very unique ‘in wheel’ suspensionThe damper is actually the gold and blue unit you see bolted to the firewall, apparently it’s a significant handling improvement compared to other options on the marketThe finish on this car was impeccable, which makes sense considering where it is parkedLove the way the white walls pop on this car. Wish there was a way to have the roof a darker black
That’s pretty well it from Mega Speed 2013 but a few more cars might make their way up to the fanpage over the next few weeks.
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