3SDM

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Dec 8, 2011

UK based wheel company 3SDM has been forwarding me both studio shots of their wheels and mounted shots for a couple of months now but the most recent use of their ‘0.01’ wheels was the first to really catch my eye.

Kind of unavoidable given the color these wheels are painted, but custom orange finish aside the concave of these 18×9.5 wheels suit this ‘dub well.

Though a car this low and clean you could probably slap Ronal Bears on it and I might like it.

3sdm1 — Even though this is a square setup the camber out back really makes it look staggered

3sdm2 — My retinas are burning... but it is a good burn

www.3sdm.co.uk or [email protected] for more info.

Currently not available in the North America as far as I know.

Skoty Chops

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Dec 7, 2011

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Some of you might remember me posting a photo of this dropped and chopped model A coupe on the fan page a few weeks ago.

I had felt like as though I was lacking some classic metal in my life so I took to crawling the H.A.M.B.

That Hokey Ass Message Board always delivers the goods and this ride built by Skoty Chops is no exception.

Triangulated rear suspension, borrowed parts from all over the place (including office chairs), an awesome suicide shifter, and that classic hot rod ‘feel’ are just a few of the reasons why I love this.

“People perceive my car as a rat rod I don’t believe it’s a rat rod, rat rods are unsafe and just slammed together vehicles…this car is put together well. People perceive it as a rat rod because of the no paint and the rust look to it but that is just how they did it back then”.

– Skoty Chops

Automotive art at its finest, Skoty is on facebook if you want more.

Photo Credit: VJPhotography and Lorryson

Theme Tuesdays: Subaru Clearance Sale Part II

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DaveT

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Dec 6, 2011

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Is it a coincidence that the Subarus I am posting today are essentially the complete opposite of the one I posted yesterday? Kind of.

Last night after watching the Leafs game I didn’t feel much like finishing up some of the more obscure Theme Tuesday ideas I have in the works (ps3 was calling) so I decided to liberate some of the Subarus I’ve had saved for a while.

I seem to always have an overabundance of Subarus on my hard drive anyway.

Apologies in advance for the lack of (more) Legacy, Forrester, and Outback content in this post.

sub20 — Start things off locally with Chu's car shot by Gawa

sub13 — Do you prefer this car on Enkeis?

sub3 — Classic Rally Blue on gold with exceptionally clean looking paint

subss — Apparently this is in the stance issue of Super Street, I should look grab that

sub18 — This car is (was?) for sale, the cage work is insane

sc1 — Function via the Scraped Crusaders

sc2 — This car is now back to stock and with a new owner 🙁 also via S.C.

sub24 — Half of this is in the dark but the half I can see I enjoy

sub15 — I honestly can't see why some don't like this model STI

sub16 — This car is extremely well executed, the height, the color, the wheel choice... even down to the lugs

baggedblack — This car was all over the internet a month or two ago

sub14 — And this car is all over the internet now... my facebook feed was crowded with it this morning

Crazy Leo: Living The Dream

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DaveT

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Dec 5, 2011

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Last Monday Chris Pereira (of the Canadian Sport Compact Series) invited me to locally renowned Subaru tuning shop Can Jam Motorsports to meet 2011 Rally of The Tall Pines winner “Crazy” Leo Urlichich.

After a quick stop off at home for a bite to eat and my camera gear I headed back out to Richmond Hill to meet up with Chris who introduced me to Leo.

Following a handshake and brief small talk Leo decided I had hung around long enough to meet Beast.

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Beast is Leo’s current rally car (replacing his previous now street car known as Bastard) and believe me as a fully prepped, sequential geared, monster of a an STI Beast certainly lives up to his name.

Beast and Leo make up two thirds of the combination that conquered the Tall Pines course in Bancroft the previous weekend in a total time of 1:59:04.8.

The final piece to the winning puzzle was Leo’s co driver for the event Martin Brady whom I was informed is ‘proper big’ guy as they adjusted the harness to fit my much smaller frame.

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Once we left the shop it was Beast who took over introducing me to Leo, the real Leo, the one people call ‘Crazy’.

As Leo expertly piloted Beast around a few neighboring back roads it became very quickly aware that Leo knows how to drive the heck out of a car. After a few spirited corners and straights of his local test and tune areas Leo gave me a little bit of a crash (we didn’t actually crash) course on rally driving, rally cars, and rally courses.

This is when I realized that if Leo is ‘crazy’ about anything it is rally driving.

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Once back at the shop and Leo, myself, and a few others began chatting about all things automotive; Toronto’s stunt driving charge (and the automotive scene in general), Ferrari Testarossas (and other childhood poster cars), and of course his recent win, were all topics of discussion over bubble tea.

When talking with Leo it is impossible to not pick up on the passion behind his words he simply loves rally driving and is 100% dedicated to not only improving himself as a driver but also exposing the sport of rally driving to more automotive enthusiasts in the area such as myself.

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To continue to improve his skills Leo plans to attend more state side events next year (including the North American Rally Cup) as well as events here in Canada because for Leo there is no off season or down time, if he is not competing he is out surveying the next course, working on Beast, or networking his way further into the rally community.

In the midst of doing all of this Leo also manages to somehow be very active on both his blog (CrazyLeo.Net) and facebook page (facebook.com/crazyleonet) promoting himself and local rally events as much as possible.

Leo’s current side project is a plan to put on a driving demo with ride-a-longs in a local quarry to introduce rally inside of the city in the hopes that this exposure will entice them to attend a true rally event outside of the city.

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Ultimately Leo’s goal is to become the best rally driver he can be while bringing the Canadian sector of the sport along with him, and the fact that he was able to keep the Tall Pines trophy in Canada truly means a lot to Leo. The smile you see in the photos is genuine as he is rightfully proud of his accomplishments.

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I’ve had the opportunity to meet a handful of professionals in their respective fields (Hockey, Football, BMX, Skateboarding etc) over the years but I can’t think of many who are as genuine and passionate as Leo.

He is simply one of those people lucky enough to live their dream.

Follow Leos Dream:

Blog: Crazyleo.net
Twitter:@CrazyLeoNet
Facebook: facebook.com/crazyleonet

Yes2k

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DaveT

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Dec 5, 2011

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It’s been a minute since I have posted a straight forward slammed S2000 with wheels that sit comfortably inside the fenders.

With the S2000 people are quick to push the boundaries of what is possible in regards to aggressive fitment but this owner took a step back and spun the dial back around to where everything all started:

Nice wheels with big drop.

And it works.

yes_s2k3 — A hardtop would be the only thing I'd add

yes_s2k4 — The crisp photos compliment the car well also

Don’t know much about this car but I do know photo credit goes to S0NMAI.

Hopefully this will hold those of you who visit just for slam until tomorrow because later today I will be posting something quite a bit higher than this.

WTF Friday: Good Sir I Think You Have Had Enough

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DaveT

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Dec 2, 2011

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I’m all for one of a kind bodies on top of existing platforms because people have done incredible things with this formula for years. Sadly (in my opinion) this particular example might be the worst thing to happen to the outside of a C3 Corvette since Corvette Summer.

This once Vette known as the Scorpion (not to be confused with the Skorpion) is the result of 6 years of work and made up of a combination of fiberglass and hand crafted sheet metal.

The craftsmanship seems to be there but the eye for an appealing end result? Not so much.

scorpion_topdown — Very 'chiseled' looking body

scorpion_rear — The square/wedge design kind of reminds me of a cub scout car

scorpion_front — Lots of daylight under there..

scorpion_side — The Testarossa's legacy is almost tainted by these fins it has left behind

scoprion_front_34 — Such odd proportions

scorpion_interior — Extinguisher... of course

If you are interested in this fine piece of automobilia it is currently up for sale on ebay , 0 bids!

Site Updates

Monday I’ll have some words and pictures from my visit with Tall Pines Rally winner Crazy Leo.

Not exactly ‘stance’ related but it is one of those awesome opportunities I just couldn’t turn down, hope to do more random automotive things like that during the off season.

I am also working on a few recap posts of the 2011 event season along with some year end features. 2011 seems to be racing out the door though so hopefully I can get it all done.

Also I need some help with the American compact Theme Tuesday if any of you have some photos of nice looking Omni’s, Chevettes, Escorts etc.

Flashback Friday

I mentioned the Skorpion up above and the first time I saw that car was at Cruisin’ For The Cure 2009 in Brampton so I’ll toss back to that coverage.

The show was pretty small but it had a pair of cars I had never seen before a Heinkel Micro car and a 1981 HM Vehicles Freeway.

Weird little things.

Featured Photographer: Nathan Powers

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DaveT

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Dec 1, 2011

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Nathan originally submitted his work a few months ago but due to a very busy event and feature season it took a little bit longer than usual to make it up on the site.

Now that things have calmed down I am very happy to have the opportunity to present a small sampling of the work done by this quick learning, self taught, Gainsville Florida native.

Out of school Nathan originally wanted to become a mechanic but all that time around cars lead to an interest in automotive photography that Nathan hopes will evolve past a hobby and into something he can do professionally.

Until that happens Nathan can be found pointing his Sigma 70-300mmD equipped Nikon D3000 at cars all around his home town in Florida.

A small sampling of his automotive work is below and more of his work can be found on his flickr account.

Nathan Powers Photography

Looking to get this category going again during the show off season so if you have some work you want shown off send in an email to [email protected] and we’ll see what we can work out.

Lost Coverage: Meeting of the Mazdas 2011

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DaveT

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Nov 30, 2011

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M.O.M is an event that prior to attending I had heard nothing but good things about and with Stance East making the trek from New Brunswick to attend both M.O.M and Importfest I figured 2011 was as good a year as any to attend for the first time.

Besides someone had to show Will around.

M.O.M. was an extremely laid back, quiet, outdoor, event, the complete opposite of Importfest the day before and exactly what those of us who had been at IF needed (in addition to sleep).

The crowd was mostly made up of of Toronto Protege Club and Toronto Mazda3 guys but there were a few 6, Rotary, and Miata owners in attendance as well.

Proteges

As one of the hosts of the event TOP made sure to have a decent showing.

darth2 — When are light sabres going to become a reality?

blue_p5 — Shinzo Media handy work all over this car

anson — Anson, a long time Protege scene vet

orange_Front — Tim showed up just in time to participate in the show and shine

six_wagon — I see a lot of untapped potential in this platform

Mazda 3s

I rolled up with the Mazda 3 guys and on the way I was able to get a rolling shot of my car taken by Rylan Strongman.

lineup — Shortly after this shot I doubled back to tell some of the lower cars about the entrance

joe — This wheel and tire setup is currently for sale quite cheap if anyone is interested

first_gens — EVO wheels suit this car very nice

mazda_noob — Dave's car looking uncharacteristically clean...just kidding Dave.

will — Will clocked a lot of KM that weekend

will_flap — Which resulted in shorter mudflaps no doubt

mazda_speed_plaid — Plaid guts in this Speed3

shea — Shea pimpin his 3rd place IF trophy he's currently looking to go more aggressive next year

azumi — Showing along with Shea and Nextmod at IF was Azumi

Rotaries and Roadsters

rx7_side_2 — Spinning doritio center caps, nice touch

rx7_rear_three_quarter — Dope lookin' FC

roadster_front — On the way out I was followed by this Miata, driven by a girl scraping all the way out

roadster_underhood — Gave this car my vote for Miata

rx2 — I literally stopped on the way out to take pictures of this RX2 as somehow i missed it all day

Nextmod

Sat on these pictures so long that Peters car has changed quite a bit since these photos were taken.

peter_rachel — The lip and wing are now old news but I really liked this look

Apologies too the local Mazda community for taking so damn long to get these pictures posted.

My bad.

Not Quite Winter Wednesday

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DaveT

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Nov 30, 2011

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Go figure that the day I finally decide to post these photos of Neil’s bagged MKV in winter mode it starts to snow a little here in the Toronto.

Neil basically got the jump on all of us this year in regards to winter preparation because his car has been setup like this since September.

Though if my winter mode looked this good I wouldn’t feel too bad about being extra early with the switch over either.

Of course the real reason for the early switch was more necessity than vanity because Neil splits his time between here and England so he needed the car to be ready for the slippery white stuff when he returns.

Until then it just on the floor waiting.

Neil also sent a couple pics of upcoming modifications for 2012 and based on what I saw (and his previous car) I think a 2012 shoot is in order.

If it really snows next week feel free to blame me for jumping the Winter Wednesdays gun.

Theme Tuesdays: Nissan 300zx (z32)

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DaveT

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Nov 29, 2011

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Back in high school (grade 11ish) a classmate picked up a 300zx and my first thoughts were how the hell did he afford that, and how long will it be before he wrecks it.

I never did figure out how he got the coin to buy one but I do recall lending a hand replacing the clutch about two weeks after he got the car.

Rumor has it not long after that it was wrapped around a pole or hopped a curb, whatever the case I never saw it again.

That story doesn’t have anything to do with the tea in china or these cars but while I was under the car I became pretty interested in the Super HICAS system as other than an early Prelude it was the only other car I worked on that had any sort of all wheel steering.

I digress.