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Sunday’s Refined: Curated Sunday Special

I have no problem admitting that I’ve become a bit more guarded with my time. A lot of my recent event coverage reflects that. These...

Autostrada Magazine Sets The Bar At The Porsche Experience Center

Autostrada Magazine and The Porsche Experience Centre TO kicked off the 2026 season with a banger of a Cars & Coffee Style Event.

Event Coverage: Sleds North 2025

Held at the Plunkett Estate in London Ontario Sleds North 2025 was one if, if not the, best Kustom Car shows to ever take place in Canada.

Event Coverage: Motorama 2025 Latepass Gallery

From the not so lost files, this gallery of photos from Motorama 2025 should get everyone stoked for the 2026 event starting March 13th 2026 at the International Center.

Style Is Everything at Sleds North 2024

As Canada's only curated Kustom car event Sleds North puts the culture and community first at this one of a kind gathering of everything 'Kool'.

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WTF Friday: Mini Me

Remember Penny Racers? If you do than you will probably see the resemblance between those cheap yet amusing little toys and these mini Camaros from the 70s. Oddly enough two companies released very similar Camaro kits, one by a company called KAR and another by a company called Glass Vac and from what I have read both were based around a Beetle chassis.

Who needs candy?

I had to laugh to myself a little when I saw this van because I knew I had to post it, and I know some of you are going to think it doesn't belong. Truth is, though way before my time, 70 vans have always intrigued me. They are an interesting niche of car culture and from what I've been told 'vanners' are often far more interesting than the vans themselves.

Ponyboy

Whenever I see a low Mustang with stretched rubber I always wonder how the Mustang community reacts to it. I am going to go out on a limb and say that there are probably more against such treatment than for. This just gives me more respect for those with Mustangs willing to go against the herd.

Theme Tuesdays: Lead Sleds/ Kustoms

Lead Sleds are cars I wish I saw more of first hand, sure I've seen a scattered few at a few Street Classics events but I need more! The fact that only certain cars take really well to this treatment makes them even harder to find. Huge respect to the people still building these cars today, it shouldn't have taken me so long to do this and I plan on making this one more than one part.

Roadwork damage compensation in Toronto

October 17th 2011 I hit a piece of sectioned out road that caused just shy of $600 worth of damage to my car. Despite several people telling me that trying to get the city to pay for it would be a wasted effort I went through with it and on April 9th 2012, I was compensated in full for the damages.

WTF Friday: I ain’t even mad

Even though this 'go kart' has a pull string throttle, bench seat (with no belts), mismatched bald tires, a frame of unknown origin, was built with 'hold my beer' mechanics, and looks to be about 8 kinds of dangerous, I'm not going to lie I kind of want to drive it. It looks (and sounds) like the motors best days are behind it anyway so what is the worst that could happen?

Deux

When I first saw the Mazda 2 at the Canadian International Autoshow in 2010 I saw some potential there thanks to the three cars Mazda brought out. Maybe not potential for everyone but definitely something there for people looking for a small hatch. A couple have popped up online (most notably one on Hella Flush) but I think this might be one of the most modified one in the states right now.

USDM JDM

I have this friend Josh who I talk to about cars quite a bit, you might know him as the guy who has a slight obsession with Honda Odysseys. In my latest effort to get him into American cars I have been sending him ones in Japan. He still seems pretty indifferent to most American builds but he did send me a link to this one so maybe it is working on a subconscious level.

Theme Tuesdays: Cressida Wagons

Last weeks Theme Tuesday on the standard Cressida went over so well that it would be stupid not to strike while the iron is hot and follow up with a Cressida Wagon post. Distinguishing the difference between the Mark II, Cressidas, and Cresta's is a little different when you are not super familiar with with each platform so don't lop my head off if I got a few wrong.

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Project Why Wait: Be Humble(d)

Hubris is defined as excessive self-pride or self-confidence and I while I'm not sure about the excessive self-pride, I certainly had a lot of...

Project Why Wait: Friend Of PI

In Project Why Wait?'s introductory post I talked about the somewhat lengthy period of time it took to acquire a solid starting point. While that process had...

Project Why Wait: It’s My Five Window, And I Can’t Stand The Rain

In the year since I acquired Project Why Wait? I've learned a lot about owning and building a project vehicle, and perhaps the most important...

Project Why Wait: Hot Rods Are For Kids

Projects take on an entierly new perspective when viewed through the eyes of a child. My six year old son Ash proves that hot rods are indeed for kids!

Project Why Wait: Walk Don’t Run

Project Why Wait started off the year with what I thought was a serious head of steam. My goal was to do religious updates...