Gotta hand it to Volkswagen guys, especially air cooled drivers, because they prove time and time that nothing phases them.
Low + Snow? No problem. Low + Snow + Ragtop? Snow problem there either.
Makes me feel like a sissy for using the heat in my car.
Looks like different cars and drivers too. No f*cks given.
I’m still going to use the heat in my car though…
I have been wanting to revisit this theme since the first time I did it in August of 2010.
That post was made up of mostly black cars and with a couple cars switched out it could have easily passed for a ‘murdered out’ Theme Tuesday.
This go round I took a little more time picking out the cars to include and pulled together a wider variety of cars including modern, euro, and the cars mysteriously missing from the last post, classics.
Basically every form of flat other than natural patina (another future post) is here.
This 240sx is one of the cleanest S-Chassis builds I have ever seen. Aesthetically and mechanically this car is basically flawless and an improvement in every regard to the way the car came from the factory.
Built by a talented family of auto enthusiasts (grandfather through to grand son) it is a great example of what can be done if you have the means and do not cut corners.
I recently found out the owner of this car is a fellow BMX rider and that was the final push I needed to post this car up.
Not that I wouldn’t have got around to it otherwise.
While the pictures posted above do this car some justice checking out everything that is under the covers over in the build thread on Zilvia is highly recommended.
Photo Credit:
Beard Life, Garret Wade and the owner.
The requested ‘Turbo Dodge’ Theme Tuesday has honestly been one of the most challenging I have tried to pull together because I am trying to not just post the obvious SRT-4 or fudge the lines by posting only Conquests (which are really Mitsubishis anyway).
In my search for ground scraping Dodge Omnis and Daytonas I stumbled upon this SRT-4 swapped Chrysler Town and Country that is completely stock inside and out other than the drive train.
The donor SRT-4 looks like it had a run in with a pole so it was up for auction as was the original Town and Country that’s 2.2 turbo engine went up in smoke so two and two made four, and then eight as the builder ramped up the difficulty by keeping things like the abs, srt4 key fob, and dimmer via ignition for the interior lights intact.
The build thread is here and Jalopnik reported the car up for sale in 2011 so I wonder where it is now?
With SRT suspension this car, in theory, could be slammed to the ground. That would kill it as a sleeper though.
I’m still looking for help in the Turbo Dodge Theme Tuesday so if you have any cars I shouldn’t leave out let me know in the comments or shoot me an email.
Some of you may have noticed that certain items in the store are getting low in stock or are just plain out of stock. This is somewhat by design as I plan to do another ‘vote for the next color’ type of posting on here and facebook so I know what colors to order for 2011.
I am hoping to have the sticker color selection posts go up the week of the redesign, which I have picked a launch date for but will not announce just yet in case I further procrastinate.
It has been a long while since I have posted dedicated a post to a Honda fit, a platform worth revisiting and posting more of perhaps?
There is a fair chance a lot of you have only seen this Supra from the rear.
Even though it is an older build my first and only exposure to it for the longest time was that one lone picture of its ass.
Arguably the car looks best from the rear, but the rest of it isn’t all that bad either especially when you take into account the wide body isn’t an off the shelf kit and the twin turbo 2uzfe motor has been heavily worked over.
It also isn’t straight black like I assumed but a cherry black color from a Supercharged Jaguar XJ.
A brief build thread on this car with a little more info can be found here, and the builder says that it spends most of it’s time locked away and no one really sees it.
Possible ebay find one day?
I might have written this entire post just so I had an excuse to post this gif in context.
Easily the only good thing about the (Dance) Ass song.
A couple weeks ago a picture of Alex’s Lexus SC at Blue Mountain made it’s way to the fan page and two things about said picture were quickly disputed.
One, that his car is Lexus SC (and not a Toyota Soarer) and two the fact that he does indeed daily drive it like it as it appeared in the photo.
I’m not even sure why the first item is up for dispute, Alex owns the car so if he says it is a Lexus SC400 then it is a Lexus SC400, and for proof of the other disputed item he sent in some more photos.
The XXRs are old news so that is why they now see winter duty.
Pictures by Mr Pascua.
Not sure what the summer wheels are but I am sure he will send photos along once they are on.
In trying to keep some variety in the Theme Tuesdays (and posts in general) I decided to keep the import and American Theme Tuesdays on the hard drive this week and do something else.
Originally the plan was to finalize the Type A Theme Tuesday but after stumbling across the first Harlequin in today’s post that was put on the back burner.
I never expected this theme to make it to a second round but I’m glad it did.
A lot of these are photos of the same car with different wheels but considering they were made in limited numbers I’ll take what I can.
I don’t think I have posted a Fire and Ice yet… maybe look into those in the near future
If this truck could talk prior to becoming part of the Taylor’d Customs fleet it would have told the same stories any other 54 year old truck would.
Tales of journeys to and from work or the farm, first dates, and perhaps a trip to a hospital for a child birth (or two) are nothing out of the ordinary of a truck this vintage.
Dragging frame from from Ajax Ontario to Ohio though? That is a little less typical and a welcome turn of the page in the history of this awesome 57 Chevy 3200.
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With several award winning custom builds under his belt Blair Taylor of Taylor’d Customs picked this truck up as a side project completely stock in August of 2011 and three short months later had it laying in the weeds at Dropt and Destroyed October of 2011.
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Behind a grill that has swallowed its fair share of country mile now sits a freshly rebuilt ‘low horsepower’ Chevy 350 motor.
Low horsepower is of course a matter of perspective because based on his other builds and the impressive growl audible in the video recently released on the Talyor’d Customs Facebook page this truck could probably put vehicle or two to shame while leaving a trail of sparks in its wake.
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The 350 sits on top of a Heidts Mustang II front end with custom lower control arms, and the 57 three speed transmission bolted to the back of it is mounted to a lifted cross member.
The original bed, which used to carry lord knows what, has had it’s floor removed to clear the massive 8 inch notch and custom triangulated, square bar, four link suspension necessary to get this truck to lay out completely flat.
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When the time is right to get up and go slam bags at all four corners are aired up with dual Viair 444 compressors.
Static fans don’t fret this truck doesn’t ride high and park low, it rides low and parks lower.
Exterior wise Blair kept this trucks character intact by not removing the multiple layers of paint on the exterior, instead he took just a little bit of sheen off with a buffing pad giving it a very nice looking patina that doesn’t look forced.
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The only modern addition that can be found on this trucks exterior are the 20″ Foose wheels that spend most of their time buried in the fenders.
Inside a 61 Chevy Impala bench seat keeps occupants in place while the rest of the interior, save for the floor mats, are factory 57.
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Big thanks to Blair and Kristina for letting me put together this feature and inviting me to check out the shop which I will be doing in the next few weeks.
I really look forward to seeing what else Taylor’d has in store for 2012.
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Photo Credit: Kristina Doyle – Taylor’d Customs
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Posting a WTF Friday critiquing a donk might be a tad hypocritical or ridiculous after posting this awesome cartoon on the fan page earlier this week but it just so happens that this particular donk is a LOT of ridiculous.
Now I can generally respect (or at least tolerate) a well built donk, but this SC….
Mangled fenders, missing center caps, and just an odd overall stance (even for a donk) make this car look quickly pieced together.
Another weird thing is this was not spotted in Florida or Atlanta (which seem to have large donk communities) it was spotted in Shawnee Kansas.
Photo Credit: Walnuts on Stance | Works
As always it could be worse.
On Monday I’ll have a feature going up that I’ve been waiting to do for a long time now. Those of you who have been paying attention here and on the fan page probably have an idea what it is and it is well worth the wait.
Other than that I plan to catch up on a few orders this week, T-shirt orders suddenly picked up out of no where.
Posted one dope Euro this week so why not another?
Hopefully this gets the above image out of your mind.
How about a little change of, well… pace for today?
Change in the way of a 1979 Mustang pace car that has been done up pro touring style with Roush/Wilwood big (huge) brakes, a beautifully redone interior, custom 8.8 rear end, mini tubs and…
bags to put this right car at exactly the height the owner wanted.
According to the owner:
The Suspension feels great. Its not quite as soft/smooth as I thought it might be, but it definitely rides better than the car did on springs. Handles so much better than it ever did before too.
I feel safe in assuming previous featured ride owner Phil is cool with this.
Magazine feature page one and page two
Build Thread
Where I found it
Oh I almost forgot. The owner picked this up to drop between the fenders.
Ya dig?
