Makes

When the subject of wide bodies comes up in the circles I travel in people rarely ever mention American examples. Probably because euro and JDM widebody builds are much easier to find online, at shows, and on the track, but if you look hard enough American builds are plentiful. Several of them dating back to when fuel efficiency wasn't considered and there was no replacement for displacement.

It's still a little shocking how popular this Canadian based blog with predominately North American content is on a global scale. I'm not complaining of course because this global appeal is how awesome cars like this dub which belongs to Richard "Mingan" Håveland of Sweden show up in my inbox.

Some of you might remember when I stumbled upon a Turbonique rocket powered go kart for the first time last August at a Street Classics Cruise in. The original WTF Friday post I did on that kart shortly has been one of the most popular posts on the site, period. It has drawn collectors from all over looking to exchange information about these extremely rare pieces of drag racing history and automotive ridiculousness.

Calgary correspondent (aka nice guy with beard and camera) Mike McConnell of MDM Visuals got in touch with me recently about a new set of photos he had taken of an exceptionally clean air cooled bug. His message was pretty simple 'pick your favorites and go nuts'. Choosing my favorites ended up being a little harder than I thought as this simple shoot yielded excellent results.

There are a number of different ways I could finish that title and while I posted a mammary filled video on the fan page yesterday my intentions are to keep this blog (mostly) safe for work, so in this case pink is for eye catching. Which just so happens to be a great way to describe Bryan's Pink DC Interga that sports a completely custom and fairly subtle all metal wide body. Being able to keep things clean while rocking such a bright color can be tough but Bryan has got it down to a tee.

I've got a thing for s10s, Sonomas, Blazers, Jimmys, Sy's and Ty's. Those who know me know this, and if you have been reading for awhile you have probably also noticed this as I am no stranger to posting S trucks. However most of the ones I post are not exactly fast (in anything other than a straight line) and wouldn't exactly fall in the Fat and Flush category. This is nowhere ordinary Blazer though, it is a fire breathing, hill course eating, monster.

Do you think when Honda designed the Wagovan they expected it to be as popular as they are now? Maybe popular isn't the right word but they certainly have amassed a dedicated group of followers. To be honest I never saw much potential in the Wagovan until sometime early 2000 when the second to last one in today's post came along and opened my eyes to what could be with this unique, incredibly boxy, vehicle.

The Alfa Romeo Brera is one car I can safely say I have never seen before in person before, and one that doesn't pop up often in the forums and blogs I frequent. That is probably a big reason why this car really impressed me when I saw it. Dropped significantly lower than stock and sitting on wheels by seemingly unstoppable wheel company RotiForm this car is certainly going to make it's rounds on the net.

Looking to pick up a new car and have nine thousand dollars? Then maybe you should give this 97 328is strong consideration because even if it didn't have an Active auto c30 intercooled and water cooled fully rebuilt super charger setup it would be a steal. I've seen this car around a couple of times and it would be a damn shame if it just sat in a garage on fire and theft for the rest of it's days.

What could be more embarrassing than getting blow away by a Pacer? Probably getting blown away by a Pacer that still has its original wood paneling in tact. You've got to give it to the builder Steve Bashford for keeping this Pacer as factory looking as possible while turning it into a balls to the wall drag car that runs down the quarter mile in 10 seconds.

Drift Ops along with Cool Kids and sponsor Sailun Tires just wrapped up a successful season of drift events at local track Shannoville. In some cruel twist of fate I was busy every Sunday that they had an event this year, but for the season-ender Charles Spivak was able to make it out and he kindly offered up his coverage for the site.

I've never met Mike but based on the picture he paints of himself on twitter he is one hard working SOB. When these pictures of his car arrived in my inbox it was easy to see where all those late nights nights and early mornings have gone over the past several years. His GTI is the perfect balance of function and form and there simply won’t be anything like it again for long time.