Theme Tuesdays

Today is the day I make good on last Friday's promise of some more favourable front end swaps to balance out the more horrendous. Front (and rear for that matter) swaps are always going to be somewhat controversial, and a matter of personal preference, so I have no doubt some of you are not going to agree with a few of these picks. As always feel free to express your opinions, or share ones I may have missed, in the comments below.

Not long ago I waded my way into a thread about "Surf Wagons" on the H.A.M.B in an attempt to find more information on the Suburban included in today's post. After clicking through a few pages I noticed that there's a bit of a debate in regards to what makes a real surf wagon but, loosely defined it's a vehicle that could potentially be used to shuttle surfers to and fro.

I must be feeling a little nostalgic with the next Fast & The Furious around the corner because it occurred to me the other night that I've never done a Theme Tuesday on the Mitsubishi Eclipse (Eagle Talon) before. In my opinion the first two generations are the best looking so they make up the bulk of today's post but a fourth generation did manage to squeak in there.

This weekend I was watching Donnie Brasco and the Cadillac vs Lincoln debate combined with the sheer number of Caddys used in the movie set today's Theme Tuesday in motion. No real year, or model sub theme just a small collection of low cars adorned with the Cadillac emblem.

As someone who likes to take photos it's only natural that I like to look at photos and today's Theme Tuesday is a partial list of photographers who inspire me in some way or form. This isn't a...

About three quarters of the way through writing last weeks Theme Tuesday I realized that there was no way to fit all of the companies I wanted into a post of reasonable length. What I didn't realize is how well received that post would be! I was honestly a little worried it would flop, now I might have to look into doing parts 3 and maybe for further down the road.

Sometime last year I got into a conversation about "real" wheel companies with a local enthusiast. Normally I try and avoid conversations like this all together but, this time I took the bait and asked the person to list off a few companies he considered real. The standard prerequisites (BBS, Volk, Work, and so forth) were fired off but I was a little shocked that he failed to mention any of the numerous new (or perhaps maturing) wheel companies that have been putting out original designs within the past 5 years or so.

I like to believe there are at least two universal truths among car enthusiasts. The first is that everyone loves the e30 m3, and the second is that everybody likes a good burnout. Personally I love a good burnout and while I agree they have their time and place (leaving a meet is neither the time nor the place), I wouldn't be opposed to seeing more tires evaporate into clouds of smoke this year.

Most of us (especially those of us who have done it) have at some point heard someone state that lowering a truck ruins a truck. The funny part about that statement is that most lowered trucks are still more truck that most nay sayers actually need, and are still very capable of hauling miscellaneous goods, be it in the bed or on a trailer as is today's theme.

I've always found the advertising tactics used in after market performance magazines a little puzzling because the artwork, and or photos, often have little to no correlation with the product being sold. For example how is a woman, standing in the middle of a desert, holding a sub, with lighting striking behind her, at all representative of a quality audio product? I guess the easiest answer to this question is sex has and always will sell, and deserts are easier to manipulate with Photoshop than street scenes.

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The recipe for a pro touring build, according to Pro-Touring.com, is simple;" Start with a classic muscle car and apply modifications that will make the car handle as good, or better than modern day sports cars." Of course, realistically, there are no hard and fast rules as to what exactly qualifies for a pro touring build.  Generally speaking they are older cars --many of which people thought could never handle-- that have been upgraded to the point where they handle far better than most are willing to give them credit for.