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If you were to ask my late nineties self whether or not I liked the LS400 I my answer would have been no, partially because I was a dumb kid and partially because I wasn't much into luxury sedans, especially ones that were often two tone. Over time my tastes have matured and like a fine wine the LS400 has got better with age to the point where if I were in the market for big luxury sedan one of these would float to the top of my list.

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.

I always get a kick out of low cars I am not exactly familiar with, and this Skoda Felicia Family is a low car I'm not exactly familiar with. I came across this one while collecting photos for a completely unrelated Theme Tuesday and was instantly intrigued by the little white hatch.

Weighing in on the static vs. air debate isn't really something I like to do because I feel people should get down how they get down and not worry about how, but I will say that there is something to be said for a clean static car with spot on fitment. I'm not talking cars that are easily identified as static from fifteen feet away due to smashed bumpers, questionable panel gaps, and catchy slogan covered munched quarters.

In the 70s Street Machine Theme Tuesday I mentioned that the Street Machine look was pretty versatile, and could be applied to basically every kind of car imaginable. Case in point the 75 Honda Z600 found in today's post.

After an Ontario Provincial Rally Championship win in 2010 and a second place overall finish in 2011, Team Manick took 2012 as a year to regroup and focus their efforts. After 9 months of design, fabrication, and assembly they are back on the stages – this time competing in the Canadian Rally Championship, and hungry for the podium.

The way I see it there are two ways to put a car up on it's bumper. A talented person with a switch box manipulating the flow of hydraulic fluid, or raw stump pulling power. In my opinion both are awesome and as such both are showcased in today's post, enjoy.

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.

The Karmann Ghia is a car that prior to starting this site I didn't really know a whole lot about. I think I had maybe seen a handful  up to that point, but I never really put much time into learning much about them.

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.

Rob from Performance Improvements shot me a message yesterday that he was wrapping up his photos from SEMA 2013 and to let him know if there was anything specific I wanted photos of. Without a moments hesitation I said I need (not want) more photos of the all wheel drive '32 Ford I've seen kicking around.

I've decided to follow up the LSX, 2JZ, and F20 'in everything' Theme Tuesdays with an SR20 edition. To be honest it was a tough call whether or not to do rotary or SR20 centred post but once I did a little bit of digging I discovered the Nissan's 4 cylinder is actually fairly well travelled.