There’s a good chance this car has already made it’s rounds on the net but being posted previously doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s a very nicely put together Audi A4.
Sitting bagged on three piece Rotiform TMB’s this B6 is not the craziest car to come out of the Audi scene but it is a fine example of the less is more philosophy.
Visually all the needs to be done has been done.
Here is a quick video of it as well:
http://vimeo.com/53440999
Photo/Video Credit: Jared Houston
It’s been awhile since the last RSX Theme Tuesday (so long I actually forgot I ever posted it) so it’s time to give the DC5 chassis another kick at the can.
One thing I realized while doing this post is that RSX owners really, really like RPF-1s.
Picking a car to end the 2012 SEMA coverage with wasn’t exactly an easy task but I think this Ring Brothers built 65 Fastback is a fairly solid choice.
Known as “The Producer” it’s one of the best all round Mustang builds I have ever seen and the recipient of this years Goodguys Optima Batteries Street Machine of the Year award.
At four inches wider than stock and tucking 315/35/18s up front and massive 345/50/19s out back to say this ‘Stang had an impressive ‘pro touring’ stance would be an understatement but surprisingly the stance wasn’t the only thing that kept me looking at this build.
What really drew me in was the number of small details Jim & Mike Ring hid all around the car that only became noticeable the more you looked and even though I came back to the car several times I felt I could have spent much longer going over the entire thing.
Here are a few more angles and a better look at some of the details via Mustang Monthly and Ring Brothers:
Since the car was actually debuted last year I’m able to include a view videos of it driving in this post, enjoy.
When I was eight or nine my dad came home and gave me a drag racing book with the ambitious hope it would stop me from chanting “I’m bored” while he was watching football.
The book was filled with equal parts photos and text so it actually did the job for some time.
Besides being the reason I can’t help but take a photo of every gasser I see the book also did a good job of taking me through the history of drag racing including the time period when Top Fuel cars switched from the old front engine figuration to the rear mounted motor setups popular today.
That point in history is where the twin mill Top Fuel car known as the Syndicate was born. Not the first of it’s kind by any means what makes this one interesting is the fact that it is reportedly the last one ever made.
For whatever reason the team behind this car thought that the best way to combat the rear engine cars was to give the twin motor setup one last kick at the can, so they placed two nitro powered Hemi motors in a line and hoped for the best.
Sadly it seems that the car was to heavy to ever really be competitive and quickly lived out the rest of it’s days as a show piece up until it fell into disrepair.
After a lengthy period of time in storage it was picked up by California Construction company owner Ken Blackmore who was able to foot the bill to get this beast back together and running again.
The concept of placing two very powerful and potentially explosive motors in front of your face seems like a bad idea, but after watching the video of the now restored Syndicate literally shake under it’s own power I see the appeal.
More info on the origin, death, and rebuild of this car can be found here on Cackle Fest.
Looking into getting some new T-Shirts made for 2013. Something a little more graphical, I just contacted a designer so we shall see what happens. Worse case one of the three shirts below (lifted from my instagram) will make their way into production.
Keep you posted.
It was really foggy this week in the GTA which reminded me that I did a photo shoot with my car in the fog years ago.
Seems like so long ages ago.
Looking back it’s a little strange that one of the events I was looking forward to most at SEMA 2012 was the roll-out at the end.
They were pushing it pretty hard in the media centre and my imagination conjured up visions of an epic parade full of awesome cars dragging, drifting, and generally acting a fool on the streets of Las Vegas.
Of course the reality was far from the rubber burning mayhem I had imagined due to a strict set of rules that prohibited burnouts, engine revving, and travelling at more than eight miles per hour.
Pretty tame for what is essentially a gathering of some of the best cars in the world but even with Jonny Law watching there was something cool about seeing these cars drive together on the streets of Nevada even if it was only to a trailer a few kilometers miles down the road.
On my first pass through these photos I deemed a lot of them unusable due to the sun but I ended up editing them a littler different than I usually do and a couple are my favourite shots from the trip.
99% done the SEMA coverage now…
About a year ago a post title with a Dexter influenced title ‘Body Dump‘ showcased a hot rod flatz black, bodied, 400hp, s10 I spotted on s10 forum.
Last week the owner Erik came across the post, and emailed asking if I would be interested in running a quick update on the truck.
Noting a recent decline in the truck content on the site (SEMA excluded) I gladly accepted the pictures he sent on by.
Finally here’s a quick walk around video, truck sounds awesome in my opinion.
Thanks for sending some updated shots by Erik! If you have some dragging footage I’m sure I am not the only one who would love to see it.
Fast Five was on the other day and while I was watching Vince drive a Pantera into the desert sunset it occurred to me that I don’t post nearly enough Panteras on this site.
It’s no secret that I am a fan of the Countach-era cheese wedge designed cars, nor is it a secret that I like gas guzzling American motors, so the Pantera will forever be near the top of my favourite cars ever built list.
Never mind the fact they’ve got a great ass and can run some seriously wide wheels on all four.
No clue how they handle but most of the cars I like handle poorly.
Here’s some video of the last one
A couple weeks ago I was at my mom’s place flipping through an old issue of Ride BMX when I stopped on a photo of former Schwinn sponsored pro flatlander Andrew Faris doing a half cab tailwhip down a three stair.
Two things immediately came to mind; 1) that’s still a very hard difficult trick and 2) what the heck ever happened to Andrew anyway?
As  turns out Andrew Faris didn’t fall off the face of the earth –as many a rider had assumed– he just shifted the  drive and focus he had as a rider towards building custom cars at his shop Graveyard Restorations and Custom Cars in Saskatoon.
His most recent build is this 35 Ford Slant Window that was featured in the 2012 Meguiar’s International Car Crazy Showcase.
When I first spotted the car on day one it caught my eye and I fired off a quick snap (the first one below), but when I found out it was Andrew’s (via current pro Jason Enns and his instagram) I made my way back to take a few more photos.
While searching for more info on the car I was able to find a couple good photos of angles I missed on enjoythedrive.com:
For nostalgia purposes here’s Andrew’s old frame ad and along with a tribute video:
Getting a chance to hang out with two Canadian BMX legends at SEMA was totally unexpected and made an already great trip even better, maybe I should follow up on a few other riders with a passion for cars.
I know there are more than a few out there…Rob Nolli comes to mind.
Here’s a bit of a head twister; somewhere in America a clever hotrodder decided that the way traditional small block Chevys work was too boring so he flipped everything on it’s head putting the exhaust where the intake was and the intake where the exhaust was.
This creates a completley unique looking motor that on first glance leaves you wondering how in the hell it all works.
Really it was done a simply as possible. First a new cam was made that switched switched the intake and exhaust lobes the opposite way, followed by modified flat-head V8 distributor and small block Chevy timing cover. Finally some Honda 750 carbs were converted to use E85 some compression tweaks and well.. bob’s your uncle.
As it sits in these pictures below there it has an remote water pump, and remote radiator, and is gravity fed fuel. It’s also got no charging system.
Why? Well on the HAMB the owner gives us this answer:
We aren’t too proud to admit we did it just to blow peoples minds….My favourite is looking at the distorted faces on the hard core guys that see it the first time. Its like looking at someone in pain.
It’s a bit old now so I don’t know if a charging system was added or if the car became anything more than a ‘wow would you look at that’ build.
Started to get cold and boring around these parts but I’ve already began to look for new ways to bring some original coverage to the site so hopefully it all works out.
I am also working on getting content organized from contributor Ollie to bring back Oliver’s Travels for the winter.
The Love Fab NSX yesterday reminded me of another NSX I posted doing something not so NSX like.
Wonder if the owner is still sliding this….
