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Jumping on the #throwbackthursday vibe this week with some 2012 event coverage that has yet to see the light of day. This coverage was originally intended to follow up another unreleased post, but somehow both got lost in the shuffle that was summer of 2012.

The Donk community is an interesting subset of the automotive culture because they never really seem to interact with 'the rest of us' too often. They do what they do --often with little regard to what anyone else thinks-- while the rest of us stare in utter disbelief, or try to ignore the fact they exist.

Found myself over on Street Source the other day where I came across this pretty cool Chevy Luv build. After a long period of ignoring his Luv, builder Daniel Maxwell decided that when the truck was fit for the streets it needed to be body dropped. The problem was he decided this after already putting a decent amount of work into it.

Curiously there's actually never been a Theme Tuesday dedicated to drifting on Stance Is Everything until today. Not exactly sure how that happened, but it did, so to make up for lost time I've decided break the drift drought with a post dedicated to the graceful art of the dirt drop.

A few days ago Ollie sent over a photo of a radial aircraft motor sitting innocently under the hood of a C10 knowing that I would set off trying to find more info about the truck. After Google-ing every conceivable configuration of "radial engined powered c10" I realized that there just doesn't seem to be a whole lot of information on the truck.

After posting a flared yellow Pantera, and Brian Hobaugh's Optima Street Car Challenge winning Corvette nearly back-to-back on the fan page it dawned on me that it's been a long time since the I last dedicated a Theme Tuesday to flared/wide bodied  American Cars. In fact it's been about two years and thats too damn long, sorry for keeping you waiting, here's part two.

Because of their relatively low price point and ease to work on, people do a whole lot of things (both good and bad) with the Chevrolet S-10. While I've posted countless great examples on the site through event coverage and internet finds, I've probably posted a good half dozen or more questionable ones here in WTF Friday category.

Back with more from SEMA 2013 coverage from the Performance Improvements gang. Today's collection of photos is mostly from the South Hall with a few cars from outside the convention center thrown in for good measure. Look for at least one more batch of SEMA coverage to come before we move onto the Texas Mile.

Last week I said that this weeks Theme Tuesday would be something normal and after getting about half way through a more standard chassis I got a little distracted and well... here is a Chevrolet Corvair Theme Tuesday instead. Dubbed 'unsafe at any speed' due to it's swing arm rear suspension (and it's tendency to be a bit wacky while cornering) the Corvair is a bit of a love/hate car among enthusiasts. Like any 'misfit' vehicle however the Corvair has a dedicated following from Motorsports nuts all the way to the wire and flaked paint crowd.

Back today with part two of the coverage from the CSCS Finale which is a small set of non action oriented photos. To my surprise there were a few cars at the finale I had not seen the entire season including one car I've never seen in person period. This isn't an exhaustive coverage of the show and shine but more a selection of vehicles and compositions that caught my eye. Enjoy!

While s-chassis and AE86s have proven themselves tim,e and time, again as capable drift cars I'm positive I am not alone in wishing that there was a little more vehicle variety in the drifting world. Sure it might not be the most cost efficient way to go about things but there is something to be said for those who do things the hard way.

I'm pretty lucky to be made aware of a lot of interesting builds via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and today's truck was brought to my attention by long time reader Clint Jolly Green (who has a real last name that's hard to spell). My initial reaction to being tagged in the photo below was 'holy Kansas look at those doors' followed by quite the eyebrow raise when I noticed the rear wheel/tire situation.