Theme Tuesdays: Girls With Hot Rides 2

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Nov 16, 2010

The last girls with Hot Rides Theme Tuesday here was nearly all cars found on various blogs and message boards on the net.

This time around in addition to perusing the forums I decided to poll some of my female readers for submissions on facebook and twitter.

As it turns out I have quite a few female readers with clean cars ranging from lowered to slammed, and naturally aspirated to boosted.

Web Finds

To start things off here are some of the female web finds first:

Armanda’s Focus
Armanda is a Stance Works forum member who drives what’s probably one of the best looking North American Focuses out, male or female owned.

It’s clean and low with some stretch and poke, she knows what’s up.

armanda_2 — Looks great as it comes up behind you

The Bitch Basket
The Bitch Basket is the name given to this VW which a SW member built with/for his his wife.

Unfortunately due to a bit of poor driving by another party it has been destroyed, thankfully however it’s occupants were all relatively unharmed.

bitch_basket_1 — These wheels were actually vinyl wrapped

bitch_basket_2 — I know a lot of guys who would rock this

bitch_basket_3 — Some women think pink is cliche but it works well

Susannah
Susannah is pretty well known among the Stance crowd for both her cars and her photography. She was actually in the previous girls with hot rides Theme Tuesday and will probably be in the next one as well.

The easiest way to tell one of her rides is by it’s low height, and wide pink RS’s.

susannah_1 — This e46 cab is her newest, should look different next year

susannah_3 — Another shot of her cab by Deathlens (flickr.com/deathlens)

susannah_2 — Her golf in it's new color at Stretch & Poke 3

Readers Rides

Here are the rides submitted by you all the readers

Natasha’s Teg
Natasha is a GTA local who’s car I’ve seen around at some meets and shows and her friend Stev is actually the one who sent in these pictures.

Natasha built this car herself and as it currently sits its running 6 pounds of boost thanks to a supercharger.

Natasha1 — The color reminds me of BMW's techno violet

When done right the USDM front end looks great

Crystal’s Mazda3
Crystal is another local and a bit of a personal success story, after months of convincing her to lower her car and that she would love it after she took my advice and took the plunge.

It looks great as a result and thankfully for me she is completely happy with the ride because otherwise she probably would have kicked my ass.

crystal_1 — Those green calipers are such a unique touch

crystal_2 — Her front end is a dead ringer for mine

Deana’s Cabriolet

Deanna is a facebook fan who’s off to a great start with her cab. She says she wants to go lower and if I am correct and that is a wheel-whores.com sticker on her windshield I am pretty sure this car has quite a few wheels to wear before it’s time is done.

deanna_Milhoan — Deanna following the keep it simple rule

Anna’s CRX
Anna, one of the main driving forces behind Sweetie Girl Racing, has a few vehicles but the one she is probably best known for is her CRX which she often puts to task at the track.

Don’t be surprised if you spot her driving other cars however ( like say stunt cars in movies for example).

Elizabeth’s Golf
Elizabeth, another FB fan, is from Chicago and has a clean boosted and shaved Golf.

It looks like she took the time to find a good body man to do the shave as well because it looks smooth as glass.

Sarah’s Golf

Sarah is no stranger to the site, she has been posted in the past few readers rides and always seems to have an endless supply of photos as she was the first to email me with pictures of her car.

Sarah_2 — One day it would be cool to check out how it's done out there

Anjie

Anjie is a twitter follower (@WordxLove) who I didn’t know rolled so hard up until yesterday when she sent in her pics.

This car is clean as hell and I know a few Civic drivers who could learn a thing or two based on how this car is put together.

Taryn
Taryn is the NZ native behind the I <3 Stance blog and drives this a dropped XB and also rides BMX which means she could have made the Fellow BMX riders Theme Tuesday.

Taryn_1 — NZ drive way entrances in NZ look great for dropped cars

Girl In The Black Car

Saved the fastest for last. Kim aka ‘The Girl In The Black Car‘ drives a sinister looking Eagle Talon that runs 10.6 @ 137mph.

She’s also the editor at gearboxmagazine.com and also owns a Corvette, I’m jealous.

girlinblackcar_2 — Kim said this car doesn't have stance but I dunno it wears the I am faster than you stance well

girlinblackcar_1 — Large inter cooler is large

Here is a video of her running 10.78 at 135mph

If you want to see more of Kim’s race action check out her youtube channel

Big thanks to everyone who sent in their photos for this one, and if you missed it this time around there is always part 3!

Win a ride with Crazy Leo

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Nov 15, 2010

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I love when people do things like this: Canadian Rally driver, Crazy Leo , is offering up a chance to win one of two rides at the Rally of The Tall Pines in Bancroft Ontario.

The route will be an actual stage of the rally and take about 90 or so seconds, in those 90 seconds you will go through a serious of blind turns and one big jump in a 500hp WRX.

The drive will happen Friday November 19th and winners will be announced November 16th and 17th.

Which means that if you bid today you could win tomorrow! (sorry for the late notice)

All of the proceeds will go to the ‘Bancroft Sled Dog Races‘ which promotes sports, physical fitness and healthy lifestyles for local Ontario kids.

To enter just bid on one of the following two auctions and cross your fingers you are the winner:

Here is the demo video showing what you can win:

and you can see more of his footage on youtube page.

Good luck to anyone who bids, and good luck to Crazy Leo at Tall Pines.

SEMA Showstopper: Widebody EG

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Nov 15, 2010

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I’ll be honest with all of you, when I first saw this car I didn’t see a Honda Civic. I saw a set of beautiful (and big) 19×10 and 19×13 HRE wheels sitting beneath something that was yellowish.

Once I was able to take my eyes off the wheels I noticed that they were attached to what was perhaps the most modified EG hatch I had ever seen, as Gwen Stefani would say that sh!t was B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

This car is exactly the type of thing I expected to see at SEMA, over the top well built cars that pushed the borders of whatever platform they were built on.

From the custom Candy Yellow covered wide body to the clean black suede double stitched interior every bit of this car has been modified.

gold_civic_passengerside — The lengthy spec sheet

This car dances on the line of ‘too much and just enough’ and the decision on where exactylu it falls is really up to the person looking at it.

Regardless the above is a custom car with, Mugen, Seibon, Willwood, Backyard Special and Stack parts, not to mention the Acura RSX type-s K-20 motor sitting in the shaved engine bay beside a SC372 turbo, and of course the aforementioned huge HRE’s.

gold_civc_hre — Giant HRE's that would have been tough to fit on any car let alone this hatch

gold_civic_drivers_side — On paper purple, yellow, and teal sounds questionable but in reality it works

gold_civic_drivers_side_high — Not sure what happened but that Aerocatch latch wasn't broken when I first saw this car

Embrace the ridiculous! (Full mods list availible here thanks to Cardomain)

2010 SEMA Wheel Gallery

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Nov 14, 2010

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Most of SEMA coverage part 4 was from the Wheel & Tire hall of the SEMA show. Looking through the photos for that batch I noticed I had amassed a decent amount of wheel shots from the various exhibitors at the show.

Instead of working these photos in with a set of normal event coverage I figured these shots would make a great weekend post and so, here is the ‘2010 SEMA Wheel Gallery’.

The designs of the wheels in this wheel gallery range from luxury ‘bling’ to OEM/replica along with a few revised classics.

While we didn’t hit all of the booths but we did hit quite a few.

Replica/OEM reproductions

Everyone rags on Rota for making replica’s of wheels produced by other aftermarket manufacturers but what is the general vibe on brands that make OEM replicas?

Are those ‘fakes’ too? Should the people who run them face the same ridicule as those who run Rotas? Should anyone face ridicule? This argument goes round and round, that’s why I stay out of it.

rota_2 — If Rota's fit your budget, do you

wheel_replicas — I wanted those up sized IROC replica's really bad when I had my Blazer

srt_reps — SRT 10 replica wheels in quite a few different sizes and finishes

II Craze

Before SEMA I had never heard of II Crave wheels which sort of makes sense as they seem to be more of a luxury brand. They did have those cute models though.

2crave_1 — I could easily see these wheels in a rap video or something

2crave_2 — Time attack look meets luxury

Tenzo R

A lot of Mazda 3 guys rock Tenzo R wheels due to their affordability and appealing designs.

Status Wheels

Another luxury brand for the shot callers among us…

status_2 — I challenge someone to rock those single spokes and have them look good...

status_1 — I wonder how many 24x9 wheels manufacturers really sell

Enkei

I follow the guys at Enkei on twitter so I made a point to check out their booth and see what they were up to.

It was cool to see the beginnings of their booth on the web and the finished product in person.

eneki_2 — Enkei's got their wheels in a variety of different colors this year

eneki_3 — Enkei is not really known for their chrome wheels but they have sone

eneki_4 — Their version of the time attack style

eneki_5 — That black RPF-1 was calling out to me

eneki_jspeed — Looking forward to seeing where these re released J-Speeds end up

Randoms

Assorted brands and designs from throughout the Wheel and Tire hall.

alexwheels_1 — I know about Alex rims more in the BMX sense, so it was cool to see their automotive offerings

american_racing — I am actually not sure if this was a legit Torque Thrust

anella_1 — These wheels by Anella kind of remind me of wheels by RTX

dolce_1 — Big dish on these wheels by Dolce

dynamic_alloys — The black/red stripe time attack look was popular amongst a few brands including Dynamic Alloys

ion_alloy_1 — Ion alloys did car, suv and light truck wheels

vossen_wheels — Vossen brought quite a few of their deep dish wheels out

Starting to see the end of the SEMA photo tunnel since I have spent a lot of today going through photos, still a lot of good stuff to post up and I’ll have another show stopper tomorrow .

WTF Friday: SEMA oddities

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Nov 12, 2010

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With any car show you are bound to come across cars that make you go ‘huh?’ and SEMA was no exception. Today’s WTF Friday includes some of the cars, at SEMA that caused that reaction.

I am sure there were more I’m sure but I was too distracted by the awesome to pick up on them.

DW Drum Machine

This one has a bit of an excuse, see as how it’s obviously an art car, and for an art car it’s not all that bad.

However I’m not sure who would drive this daily, also not sure if the drum sticks would hold up to the elements daily.

drum_3 — The little drums around the headlights are actually kind of neat

drum_2 — It even had it's own mascot! (Which is a little creepy)

Party Limo

How would you like to show up to your next social function in this Limo? You would be sure to make an impression.

limo_interior — When I stuck my head in to take a look I regretted it, this car smelled of stale smoke and poor judgment

Over the top show beasts

These cars would both rack up a lot of points at a traditional show just for the sheer amount of modifications thrown at them.

Both were built fairly well for what they are, and the airbrushing on the second was great from an artistic stand point.

green_civic — Does this car run with the TV there? Who knows

ice_2 — It's kind of like Superman's Fortress of Solitude got invaded by monsters...

ice_1 — After you notice the wheel check out the corner of the tank of liquid on the right

The Scythe

This car from Galphin Auto Sports, aka GAS, aka the last crew I saw working for the show ‘Pimp My Ride‘ brought out their Scythe concept car.

This was about the last car I saw of the weekend and upon seeing it I thought perhaps maybe I had been out in the Vegas sun too long and my mind was playing tricks on me, but nope it was real.

This car was completely over the top and that way on purpose, sometimes this approach works very well (see: Beatnik Bandit) but I wasn’t really that much of a fan of this final product, it looked a little to alien for my taste.

gas_2 — Twin supercharged this car is reported to make 1500 hp

Since I have not done a contest in awhile, the first person to correctly identify what this car started as wins a couple of stickers. It’s not hard to find google helps 😉

Site Updates

Not too much in terms of updates this week however the store has been updated and the pink/white stickers I like em dropped are now back in stock with one important difference, there are nolonger white panties under the pink ones.

This was done so that the panties cover move of the legs than the previous versions which results in a better looking sticker over all.

Flashback Friday

The Starlet I posted in part 4 of the SEMA coverage reminded me of this one which I posted in a post titled ‘Clean Dinah Bitch’

Check out JDM Chicago when you got a sec too

That saying still makes me laugh, I’m going to drop at least one more post over the weekend so keep an eye out!

Event Coverage: SEMA Part 4

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Nov 11, 2010

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Here is another photo overload from SEMA 2010. For those of you who are waiting for photos of the cars that were outside of SEMA rest assured I lots of great coverage from the outside as well that will be making it’s way up to the site over the next few days.

In the meantime enjoy some more of what was going on inside the halls. After this set I believe I’ve got one hall left along with some of the adjacent hallways before taking it outside into the Vegas sun.

Random

Painters, 4×4’s wine, and emotion

ford_32_trunk — For some reason I can't find any other pictures of this car, but I guess this is enough

I know this blog is about low cars but 4x4s intrigue me

4x4_1 — I guess it's just my general respect for suspension mods?

suffering — I suffered for you guys, I tell ya

American rides

fins — Rims are a little out there but the color sure is purdy

chevy_camaro — The Camaro is inescapable

mopar — This would have been so much cooler if the marks were real

mustang_drift — Vaughn Gittin Jr's drift Mustang

Mazdas

The Mazda section really excited me when I saw it in a distance because they had the new 3 all decked out for time attack, a worked over Miata, and a pair of serious RX-8s.

mazda_3_shinka — These wheels are absurdly expensive for oem wheels

mazda_2 — A Mazda 2 in street trim, like I said these are going to be hot

mazdaspeed_2 — Now this is what I'm talking about, a great functional and beautiful Mazda 2

mazda_3_timeattack — Time attack turbocharged Mazda3 putting down around 520hp, NUTS, hows that smile look now?

mazda_rx8_2 — No word of a lie this is the November car in my office Formula Drift Calendar

mazda_rx8 — This car wasn't completely finished but still sick

mazda_rx8_rear — Once done it should be a track terror

Nissans, Toyotas, and Kias

kia_koup_r — Kia Koup-R, pretty aggressive looking for a kia

datsun_eneki — Eneki brought out this beautiful Datsun

nissan_skyline_gtr_front — Skyline + BBS + CF

nissan_skyline_gtr_1 — Winning combination

scion — On the other side a wheel was missing, for some reason or other

starlet_2 — I didn't even have to ask Lyndsey to take photos of this

starlet_underhood — So, so clean, kudos to the builder(s)

Euros

Audi’s BMW’s, and Mercedes, though I somehow this missed one.

audi_privat — I like the way the black roof flows into the hood which flows into the grill

porsche_mastermind — Mastermind Fairy Design Porsche Panamera

porsche_gt3rs_2 — GT3RS, I might have bowed down to this car

bmw_x5 — Not really sure how I feel about X5 modification

bmw_orange — One of many track ready BMWs at the show

bmw_white — Wouldn't mind taking this out for a spin on the track

bmw_white_2 — And something a little more fit for the streets

team_forged_benz — Going wide with Team Forged

Exotics

I have a love hate relationship with exotic cars. I love them because what they are capable of but hate them because of the people who often own them and the fact I will probably never be able to.

audi_r8_rear — Perfect color combo on this car, nothing fancy and attention grabbing

Ferrari_1 — Still not big into Ferrari's (out of my league) but this 458 on HRE's looks great

bugatti_wrap — Most expensive street car to be wrapped? Epson of all people

Hope you guys are enjoying the photos so far, I’m doing my best to share the SEMA experience with you.

SEMA Showstopper: Twin Odyvia’s

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Nov 10, 2010

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While walking through the ‘Dub Show Tour Live‘ at SEMA two cars caught my eye amongst the sky jacked 4×4’s and boxes on 24″ wheels. Even an s-chassis noob like myself could tell that the two cars Mastermind brought to the show were something special.

Never before had I seen two cars that compliment each other so well,while at the same time represent the very different tuning styles of the United States and Japan.

The first thing you probably noticed about each car is the unique Sprit Rei Odyvia body kit, but really the exterior just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the modifications done to these cars.

The first car, brought over from Japan, is courtesy of Restored.jpand has a lot of unique, traditional JDM modifications done to it.

Under (and creatively airbrushed on) the hood is an L28 motor which has received some aftermarket love including, but not limited, to Kameari adjustable sliding cam sprockets, Kameari twin idler gears, and a stainless steel header mated to a modified S13 exhaust.

jdm — This car sat low and had a unique two tone paint job

Between the doors some of the modifications include the dash and aluminum gauge panel from a Ken & Marry Skyline, Datsun type bucket seats, and a Vertex steering wheel.

The engine’s vital internals are monitored by a combination of Oomori gauges and an Autometer tach, while aural pleasures are provided by a Carrozzeria high end audio system.

jdm_2 — It's pretty crazy that this kit uses JDM Honda Odyssey headlights

The wheels tucked up under that clean two tone paint job are Kranze Cerberus II which are 18×10.5 in the front (-22 offset) and 18×10.5 (-31) out back.

At first glance The Mastermind Odyvia below might not look too different from the restored.jp one above.

Yes this car does also has the Sprit Rei Odyvia body kit installed but in addition to that it’s also had Spirt Rei wide front fenders and quarter panels mounted to increase the cars wheel stuffing ability by 55mm up front and 85mm out back.

usdm_2 — Gotta love the extra aggressive stance from the American version

The result is a wider, custom PPG Radiance II Candy Brown colored, body which is suspended inches from the ground, and millimeters above the black face/solar rain lip custom widened 18×10 (-25) and 18×12 (-32) Leon Hardiritt Orden wheels by Buddy Club D1 spec suspension.

usdm_4 — The custom PPG paint really does look great

The stance of this car is on point, the exterior is flawless, and the interior has been treated to a healthy dose of suede (front & rear seats, dash, a-pillar trim, b-pillar trim, headliner, and door panels), but what really sets this car apart from it’s JDM counterpart is the power plant.

This car has an LS6 crate motor which the Mastermind was able to make live and breathe (scroll down for video) between the strut towers thanks to custom one off items like the wiring harness, drive shaft, and header.

usdm_5 — Mastermind showing love to those who made it all possible

The Mastermind team really pulled out all the stops for their SEMA build and were very great at providing me with lots of information for this SEMA Show Stopper feature, be sure to check them out at MasterMindNa.com, Facebook, and on YouTube.

You can keep in touch with their japenese counter parts on restored.jp

With all the power their s13 has on tap I can’t wait until they take this car out on the track for a shakedown, let’s hope they record it!

Theme Tuesdays: The Women of Sema

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DaveT

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Nov 9, 2010

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I’m sure you guys may have noticed a surprising lack of women in my SEMA coverage and perhaps wondered where they all were.

Well wonder no more because I have put all of the ones that myself and my girlfriend did manage to capture into today’s Theme Tuesday.

Some girls got shot more than once, but that’s not really a problem is it?

camaro — This must have been my shot, cause she's not looking at the cam...

clev — I should have grabbed one of those posters in hindsight

2cravechicks — Girls at the 2Crave wheels booth

mercedes — My stanceiseverything.com shirt grabbed her attention, obviously

knight — There was a crowd around this girl like you would not believe

stillthere — 'I think I just went up a cup size'

Back with another Show Stopper later today, just waiting on a response from the builder 🙂

Event Coverage: SEMA Part 3

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Nov 8, 2010

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I’ve got another round of coverage from the central hall of SEMA today. Today’s post is very picture heavy (50+) so those of you on smart phones consider this your warning.

Lot’s of variety in today’s post so there should be something for everyone, there is also even a little something for Transformers fans…

House Of Kolor

The H.O.K booth probably could have been a SEMA Show Stopper now that I think about it because it had a lot of amazing examples of what you can be done with their paint if you are very talented.

hok_tank — This bike had all sorts of detail but I liked the tank the most

hok_boards — I've got a whole book full of skateboard art and these would easily make the cut

hok_monroe_bomb — Marilyn was a bombshell

hok_cone_head — Man, this movie used to creep me out

hok_vette — Check that dude doing a double take at this car

hok_truck — My favorite vehicle at the House of Kolor booth, love the frenched headlights

Anzo’s Bumblebee

I’ve gotta be honest I am still not 100% behind Michael Bay’s choice to turn Bumblebee from a VW bug to a Camaro, however I do like what’s been going on with the new Camaro’s so I can live with it.

camaro_transformers_taillight — These tail lights were rad

camaro_transformer_headlight — But these headlights were incredible, check out the projector

Gene Winfield

We met Gene Winfield in an elevator on the way to the washroom, really nice humble guy. Later I took a look at ‘The Wildcard’ he painted parked in the PPG booth and was blown away…

gene_winfield_4 — That stripe down the middle isn't glare, it's great paint work

gene_winfield_1 — Apparently as Lyndsey got close this door opened on its own, magic!

gene_winfield_5 — The diner theme of the PPG booth sure was something

gene_winfield_3 — Clean doesn't even begin to describe the work that was done

gene_winfield_2 — This car was all the way from Australia

BC Racing

I checked out the BC Racing booth for quite some time and was able to give Mike from BC a personal thanks for all the work he did helping me get my suspension on point.

BC is also doing made to order wheels which means they should be a much larger player this year.

bc_4 — Mike and I putting a face to the name

bc_3 — A quick look at BC's wheels and suspension lineup

bc_1 — Sitting low on their racing suspension

bc_camaro — BC also had this awesome, very dumped, Camaro at their booth

The rest of the floor

Cars and people from the rest of the floor, lots of great stuff here.

std_nsx_front — NSX by Rick Design, first I've ever seen

widebody_bmw_2 — Interesting widebody 3/M3

widebody_bmw — With a very aggressive front end

block_2 — He was ripping one of these out on the test track as well

block_mini — Traxxas is coming out with this Mini Block Ford this year

mini_camaro — Even the RC Camaro's had great stance

ball_burnished — One of the most unique finishes of the entire show

silver_camaro_3 — Nice looking 60s Camaro

silver_camaro — Hey, what's that guy checking out?

crazy_camaro_1 — Check out the nose panel, all CF

crazy_camaro_2 — This car was packing serious rubber

audi_acuair_rotiform — Injen/Accuair/Rotifom Audi wag, fantastic.

camaro_slammed_2 — Can't wait to see these done up on the street, bright future for this platform

slammed_mustang — Ford was not about to let Chevy have all the slammed fun however

These Rally Fighters are a sort of Semi kit car vehicle

mazda_3_front — H&R did up these Mazda2 in a real functional fashion

mazda_2_rear — These should make decent little track cars

time_attack — Speaking of functional check out one of the many time attack cars at 2010 SEMA

green_hornet — This was a treat, one of the movie cars from the upcoming Green Hornet

magnaflow_andretti — Mr. Andretti at the Magnaflow booth

raybestos — Raybesto's theme custom at the Ford booth

salt_flat — Phil Remington dry lakes roadster, a real piece of automotive history

silver_dollar — Another piece of history, Mike Bambers Silver Dollar - A 340 Chrysler-powered '41 Willys

seibon_350z — Seibon had this nicely done Nissan in it's booth

scion_front — A number of manufacturer's collaborated on this Scion and it looked great

scion_underhood — I think I am slowly becoming an engine bay fanatic

scion_trunk — No expense spared in the interior

SEMA Showstopper: The Big Job

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DaveT

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Nov 7, 2010

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Previously I mentioned that I had a few different plans for some of the in depth vehicle and booth coverage I got from this years SEMA event. Dubbed ‘SEMA Show Stoppers’ these are the things that stopped me in my tracks and demand further attention.

Today’s SEMA show stopper is the ‘Big Job‘ which is a 1956 Ford F-750 merged with a Chevy HD chassis that was brought to the show by Dieselwheels.com and Insane Kustoms.

What drew me to this truck initially was it’s sheer size, I have never seen something so large with such classic Ford truck styling.

What kept me near the truck was interesting Chevy chassis merge that supported the entire thing.

Also helping draw my eye to the truck were the custom wheels, air ride and a number of unique features like the side exit exhaust below the running boards and the beautiful wood lined bed.

bigjob_front_pass — Just look at the size of this behemoth

bigjob_bay — The Big Job is powered by a Duramax diesel with Banks inter cooler

bigjob_int — The interior had all the creature comforts like A/C heat, GPS, and satellite radio

big_job_detail — The paint was flawless throughout which could not have been easy for such a big truck

bigjob_rear — Gotta love the space of a crew cab, almost as big as those wheel lips

bigjob_rear_pass — Beautiful color and integrated tail lights

bigjob_bed — While this truck had a hitch and I am sure it could haul for days I hope it doesn't for the beautiful beds sake

Update: This beautiful truck was built by Insane Kustoms in Utah, check them out on facebook.

More SEMA coverage and Show Stoppers to come.