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Motor Monday: The Berlin Buick

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I’ve wanted to see the Berlin Buick in person ever since it graced the pages of Just A Car Guy.

It’s name Berlin Buick, is a bit of a play on words. On the exterior the car is 100% Beetle.

The Buick part of the equation lies beneath the skin. Behind the driver’s and passenger seats is a 215 cubic inch Buick motor. Hence the name; Berlin Buick.

It’s an insane combination, but it’s been executed as elegantly as such an unorthodox union could ever be.

The motor, which has been fully painted, detailed, and topped with a Hilborn injection system, sits within an equally beautiful interior.

Inside the car actually no longer has a Volkswagen dash. The new one is from an early Buick motorcar.

The rest of the car, from the custom air ride equipped chassis, to the beautiful body is thoroughly detailed.

In the realm of Volkrods this car is wildly different. Built less rat rod and more street rod it’s a car that is easy to appreciate.

While the lack of firewall might provoke down the car is completely operable. Brown’s Metal Mods did a phenomenal job with this one.

Hopefully I get the chance to see this car again. I’d really love to shoot it in a slightly more photogenic setting.

WTF Friday: Little Red Trailer

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With the fall of message boards Kijiji has often become my go to source for WTF Friday content.

Half baked, half started ideas, abandoned projects, dusty show cars. There’s so much on Kijiji to see.

Since spring officially spring just two days ago the real “perfect” summer toys are yet to come. However, there are still some funky gems ripe for the impulse buy. One such example is this little red MG trailer.

Vehicles made into trailers are far from a new idea, but this is the first time I’ve seen the front half used of a vehicle used.

Most trailers use the back half like below:

As a trailer the MG really isn’t the right car. It’s a small two-seater that didn’t have much cargo room stock.

However, motor removed, and spun around it does offer, some level of cargo room.

Designed to be tugged along by a motorcycle rather than a car, the little trailer more than doubles the average motorcycles cargo space.

What it does for the gas mileage is of course up for debate. But above and beyond all that it makes an interesting visual statement, especially when paired with a three-wheeler (that may or may not tip at any time).

The combination of these two odd balls, three-wheeler, and MG trailer, was enough to warrant re-posting.

Buy it to use as a trailer, or buy it for MG parts. Whichever you fancy it is currently listed for $1,700 on Kijiji.ca.

Event Coverage: Spring Fever At Motorama 2018

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Putting on a car show in Ontario is a bit of a thankless job. Maybe that is true everywhere, but it’s especially true in Ontario. No matter what you do you are not going to please everyone.

All that planning you put in before hand to make things seamless is just going to open the window for someone to nitpick elements outside of your control.

Food prices, parking, the color of lighting in the venue the list goes on.

That’s why I have a lot of respect for those who put on shows year after year. You need to have thick skin to go into something knowing people are going to turn mole hills  into mole mountains.

As difficult as putting on a car show is, putting on the first one of the season must be doubly difficult.

Spectators and participants want to see quality, and fresh builds, but there are only so many ready to go before spring.

Spring Fever did a pretty good job overall of bringing out vehicles people wanted to see.

Sure, a few cars that made it in the show that were of “parking lot” quality, but if any of you remember how barren the halls of Megaspeed were I’m not sure the alternative is better.

So, being the first show of the year what was there to see?

Well, Swift, Noktournal, Team Mayazn and Next Level Car Clubs all brought heavy hitters from their roster. Add in a few cars rocking no club banner and you end up with just over a hall and half of show entrants.

Some were ready to go, and a few were under construction to some degree but still presentable.

This swapped turbo Jetta was one of the under construction vehicles. All the titanium charge piping was tacked into place but final welding was still to be completed.

However all the bones are there and this is going to be one hell of a car complete.

One car that wasn’t under construction this year was the Dynamotorsports Celica. I’ve taken nearly every possible photograph of this engine bay, but never one through the hood simply because there never was one.

Now the car runs and moves under its own power and it has a valid sticker. Will we see this beast on the streets soon? I sure hope so!

The Next Level/Dynamotorsports connection at Motorama continued with two more high horsepower street cars.

If you’re a long time reader of this site this F20 swapped AE86 should look fairly familiar.

If not here’s a closer look, and that baby eater turbo, along with a healthy amount of tuning from Dynmotorsports equals a dyno proven 1000+ horse power AE86.

No joke.

Also over 1000 horse, and tuned by the same magacian is this R32. The tail end of this car is likely what a lot of people see.

I don’t know the numbers, but I think there were actually more performance minded vehicles in the Spring Fever hall this year than any year prior.

It seemed like everywhere I looked there was a cleaned up bay, with a hot turbo four-cylinder sitting under the hood. And believe me, I wasn’t mad about it.

It’s the mix of style and performance that keeps people interested in shows like this.

This RX-7 was equal parts style and performance.

I absolutely loved the car, from the black on black look, purposeful fitment and subtle wide body.

Obviously I had no issues with the power plant choice either.

Rotary fans don’t get too upset, the owner had a rotary in this car for over 15 years before deciding to do something a little different.

If there was any one vehicle at the show that was upsetting people, or at least splitting opinions, it was the Team Mayzn Jeep Wrangler JK.

This Jeep has been on air for probably the past four years but this winter they put a signficant amount of work in to get this jeep down.

It’s currently tucking 26s and tire and if there were small wheels on it I imagine it would lay frame.  Or at least come pretty close.

The fit, finish and detail on this jeep is top-notch and there are a plethora of modifications (like rear suicide doors) that only die-hard Jeep fans would pick up on.

The truck took home a truly deserving best of show. Haters be damned.

Confused by what you’re looking at above? Well don’t feel ashamed, I was too. It’s an all metal wide-body Nissan Sentra done up in a modern VIP style.

The owner of the car and I had a good long chat about it and I was surprised to learn that this is his first build of this caliber.

This car came straight out of left field and had people talking all weekend.

It’s absolutely packed with audio too which is something you don’t see too often anymore.

All that in car entertainment is put into a custom diamond stitched interior. Aside from engine mods (of which there might be few for a Sentra) this car is a full pull.

It’s still early in the year and depending on where you’re at there might still be snow but good weather is ahead. If Motorama/Spring Fever are any indication of what’s to come 2018 it should be a good year.

That’s it for this one see you on the next. Pat your local event organizer on the back on your way out.

Theme Tuesdays: Non Traditional, Traditional Lowriders: Euro Edition

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Those of you who are over 25 probably remember a time when non traditional, traditional lowriders were called “Euros”.

Now, I’m not quite old enough to know why cars like Honda Civics, Fords Escorts, Nissan Altimas, and Toyota Tercels were called Euros, but they were.

For a few years the “Euro” style was incredibly popular, almost as popular as today’s “Euro” styling.

These days og “Euro” cars are few and far between. If you look hard enough a few remain kicking around message boards and under tarps in garages.

If you don’t want to go crate digging though, this week’s Theme Tuesday brings this eclectic style to you.

Can’t do this post without leading off with a local “Euro”, this car pops up for sale every few weeks
This photo comes from Japan, its super low resolution, but awesome never the less
I actually learned to drive on one of these cars, never thought there would be a lowrider version
So you can imagine my surprise to learn there were at least two lowrider Altimas
And this one could get damn busy
I love doing these posts because I have a giant grin on my face pulling the photos together. This is likely the only time I will ever post a Beretta
Plastic low
80s Hondas work surprisingly well as lowriders, must be the flip up headlights
A little less gold, and a little more camber, and this would fit right in with the aggressive fitment crowd today
A newer Accord given similar treatment to it’s bigger brother
Japan doesn’t mess around in the least!
DA Integras were also the subject of “Euro” Style
This particular one made a BF GoodRich AD
How about this insanity? A six wheeled Honda
I really wonder where this car ended up, junk yard or storage?
Digitalwheels.net (now defunct) popped up several times in my search
No wires on this e36 but I couldn’t leave it out
For whatever reason there were a lot of Lowrider Escorts
The trunk set up on this car is super clean, nice flake too
Hands up if you completely forgot mid 80s Mercury Cougars
Beetles on wires are not terrible uncommon, but I couldn’t pass up this one throwin’ sparks
Not the type of articulation Jimny owners are normally after
A hopping Celica!
A bit of contemporary “euro”

If you want an almost daily dose of Euro Lowriders, and other somewhat niche modification styles, check out undgergroundstyles.us. He and I are cut from similar cloth, in that we both like a lot of random cars.

Check out some of the gems he has posted recently:

We might have to team up on the next one!

The 2018 Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo

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As the first custom car show of the year Motorama marks the upcoming arrival of spring for hibernating enthusiasts of Ontario. Where the Autoshow is for the general automotive public Motorama is for us.

For the eager it’s a chance to show off what they’ve been up to all winter. And for everyone else it’s a break from our projects and a reminder that there are plenty of cool cars set to roam the streets or track in the upcoming season.

Always a busy event, this year I got through the door early on the show’s opening day to check out the show a few minutes before it was packed with people.

As a showcase of the best the show had to offer shooting the main hall is a challenge when the doors kick open.

My first stop in the main hall was actually to the Performance Improvments booth. While they were still setting up I said my ‘hellos’ and snapped some photos of Ted Barnes Datsun 510.

Barnes Motorsports and Performance Improvements have had a relationship for nearly as long as Ted has had this car.

Wearing refreshed colors the small block swapped drag prepared 510 looked better than ever.

It currently runs 10.405 at 130.80 mph, and Barnes Racing is constantly improving their program so it’s likely going to keep getting faster.

My next stop was to check out “Fine Wine” the latest build from Hitman Hot Rods. It’s an LS powered Task Force truck that sits on the lowered version of their made to order, chassis.

The team at Hitman thrashed to the finish line for this one with final assembly happening the week of the show.

The thrash was worth it because Fine Wine ended up taking home several awards including the “Grand Champion” award. Which is essentially the “best of” out of the entire show.

More importantly, the owner was absolutely thrilled with the build and is looking forward to driving the wheels off it when summer hits.

Whoever curated the front hall this year did an outstanding job. Something for everybody seemed to be the focus.

Hot rods, street rods, customs, there were even a few European classics in the front hall as well.

Keith, at Binbrook Speed shop, had two of his builds in the front hall in 2018. His own Binbrook Coupe and a customer commissioned ’27 Ford.

Both cars are done in the traditional hot rod style he’s known for.

It’s been super cool watching Keith get better, and better, at what he does.

I’ve already dropped the hint that I want to shoot both cars this summer so hopefully we can make that happen.

On Friday this “C7 Corvette” had the hood installed and naturally assumed there was an LS lurking within.

When I returned Saturday to find the hood removed I realized that I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Instead of a v8 there as an alcohol fueled Nissan six cylinder sitting between the rails of a custom chassis.

The Vette is a 10.5″ tire 1/8 mile car, and the latest build from local drag racing and restoration shop Chassis Shop.

Not big in the drag scene I’d never heard of them prior to the show, but now I’m certainly paying attention.

From drag cars to time attack cars Motorama had a fair-sized grouping of Motorsports vehicles.

Quarter mile, time attack heck even a few racing lawn mowers.

One of the feature attendees of this year’s show was Jeff Lutz who brought his latest build, a very bright, very fast ’57 Chevy. This car has a 540 big block with twin 98mm Precision turbos.

Around the big block is a mostly carbon fiber body save for the roof cowl and windshield frame.

Joining Jeff in the ‘Drag Week’ display was Dave Schroeder and his Corvette. His car runs a Pro mod motor, that’s 872 cubic inches, and has a ton of (four stages worth) nitrous flowing through it.

All that power, and of course a lot of driving ability is why Dave took home the Drag week title in 2017.

Oh he’s Canadian to boot, so score one for Canada.

One of the more interesting performance builds at the show was the Deboss Garage Audi Quattro.

Destined for the scrap heap the Deboss garage built this car to compete in a YouTube challenge organized by Superspeedersrob.

Today, as you can see, the Audi is LS powered. Despite that fact it retains its Quattro system thanks to a built Audi RS2 six-speed transmission.

As you’ve no doubt already noticed there is no radiator in the front, and in my hunt to find said radiator I found it and two compound turbos lifted from a Power Stroke diesel.

At the show the motor on the car was slightly hurt, but it should be all back up and ready to go soon. When it was in top shape the car made 694 hp and 550 lb-ft of torque.

All this insanity still wears plates, so it could, theoretically, still drive on the street.

The Dodge Dart that I often run into at Durham cruise ins was at also posted up at Motorama looking quite a bit different from the last time I’d seen it.Still running a blow through turbo set up the turbos have been lifted above the grill and heat wrapped.

I really ought to figure out exactly how much jam this car makes one day because there’s no way it’s not getting faster every time I see it.

The car was parked beside this C10 that was also set up for the 1/4 mile. It’s exciting that there are still plenty of cars left in Durham for me to check out.

Potentially as heavily modified as these two if not more.

Kevin and Dutch Grasley brought Thunderball to the show as part of a ‘barn find’ display.

The car got a lot of foot traffic at the event. A few of the people who stopped by even remembered the car from its heyday where it won some of the awards you see pictured.

Almost directly opposite from Kevin sat the Cadimax. A black bagged Cadillac sitting on Detroit Steel Wheels.

The Cadimax gets its name from the Duramax motor that’s been swapped in. I’m sure it gets a bit better mileage now versus the Caddillac V8 that usually sits under the hood of these behemoths.

Eddie’s Rod And Custom brought their split window, named ‘Split Second’ to Toronto for Autorama 2018. Split Second is a front hall worthy car that had previously debuted at the Detroit Autorama in 2017.

Exploring the rest of the halls I was impressed at the variety of vehicles that filled the halls.

I’ve wanted to see the above hauler trailer combination ever since it debuted at SEMA, but of a shame it was so tightly surrounded by metal guards preventing me from lining up the shot I wanted.

Reisinger Customs positioned two cars side by side, each, top caliber traditional hot rods. The blue Ford featured a huge flat head Lincoln v12. Supercharged the motor that was a thing of beauty.

With not much weight to the car I bet it would go like stink with the pedal to the floor.

One car that had a lot of people talking at Motorama was the Datsun 280z 2+2 that Splitfire Performance debuted.

Using the same tb48de Nissan motor the Corvette in the front hall had this car was also set up to be a straight line terror.

With an engine bay full of Vibrant Performance parts, a water to air inter-cooler and a giant Precision Turbo this car was a favorite of many.

There’s plenty more from Motorama to come next week, from Spring Fever, the tuner hall that takes place in the back.

Theme Tuesdays: Slammed Trucks Haulin’ Stuff: 3

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It’s been about two years since the last “Slammed trucks haulin’ stuff” Theme Tuesday and that’s just too long. Call me crazy but I will forever find slammed trucks being put to work cool.

It’s a unique union of style and function and a bit of a middle finger to those still who think slammed trucks still can’t be put to task.

Work trucks are kind of popular now among the truck scene – Photo: Joshua Xipa Krause
Bagged, bodied, and a ladder rack – Photo: Chris Vogt
Draggin’ bumper, haulin’ wood – Photo: Billy Murdock
Slammed trucks are capable of hauling agriculture equipment too – Photo: Cody Fry
No matter what your truck is like, when it’s moving day someone is going to call you – Photo: Roger Griffith
A second gen slammed on Irocs will forever be a classic – Photo: Anthony Mendez
Photo: Anthony Mendez
Haulin’ on big wheels
Dannon Kornegay uses his bagged Ford to support his motorcycle business – Photo: Dannon Kornegay
Out on delivery – Photo: Dannon Kornegay
A big dually laying rocker is something I have to cruise in one day
Towing a project would be even better
I have to go to a show like LST one day and see these kind of set ups rolling in with my own two eyes
Another serious hauler ready to head out – Photo: Jason Lage
I don’t think Jason Thorbecke has ever actually pulled a semi trailer with his International but he’s posed with a few
I’m almost more stoked on the Rodeo, you hardly ever see those anymore – Photo: Chris Echel
Doucette Racing built this really awesome truck for their race team, it’s all aluminium modeled after a Maple Leaf truck – Photo: Cajun_Nitro
It’s a pretty wicked looking hauler – Photo: Cajun_Nitro

Seth Rosenthal, the owner of this truck beat cancer and plans to have this truck redone for SEMA 2018
The truck is going to transform into this and you can read more about his mission and story here

WTF Friday: Down And Out Dodge

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I’m not sure how many of you pay attention to the lifted truck scene, but one of the current trends among those who go up are low offset wheels.

Like the aggressive fitment crowd these low offset wheels are wide and fit with stretched rubber. If you’re not familiar here’s an example:

To be perfectly honest I’m not sold on the look. I’d rather the traditional lifted look with taller rubber, but to each their own.

I’d never considered a wheel and tire set up like what’s above on a bagged truck. Apparently it looks like this:

The result keeps the wheels but skips the lift. The result is similar to the bagged pre-runner style Ranger from 2015. An interesting clash of two genres that somehow seems to work.

The wheels in this case are 22×14, which are typical for lifted Dodges but new territory for bagged ones.

I’m going to be watching this project with a cautious eye as I’m really curious to see what he does with the bedsides as I don’t think just a fender pull will work.

Do they make pre runner flares for Dodge Rams?

You can follow along to via instagram at @laceybro.og

If you’re curious the truck looked like this before hand.

Wonder what it will look like all said and done? Time will tell.

Theme Tuesdays: Detroit Autorama Pirelli Tire Great 8

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Since Friday of last week I’ve been living and breathing the Detroit Autorama. Once again having the opportunity to cover the show for Rod Authority I made the best of it shooting nearly non stop for two days.

I am actually still working through most of my photos so most of my in-depth event coverage will end up over there. However I have wrapped up my articles on the Great 8 and Ridler winner.

This means I’m free to post some of my “b-Roll” here.

Chris Allen/Greg Allen – 1967 Camaro – “Nickleback”

There were two Camaros in the running for the 2018 Ridler award. This was pretty cool because it marks the first time in recent memory where two of the same model made the Great 8.

Nickleback is a 67 Camaro owned by Chris and Greg Allen. The car was built by Superior Autoworks and despite having a tragic name was a darn nice build.

Photo: rodauthority.com

Under the hood is a Magnuson supercharged LT1. The color is custom, and attributes to the cars name, and every bolt was custom machined.

Rhea and Harold Schrader – 1939 Ford Sedan Delivery – “Delivered On Time”

The only delivery in the bunch, this Ford was built by Hot Rod Construction and owned by two car show veterans.

This car was incredibly nice, but I thin being a delivery left a lot of people hot or cold about it.

Though the fact it was a delivery did allow for the use of Zebra wood in the cargo area. Hauling anything with this delivery is out of the question but it looked great.

Photo: Rod Authority
Photo: Rod Authority

A Ford motor doesn’t power this delivery. Instead power comes from a 5.7 liter Hemi. Trick.

K. Reid Hotaling, Mooresville, NC – 1940 Ford coupe

This Ford had a pretty cool story behind it. It’s actually the first car that the owner K. Reid ever purchased. He modified it a few different times over the years before deciding to take things to the next level.

This one was built by Farrel Creations and Restorations. Today it sits on an Art Morrison chassis and is fit with a ZLI big block.

 

Photo: Rod Authority

The motor was topped with a great looking induction system and was surrounded by polished aluminum and custom filler panels.

The Art Morrison chassis was smoothed, and painted with equal care as the exterior and the mirrored display showed it off well.

Robert Anderson – 1936 Pontiac Sedan – “Pindian”

This ’36 Pontiac Sedan was my wife’s pick of the bunch. It wasn’t a bad choice at all and I really thought it stood a great chance of winning.

Legens Hot Rod shop set out to build a car that stood out without being over the top.

Refined detail was the hook with this Pontiac. It looks simple at first glance but in reality is anything but and the more you look the more you see.

The coolest thing to me was the trim that started from between the grill and carried up and over the roof. It was a great defining feature.

Photo: Rod Authority

My wife on the other hand really enjoyed the combination of pearl white paint, gold, and brown leather.

Inside the interior was as one might expect, flawless, and featured one of the more interesting gauge clusters I’ve ever seen.

It’s a globe shaped piece with numbers that rotate around it.

It was built by Autometer and is the only one of its kind. After talking with the owner I don’t imagine they will be building another as it was quite intricate.

Power for comes from a supercharged LT4 and like everything else the underside is as clean as the topside.

Stuart Adams – 1969 Camaro – “Tux”

Tux, the second Camaro of the bunch, was absolutely mean. Built by Detroit Speed, Inc it was incredibly clean throughout and maintained most of the factory Camaro lines.

The stance was on point and the car tucked Forgeline wheels phenomenally. Under the hood was a Harrop Supercharged LS.

There were a lot of billet parts uses throughout (like the headlight covers) and Detroit Speed made a number of covers for the underbody.

One of which was removed and placed beside the car for display, shown above. I can’t imagine the number of hours that goes into a piece like that.

Ryan’s Rod And Kustom – 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II – “Scarlet Lady”

You guys already know that I am a sucker for metal flake and this Lincoln had miles of it. The Scarlet Lady was actually the very first car I took a photo of when I walked into the venue.

It was also the only car not on stands for most of the event. The builders mentioned this is because a kustom belongs on the ground. Another bonus point in my books.

The car actually belongs to Chris Ryan, the owner of Ryan’s Rod Shop and he plans to drive the Coyote powered Lincoln after it does a small show tour.

Danielle Lutz – 1934 Ford

The only traditional hot rod in the bunch Jason Graham Hot Rods built this all steel 1934 Ford. A lot of people were pulling for this truck to win, and honestly if it wasn’t for the Lincoln, it would have been my pick as well.

Side profiles are a big deal, and this Ford had one of the most attractive side profiles of all the cars entered.

Photo: Rod Authority

This is thanks to numerous body mods. The roof was chopped 4.5 inches and the a pillars were leaned back to give it less of a boxy look. The cab was also lengthened which helped the proportions out.

Photo: Rod Authority

One of the coolest features, in my eyes anyway, was the axle running through the bed. Pretty trick touch executed beautifully.

Greg & Judy Hrehovsik, & Johnny Martin – 1957 Chevy 150 Hardtop – “Imagine”

When it comes to sheer number of modifications “Imagine” was the clear winner. It’s a 57 Chevy, but hardly looks like one at any angle.

Chopped, channeled, and wedge sectioned “Imagine” is a much lower profile car than the ’57 Chevy ever was from factory. This, along with the missing side trim, meant made it a bit of a controversial pick among die-hard tri five fans.

Regardless of visual preferences two things put this car over the top. The first was the fact that all of the joints on the car were connected via billet machined ball and cup sockets.

More often than not these ball and socket joints were mated to custom components, like the control arms above.

The other feature that put it over the top was the absoluteness ridiculous Nelson Racing Engines designed twin turbo big block.

It was designed to be an “enclosed” system which meant you couldn’t see any serpentine belts, or wiring, or anything of the like. It did all that while making over 1000 horsepower.

At an event like this not everyone is going to be happy with the winner, but if you had it your way which would you have put on top? Would it have been Imagine?

Would it have been any of the cars on this list?

Motor Monday: Everything In Excess

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I just got back from the 2018 Detroit Autorama and two of the most talked about cars at the show were brought out by “Blown Mafia“.

Both owned by Brad Gray these cars are proof that anything worth doing, is worth overdoing.

The newest car in his collection is a triple charged LSX Ford Mustang.The 427 cubic inch motor is topped with Aria Hemi heads. Boost comes from a trio of Weiand superchargers.

A 871 in the middle is flanked by two 144s. The superchargers are windowed to reveal the water to air inter-coolers.

To triple (or is it quadruple at this point) down on the insanity the car also has a 200 shot of nitrous.

It even has a little bitty hood because why not.

Joining the Blown Mafia Mustang was Brad’s Camaro that uses a Littefield 1471 blower and two Precision 68mm turbos. It’s all fairly complicated but essentially the turbos feed the super, the super feeds the motor.

The supercharger in this case actually robs power, but from an engineering stand point, it’s a mechanical marvel.

Brad admits that both are show cars through and through. They’ve never made a pass, and never been on the dyno making them essentially art pieces.

Functional art is of course still art though.

Now Playing: The Bucket Seat Podcast

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2018 is the year of the podcast for myself and Stance Is Everything. This time I make an appearance on a local podcast called The Bucket Seat.

The Bucket Seat is run by long time industry veteran Trevor Byrne. Trevor is a true gear head and we hit it off instantly.

We tried not to cover the same topics as my last podcast. If you want to learn a little more about what makes me, me, then give the episode a listen below.

If the embed doesn’t work you can check out Episode 40 of The Bucket Seat podcast on Shout Engine.

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