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I had every intention of finishing off the rest of the Performance World coverage today and then work just kicked the living crap out of me and is continuing to do so. Good thing I had this gem tucked away. I first saw this eg on eyegasmic cars and immediately popped the watermark into google to find more photos. After a bit of clicking I found the source (flickr.com/oncam) and more photos of the car.

Since I'm sitting on a bunch of photos from Performance World (about 50 left not including today) I figured using them instead of internet finds for today's Theme Tuesday wouldn't be a bad idea because it's rare I have original content for Tuesdays. These are most of the rats from Performance World, some are perhaps not exactly rats but were in and amongst the rat rods so I included them anyway.

After reading other sites with weather envy all winter it felt pretty good to head out to a local event and get some photos this weekend. A lot of people have said that PW wasn't as good this year in regards to turn out but I think for a show at the end of winter the turnout was pretty good. It takes a lot of dedication to get your car all cleaned up for three days and then drive it back out in the muck right after. This year I've decided to switch things up a bit by posting the more modern Imports, Euros, and American cars first leaving the rat rods, traditional rods, and muscle cars to later.

Awhile back I was pointed in the direction of a bunch of well done 9th generation Corrollas by reader KN tee. Once I got through looking at the photos and links he submitted I starred the email with the intentions of getting back to it later. 'Later' quickly turned into forgotten until last night when I was parked behind a 9th gen in traffic and it all came flooding back to me, dive intervention perhaps. Here is one of several Kn sent my way.

When I had my e30 I drove it all year round, like all of my cars, and I found that they are quite capable winter vehicles if your heat works well, you have winter tires, and a little weight in the boot. It also doesn't hurt if you can stand to watch them get covered in salt half of the year and not cringe. I suppose the same can be said for most any car I suppose but seeing an e30 covered in salt is quite tragic as they are God's Chariot after all. This e30 was posted in one of several 'Post your car in the winter' threads I follow and it's doing a pretty good job of blending in with its surroundings.

Putting together Theme Tuesday posts is a guaranteed way to assassinate any other plans I have in an evening. I had every intention last night to finish of this Accord post and get to playing PS3 quickly until I ended up learning you can lower K cars with stock first gen Neon parts, and that MKII big bumpers fit on Dodge Ominis. How did that all happen? I dunno, the internet is a time monster. Anyway here is the Accord post I was working on before I got sidetracked.

Went relic hunting again on my hard drive and pulled out this Civic deep from the archives. I'm fairly sure i pulled it from a Honda-Tech thread one of the seven or so times I've actually browsed the site. Nothing on this car is particularly in your face but it's clean, simple, and low and comes together quite nicely which makes for a nice easy quick post after a busy weekend. 🙂

This has got to be the funniest towing fail I have seen since the one where a bunch of clowns remove the back of a car trying to get it out of a snow bank. If your wondering how this truck ended up upside down in a frozen lake your guess is as good as mine. However one take away from this video is never under estimate the power of a front end loader.

Seeing the positive reception of that little winter Lupo I posted last week was very encouraging as I've got a decent amount of small, fitted, VWs on my hard drive. Today's car is an example of what happens when you take a US spec Polo, shave a few things, bring the fenders closer to the wheels with an air ride setup, and stretch 185/45s and 195 45s over 15x8 and 15x9 wheels. Since quoting Charlie Sheen is the thing to do this week, this Polo: Winning!

Some of the long time readers, or those of you who have looked through the Theme Tuesday archives, may have noticed I have a bit of an attraction to VW Harlequins. I like these cars because you don't see them often and when you do they can't be missed. Seeing one thats winter driven never crossed my mind until I saw rabriolet of vortex not given a damn and pushing his through significant accumulation.

This first time I came across this 51 Chevy COE it was posted on another stance blog where the writer stated that it was fairly irrelevant to the forms of stance they normally showcase. That statement struck me as odd because to me flush, poke, tuck, drag, lowrider, vip, whatever your suspension alteration poison happens if at the end of it all it's awesome that's all that matters.

Everyone I've had a chance to chat with via email or twitter says Wekfest 2011 was a crazy this year with lots of cars and even more people. One day, if I'm lucky, perhaps I'll plan a trip around attending one and make a vacation out of the whole deal. Or if I am really lucky someone will fly me out (ya right). Until then I will just have to settle for living vicariously through the lives of the people at The Chronicles, Canibeat, Night-Import, LimestandPhotography, Ivy League East and Oh you speak english.