While migrating rss feeds from the recently deceased Google Reader over to The Old Reader I skimmed through few blogs I had not checked up on in awhile and located in the Motoriginal coverage of the Verses Classic Car Showdown was this impressively low Subaru BR-Z.
While I could do without the blast pipe the car does look pretty good and the Weds Bazreias which (again in my opinion of ) are far superior to the 911 wheels the car wore previously.
Not bad at all really, but I am still more accustom to the FR-S bumper these days…
The Car Crazy Canada’s Best Contest has wrapped up for another year and Meguiar’s Canada is proud to announce Joey Dube of Baylon Ontario as the 2013 winner.
Joey and his wife own the surprisingly stealthy bright yellow 1970 Ford Torino that managed to creep it’s way into the number one spot under the noses of everyone who participated in the round table discussion.
Looking factory stock at first glance, Joey’s Torino is a wolf in sheep’s clothing that was entered into the contest at Salon Auto-Sport in Quebec City.
Backing the motor is a manual Lentek AOD Street Terminator with a 3800 Converter mated to a spooled rear end and giving the car a little extra help is a Mr Bigshot nitrous kit.
Pre nitrous the car ran 11.5 in the quarter mile while still managing to look good enough to take home Outstanding Paint, and Best in Class trophies at shows like the Salon Auto-Sport.
While it managed to fly under the radar of many there isn’t much arguing that there is a lot more to this car than what you see at first glance. Congrats Joey!
The car that undoubtedly stole the show at Eurokracy 2013 was this teal, right hand drive, MK1 Rabbit.
Built by Quebec City based Unix Performance this no holds barred, no expense sparred, beauty was hidden behind a wall of slack jawed on lookers almost the entire show and personally I stopped by the car on three different occasions in a vain attempt to take in all of the details.
The body was laser straight, the trunk was a work of art, and the engine bay was absolutely spotless. Builds of this calibre are truly ones to admire.
Hats off to they guys at Unix Performance, truly an outstanding build.
Going to even out the LSX in everythingTheme Tuesday with a Toyota 2jz Theme Tuesday. Versatility wise it could be argued that the 2jz is on par with Chevrolet’s legendary V8.
Originally finding a home in the Toyota Aristo the 2JZ GTE soon became Toyota’s power plant of choice for the Supra before eventually finding it’s way under the hood of all sorts of different enthusiast owned vehicles world wide.
Know for being able to put down tons of power it’s no surprise that those who don’t want to go (or stay) American turn to all variations of this powerful in-line six.
Couldn’t find many ‘glamour’ shots of this one but this……and this should be enough to illustrate it’s a 2jz foxbodyThis 2JZ Ranger was featured in a post all it’s own… wonder if it is done now..The Ranz Motorsport 280seMotor looks right at homeAlso from the Ranz camp is this 2JZ powered RX-4The feature is here2JZ CressidaClint Jolly Green spotted this 2JZ powered trike at an event local to him2JZ Ford Mavrick, one of maybe three Mavricks I have posted on SIEMore people need to do cool things with MavericksThe famous 2jz powered s2000 that does wheeliesDamn Speed Hunters and their access to incredibly cool things…Read more about this one here I can only imagine how many people this car upset when it came outI love it personallyTidy DatsunWith a tidy swapFC with a 2 j……and an FD with a 2jA little bummed all I could find was a scan of thisI did however find a lengthy build thread on this carOne of the beast looking s14s I’ve ever seen……with an equally beautiful swapI should do a Hilux Theme Tuesday one day… it could just include lots of pictures of thisProwlers were an almighty flop…but titan motorsports did this one well2J hot rod I know you want to read more so here is the build threadCan’t say I post a heck of a lot of Tacomas…This one must go like hellGoing to end with this 2J Caprice, awesome motor choice, questionable everything else
Actually the Back To The Future fan in me can’t resist posting this
One of the best things about the Napierville Dragway (where Eurokracy 2013 was held) is that the dragstrip was viewable from nearly any location in the facility. This meant that if you were looking at a car in the show field and heard something angry revving up you could turn around and catch the tail end of the pass no problem.
This is something I’ve yet to experience at any local GTA venues and really helped everything feel like one event as opposed to a show and shine event with a drag event that just happened to be going on at the same time.
The number of quick cars running the strip made me really wish I brought more capture cards so I could document more of the 1/4 mile action, always next year I suppose.
Today’s coverage includes a small sample of the cars doing quarter mile runs along with a round out of show coverage.
Two female enthusiasts lining up for a run, can’t remember who took it I think it was the MK2Nice MK5 on LM’s doing a passThere were a few bikes running the strip alsoThis C30 was such a nice looking car, really wish the rear of these wasn’t such an acquired tasteRestyleit CLS 55Vag Motorsports Porsche about to get the upper hand on an BenzWhile I was waiting for the s10 below to pull up to the tree Lyndsey shot this photo of it in the lengthy drag lineupI was not disappointed waiting for it and I believe it ran slightly under 10This Elco was a beast on the strip. I believe it ran in the 9.7 range…Clean 8th gen CivicThe grill on this Jetta reminds me of the Euro grill for e30s, I think it’s the subtle eyebrowI’m honestly shocked at how low JF drives this car while keeping it so cleanBlair and myself parked in the grass, there’s actually another 3 beside me as wellKlutch Repbulik wheels look great on this Integra“Low-Level” RX-8 on VIP Modular wheels and Stance CoiloversAnother car on VIP Modulars was this widebody GTIRounding out the VIP modular cars was this beautiful HyundaiParked behind the Hyundai was this civic that –chomped quarters aside– was pretty cleanMint MiataNo wheel no careStationary look at the Soarer that was kicking up smoke in the burnout coverageMustaches were a bit of a reoccurring theme at EurokracyTalked to the owner of this cars boyfriend for awhile about BMX, nice guyThe trip from Cambridge to Montreal and back cost Blain a pair of tires but he doesn’t seem bothered in the least
Mid week long time reader Clint Jolly Green sent me a photo of a Pontiac Fiero that had been converted into a two seater trike. Shocked and intrigued I foolishly set forth looking for more info on what I assumed to be a one off creation.
I was wrong, it was far from the only one in existence and many a ‘resourceful’ gear head have in fact transformed a Fiero from a four wheeled vehicle into one with only three.
Some of these arguably ill conceived creations look like they could see a lot of road hours without fail, while others appear to be held together by the sheer will power of the builder.
That’s a for sale sign on this beauty, sadly can’t read the asking priceIs it weird this is the only time I have seen a Fiero tow anything?Points for using Fiero wheels all around I supposeDaytons and continental package make this the most “be-dazzeled” of the bunch.. oh and all that diamond platingJudging by the driveway this one belongs to a Fiero enthusiastAlmost seems a shame to have something so big be only a single seaterThen again I can’t imagine it’s easy to get passengersThis 2 seater is the one that started this whole mess of a WTF Friday
One can only assume that creating these is relatively simple (on the scale of a trike to car conversions) but I am a little shocked to see that these are (or were) so popular.
Someone even built a Raptor style one and abandoned the rear engine configuration entirely.
This is easily the best built one of today’s bunchThat’s evidently an SBC mounted to an auto trans
Poor Fiero’s can’t really catch a break, everyone wants to turn them into something else instead of the quirky mid engine ‘sports’ car they were designed to be.
Site Updates
More Eurokracy coverage coming up as soon as I get through it as well as a post on this years Meguair’s Car Crazy Canada’s Best winner.
Flashback Friday
It occured to me at Eurokracy that I have not seen the car below in some time. Anyone know what happened to it, used to see it quite often.
While at Eurokracy I kept telling myself I needed to shoot more photos in order to somewhat accurately portray the scale of the show. When I got home the first thing I asked myself was “why did I take so many photos!?” Funny how that works.
Mountain of editing aside the entire Eurokracy 2013 experience was great and I encourage everyone with even the smallest interest in European cars (or low cars in general) to check out one of these events sometime in the future.
The organization is on point, the cars are awesome, and a noteworthy stand out attribute was the fact that the owners of the venue seemed 100% on board with everything that was going on which is never a bad thing.
If you still need further convincing take a look at these photos below.
Trikes a plentyBMX related sighting #1 (awesome bikes the dudes at bmx musem would go nuts over)BMX related sighting #2, Lyndsey was actually the one who spotted the Macniel StickerAwesome B6, really like the colourCouple e30s lined up for the neckbreaker competition which as you can tell by the crowd was next to impossible to shootFastest drag car at Eurokracy 2013 was this Jetta……it ran 10.11@143 mphAnother shot of Jujhar’s Mk4 which looks great on the OZ FuturasThis was parked next to my car and is just as clean in person as it looks in this photoHookah seshHorse heads.OEM+ to a tee…..more of the same
Lyndsey was having a lot of fun with her new lensBeautiful wheel finish on this Golf
Wide body 930 on Ruf 5 spokes if I am not mistaken…
Scraped Crusaders
I heard that the Scraped Crusaders took home the ‘Spirit of Eurokracy’ award which makes total sense. They go every year, organized a cruise this year, and are a good group of people all around.
Avalon’s rabbit which almost made it there and back without smashing a pan.. almostThe brothers BerenzThere was a time I hated raised caps on Type A’s and now I’m perfectly fine with them.. weirdGill’s Lesbo WagGoing to end off with Steve’s E30… always a crowd favourite
Coverage is probably going to go into the weekend so stay tuned for more once I get to some more editing.
After hearing nothing but good things about Eurokracy for two straight years I decided 2013 was the year to make the voyage from Toronto to Montreal to check things out first hand.
Being a terrible navigator I opted to join the Scraped Crusaders for their cruise down and as the convoy got larger stop after stop I knew I wouldn’t be disappointed in the show the following day.
With a turnout large enough to create a serious impact on highway traffic Eurokracy 2013 certainly lived up to the “Canada’s Finest European Automotive Event” moniker, it’s easily one of the best and well organized events I’ve been to in recent memory.
Near the entrance was Wobbie’s well known e30He actually cracked a rim on the way to the show but managed to get it repaired and continue onNot too far from Wobbie’s e30 was this incredible GTIThis Montreal Car Fever promo vehicle rolled up moments after I shot the GTI aboveBeautiful C6 Avant……with a pretty cool roof boxShayan’s been having a hell of a time with this car recently so I was glad to see he made it to Montreal and back with no issuesScott’s bagged e46 m3Spotless e36 on MiestersBanana split#starthegliSuper clean Mk5 RabbitGreat looking Mk4 GolfJujhar did Chop Shop proud taking home a well deserved finest Mk4 awardJesse’s Passat with it’s new Rubber Wrap interesting look, reminded me of a guide coatSniped a shot of the trunk setup on this Jetta while waiting in the food lineOne of several very quick cars running the 1/4 mileAll buisnessLove this car so simple yet awesomeLooks like Mike’s car has changed a bit since the last time it was postedThese wheels look like Blonixx snowflakes but to be honest I’m not quite sure…That lift!Nice use of colours on this CorradoCouldn’t ask for a better shot opportunity than this.
There is going to be a lot of Eurokracy coverage the site and fanpage this week and I can’t think of a better way to start things off than with a Theme Tuesday dedicated to the crowd pleasing burnout contest.
This is actually the first burnout contest I’ve ever photographed (Lyndsey on the assist) and I couldn’t have asked for a better one to cut my teeth with.
There was absolutely no holding back from any of the competitors each of which went to the point of damn near rubber laden air asphyxiation or mechanical failure.
The owner of this e30 was the first guy up and didn’t disappointThe second car had this pretty old Hoffman on the roof, can’t place the model… EP?This MK4 Golf started out well……then it blew upThe owner of this Civic had a hard time getting it to stay stillEventually he sorted it outNow you see her……now you don’tAnother vanishing act, these girls were troopersA little Scandinavian fogNice Mk2 GTI filling with smokeChap on the roof there is just hanging out drinking a PBRNo doubt the best non euro burnout of the dayScraped Crusaders holding things down for OntarioChampion honors went to Alex Teolis and Max Boileu with the burnout slutEquipped with masks they burned that slut to the groundJesse bein a Baws
For anyone pictured in these photos above yes I do have high res. If you are interested leave a comment below and I will shoot you an email.
Going to finish up the 2013 CSCS Beach Burnout coverage before moving on to what will be an onslaught of coverage from Eurokracy 2013.
Today’s coverage is made up of the photos I took while not on the track or hiding in the shade from the heat.
Pits
The proximity of the pits to the show and shine at Grand Bend makes it really easy to cross over from one to the other.
No missing Mike McGinnis car on the track or the pits now thanks to this bright new paint jobBeast.Tony Ho’s Civic taking in a little sun“Go around those wrecks you can drive through it!” I love Days Of ThunderStationary look at Anthony’s new carCivic waiting to head out on courseDylan’s car was a little temperamental at this round but still not bad for what I believe was it’s first competitive outingCars waiting to do their timed lapsJames Houghton’s Type RJames Kutschke brought out this FC RX-7 which I’ve never seen him with beforePeak inside the turbo charged spinning Dorito engine bayOf course we are all used to seeing him to in thisI don’t think I’ve actually ever taken a photo of his cockpitLater in the day I witnessed the Ratso Italiano almost get both front wheels in the air while running a quick quarterLooks like the car has a permanent passengerRiley’s Hard body between rounds
Show & Shine
It’s always nice to see cars you don’t often see out at Grand Bend mixed in with the usual suspects.
If this Crown Vic had thicker tires it would really complete the lookGary actually ran his truck down the quarter mile and laid a spanking on a Firebird, I believe he ran 14s with no fourth gearClean bay on this EK8th Gen on CCWSSleepy eyed FDI distinctly remember shooting this car at the 2012 beach burnout, the brushed lips are hard to forgetReally wish this 300zx was in a more photogenic locationBagged 370z on Stance wheels…Teknotik’s pair of JDM inspired buildsQuite liked this buildFew things I would change if it were mine but not much…
See you all at the next round which is July 28th at Mosport! For info on the series and standings check out cscs.ca
