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Lead Sleds are cars I wish I saw more of first hand, sure I've seen a scattered few at a few Street Classics events but I need more! The fact that only certain cars take really well to this treatment makes them even harder to find. Huge respect to the people still building these cars today, it shouldn't have taken me so long to do this and I plan on making this one more than one part.

Even though this 'go kart' has a pull string throttle, bench seat (with no belts), mismatched bald tires, a frame of unknown origin, was built with 'hold my beer' mechanics, and looks to be about 8 kinds of dangerous, I'm not going to lie I kind of want to drive it. It looks (and sounds) like the motors best days are behind it anyway so what is the worst that could happen?

When I first saw the Mazda 2 at the Canadian International Autoshow in 2010 I saw some potential there thanks to the three cars Mazda brought out. Maybe not potential for everyone but definitely something there for people looking for a small hatch. A couple have popped up online (most notably one on Hella Flush) but I think this might be one of the most modified one in the states right now.

I have this friend Josh who I talk to about cars quite a bit, you might know him as the guy who has a slight obsession with Honda Odysseys. In my latest effort to get him into American cars I have been sending him ones in Japan. He still seems pretty indifferent to most American builds but he did send me a link to this one so maybe it is working on a subconscious level.

Last weeks Theme Tuesday on the standard Cressida went over so well that it would be stupid not to strike while the iron is hot and follow up with a Cressida Wagon post. Distinguishing the difference between the Mark II, Cressidas, and Cresta's is a little different when you are not super familiar with with each platform so don't lop my head off if I got a few wrong.

As bizarre as this might sound I actually spend more time than you probably expect looking at donks. No I don't really like them, and no you won't see them posted here in anything other than WTF Friday category but I can't help but be a little mystified behind this crowds choice of modifications. The huge wheels, lifts, insanely loud stereos, and odd corporate paint schemes, for lack of a better word, dumbfound me.

Last night while checking up on a few builds on the Stance Works forums I came across this quote by Mr. Burroughs: Silver, Gold, or polished. Those are the gentleman's wheel color choices.

Saw a thread on jdmrides.ca yesterday that had the following quote: Jdm or not. I wouldn't want something that old and ugly. Might look cool slammed on some low offset rims. That was about all the encouragement I needed to pull together a Cressida Theme Tuesday.

A couple of weeks ago I had a chance to meet up with two skyline owners for a photo shoot, nothing serious or anything like that but another good chance for me to play around with my new camera. By the time we all hooked up and the cars were cleaned it was getting dark which killed a lot of the photos but I was able to save a few.

It's no secret that in the quest to go as low and wide as possible some people have been known to cross the line between voids warranties and downright dangerous. Not long ago one particularily inept attempt appeared on Jalopnik and more recently people have been up in arms over a particular silver Celica from Japan.

In the 'Four On The Floor?' Theme Tuesday I posted a Nissan 300C lowrider hittin a three at a gas station followed by Datun 200L with interesting rear window vinyl also paused on three. Then later I dedicated an entire Tuesday to strictly non traditional lowriders. After doing those posts I didn't think I would come across another, different, Nissan on wires but here we are.

Another entry in the 'low s2000s with wide tires and Enkei wheels', aka Fat And Flush,category. s2000 owners just seem to gravitate towards Enkei wheels, be it the RPF-1 or the NT-01 which is the wheel of choice today. Like the RPF-1 the NT-01 is strong, relatively light, relatively inexpensive, and looks quite great 9" and wider.