Random Dope

When I was doing a little bit of research on the Code Red Firebird I happened to stumble across videos of muscle/classic cars shredding autocross courses at both Good Guys and the Hot Rod Power Tour events, I became a fan nearly instantly. People often say that old American cars don't handle well and are meant for cruising or drag racing. While often this can be true, it seems that there are a number of American car owners who are willing to push their creations around the autocross course with reckless abandon.

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.

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.

This FD's got an LS1 under the hood, I have not seen it but I am willing to take Matt at Farm of Minds word for it because why would he lie? Even if this FD doesn't have an LS-1 under the hood aesthetically it's pretty mean with it's functional stance, high contrast bright green Enkei RPF-1s, and subtle body modifications.

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.

It appears that when men were men they drove the snot out of open wheel cars in open faced helmets with not a care in the world. I have no idea what sort of race series these photos came from, and no idea what type of cars they are but I know they needed to be shared with more people.

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

The last time I can remember thinking "cool" and "Bonneville" (not salt flats) in anything remotely close to the same thought was when a friends brother had one with a giant dent in the fender that he was going to fix in auto shop. I thought 'cool' because I knew years later I would be in that same class. My friends brother was lazy and never did a damn thing about that dent, but the owner of this Bonneville isn't lazy at all and has dropped this Black Onyx sedan on BBS Super RS's via custom suspension and updated the front end with BMW e39 headlights.