The turnout was not the largest that I’ve seen but it sure wasn’t the smallest either, and I got to chat with Rod, the owner of the Turbonique Rocket Kart, some more about just how crazy the whole Jet powered vehicle thing was.

No real order to the photos today, just going to post them up as they were on my hard drive after editing.

If I recall this was at least 600hp, but I think more in the 800hp range

Flying Native?

Love tubbed cars

It's been awhile since I have seen this AMX

Loved the Olive color on this Cuda

The wheels were cool too remind me of older cop cars

Clean and classy cruiser

Flat black Mercury truck with character

1950 ish Chevy Truck

With a wood lined bed I loved but would never use

I've been thinking that my get old and die with project might one day be a Grand Nat

I loved them even before I knew what powered them

Nice Austin-Healy

A buddy of mine has a rodded Malibu as well, doesn't look quite like this though

It was very clean all around

You need to look no farther than the site header to know I like Black Panteras

Mmmm.

Awhile ago on twitter I was talking about how I had not seen a Prowler in years

This was without a doubt the most modified one I have ever seen

Detailed all the way down to the brakes

Crowds are typical around the Turbonique kart

For Ollie and Joe

When I am at events I try and take photos of things I know my readers will respond too, whether it be women, funny stickers, random nonsense, or random cars.

More often than not when I post an odd car Ollie or Joe are the first to identify it, so I figured I should take some pictures of this car for them and the rest of you out there who are familiar with off beat cars.

Don’t ever say I don’t pay attention to the comments

With a unique emblem like this I am sure it's easily identified

Knock offs on all 4 wheels

Rear engine, no badges in sight

As Sunday April 25th finally rolled around the weather looked like it could be a problem, but it eventually cleared up long enough for 200-300 cars to gather for about 20 minutes before being told to leave by the local Police department.

Essentially every message board and car ‘club’ in the GTA had heard about this event which made for what could have been one of the biggest free, spontaneous, meets I can remember going to since the days of the ‘Rona’ meets in Woodbridge.

Had we been allowed to stay it could have been a pretty good meet but with the tomfoolery that eventually went down it’s not hard to see why we got the boot (see list of things not to do at a meet at the bottom of this post).

The most ironic thing about the Police kicking us out is something that JDM rides member Pistol Pete said:

I find it hilarious the 5-0 wanted us to leave, Because you know….having 300+ cars on the road is much better then having them all parked in one spot.

It’s funny cause it’s true, anyway, enough talk for now, here are some pics:

I took this shot when I arrived

...and a few minutes later

Nice lookin EK coupe

Skyline

Bee R

I like early Supras

This e46 owner whos name I forget asked me to take a few pics of his car so I

Since everyone was leaving around us it was hard to get a good shot

If you see this man i will get better shots next time...

Took me awhile to realize I saw this same Civic at the Next Mod TM3 meet

Everyone making their way to the exit

Clean lookin Teg I caught leaving the first spot

Wet second spot, I jetted after this

What not to do at a car meet (if you don’t want to blow out the spot)

-Race into/out of the parking lot
-Pop your blow off valve every 2 seconds (ya you’re boosted we get it)
-Blast Beamer Benz, Bentley or any other commercial drivel (actually don’t blast anything at the meet itself)
-Leave your alarm on if it’s super sensitive to bass/exhaust (as people ignore the things above and will set it off over and over)
-Chirp other people or the cops when hidden by the anonymity of being in the crowd (tough)
-Act like your car makes you better than anyone else there
-Sit on / lean on / suspension push test anyone’s car without permission
-Be a douche

It would be really awesome if one day the ‘tuner/jdm’ crowd had a weekly free place to meet like the Applewood Plaza muscle car crowd does but as long as a few idiots keep doing the things above it’s not going to happen any time soon.

/rant

More pics can be found here as well as here by a photographers who were a little more ambitions than myself that night.

Bryans bagged 63 sits perfect

Dude in the hat is checking out Bryan's Bird's ass

I think my heart belongs to older vehicles

Thanks Bryan for sending in pictures of your bird, it’s great to see someone keeping the classics alive and proper.

For those of you who have sent in pictures of your rides rocking Stance Is Everything pictures don’t worry I am going to post them soon I am just going to compile them all into one post. Just waiting on a few more promised shots

When this blog was in it’s infancy I shot a quick point and shoot photo of an Impala at one of the weekly Applewood Show and Shines.

I sent the picture to my friend Keven who told me that the car was actually owned by his girlfriends father Dale this set the wheels in motion to get this Impala the shine time it deserves on Stance Is Everything.

Dale saved this 62 Impala from becoming a potential rats nest in the confines of a  dusty barn in  Vancouver British Columbia and transformed it into the beautiful piece of machinery you see before you today.

The impala in one of Mississauga's many industrial areas before the weather went sour

This Impala is the nicest car to sit in this spot

Once Dale picked up the car he chose to go the resto-mod route which meant the first stop was the paint booth for a little TLC.

Like previous feature Eugene's Firebird Impalas are also capable of pulling off a teal interior

These center rear seat speakers are an iconic Impala feature

Not wanting to disrupt the flow of the interior the new CD player and voltmeter live in a hidden compartment

Once the interior and exterior got some love a stealth air ride system was added along with oversize torque thrust wheels which compliment the freshly rejuvenated chrome bumpers and trim.

The trunk in full stealth mode with the air ride setup neatly tucked away

However with the vintage luggage removed the setup is easily accessible, a lot of time went into finding period fitting luggage

One of the biggest advantages of an air ride setup is the ability to ride Cali style in the GTA

The Impala is noe Dale’s weekend toy which he loves to show off at local Toronto area cruise ins.

If that's not stance I really don't know what is

The Torque Thrusts compliment the chrome grill and bumper perfectly

I should take a second to mention that Keven knows his way around an SLR and took all these photos

The Impala profile will never go out of style

Kev said they couldn't go anywhere without turning heads

There were actually two separate photo shoots of this car

I can't get over how nicely this car flows

Parting shot

In one final example of six degrees of separation Dale’s wife is a flight attendant who happened to have Chip Foose on one of her flights, and after a few how do you do’s Dale is now the owner of a personally signed marker and pen illustration of his Impala.

Some guys have all the luck.

Thanks to Keven for shooting these photos for me, and Dale for allowing us to feature his ride.

Expect to see a lot more photos from Keven on this site as he is about as down as it gets in support for this blog.

As always if you want your car featured send me an email at stanceiseverything@gmail.com

Partners In Crime

I liked the juxtaposition of these two Chevs

Shot from the other side, I would gladly drive both of these

Oddballs

Always one or two oddball cars at these shows

I felt a strange attraction to this wagon and spent a long time waiting for the owner to get out

Super Bee

Purple never looked so good

Beep beep your ass

Art Shots

This Mercury Monterey was pretty photogenic

They don't make them like the used too

Always wanted to do a shot like this

Chevelle and Charger

These cars make my car feel inadequate

<3

Meat Eaters go Nom nom nom

Love the exhaust dumps

Probably just easier to leave this rubber on

The Camaros
Lots of Camaraos at the show this week and they were all amazing.

This Camaro had the most flawless black paint job I have ever seen

Just as sexy going as it was coming

This Camaro showed up later than the others but fit right in

With a name like this you better be ready to back it up

This car doesn't look like it has issues backing up anything

The sex machine

This is fitment, I don't care what you and your stretched tires say

Full fiberglass airbrushed front end, killer

Looking to top the 200 entrants from last year and being open to all European cars which includes but is not limited to: Mercedes, Porsche, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, Maseratti, Lamborghini, Peugeot, Ferrari, Lotus, and Audi.

The venue this year is Cayuga International Raceway which not only allows for more cars than ever before but it also allows for the show to be more than just a show and shine.

This years event also have the following events:
-Time Attack ($150)
-Lapping ($100 for 4 25minute sessions)
-Drifiting ($100)
-Drag racing ($40.00)
-IASCA SQ & SPL sound competitions ($30/ea)

The event is $20 for spectators and $40 for show and sine entrants and the mantra behind this years event is that it will not be your average car show and you are encouraged to bring your friends, family, and significant other.  This event can’t be missed for more info visit Eurofest.com

Previous Event Coverage:

Bimmercuise 2001 at Centennial Park

Bimmercruise 2003 at Applewood Plaza

Bimmercuise 2005 at Totoredaca Park

Bimmercruise '06 Mosport infield

Bimmercruise 2007 at Mosport

Bimmercruise 08 at Industrial Park 311 Hopkins St, Whitby

200 Bimmercruise Video

More previous event photos can be found on the Bimmercruise official website

Stance Is Everything will be covering this event

1923 Star Touring
There were a few of these really old cars at the show, I didn’t take shots of all of them just because I was in a hurry.

The original polished lips?

Imports

The only RHD car at the show was this Skyline

This clean Civic parked right near me, I guess low hatches stick together

The Pantera
Wow, two days ago I unveiled that this car was the header car and now I see one in person for the first time.

Everything about this car is unique especially the wheels

One of the cleanest engine compartments I have ever seen.

Look at that ass

Meat Eaters
If you remember from my Canadian Tire show coverage this is what I call cars hiding big meaty tires in their rear  quarters.

The shadow obstructs the view a little but but believe me they are there.

Another Barracuda you can see what this cars packing a little better

Low Lows

Another show, another Impala I love

Stating the obvious

Chevy Brookwood

Confirming the obvious

Rats

Rat style VW, it says so on the bumper

Saw this Meteor at Canadian Tire on Sunday and didn't have my cam then saw him as I was leaving he's a slippery one

The weird odd balls

This dude goes against the grain, check out the hand the bumper left side

Pimpin ain't easy

I'm not really sure what kind of kit this was or what it's based on

Another shot anyone know what this is?

Some tom foolery was afoot with this car, but I couldn't find the owner to confirm

Starsky & Hutch Torino

Lil Starsky

Big Starsky

Muscle

Love the SS

AMC Amx

Blown AMC AMX infact

The over the top

This Mustang was a little much for my tastes

But I agree with whats going on under the hood

The owner of this car let his daughter drive it out to the show, that is trust

Interesting way to get around license plate laws, the owner says this is the third car he has done it on

Don't touch

It's got balls