In 2013 I did the first f20 swap Theme Tuesday, and since f20 engines have continued to show up in the darndest places I figured it was time for a follow-up.
I reckon sooner rather than later I will need to do a follow-up for this follow-up.
Theme Tuesdays: F20 Powered – Pt. 2
Event Coverage: Fitted Lifestyle Toronto: 2015 – Pt. 2
Hope none of you mind but today we will be foregoing WTF Friday to round out the 2015 Fitted Toronto event coverage.
Today’s post picks up back outside before moving inwards to the two show halls. I’ve also taken a closer look at a few specific vehicles near the end.
Purple Stuff
From Montreal to Toronto it looks like dark purple s-chassis are the thing to have. Both of these were static and both immaculate.
Team Mazn’s Widebody EL
Team Mayzn member Francescos’s EL has always been a very clean, well-rounded build and I generally thought it was finished when I saw it last year at Importfest. For 2015 however he got his surgical tools out and cut into the body in order to do the metal work required to fit his new rollers.
The conversion from stock body to this was done in a little under 7 days at Co-Up Autobody. Truly impressive.
Steve’s Widebody Acura TL
After a lengthy time under the knife Liberty VIP member Steve Luangpakdy’s Acura TL is mostly complete. Another all metal build this car was crafted by Ottawa Autobody around very aggressive Luxury Abstract wheels.
Elevated
After a few years of fairly subtle changes to his car Brian shocked everyone by revealing not only wider wheels but a super clean, turbo set-up. Unfortunately the near constant crowd around his car means no exterior shots but here’s a few good looks at his engine work.
Best Of Show
The best of show winner for Fitted Toronto 2015 was this bagged, wrapped, hawk eye sitting on Water Cooled Industry wheels.
In Search Of The Lowly Grail
The Scraped Crusaders had two unique builds in their area for 2015, Danny’s 1.8t e30 and Steve’s new competition drift car.
The Elephants In The Room
Going to close the 2015 Fitted Toronto coverage out with these two cars that actually had their plates pulled by Johnny Law for excessive camber minutes before entering the show.
There’s a bit of controversy swirling around the whole ordeal regarding whether or not the cops had the jurisdiction necessary to pull their plates on private property, but I think at the end of the day the age-old adage ‘sucks to roll hard’ applies here.
Hopefully their day in court works favourably for both of them. Their cars were certainly talking points for several days following the show.
The next Fitted Lifestyle event is July 11th at Rockliffe airport in Ottawa and following that they return to Ontario for a show at Ontario Place August 15th. More info can be found at fittedlifestyle.comÂ
Event Coverage: Fitted Lifestyle Toronto: 2015 – Pt. 1
Year after year Fitted Lifestyle continues to better their events and for myself along with many others it serves as the offical season opener.
The quality inside the venue yields quality outside, and of all the events I attend Fitted is top 3 when it comes to interesting cars in the parking lot. That’s why this year, like every year previous, that is exactly where the coverage is going to begin.
Moving Indoors…
Of course the main attraction of Fitted has always been inside the two halls and this year there was a lot to see.
Many old favourites were back and completely redone in addition to a handful of first time shown vehicles.
Drake and myself will have more coverage to look at tomorrow so do come back, there is lots more to share!
Theme Tuesdays: Big Motor/Small Car
A quick tag in a video by @safteystance, along with a photo tag on Facebook by VR6S14 Trevor really kicked off this week’s Theme Tuesday.
Sure most of the stuff here isn’t low, and isn’t new, but trust me there will be a lot of that coming when the Fitted Lifestyle Coverage starts tomorrow evening.
Until then enjoy some very skewed power to weight ratios!
This might not be the smallest car, but the motor is quite massive and true to Aussie from the burnout is incredible.
Close things out with this little motor on wheels
WTF Friday: War Of The Worlds
Japan is a land where anything and everything is possible and has contributed to many a WTF Friday post. This week’s contribution from the land of the rising sun is a Toyota Chaser radically modified by Anything-Factory to look nothing like the way Toyota envisioned it.
The side profile of this car is pretty crazy, given the wide-body and almost Testarossa-ish super aggressive side louvers, but what really threw me for a loop was the front end.
Who, but I suppose the builder, would have figured the Charger front end would work on a JX100? I mean really, what a strange front end swap to consider and yet here, combined with the rest of the over the top modifications it doesn’t seem as far-fetched as it reads on paper.
My gut tells me the tail lights are also borrowed from a different vehicle and given the cars previous front end I’m leaning towards BMW.
Clearly owner (Shota Sato) ain’t scared of thinking way outside the box and dipping into the parts box of other manufacturers. The door jambs suggest this car will be green once again but I wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up pink or something crazy like that just because.
Basic Builds 1&2
Rob Anzit (who you might remember owns this particularly low MGB-GT) started up a local series called Basic Builds.
His aim with this venture is to expose as many local Ontario builds as possible through photography and videography. So far he’s off to a great start choosing two vehicles that I’m already a big fan of, and since the season here is just getting started we should see quite a bit more on his channel in the months to come.
You can follow Basic Builds by clicking through the follow links: Facebook | Instagram | YouTube |
Theme Tuesdays: Foxbody Mustangs
Growing up I loved Foxbody Mustangs, the distinct exhaust note, the owners proclivity to do burn-outs and the fact that they were damn near everywhere made them impossible to miss.
Today, despite the fact that many have now fallen into disrepair in the ownership of society’s less desirables, I still like the chassis quite a bit and as such I’m as surprised as you are that a Fox Body specific Mustang Theme Tuesday has taken this long.
Should I revist this one in the future? Add your favorites in the comments and I just might sooner rather than later.
WTF Friday: Instagram Radial Engine Madness
As I’m sure many of you know by now I have a bit of a thing for radial engines popping up in road going vehicles.
It started with this Swedish Terraplane Hot Rod, and followed shortly after by the radial powered C10 I find an excuse to reference every few months.
Word of my love for radial motors has spread to instagram because this week I was tagged in not one, but two different builds featuring these unique motors.
The first is a ’39 Dodge being built by Colorado Auto & Parts.
This truck is an in-depth hot rod built around a Jacobson Radial motor that is helping influence a lot of the stylistic choices.
The plan is to run the V shaft of the motor to an automatic transmission that will transfer the power to a quick change rear end. The chassis itself is of the custom tube variety and the interior is all sheet metal including an air craft centre console.
Needless to say I am super eager to see this build moving under its own power and you can watch the progress along with me by giving a @plymouthair_radialtruck a follow.
The second build is a bit more manageable and takes place on two wheels not four.
What you are looking at is a pre war Peugeot p50 motorcycle (moped?) powered by a scale aircraft 100cc radial motor.
Super unique, cool, and running this build can be followed via @bohare90 who if I didn’t know better I would say lives in an era several years before this one.
If you’ve got more radial builds I should be following I’d love to hear about them and feel free to drop them in the comments!
Eurokracy 2015 Trailer
Eurokracy just dropped the trailer for their 2015 event which has switched venues from Napierville Raceway to I-Car Experience.
Having gone both the 2013 and 2014 shows (and hopefully returning again this year) I can personally attest that this event is worth the trip to the land of poutine.
Great cars, awesome vibe and overall very well-organized event.
Check out the trailer below, and visit eurokracy.com for further details.
You can also click back through the coverage right here.
I’m going to go locate a copy of Out Run now.
Theme Tuesdays: E30 M3s Pt. 3
Ah the old dependable e30 m3. The car that is nearly unanimously loved by all comes to save me on a Tuesday where I didn’t have any themes rattling around in my head.
This post may have also been slightly inspired by the s85 v10 powered one that is listed for a hair under $225k rght now.
