WTF Friday: Lowrider style Auburn Speedster

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Oct 15, 2010

Until this car I had never heard of Auburn in the automotive context (only bmx) however when I saw this car I instantly became interested. After a quick stop on wiki I learned that Auburn’s only existed way before my time (1900-1936) before going under due to the fact that their cars, while beautiful, were not really priced correct for the depression era.

Unsurprisingly, today, both Auburns and Auburn replica Auburns are quite rare which is what makes this car even more unique.

Randy, the owner of this car has named it Sofia, and it’s actually got a Ford 429 under the hood, he has a full feature in the November 2010 Lowrider Magazine which is available online for more info.

In this article Randy states that the first night he had this car home he cut the floor so that he could get it on the ground.

You have to love a guy with unique taste and the willingness to cut up a 40,000 car the day he bought it.

auburnspeedster7 — Love the profile of this car, and the pin striping on the fender

auburnspeedster9 — I would love to see this car rollin' down the road

auburnspeedster6 — Sick custom Style Kings steering wheel

auburnspeedster1 — If you drove this you would look this cool as well.

Photo Credit: Lowrider Magazine.

Site Updates

Nothing new site wise other than I am still slacking on getting things ready for SEMA, however I should get around to some of that over the weekend.

Orders in the store have really picked up lately so a huge thanks to everyone for the support and purchases. Be sure to send in the pictures of the stickers on your ride as I really want to check them out.

Flashback Friday

Keeping with the low rider theme here is a flash back to one of my favorite Theme Tuesday posts Vintage Lowrider Extravaganza, I should do another one of these.

Readers rides: Facebook fans part 3

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Oct 14, 2010

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I’ve noticed quite a bit of user uploads to the Facebook fan page lately, in addition to new users in general, so I felt that a new readers rides post was in order.

I always love seeing what you guys are up to as it gives me an idea of what kind of things I should post more and less of as well as gives me ideas for my own car.

Juhani’s 323 Familia Wagon

I don’t think we got these in Canada and if we did they sure didn’t look like this. Juhani has done a great job at keeping this one in good shape

readers_rides_juhani_captainx_kari — Juhani's got a nice looking sticker bomb there

Mark’s Slammed Ram

I think I have seen maybe a handful of slammed rams online, two of which are on the fan page, which is weird because these trucks look great on the ground.

readers_rides_mark_stoute — Love the two tone Mark's got here

Mitch’s Ram

Mitch owns the second of the two Dodge Rams in the fan page gallery and his lays out hard as well.

readersrides_mitch — Right on the floor.

Martin’s MKII

Here is another reminder as to why I like MKII’s so much.

readers_rides_martin_moran — Martin's deep dish MK2

Will’s Mazda 3

Will’s a daily reader so I’m always happy to include his car in these.

readersrides_will — Enjoying the NB scenary

Michael

Michalel’s Caddy made the list round but this time he comes back with a rolling shot.

Aaron Jackson

Another second rounder Aaron took this snap of his car after a few runs at a local auto-x

Sebastian’s e36

Big fan of Sebastian’s e36, keeping the stock bumper and going wide with color matched lips really sets it off.

readers_rides_sebastian_du_vet_johansson — Sebastian's e36, love the white lips

Andrew’s Jetta

I took some photos of Andrew’s car at the CSCS finale so it’s great to see that he found the site and the fan page. He is also part of Division R.

readersrides_andrew_gli — Andrews GLI which you might remember from CSCS

Benji’s Civic

In the year he has had this car Benji has put in a ton of work which has resulted in a Civic that no one is going to confuse with anyone elses.

readersrides_benji_day — Benji's Civic is very unique

readersrides_benji_day2 — Not often you see suicide doors on a Civic, and Benji says he has big winter plans

Matt’s Benz

Matt’s Benz looks great and once he figures out how to get the front end down to match the rear it will look amazing.

readersrides_mattprimrose — Clean and classy

Seth’s S10

Seth is killing me with this s10 its clean and beautiful and I am jealous about how good of shape it is in.

readersrides_seth_wire_1 — Sitting literally in the weeds.

readersrides_seth_wire_2 — Killer color as well.

Big thanks to everyone who uploads their photos and if you didn’t see your ride here today but have added it to the fan page it’s probably because I missed it by mistake or the photo was smaller than 500 pixels wide.

If you don’t have facebook but still want your ride to show up here send me an email and I’ll include it in the next readers rides.

Victoria: The place to be

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Oct 13, 2010

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I’m kind of on the fence when it comes to rx-8s. I generally prefer the RX-7 but every once and awhile someone comes along and really nails the RX-8 to the point where I consider fully committing to the ‘I love RX-8’ side of the fence.

This just happens to be one of those cars. The owner kept things simple with the right stance, the right wheels, and essentially stock body.

Unrelated: When I first glanced at these plates I thought the referred to Victoria BC upon closer inspection ~~these are loafers~~ they refer to Victoria Australia which is kinda funny because BC (well Whistler) is full of Australians anyway.

vicbc_1 — They do have a mean front end when brought down

vicbc_4 — Black and blue is always a great choice

vicbc_5 — Remember that saturn commercial about the third door being tricked out?

vicbc_6 — I dig the fact he ws able to keep the side marker which often rubs on these

Well done sir, well done.

Drift Union: Night Moves

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DaveT

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Oct 12, 2010

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Saw this over at Full Lock and had to give it some love because not only did I like the teaser but, Logan and Shawn are great guys with awesome cars who have been making quite a name for themselves on the internet the past year or so with their driving ability.

They are working on there 2010 year end video and this is their latest trailer, I have also included the previous trailers in this post as well.

Get into it.

Theme Tuesdays: MKI Golfs

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Oct 12, 2010

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After doing MKII Golf’s last week it became pretty apparent that there are quite a few MKI fans that check out the site.

So to follow up I decided a collection of MKI’s was in order, the rest of the generations have been added to the to do list as well so don’t fret MKIII and on drivers 🙂

mk11 — These wheels look better on the MKI thank the Porsche they came from

mk121 — Another clean, fairly standard, example

mk120 — Hitachi win - Not an MKI but I still like the photo lol

mk13_bbs — Are BBS kits as rare for MKI's as they are for e30s? Anyone know?

mk125 — The only thing wrong with this one is that it is not plated

A bit bummed I missed Vagkraft this year even though it was raining

mk18 — Kamei MKI - I am sure one of you know way more about this than I do

mk17_slot — Perhaps the coolest slot car I have ever seen

mk110 — From what I remember the final number was around 250bhp

Bagged e30 Touring

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Oct 11, 2010

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Today is a holiday (Thanksgiving) here in Canada so I figured I should make the best of it and double up on the posts, and since I already posted one bagged BMW today why not another? I spotted this bagged e30 touring on a forum a couple of months ago and was recently stumbled upon it again and remembered how much I liked it.

Bagged e30s are still pretty uncommon so do see someone do this to a touring, and keep it clean, is a real treat.

baggedtouring1 — Love the look of a white e30 dumped

baggedtouring2 — An insane amount of tuck aired out

baggedtouring3 — With great lift aired up

baggedtouring6 — Hopefully higher res shots of this car show up soon

Remember bags are not cheating, ride low, park lower.

Unavoidable

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Oct 11, 2010

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I told myself I wasn’t going to write about the latest version of this car. Not because I don’t like it, but because Speedhunters did it, Fatlace did it, and even Jalopnik did it. This post has sat as a draft for about two weeks while I tried to decide if my input was at all necessary.

After reading a comment calling this car ‘nothing more than a POS‘ in a thread titled ‘How much time did this guy waste‘ I found myself coming back because while a lot of people love the car, a vast number of people hate it and while everyone is entitled to their own opinion many are missing the point.

rusty2 — I think the roof looks best from low angles, personally

To think of this car as a BMW is wrong, what started as a simple daily driver has evolved into the ever changing piece of automotive art you see today. What the purists, who are ready to set fire to Mike, are quick to forget is that this car was for all practical sense written off a long time ago and just happens to be exceptionally good at dodging the grips of the crusher.

M. B(f)urroughs has created a car which embodies nearly every type of automotive modification, Rusty has an eclectic combination of modifications that very few people are used to seeing in one car.

This brave and radical combination is what is causing many to take to their keyboards in blind rage.

rusty5 — The dash is one of my favorite features of the car

I’ll admit first looking at the car you might see the signs of someone who didn’t know when to say when, however the more you look at it the more you can see the work of an enthusiast who pays attention to all parts of the automotive hobby.

Not sure what I mean? Here is a quick break down of the way I see the modifications:

Euro: The arches, the Ronals, the camber, and the stretch
Hot Rod: The boosted 1jz motor swap, which is no different than a chevy powered 32 Ford
Tuner: Again the boosted Toyota power plant checks this off
‘Rat’ Rod: The paint, or lack there of
Minitruck: The air ride, the need to lay frame, and the ability to throw sparks
Custom/Vintage: The interior, which in my opinion is a work of art.
Lead sled: The roof!

Like many the first time I saw the ‘God Father’ iteration of rusty I was a little conflicted as I really liked the previous version but as time passed, and the roof began to grown on me, I’ve come to understand that while there are still things about the car I may not like personally Mike has created the perfect contrast to his clean e36.

Now he has the best of both worlds: a clean functional car, and a radical impractical fun as hell car.

rusty3 — The seats are another touch I really like.

If you still have your doubts about the car as a whole I suggest taking the time to read through the build thread on stanceworks, it’s the best way to understand what this car is and how much work Mike has put into it the past few years.

WTF Friday: And the winner is….

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Oct 8, 2010

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Before I get into posting this weeks WTF Friday content as promised I have the results of the first ever Stance Is Everything reader appreciation sticker give away. First and foremost a big thanks to everyone who took the time to comment/enter the contest.

I was blown away by the amount of people who commented, and the great things you guys and girls said about the blog even though a simple “do want” would have worked to enter.

All of you and your cars make this blog, and anytime I have stuff to give away I will run similar contests. So once again thank you! Now onto the winner…

*insert drum roll here*

The winner out of the odds which were slightly more than 1 in 100 is: Jackc who’s lucky comment number was picked thanks to the Random.org Integer generator.

Congratulations Jack and check your email for shipping info 🙂

To everyone who entered, I’ve already started collecting for the next round and will continue to at Sema.

And now… onto the WTF

Just quickie today of a van that was actually out at last weekends Stretch & Poke III looking slightly lost.

spvan — Perhaps not the best shop vehicle...

Photo credit: Monkey KC

Now I have nothing against modified vans, but I don’t think the Van above was the appropriate platform to start with, nor do I think it serves as a great marketing tool for ‘Extreme Auto Body & Collision’ in it’s current condtion.

But hey that’s just me, and what do I know I have yet to find a body shop I can really trust…

Site Updates

Nothing new this week but before I head out to Sema I have a bunch of things I need to get done, not worthy things being T-shirts and business cards. I might get a few extra shirts run to sell in the store as well but we will see what the final cost ends up being.

I am kind of hemorrhaging money at this current point in time so a full T-shirt run might have to wait. 😛

Flashback Friday

The clean 180sx I posted yesterday reminded me of this car which I posted February of this year in the Mr Dori post.

That’s it for today, thanks again for everyone that entered and I might have a post up over the weekend seeing as it’s a long one and I just broke my bike…

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians!

Super clean 180sx

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Oct 7, 2010

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As the 2010 GTA event season comes to a close you are going to start seeing a lot of cars that have been on my hard drive for the past few months, today I’ve got a super clean Nissan 180sx.

It’s pretty rare to see one this clean since a great number of them end up in the hands of drifters, and while it’s never bad to see a car used and abused on the track, it’s also nice to see one that the owner has kept spit shined.

I honestly can’t remember the last time I saw one this clean and straight forward.