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I know I am not the only person who likes BMW M1s (I'm talking the original ones not the new concept) because I know for a fact a lot of you like the Countach and thanks to Lamborghini's hand in the design these cars share very similar profiles. In street trim these cars look a little castrated and out of place but that's only because where they were really meant to be was out on the track getting pushed to their limit.

The first time I posted this Firebird from my SEMA car crazy showcase coverage car I made a mistake in identifying it and called it at Camaro. In my defense I am pretty sure they called it the 'Code Red Camaro' in this article on Optima. Either way they share the same chassis so I was close..ish. Yesterday I saw more photos of the car on Go With Solo and figured what better way to make up for my previous mistakes than post some more of it.

I met Patrick through Gillbert of the Scraped Crusaders. Pat is the type that does whatever he wants to his car regardless of whether or not other people are going to like it. If he likes it, it's done. I've seen this car a few times and the only constants are that it's always low and always has lots of stickers, other than that it's never the same twice.

A couple of weeks ago in a WTF Friday I mentioned that I was working on a 'Land Yacht' Theme Tuesday and that while doing so I realized my knowledge of older, larger, non muscle American metal was fairly limited. Well I've finished the Theme Tuesday, but unfortunately my knowledge of this genre of older American cars didn't really get all that much better. No big deal though as I know that these cars look good regardless of whether or not I know the names....

Logan has been putting in a ton of work this alongside Shawn from Drift Union. They killed it at a number of events both in Canada and in the states to the point where people are taking note of the guys in purple cars. Like Pat, I'm a big supporter of Logan because he is Canadian, drifts, and has BMX roots. So while I plugged this on facebook already I am going to do it again. Vote for Logan as 'Best Street Drift Car 2010' over on Speedhunters because his cars got stance, it's unique, and he slides it all the damn time.

Evidently one of the most sought after compact 4x4s in North America, The Suzuki Samurai, is known as the Jimny in Japan. I honestly had no idea when it came here it got re branded but I guess it sort of makes sense as most things do. The last Samuari/Jimny I saw was all decked out for mudding and is a stark contrast from the one I am posting today.

This might be the coolest Civic Wagovan I have seen since Bisimotos 700hp D16 beast or the one in the famous Wagon Attack 2 video. If these things didn't rust to hell so easy there would probably be quite a few cool ones around. Oh well I guess the best thing to do would be appreciate what we've got left. Big fan of this one.

Corvette fans I will warn you now, avert your eyes, because what you are about to see you probably will not like, and on that same note early Dodge truck fans I suggest you proceed with caution as well because one of your own has also been roped into this hodge-podge build. Looking at this 1977 'Vette it's easy to tell that the person who built it had some level of mechanical ability. The car still functions after all these 'modifications' but I think you will agree that their taste in aesthetic mods leaves a little to be desired.

I was surfing JDMR the other day and I noticed that the red DC in this post is up for sale/being parted while the white one is going under the knife for a 2011 transformation. This means that these photos, which are not all that old, are now time capsules of the last time these cars wore their Mugen inspired look. I'm not sure what the owners plan to do next but judging by what they have already accomplished it's safe to say that what they are pushing in 2010 will look at least this good.

This winter has been pretty wild so far: two hours away people have been getting snow almost non stop for a week and a half while even farther in away in Ontario people were stuck on the highway in their cars for a couple days. Here in GTA it's just been cold, so that I don't even want to bother setting up my new snowboard, the board which I am reminded of not because of the weather but because Eric has two strapped to the roof of his beater in this Mike Joe photo shoot.

I think the MKIII Supra is slept on. Sure the MK4 that came after was a big success, and yes MKIII's may have had head gasket problems, but I'll be damned if they can't look good in the right hands. The wedge like body shape and pop up headlights are great indicators of the time period the car came from, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Rally cross looks like fun, I should figure out a way to get out to one probably the only time I will see an MR2 do this. Short post is short