The car in the header is not one that is often seen on the streets but that didn’t prevent its owner from picking out a kill wheel/tire and suspension package, that matches the well kept black paint.
The car in question is a De Tomaso Pantera. The Pantera was produced from 1971 to 1991 by Italian car maker De Tomasso, over that time span the Pantera (Panther) came in a variety of different flavors but whats important is that this one has its stance on lock.
While I only have three pictures of this ride you know what they say, a picture is worth 1000 words.
This shot is just mean, look at that ground clearance just enough to get byI wish I knew just a little bit more about this car. Wheel specs and suspension set up would be nice.Black is indeed beautiful.
Well it’s a 1973 Toyota Strout. Never heard of it? Ya me either.
This side of the world Strouts quickly got renamed to “Hi-Lux” but over in the land of the rising sun they kept the ‘Strout’ name. This particular Strout is bagged, body dropped, and shaved and graced the cover of Mini Truckin magazine.
Here are a few more pictures of this unique little mini:
The owner and some of his local admirers.That's the junkyards name where the truck was found on the sideFrenched Tails, Smooth bed, and RHD cause its JDM tiiiightDropped and shaved
Hey everyone, just a heads up if you notice some weirdness on the page today its because I am trying to diagnose and fix some speed issues (14 seconds to load wtf?). Trying to get this page down to a 7 sec 1/4 mile so sorry if there is any temporary fires, shouldn’t be too long and I will update this post when everything is fixed up.
July 12th 2009 is shaping up to be a busy day in the GTA automotive enthusiasts world. Earlier in the week I previewed the Tuners Against Street Racing Event and today I will be previewing the 3rd Annual Bimmersport BBQ.
I have never been able to make it to this event but from coverage I have seen from others it looks like I am always missing out. If you are not going to Tuners Against Street Racing make sure you find yourself at the Bimmersport BBQ.
Check out some pictures from last years event:
A long line of BimmerSport customers showed up for last years eventA Beautiful e30 m3 inside the Bimmersport shopFab aka SuperM3 had his beast on display inside the shopMax admin Bliss showed up in his immaculate e46Chris DeLaCruz doing what he doesGot Ass?Bimmersport himself enjoying the fruits of his labor.
I hate to post things like this but it happens and I have had it happen to me before and we need to not let theives get away with this crap in our scene. So any little bit helps.
Stlolen DC2 from the Neilson/McLevin Area be on the lookout
CF replica Spoon lip
oem type r rep side skirt (not painted)
rims Enkei RP 01 (painted bronze)
recaro red seats
jdm type r non-srs stearing wheel
pic coil overs
megan LCA (silver)
ASR subframe
B20 motor
type r arm rest delete
type r shift boot
buddy club shift knob
spoon N1 exhaust
spoon rep side mirrors
JDM front end
type r floormats
type r front and rear sway bars
domokun stickers ontop of sidemarkers
cf C piler bar
rear upper strut bar (painted purple)
“FOCAL POINT CONCEPTS” sticker on the front window
98+ tail lights but a 94-97 rear bumper
If you see this car or any of these parts email or pm KnightX on JDMRides.ca
The shows run from May 9th 2009 until September 26th 2009 and are completely free and run from 5:30 until the last car rolls out. Last year one of the shows hit a record 700 cars and the50/50 ticket winner took home $870 in mod money.
Be sure to check out these shows for your fill of vintage muscle.
Snap from the June 6th Street Classics Cruise & Weekly Car show
Shout outs to Eugene at fakestime.com for helping me find more information on this show.
Stance is everything will be covering some of these events
This will be one of two weekly features here on Stance Is Everything. Every Friday I will either post a picture that makes you go WTF? Or ask my readers WTF type of vehicle this is. Most times I know the answer and I will respond in the comments once someone has chosen the correct one.
This Friday since it’s the first I will post one of each to set the tone.
WTF?
A rear wheel drive, tubbed Geo Metro? WTF?!?!That sure is a big snailProbably the only meat eater Metro in existance.
This is going to be the first of what I hope is many photographer features here on Stance Is Everything. A lot of car enthusiast pick up photography as a hobby after shooting enough pictures of there own cars cars. Unfortunately the don’t often get a chance to show of their non automotive photography.
These photo features will include automotive and non automotive photography. Hopefully these features inspire more car nuts to pick up a cam and start shooting.
Today’s feature is the work of an old friend of mine, Jon, we used to ride BMX together before he moved and since then we have continued to cross paths on a few automotive message boards and facebook.
Today via msn we had a chance to catch up and talked about Stance Is Everything and photography and that resulted in him sending a few of his more recent shots over. Enjoy.
Automotive
Jon has a faster car than me 🙁I really like the choice of location for these shots.And the clever captioning below the cars.The setup on this shot is also very nice.
Non Automotive
Jon took a trip to the Killman (not a good name for a zoo) zoo with his girl recently and snapped some shots of its inhabitants.
I’m sure we have all been on the wrong side of the fence at some point in our lives.No food on this side either.I have no idea what this is, but it has a faux hawk.I wonder what kind of things a monkey thinks about?Big or small cats spend most of their time asleep.
Thanks to Jon for being my first photographer featured. Anyone wanting to get in contact with him can email me at [email protected] and I will forward his info.
I don't really know what most of this says, probably something positive though!The Joint was jumpinAnother shot of the store front. Why 2 shots outside and none inside? Because you have to go there in person to check it out.BBQ was busy the whole day and free 🙂
The Funny Stuff
Disssss.BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!Stickers hide the shame.I was dissapointed when I went to the site I had such high hopesDomo got more action than me.
The Cars
Reppin.One of these is not like the other....Just missed this vans lip kissing the pavement, it's lower than my car.The low 5 and a few a couple IntegrasThese dudes were postin up against the wall.Benz line upTeknotik in the houseHey ladies my Mercedes holds 4 in the back two if you are fat.There were 3 sick 350s that showed up together this is one.There were 3 sick 350s that showed up together this is two.The third of the sick 350s that rolled out together.I dig IS300's, wagons also have have room for the kids!Not everyone needs a wagonI'll take two.Followed the build of this car over on JDMrides. Heck of a transformation.It's a S 2000I see what you you did there.The first EL was boosted which caught me off gaurd.I had this labled as a fit, but upon further inspection its a Civic.Ah here's the fit. Check the purple hounds tooth detaling on the lip.Solid stance and wheels but where is the lip?Autbots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of...Adds personalityAdds down forceA couple drifters slid inThe hood mods on this 240 were pretty smart.Hot hatchThis e346 was the only BMW I saw all day. The rest of the guys were probably still sleeping off Fridays Midnight CruiseDisgustingly amazing.CleverThis pretty much describes the day.
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