After last weeks Theme Tuesday on muscle cars I was in the mood to check some out in person once again so I made my way out to the local Street Classics cruise in on Saturday Night.
Unfortunately soon after I arrived it started to rail lightly which put a quick end to things, but, I was able to fire off some shots and get something for WTF Friday.
I also meet a real down to earth s-10 owner in the process, good times.
Ford GT
Clarkson’s GT turned out to be lemon and he had to return it right? This one seems to be doing better.
Drew quite the crowd being fairly uncommonNice interior, more so for a FordI seem to recall this motor being from one of Fords trucks originally
Oddballs
Unique cars that caught my attention for one reason or another.
Jr. Draggster, anyone else with their parents got them into this?Ollie this is for you buddyTo anyone who has driven one are they as fun as they look?Corvair's are such odd little cars, being rear engine and American made but not all that fastSparse engine bay nothing unessecary except maybe the spare Can't recall the last time I saw a Ventura at a showThis one was very, very clean
Lead Kings
No matter how dangerous and unhealthy it is working with lead is still and art form as much as these Lead Sleds are.
Wonder if there is a lead kings meet?Matte colors always suit these cars so wellI'd love to drive this around low and slow all summer longBeauty job on the interiorThis Fairlane has seen some miles but still looks greatShout out to all the people keeping pin striping alive
Muscle and Classics
Got to see what I set out to see.
I've got killer soft sport for all fox bodys, stillThis truck had immaculate paint and airbrushing all over itShaved clean bodyI like the use of green on these colors, makes the details popCaddy tails, side pipes, color accented rimsThunder birds sure were uniqueClever plate!Beautiful example of classic SSNice Bel Air Wag promoting Dukes appraisalsHard to see in this picture but this Nova was packing serious drag radialsClean 66 NovaTwo years in Lompoc. I'll die before I go back.Beautiful Yenko NovaIf you still don't think classics have stance this picture should help...
Day & Nite
I’m ending today’s coverage with this s10. The owner, James, and myself talked for quite awhile in the light rain about trucks (remember I had an s10 Blazer), shows, clubs and just automobiles in general and it’s always nice to come across someone who just loves cars and shows as much as yourself and doesn’t hold any of the ego that is often associated with the various scenes.
James has put a lot of work in this truck, which is the first vehicle he ever owned, and talking with him I could tell that he did it for himself first, real enthusiasts second, and show recognition a distant third.
I look forward to seeing James and his truck at other events around the GTA.
A Canadian truck now made up of southern and clean oem panelsJame's 2 link setup at full lift, the compressors were nicely hidden under the bedLots of work done under hood cleaning things up. Tons of custom bolts, pullies, and shaved piecesCloser look at the air brushing under the hoodAir brushing continue onto the filler doorClose up of the custom engraved, polished, battery coverDark lit city scape in the sub box behind the seats, this blew me away never seen anything like it before
Hopefully I can make it out to one or two more of these before summers all said and done.
Bryan from Infamous Auto Art recently sent in some shots he took at Scrape By The Lake and Jitter bug 2010. Bryan’s been out shooting local shows for the past year or so and I’ve posted up a few of his shots here previous.
It’s always a treat to another persons artistic take on an event you have gone to. Nothing beats clean cars, and local talent, I love our scene.
Clean GC under the night lightsJitterbug looks like fun I should try and make it out next yearMore of the Street Outlawz K swapped CRX from ScrapeBryan's shot of that clean boosted MiataSam's 350 which is for sale nowThe flush 905 rides g35Great shot of this 64 hopping at Scrape
Take a small car (preferably)rear wheel drive car, strip out basically everything, add a roll cage and a fire extinguisher (do not add giant roof wing), and proceed to only turn one direction on a natural race track surface and what do you have?
Well, apparently, you have Britain’s most popular form of grass roots motor sport, Autograss.
I just found out about Autograss last week and with tons of classes for every level of racer (both financial level and skill wise) Autograss looks like a great way to have a lot of relativity cheap fun. I want in!
Sure, right now it’s done with cars we don’t generally have here in North America but I’m pretty sure a Chevrolet Chevette would do just fine (provided it had not rusted completely out by the time it hit the track) and they go for $1000 or less these days.
Dear god this looks funIt's all about the power to weight ratio.. and lack of tractionHammer down!
If for whatever reason the above pictures didn’t peak your interest take a look at the video below and tell me this doesn’t look like a ton of fun.
Site Updates
So far survived my intense week long training at work and managed to get posts out every day regardless so things should be easy going in the weeks to come. Thankfully this weekend is a long one so I will be able to get caught up with writing and shooting some features that should be really exciting.
In other news, recently Seche Media and Stretch and Poke sent me a bunch of stickers, and I have some coming from ‘It’s JDM Yo!‘ as well so once they all arrive I think I am going to put together a sticker pack and have some sort of contest to win a few of my surplus.
Stickers thanks to sechemedia.caStickers thanks to Stretch and Poke
Flashback Friday
All the talk of Chevette’s above reminded me of this video, which reminded me of the Wheel Stand Fun WTF Friday I did last August.
Just the other day @gebyz hit me up with this picture on twitter. After taking a look at it I quickly remembered that I had actually posted a picture of his car before, an RX-7 as sick as this is not easy to forget.
Geby, who hails from the same area of BC as the Drift Union guys, has done a great job putting together one serious looking and performing RX-7.
Upon first glance it’s easy to see that this car has got it’s stance on point.
The height of this RX-7 is care of Tien Type Flex coil overs (with EDFC) but it’s on rails, corner eating handling is a combination of the aforementioned pieces along with Racing Beat front and rear sway bars (with accompanying Re-Amemiya Sway Bar mounts), Re-Amemiya reinforcement bars and R1 Front strut bar.
If you can draw your eyes away from Geby's stance take a look at all the cf
The 25mm Shine Auto Feed Replica over fenders are filled to capacity with 18×9.5 (et +12 and +0) Rota Grids with 245/40’s up front and big ol 275/35’s out back.
The result is an aggressive looking ‘functional flush’ stance that allows the rest of Geby’s mods to be used to their full capacity, as every aspect of this car has been worked over in one way or another.
Love the amount of tire out back
Some of the easier to notice mods on this car include the genuine Fujita Engineering AFFLUX Front Bumper (Version 2 Type R) with attached Shine Auto Feed replica carbon fiber canards, canards which are just the beginning of his CF exterior parts which also include a Shine Auto Feed replica under tray, works replica rear carbon diffuser, and Re Amemiya CF Taillight covers.
Geby is not playing around
Some of the mods that can’t be spotted by viewing the exterior include the entirely rebuilt 13B-REW, and updated and modified interior.
Geby’s full mods list is below and I am going to let the pictures by Cole Chalmers do the rest of the talking.
One heck of a car to see creeping up on youDamn I gotta make it out to BC again look at that viewOwning that Illest badgeThat rolling shot again for good measure
Performance:
Rebuilt 13B-REW – Extended Street Port
2MM Rotary Aviation Apex Seals
Blitz Sequential Boost Controller I-Color w/ Fuel Pressure Sensor
PLX DM-100 OLED Gauge w/ EGT and Wideband Sensors
Forcefed’s Sekret Sauce Mega Turbo
Turbo Blanket
T4 SS Manifold
44MM Wastegate TIAL
50MM Blow-off Valve TIAL
HKS Twin Power Ignition and Harness
Megan Racing Midpipe
Racing Beat Resonator
Kaaz 2 Way L.S.D
Custom Charles7 Coil Pack Relocation W/ Upgraded MSD 8.5mm Wires.
Exedy Twin Plate Carbon Clutch
Fresh JDM 5spd Transmission
3′ RX-7 Store Downpipe
Apex’i N1 Exhaust
4’ Thick – Trust/Greddy 3Row Intercooler W/ Greddy Compression Elbow
Fluidyne W/ Stock Electric Fans
Billion Silicone Coolant Hoses
AST Removal Mod
Feed 1.2 Bar Rad Cap.
KG Parts Primary Fuel Rail
KG Parts Secondary Fuel Rail
850cc Injectors x2 (Primary)
1680cc injectors x2 (Secondary)
Aeromotive FPR
Greddy Airpump Delete Pulley Set
Battery Relocated To Hatch
Greddy Oil Catch Can
2x Walboro 255lph Fuel Pumps
Microtech LT8s Standalone/Fuel Management
Custom Starburst Powder Coating.
Dual R1 Oil Coolers w/ SS Braided Lines
Suspension, Rims and Rubber:
Tien EDFC
Tien Type Flex Coilovers
Re-Amemiya SwayBar Mounts/Reinforcement Bar
Racing Beat Front Sway Bar
Racing Beat Rear Sway bar
R1 Front RX-7 Strut Bar
Hawk HP+ Pads Front and Rear
Custom Reinforced and Cryogenically treated PPF
Solid Polyurethane Engine Mounts
Attain Urethane Differential Bushings
Interior:
JDM Trust/Grex/Greddy Shift Knob
RE-Amemiya Wet Carbon Scuff Plates
M2 Racing Roll/Harness Bar
Greddy Turbo Timer
Mostly all new 93 Interior Plastics
Fly RX-7 Custom Quad 60mm Gauge Pod
JDM Arm Rest
Defi BF Link Gauges (Amber): Boost, Water Temp, Oil Temp and Oil Pres.
Keys Racing Steering Wheel (Buckskin)
Pioneer Touchscreen DVD Player
Stock Bose Speakers and Sub
Exterior:
Genuine Fujita Engineering (FEED) AFFLUX Front Bumper Version 2 Type R
Shine Auto Feed Replica Front and Rear 25mm Overfenders
OEM 1999 Bumper Lights
Shine Auto Feed Replica Carbon Canards
Shine Auto Front Carbon Undertray
Shine Auto Feed Replica FRP Sideskirts
Re Amemiya CF Taillight Cover
10,000k McCulloch HID Driving Lights (Rice!)
Shine Auto Sanai works Replica Rear Carbon Diffuser
Feed Front and Rear Tow Hooks
Thanks Geby for sending in pics and lots of info about your ride.
I found this build on JDM rides and ‘Epic Save’ were the first two words to come to my mind.
This car started out as one of the worst looking Civics I have ever seen but the owner snatched the car from the moronic hands of the previous owner, put in some elbow grease and turned it into a nice, clean, de riced ride.
Personally I don’t know if I could take on a project like this because of fear of what care (or lack there of) the owner did to the car mechanically, based on their taste in aesthetic modifications.
All the more power to the new owner for putting in work.
Before
Who pics a bumper like this? HonestlyOh chicken wire...
After
Horrible bumper and wheels tossed to the rubbish binMuch, much cleaner rear endThe exhaust was eventually replaced as welland a cf hood added
I’m in a gas wasting, deafening exhaust, bend the ground with torque type of mood today and the only cure for that is a lot of pictures of Muscle cars.
Hope you don’t mind.
Dude's got a killer hat onThat's a lot of forced inductionWell that's a handfulGnarly tuck front and rearThe Muscle car of my generation, love the distinctive 5.0 soundBeautiful stanceNice backdrop as wellChevelles are one my my girlfriends favorite carsIf she had one like this I would steal the keysMuscle cars really look great murdered outAnother murdered out exampleCCWs killing it againPretty sure the biggest wheels I have seen on an older MustangNothing wrong with some new age muscleThis may or may not have started as a Falcon, either way looks toughNo body kitted 4th gen hereAnother Camaro for good measureOMG
I really can’t remember where or when I came across this car, maybe on one of the several message boards and blog I check out daily. Regardless of where I found it, it obviously had a good reason to be there as it’s pretty damn appealing.
The raked stance, wide track, copious amounts of tire, flares, and lack of non essentially accessories leads me to believe that this Mini functions just as well as it looks.
No chrome, no bling, just meanThe flares can hardly hold the awesome
Head nod to the owner for doing this Mini up proper!
It’s no secret that I am a big fan of the caliber of cars California produces. I would guess that a good 80% of the cars I see from California I like, and, today’s two featured e36s are no different.
Bryan’s ti and his friend Marc’s coupe are perfect examples of my favorite type of automotive styling.
Clean and slammed, with just enough of a personal touch to make them unique.
Bryan’s Ti
Before getting his e36ti Bryan was just about to leave the BMW scene for good and go back to his first love, Honda’s.
However when a too good to be true craigslist e36 ti popped up nearby Bryan felt compelled to go take a look.
Bryan in the middle of transforming the look of his rideThe green really draws your eye in
Things started to look grim for this cars future when it overheated 3 times on the way to his mechanics for an inspection.
After learning the extent of the work that needed to be done to this car Bryan talked the owner into dropping the price from $1200 to $700 and the rest, as they say, was history.
Tinted fogs and high beams are a great touch to the front end
After getting the pesky maintenance work (brake and cooling system over hauls) out of the way Bryan corrected his ti’s laughable stock stance with Rokkor coil overs which brought his car down so that it’s stance complemented his bright green BBS wheels.
Wheels which he finally settled on after an astonishing 10 sets previous.
Sitting like a king
After the suspension was dropped Bryan ditched the bland e36 factory bumper in favor of the M3 version, and in a final effort to drop as many jaws as possible both coming and going Bryan added an LTW spoiler to the rear.
Performance wise Bryan’s hatch has a Dinan short ram intake and n1style exhaust.
Bryan holding it down for the fam out in CaliBryan along side a nice looking e30Another shot with that nice looking e30
Bryan was going for a final look that reflected his unique personality and the pride he takes in his vehicles, judging by the finished product it looks like he succeeded on all counts.
The car looks great and it’s sure not to be one that many people are soon to forget.
Bryan didn’t do this all alone however and would like to thank: Terry Keith at Star Tech Foreign auto repair in Rowland Heights, Ted at Turbo Teds in Costa Mesa, Ayed at H&H Valley Autobody, Joe at Euro Dyne, The West Coast Euro’s crew and his girlfriend Lorena for making this all possible and pushing him to succeed.
Marc’s 328i
Like girls hot cars roll in packs and the other half of today’s e36 double feature showcases what Bryan’s friend Marc has been able accomplish with his e36 coupe in just 7 months.
Obtaining a solid base chassis to work with Marc quickly got to work making the car both look and perform far better than how it came from the factory.
Like many e36 owners Marc knew that BMW hit the mark with the design of the m3 and styled his 328i after it by adding a DDM M3 front bumper, an m3 styled rear diffuser, and finally M3 side skirts and mirrors.
Marc also added DDM Motorsport door moldings, DJ auto euro ellipsoids (with 6000k HIDs), euro side markers, clear fogs and corners and French style fog lights.
Marc’s e36 looking clean as hellDe badged rear along with the diffuser and perfect stance looks killer
Once all that wrenching was complete on the outside Marc turned inside replacing his factory headliner with the m3 version, adding carbon fiber trim and last but not least replacing his factory seats with a set dove gray vaders.
Marc’s type 1as they do in the rear
In the performance department Mark added a Dinan front strut brace and cold air intake, m3 x brace, DTM exhaust, and UCC stainless steel brake lines.
Love the slightly raked stance
Once everything else was complete Mark threw the icing on the cake by adding a set of BC Racing BR Type coil overs alongside a set of immaculate looking German imported 17×8.5 (et13) and 17×9.5 (et21) AC Schnitzer type 1 wheels.
AC came out with a timeless design when they released these
Both of these cars look amazing and you won’t see my picking a favorite anytime soon but I do want to thank both of them for sending in the photos and information which allowed me to feature their cars here on Stance Is Everything.
Thanks guys.
I had a few other things in mind to post today and those will have to wait until next week because as soon as I saw this video I busted up laughing.
This is what happens when a few guys and one girl try and load a Civic EG on the back of a U-haul using dodgy ass ramps.
After watching the video if anyone can answer the following questions I would appreciate it:
1) Why didn’t a guy drive? He already had a lot of friends helping why not get one more to drive so when it all did fail he didn’t have to flip on his lady.
2) Why a U haul???
3) How did he honestly expect those ramps to hold? They fell apart like a house of cards when the car hit.
4) Why were they filming?
5) How was she going to get out after?
6) Why did she turn? 😛
Site Updates
This weekend should be a quiet one event wise. Don’t really have any in mind and I could use a weekend to recover after last weekends crazy cottage, drinking, riding, car show extravaganza.
That doesn’t mean things will be quiet around here though! I’ve got a special Friday double feature lined up for later today so expect that mid afternoon/early evening. I’ve also got a new sticker shipment arriving today so the store will be restocked with goodies tomorrow.
Finally, next week will be a bit of a crazy one for me as I am doing off site training at work which involves me getting up a little earlier than I do now.
I have a few posts ready to go already but don’t be surprised if it takes me a little longer to respond/approve comments. After next week it’s back to buisness as usual though.
Flashback Friday
I’m currently at my moms place right now waiting for my dad to get out of surgery and on the old laptop I have here for such occasions I have these two cars below as my desktop.
Well, it’s time for the last part of the event coverage from Scrape By The Lake, and depending on how you look at it I saved the best for last.
If girls and cars are going to be at the same venue I prefer them to be separate from the cars so one does not distract from the other.
Warning: If your place of work monitors what you view you might want to wait until you get home to view this post, you’ve been warned. Sorry in advance to the female readers.
Since I did a lot of driving the day of the show I almost didn’t stay for this, but once I got all the coverage I needed done I realized the show was scheduled to start five minutes in about five minutes.
I opted not to go up on stage, even though I had a media pass, because all the action was directed to the crowd anyway.
Interesting shirt I saw while waiting for things to get goingI think this girl was at Summer SizzleSo many of the dudes in the background were just not paying attentionI think something on the girl on the right changed from last year but I can't put my finger on itShe's smiling right at me, naturallyWorkin itShirt was useless anywayI'll let you think of your own caption for this oneDude in the back is paying attention nowYep..She needed more water than the rain providedShe had obviously done this beforeThe crowd was in shock, announcer didn't care lolPretty sure one of these girls took it all homeUntil next year
