After yesterdays Mopar fest I figured I should try my best to get the Chevy guys back on board ( and deal with blue oval fans another day).
I’ve never been a huge fourth generation Camaro fan but this one really caught my eye.
Maybe it was the photos, the height its at, or the fact its in the snow, I can’t really say but I felt compelled to save and share these photos.
On topic of Camaros does anyone like the 78-79s other than myself? My girlfriend swears up and down that I am the only person that could possibly like the late second gens.
However because she hates IROCS so I consider her opinion invalid as no 80s child should hate IROCS.
Ok Mopar fans you can ease up on the hate encouraging emails because I am finally doing the ‘turbo dodge’ Theme Tuesday many of you have requested.
While Dodge has a habit of turbo charging random vehicles their owners are generally not down to to put them on the ground.
After sifting through many fairly negatively toned threads about stance I was able to find a decent selection of lowered Mopar vehicles that came from the factory equipped with snails (with a few exceptions).
A few of you also helped out with emails as well.
Dodge Conquest
So what these were/are really Mitsubishis? They were sold here under the Dodge platform so it wouldn’t be right not to include at least a couple
They kind of remind me of early SuprasThis one was from an old guest blog on SpeedhuntersBest plate this Tuesday?
Neons/Daytonas
I once inquired about buying a turbo Daytona, it was sitting outside a local shop with the motor in the hatch. The owner said he would put it back in for two thousand dollars, I ended up with my e30 and that car was never fixed.
This car is local, though I have never seen it, unlike any other I have seenEngine compartment of the aboveThe lowest/cleanest Daytona I could find
SRTs
Didn’t post too many of these only to leave the door open for a dedicated Theme Tuesday at a later date on SRT’s in general.
Found this in a thread called SRT Forums most hatedAnd I believe I found this one in a thread of people arguing about stanceSup V2lab
Omni and Omni GLH
Dodge gets a lot of credit (from me) for releasing a car with the acronym ‘Goes Like Hell’ attached to the name. Could you imagine that happening now?
No me either.
This is a readers old GLH that had a built 2.5 running a 58 trim turboNot actually 100% sure if this one is a GLH but easily the lowest of the bunchAnother angle of it… photo is pretty low res so I don’t think it is a shopLooks very, very, similar to a Rabbit from this angleK-1s? Probably an autocross carSRT 4 swapped OmniSRT 4 motors just don’t stay putHellaflush?Got Traction?A look at what’s lurking withinPerhaps the only photo on the internet of a female posing with an Omni? Photo: Terry / TMS AutoartWhile I have had most of these saved for a bit this one I found last nightFirst person to guess where these steels came from in the comments below gets a set of url stickersProps to the owner this looks great
In celebration of the fan page surpassing the 8k milestone (thanks) I’ve decided to debut a new category on the site called ‘Olivers Travels‘.
Who’s Oliver you might ask? Well Oliver (Ollie) is a long time reader and knowledgeable enthusiast who has submitted a few things here and there before.
I am convinced Ollie simply loves anything with a motor and four wheels because week after week he sends me a variety of cars that he finds in places he won’t identify.
This part 1 of Oliver’s Travels is really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his submissions and should give you an idea of the variety to expect from these posts.
Ollie is a bit of a Mini fan.. by a bit I mean quite a Mini fanMore so fast Minis with Honda motorsThis Volvo was recently featured on Stance | Works but Ollie sent it in ages agoBombs, not always weapons of mass destructionThis is a 48 International MetroWide body v12 monster of a CobraIf Ollie told me the wing keeps this car from going airborne I'd believe himAlfa Romeo GTV6 RenderingOh my stars and garters...Hubs and whites!The Skull Orchard ExpressGassers... functional Stance OGs?Grande lighting them up
Ollie has been a long time reader and contributor for awhile so it only made sense to give him something regular.
Hopefully you like this new addition to the content.
About a week ago Will from Stance East (who is known to rock SIE shirts in the club) asked on the facebook page if low riders ever tip over after I posted a pic of an Impala hoping.
However, it would appear that if you three wheel a square body s-10 blazer there isn’t really anything stopping you from going ass over tea kettle while bending them corners.
Not going to lie I hang around layitlow.com just to see things like thisFlexin'Impressive hops tooLocked upBall so hard... that shit tippedClean ass undercarriage thoughSomeone on the forum said they did it before and just tipped it back and drove home lol
I have not made my way all the way through the 230 plus thread to see if this particular one got rebuilt, but I don’t see why the owner wouldn’t fix it, all things considered its not too badly damaged.
Got a few interesting proposals both local and abroad in my mailbox to take a look at as well but first I got areply from the city about the roadwork that put a flat spot in my Equip so I will follow up on that.
Flashback Friday
Posted up a red e30 on the fanpage this week and someone responded perfect, made me think of this one.
In the original post an e21 Theme Tuesday was suggested… I need to write that one down.
Late in 2011 I got a fairly larger order from a Takafumi Ebata, a Stance Is Everything reader from Japan.
The first time I sent out the order I misread it and as a result a few things were missing, so to make amends I resent the entire order along with some freebies from the mystery box.
Fast forward a few weeks and Takafumi showed his appreciation by sending through some photos from Fitted Fes 1 which took place January 22nd in Nagashima Japan.
Other than my friend Josh (and by association Hoda) I don’t really have any real first hand connection to the automotive scene, or culture, in Japan so I really appreciate Takafumi giving me the opportunity to run his photos here.
Furthermore with the internet currently saturated with coverage from the Tokyo Auto Salon it is really cool to see some photos what could be considered a typical meet in Japan.
Vans
I think at this point the people of Japan have modified more vans than North America did in the 1970s.
While I like 70s vans for their nostalgia I think if you take everything into account Japan knows their way around the family hauler.
Rusted panels have made their way over seas... perhaps by seaThis looks like a giant aquarium on wheels slammed to the groundThis is a Toyota Wish, and up until a few days ago I had never heard of it
Euro
One of the first photos that caught my eye in Takafumi’s coverage is the absolutely incredible looking e36 at the end of this group of photos.
For no reason in particular I assumed European cars wouldn’t be as popular in Japan as they are here, obviously I was wrong.
Nice Audi in the foreground and looks like something interesting in the background alsoThat rear fitment is money, and the USAF stickers are a neat detailAnother very nice e46 also with exceptional fitment. Is it just me or do those rear arches look a little wider than stock?Clean dumped BMW 1Japan's take on the MKII Golf, much like what you would see hereIs that a touch of pin striping on the hood?More on point fitment, nice WRX in the background tooWhile this e36 is super cleanThis e36 really stole the euro content in my eyes, great example of the classic picture perfect e36
Import/Domestics
Of course domestics and Imports in this sense are the exact opposite of domestics here.
Hey look a VibeSome sort of Holden?Cali plates! Maybe some of the sites stickers made their way onto this car?Fender rawed or wrapped? Not quite sureMore Mazda3 owners need to run the oem lip like this ownerLove this generation Prelude and the NT-03ms look great on itOf course I had to run a photo of the Datsun seen in the Prelude photoThis Celica has minimal camber compared to those I have seen out of Japan latleyPea green DC2 Integra with North American front end and EquipsBeautiful xbSquare setup on this G?Japan has no issue with XXR....maybe this will change a few opinions over here?If only I saw this on Tuesday!Japan loves their camberClose this out with a very nicely done Cressy
Huge thanks to Takafumi for sending these photos in and I hope that this translates to Japanese at least somewhat legibly.
Minitruckers are no strangers to wild front end swaps, some turn out great and some turn out not so great.
I stumbled across this s10 Blazer with a c10 front end when I was pulling together this weeks ‘no shine’ Theme Tuesday and thought it was worthy of a post of its own outside of that due to how unique it is.
This front end manages to be a huge departure from the standard Blazer front end but not look entirely out of place once you get over the initial shock.
The work looks fairly sound too.
Keeping the body lines was a great touch, and they look pretty straightThe rear lights look different too C10 as well?This > Phantom Grill
Apparently this truck belongs to someone named ‘Lil B’ and was spotted at Rollers Only in 2009.
Contrary to the title at this point I am pretty sure I want it.
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.
Modern
This car got infinitely more bad ass once it got wrappedI guess not really all that modern but not quite a classic yetFlat orange is pretty damn niceJon Sibal's Challenger is honestly one of my favorite cars right nowThe real flames under that wrap are sick but this is 1000x betterAll businessBasit's Ifest 6I'm still a little RWB overload but here is one you might not have seen 10000 times
Euro
This car reminds me of Grimace, not a bad thingOne the fence about the headlight covers but I like everything elseInitially I wasn't a huge fan of this car but after reading the build I changed my mindOne of maybe five Things posted here.. this one is painted in Hot Rod FlatzMinty freshe30 m3 can never loseUSAF scheme (or at least I think it is USAF)
Classic
Thinking I should do a post about the style of paintwork seen on the roof of this car...That is one clean garageMaybe I should have called this I like mine with a little shine...This Merc is another reason why you should check out the H.A.M.B forumsLead sleds, so killerThis trucks got everything done right, might have to look for more of itThis is an AMAZING flat paint job
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.
The owners previous build was already very cleanFreshly built KAFactory fresh, all the bushings are newGod. Damn.One of the cleanest non tucked/shaved bays I have come across in awhileFittingly the wheels are aslo brand newGarret Wade did a great job on these last two photos as well
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.
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.
Donor car had a run in with an immovable objectMotor in placeTurbo to firewall clearanceIntercooler behind the bumperA lot of the SRT-4 workings actually made their way behind the dashDaily driver, family mover, and sleeper all in one
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.
Site Updates
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.
Flashback Friday
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?
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