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Featured Ride: Rob’s International Loadstar

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The first time I saw this truck it was surrounded by rows and rows of low riders and mini trucks but the second I laid eyes on it tunnel vision took hold and everything else instantly became a blur.

I must have circled this truck at least a dozen times and stood by it for at good ten minutes and still had no idea just how much work the owner Rob put into transforming this 1977 International Loadstar from a standard work vehicle into the pavement scraper you see today.

From the front bumper back everything on this truck is the work of extremely talented fabricators and builders. The floor and firewall are completely scratch built as are the suicide door hinges, and all of the front body seams have been welded and smoothed shut to give the body cab a clean refined look.

In addition to all of the unnecessary bits being shaved from the exterior the factory 1977 lighting has been addressed all around the vehicle. On the roof pedestal mounted lights have been added and on the sides and rear the accessory lights have been swapped to LED units, last but not least HIDs now sit in the headlight position under the chrome visors replacing the factory equipped sealed beams that lived their previously.

Beneath the cab the frame is a work of art now serving double duty as the trucks 25 gallon air tank in addition to its backbone. The 3 x 1/4″ wall frame has been completely sealed shut allowing air to travel through it to the 10, 000lb transport truck air bags via 3/8″ steel half lines and 3/4″ valves.

The suspension that parks this truck in the weeds is a custom solid beam/3 link setup and the semi truck wheels have been milled down to 22″ and 24″ (from 22.5″ and 24.5″ inches) giving Rob the ability to run Falken FK452 255/35zr22m, and 255/30zr24 tires.

Under the hood of this Chrysler Yellow behemoth lives a 7.3L Ford IDI diesel motor pulled from 1991 E350 (which also donated its front hubs and brakes) that’s been given a power upgrade via a Ford Power stroke turbo and and Dodge intercooler.

The motor now up on power the motor has no problem moving the truck down the road while powering the York engine driven compressor.

While it’s fairly easy for me to describe the modifications done to this vehicle I can’t really find the words to convey the presence that it has in person. Its size alone demands a certain type of respect.

Thankfully talented St. Catherines based photographer Steve Wharton (the man behind E11even:11: Photography) has been able to capture almost all of this trucks essence in these fantastic photos.

Steve and I have been waiting to work together for awhile now and 2011 should see a lot of collaboration between Stance Is Everything and E11even:11: Photography. If these photos are an example of the type of work he produces then we should all be in for a treat.

I am stoked to have a photographer like Steve on board and have no doubt that the kind of work he submits for this year will be second to none.

I hope you are as excited as I am.

Photo Credit: Steve Wharton – E11even:11: Photography

1977 International Loadstar 1600 – Complete Mods List

Chassis/suspension
-Full frame custom built
-3X6 ¼” wall, fully sealed and used as air tank (25 gallons)
-3 link front with custom solid beam suspension
-front hubs and brakes from 1991E350
-3 link rear with Sterling 10.25 differential
-10,000lb transport truck bags at all 4 corners
-3/8” air valves, ½” hard line
-digital air gauge
-york engine driven compressor
-5th wheel hitch
-dual fuel tanks custom built

Drivetrain
-7.3L Ford IDI diesel from 1991E350
-Ford E4OD transmission
-2001 Dodge intercooler
-2002Ford powerstroke turbo on custom manifolds
-massive transmission cooler
-turbo code injectors
-injection pump turned up and timing advanced
-5” exhaust to 5” slant cut stack
-3” intercooler piping powdercoated cream
-holley red electric fuel pump

Exterior
-floor and firewall from scratch
-suicide doors with fabricated hinges
-shaved door handles
-welded and smooth front body seams
-pedestal mount cab lights
-LED front and rear lighting
-HID headlights
-chrome visors over all lights
-cargo basket
-painted Chrysler classic yellow

Interior
-smoothed and painted dash
-seat from 1993 Chevy truck recovered by owners wife
-autometer gauges for- speedometer, tachometer, boost, egt, trans temp, oil pressure, coolant temp, volts, fuel level
-alpine stereo in glovebox
-soundstream 5 channel amp
-RE Audio 6.5” speakers
– 2 12” RE Audio subs
-triple trumpet air horns

Wheels and tires
Front wheels- 22.5” semi wheels milled to 22”
Front tires- 255/35zr22 Falken FK452
Rear wheels- 24.5” semi wheels milled to 24”
Rear tires- 255/30zr24 Falken FK452
Custom adapters

Random Dopeness: Volume 6

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DaveT
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I almost completely forgot I mentioned on Friday I was going to post today.

At some point between doing my taxes, and cleaning the house, I remembered. I suppose I needed a distraction from those two mundane tasks.

Here are a couple of my random favorites.

International Harvester given the dump, steel, pin stripe treatment
Wicked Mayhems Luv from s10forum is out prowling the streets
Just chillin in your local Walmart parking lot, no big deal
Been kind of digging nice simply understated cars lately
I think this was on Jalopnik a month or 2 ago
No parking, anytime.
Truth

Off to Easter dinner.

WTF Friday: A chance to win more

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DaveT
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All I can say is wow, the amount of ideas that came in from this giveaway was incredible. You all put forth a number of great realistic ideas which could easily be made into reality.

If your idea does become reality I will make sure you get a few from the first run for birthing the idea want your idea to become reality today contact SecheMedia as he can do custom orders.

However onto the matter at hand. The people getting free stickers today ,chosen randomly out of the 66, entrants are…

Sariahbaby, Alex, Chester, and Tanner. Congratulations! Check your email today so I know where to ship the goods.

If you were wondering here are a few of my personal favorites that I am going to suggest SecheMedia.ca move into design then production:

  • Daily Driven, Weekend Raced
  • Quit starin @ my rack (:
  • Whines more than my wife. (supercharger logo)
  • Low ‘n’ Go
  • too low to tow
  • I like em toppless.
  • ” NICE PASS ” — THE P – Would be black and everything else would be white .. so it would read NICE ASS unless close.

There were quite a few other great ideas that could come later down the line as well. A few I have to see if other brands/sites have copyright claims over.

Didn’t win? That’s ok because if you are fast you could win your choice of sticker from the store and a surprise sticker if you can identify (with proof) what these cars below are:

Identify me
Identify me also

First two to guess correctly win!

Site Updates

The Facebook fan page has over 3000 likes now which is pretty damn cool to me.

This week I’m checking out my auto teachers Diablo kit car build in person and I will be bringing my camera and so will my girlfriend so we should have an in depth look at that coming up shortly. Additionally I should have some photos and maybe a feature on a fairly unique slammed ride up on Monday.

Quick car update on my end, my car is going back to the body shop in the next two weeks to address some warranty work that wasn’t done correctly last year (side skirt misalignment, peeling clear) and I am going to follow up with curbed.ca on Monday and check up on the status of my wheels.

I’m still aiming for the first Stretch And Poke meet to have everything dialed, but there is a decent chance it will be done a couple weeks before then.

Flashback Friday

I’ve totally been dropping the ball on Random Dopeness and Sunday Swagger posts so with this weekend being a long one I might try and get one up this Sunday.

Here is a look back at the first Random Dopeness I did.

I still think this is cool as hell

Happy Easter.

A bunch of hard working Canadians: Part 1

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DaveT
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Springs in the air here in Canada, sort of. Actually the amount of spring in the air actually really depends on your definition of spring, the given day, and your current location. Also yesterday there was a lot of stuff in the air but it wasn’t really spring… but for the most part (unless its snowing) its spring that’s in the air.

With spring comes spinning wrenches, cutting metal, sprayed paint, and stretched rubber. I’ve been following a bunch of great looking builds based right here in the land of red and white and here are a few of them, all drift builds coincidentally.

Dorimoto

The Dorimoto blog has been getting a lot of love recently as they (Liam, Jesse, Martino) all get ready for the 2011 drift season. Most of their cars have gone under the knife for some under hood work along side foot ware changes.

Jesse is aiming to make more power this year so he plucked his motor out and got to work. A few numbers have been tossed around but I think someone said he will be around the 250-300 at the wheels when all is said and done.

Project car in and amongst all those parts
Bay emptied out for work to be done
Look at those frame rails, then back at yours, then back at his again...

Liam’s also been busy, Dorimoto partnered with GB tires for this season and as such they have got a hook up with Varrstoen wheels which he has already mounted.

Mad props to fellow single car garage workers
18×10.5 +15 Varrstoen TE reps
Down.
His original motor was not playing nice so he ripped it out
Oh this is in the shop as well

Drift Union

Logan and Shawn from Drift Union took apart there cars once again in anticipation for the 2011 season. They had a killer season last year and judging from the work they have been doing recently this year should be more of the same.

If you like their videos be sure to give them a like on facebook they are on video strike until they hit 2000 fans.

Check out what they have been up to with their race cars they take out on the street…

Now this is full lock.
Still lovin' the purple color they went with
Logan up to something
Logan wanted to run the same width but no camber this year, so things had to get cut
Looks like he got it all figured out

Pat Cyr

Pat’s year so far is looking great, if you have picked up a copy of Performance Auto and Sound lately you have probably seen his car sideways in HSD suspension ads and that is because they are sponsoring him for the 2011 season.

In addition to that sponsorship PatCyrRacing.com just launched and his F20 powered Ae86 just had a promising dyno day (video below).

If you follow him on twitter you may have seen this status where he said ‘Goin crazy with fiberglass today, I pretty sure I’m gonna have the lightest car in FD‘.

Damn.

Pat's new HSD suspension
Every year this AE gets meaner and meaner...

Cool kids where you at?

Event Coverage: Droptec Show & Shine 2011

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DaveT
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This past Sunday I got to do two things I have never done before. Check out local custom car shop Droptec, and cover/attend a car show while it was snowing.

While I don’t really want to cover show another again while it’s snowing I wouldn’t mind attending another Droptec shindig.

The vibe at the event was incredibly positive (even with the -3 weather) and you could really tell the entire operation is a family, and close friend operated affair.

The weather meant a few people and cars came and went, but for the most part the show consisted of a very dedicated group of Droptec supporters who toughed it out for the entirety of the event.

Many, like myself stayed inside and shot the breeze in the shop near the awesome home cooked food which made the atmosphere really reminiscent of a family cook out, and makes me look forward to more BBQ based events in the summer.

Random Stuff

Overview of some of the field
And another shot from the rear
This chicken was seriously delicious
Some of the awards up for grabs that day
If you are having trouble making that out it says 'Real men drive lowered Hondas'

Domestics

Last time I saw this stang it was silver and pink, this car and the one behind it are show regulars.
This guy has had his summers on for at least a month now, brave!
This super charged Mustang sounded fantastic
Didn't expect to see a Mavrick at this show at all
Drum brakes in the front, that is OG
Makes me want to see more classics this summer though

Toyota

Hmmm.... not sure if finished...
Matt's Matrix
Clean RHD Supra

Mazda

Steven's car is on Droptec modified suspension and seriously dumped
Very few other 3s, if any, tuck RX-8s this hard
Quick comparison
This car surprised me, can not recall ever seeing it before
I don't know the specs on these XXRs but someone mentioned 0 offset and I would guess 8 width
JDM front bumper is a unique touch
Looks like the fenders got a fair deal of massaging

BMW

The owner of this BMW was a female and she took home some hardware
She is part of the Lick Your Lips team
Flush teammates
Go wide
I'll throw the link to this cars build in the comments, worth checking out

Lexus

A new addition to the Toronto VIP family?
Got to talk to the owner of the IS300 in the foreground for awhile, nice guy
A lot of body pieces recently came out of the shop for this project
All came together very well
Another nice IS300 rocking the Nextmod banner
Sic had a Mighty Dwarf speaker on him at the show, look it up they are crazy. Of course this has nothing to do with his car.
He got his tire situation sorted out and it's now all good, bead no longer pops off

Honda

Sportmaxxed hatch
If I remember right this car is on air, or at least some sort of dynamic suspension
This boosted EL gets around too

Nissan/Infiniti

If this is who I think it is his last car had purple and wood grain as well...
R35 bumper on a G35
This car has changed a lot since I last saw it drifting at CSCS
Most people don't paint their Brembros to match their wheels but this guy isn't most people
Sam's new setup is already picking him up awards
Later in the day he had giant puddles in the lips of his wheels, worth it though picked up best stance

Big thanks to Neal, his wife, and the entire staff for inviting me out to the show and showing me some of that Trini hospitality.

Theme Tuesdays: BMW 2002s

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DaveT
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Two BMW Theme Tuesdays in a row might be a little redundant for the non BMW fans but this is the post I was going to run last week before Rusty (sadly) died in a fire so I didn’t really want to shelve it any longer and I forget all about it.

The first time I opened a thread with a 2002 in it I was shocked because I was expecting a 2002 (year) BMW but what I found inside was much, much cooler.

I like to think of these cars as the euro Datsun 510 and ff nothing else they both share similar rust problems. It’s crazy how much of a headache chemical reactions can be to preserving awesome cars…

2002 from Performance World
Simple and clean, killer color too
A little rough around the edges but off to an amazing start
...and I don't even really like Yellow cars
To quote Don Cherry 'It's a Beauty!'
If you don't like this... I dunno.
Probably more fg panels than original at this point
Set up to party
Picture perfect
Again if you don't like this...
Some say 17s are too big for the 2002. I disagree
Another tt
Vintage BMWs sideways never fail to draw my attention
I think this one is factory correct
On point
Oh so great
Now I want a slot car track, bad.
I've seen a couple 2002 drag cars now that I think about it
Little bit of lift
The most viewed 2002 image on the internet?

Oh and for good measure some moving pictures of a pretty sick one that was on fat lace

The Evos have landed

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DaveT
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Looks like silver Evos are rolling out pretty serious onto the streets of the GTA as this is the second one local one I’ve seen that packs heat on the inside and looks great on the outside. This particular one is putting down 431whp and 369 foot pounds of torque to the wheels.

In these photos those wheels happen to be 18×10 Works wrapped in 225/40 tires however with that type of power it stands to reason that the owner has another set of wheels that could probably put this car into the fat and flush category.

Gosh darn license plates killin our front ends one at a time
This is the only end of this Evo I would see
Sorry I don't have any tech specs for you guys
Some of you probably already know what's going on under here though so feel free to share
I've been watching Spyder 01 get better at taking photos for the past year or so, very talted guy
Last week our weather was like this. Now? Snow.
The wheel/tire choice cause quite a stir on the forums I found these shots, different strokes...

Photo Credit: Spyder01 and the full set is here.

April sticker giveaway

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DaveT
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When I met with Mat from Seche Media last weekend to pick up the new product for the store he surprised me with a couple test prints of a design based on one of the most creative uses of the I Like Em’ Dropped sticker I have ever seen.

While I plan to do a somewhat limited run of these in the future giving away the first print along with some of the stickers from the Seche Media catalog seems like a good idea.

So if you want to win some stickers before they hit the store comment on this post with a sticker idea you would like to see made for either the Stance Is Everything store or the SecheMedia store.

It’s that simple.

Prize package #1

Prize package # 1 contains

Prize package #2

Prize package #2 contains

Prize package #3

Prize package #3 contains

Prize package #4

Prize package #3 contains

One entry per email address.

This give away closes Thursday April 21st 2011 at 10:00pm EST and I will announce the winners Friday April 22nd 2011.

Good luck.

Oh I almost forgot it’s a random draw again but if your idea gets used as a sticker I will send you a production version.

Entry now closed

WTF Friday: The Goddamn Batman

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DaveT
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Keeping the whole kit car thing going I’ve got another local kit car build that’s sure to raise a few eyebrows and turn a few heads.

Local Subaru nut, Batman fanatic, and all around nice guy Tim Neil is seeing through a life long dream of his and building a Bat Mobile.

Not the Barris one most people think of either, he is building the one from the very dark (and very good) original Tim Burton Batman flick.

Chicks dig the car.

While I am sure some of you would rather see the campy Batmobile (and none of you would want to see the Batman and Robin Batmobile) there is no denying that the Burton Mobile is pretty damn slick.

The gear selector for the project is actually vintage airplane controls he found new...

Tim acquired the replica body over the winter and plans to mount it to an extended Chevy Caprice chassis as soon as he finds a suitable donor car. Unfortunately the first one was pretty rotten and when you are building a car that is going to be 22ft long you kind of need rigidity.

If you happen to have a solid Caprice frame you have for sale he is the man to contact.

The original donor from which the motor was acquired

Autometer, Altered Altitude Customs, and Centerline wheels have already jumped on board alongside the Discovery channel who’s going to shoot some on location footage of the entire thing.

The goal is that this this bagged, 305 powered, Black Berry controlled, Batmobile will be at the premiere of the next Batman film and have heads exploding due to it’s authenticity and attention to detail.

Personally I think Tim’s crazy (in a good way) and I can’t WAIT to see this build in person, I mean come on its a (Goddamn) Batmobile!

Check out and follow his progress at batberryblog.com.

The replica guns should have the cops stoked.

Site Updates

I’ll be at the 2nd Annual Droptec show and shine this Sunday helping out with the ‘Best Stance’ class. I haven’t checked out a Droptec event yet but I have heard good things so come out and bribe me. I will be sure to bring lots of stickers also.

Speaking of stickers the store is now 95% restocked and yesterday was one of the best days I’ve had since the store opened, I suppose I should have got the white and pink stickers back in stock sooner.

Finally my cars off winters and on stock wheels, I guess that’s the new spring mode.

Flashback Friday

Since we are talking about Batmobile’s anyway might as well take a look at Tim’s competition in the replica Batmobile field.

I think Centerlines are the wheels of choice for Batmobiles

I know this one was for sale but I’m not sure if it ever sold….

Red e30s

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DaveT
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Why are there so many red e30s? I mean this in two ways, first here in Toronto a few years ago red e30s vastly outnumbered e30s of any other color at meets and events, and second not only are there a lot of them number wise but they also come in several different shades of red just to make things a little more confusing.

Zinnoberrot, Karminrot, and Briliantrot are a few and I am sure I probably missed seven or so.

The good thing about so many red ones being in existence is that it allows for a lot of very nice looking ones to get built like this one I found on the Wrong Fitment Crew Blog

Canadian to boot.

Do I need to say it?
Reminds me of a certain red e30 that is in hiding here in the GTA...
e30s were made for forward rake
Parfait

Do I post too many e30s? Is that possible?

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