Near the end of Furious Seven yesterday three cars leapt out at me, the Rad Rides By Troy built’ GPT Special’ Ford Torino, the crazy cool Chevy Caprice I can’t find any more info on, and the bare metal Dodge Charger known as Project Maximus.
All of these cars were pretty awesome inclusions in the film, but the inspiration for today’s post comes solely from the latter mentioned Nelson Supercars all aluminum wide body 2000 hp fire breather.
Over the years there have been a few compact cars pop up with over the top amounts of negative camber.
Usually it’s a one-off car built for shock and awe that vanishes into obscurity never to be seen again. Prior to being directed @autoji‘s instagram page never had I seen so many of these shock value cars in one place.
This seems to have originally started as a joke but now it’s hard to tell if things are still a joke, or they actually do like their cars set up like this.
I highly doubt these see much use outside of shows but I must admit I was fairly surprised to see them move much at all as the videos below illustrate exactly how much audible protest a car is capable of making being driven with near -60 degrees of camber.
https://instagram.com/p/0nRyeVw6Ou/?taken-by=autoji
https://instagram.com/p/05NvCiQ6GK/?taken-by=autoji
https://instagram.com/p/00M40tQ6Mu/?taken-by=autoji
If this is the direction things are ultimately headed with this whole aggressive fitment thing I do believe we have may have jumped the shark.
What do you think?
With everything that went on in 2014 (son born, car write off, events, features, SEMA,procrastination) the Official Stance Is Everything Store fell by the wayside. There was still product in there, but the design was reflective of the previous site’s skin and the inventory wasn’t exactly up to date.
Last night I went through and accurately updated the inventory numbers and put nearly all of the products on sale.
With shirt pricing as low as twelve dollars there has honestly never been a more financially sensible time to order some product, especially if you are from the US. The reason I am blowing out current product is so that I can start fresh with new designs later in 2015.
The products pictured below will be permanently discontinued once current stock has run out, so now’s your last chance to pick them up for cheap if you’ve always wanted one.
The original ‘I Like Em Dropped’ sticker is a classic favourite but I think for 2015 I can do a little better 🙂
I also released a trial run of a brand new sticker called ‘Scripted’ which was designed by pinstripe artist Christian Melchior. This sticker is currently in limited quantities but a wider release will follow.
As always thanks for the support!
If you’re wondering why a Buick Grand National Theme Tuesday has taken so long, it’s because even a devout non purist like myself questions whether or not they should be left stock.
In general modified GNs are pretty rare and modified GNXs are down right scares so a few clones and the odd Regal T Type may have worked their way into this post as well.
Owning one of these cars is probably forever out of my reach but I started to consider what organs I could sell while putting this post together.
Obviously this post isn’t complete without Chris Chow’s famous dyno screamer
This post has made me acutely aware of the fact that a G body Theme Tuesday is missing. I’ve added it to the list!
This has been in the works for a minute, but Blair is in the final stages of sending his ’57 over the pond to England.
I love this truck and it will be sad to see it go but I’m almost more excited to see what he replaces it with.
Also the new owner has promised photos in front of Buckingham Palace so there’s at least that to look forward to.
If you’ve missed it (or would like to see it again) check out the feature on The Taylor’d Customs 57 GMC 3100 here.
Not too long ago I was tagged an instavideo (embedded below) of a bagged third generation Ford Ranger that uniquely articulated in the middle.
It was unlike anything I’d ever seen before and I instantly gave the owner (@layedoutlarry) a follow.
Then, as is typical with Instagram, I forgot about the build completely until recent photos of the Ranger popped up on my timeline looking unlike most (perhaps all) other minitrucks.
As a kind of war of worlds Larry threw some steels and all terrain tires under the truck and removed the fenders in addition to the previously MIA bed.
A few bent tubes and some welding later and viola the pre runner minitruck is born.
Instagram comments suggest that it isn’t actually just for looks and the truck will be driven fairly spiritedly, the motor swap below suggests the same.
An off Road capable truck that can also lay frame? This might be the best of both worlds.
Boost makes everything better and today’s Theme Tuesday focuses on some of the more unique turbo set-ups I can currently think of. The cars today were selected either because the application was creative, the set-up itself was creative, the turbo was simply massive, or all of the above.
There are still a number of other cars I could have included on this list so don’t be surprised if this theme starts reoccurring.
Radikalbugz Tv : the green thunderbolt from Kris B. on Vimeo.
Head nod to ‘hahaha’ for the inspiration this week!
In the six years this site has been operating the annual ‘spring’ car show that takes place at Mississauga’s International Center has changed hands, and names, three times. Performance World for many years the show changed to Megaspeed in 2012, and despite the organizers best efforts to match the bar set by PW they bit off more than they could chew.
Never a terrible show mind you, from an organization standpoint it was clear the Megaspeed staff never quite caught their stride. Known for their previous work with the Canadian Motorsports Expo the organization body that took the reins in 2015 employed a less is more approach to the entire event. It was shrunk down in size, and focus was put on showcasing first time shown, and quality cars, rather than simply bringing a cruise night crowd indoors.
The size-to-door price ratio may have been off in some people’s eyes, but in my opinion I’d rather spend more time looking at a few cars versus sifting through mediocrity in order to find something interesting.
Coverage today runs the gamut of sport compacts, modern muscle, custom trucks, and rat rods and gives those of you who skipped 2015’s event an indication of the direction it is headed.
The Lead Kings sure do make their way around, of the classic car crews in the area I think they cover the most distance.
I’ve seen their cars in Detroit, Scugog, Hamilton, London, and right in my backyard at the International Center.
The tuner community at large is a little miffed about the lack of a dedicated hall for tuners this year but personally I appreciate the cars being in a well-lit area not off the beaten path.
I also liked the fact that it wasn’t the normal barrage of noise tuner halls normally are. Too early in the year for that, my ears ain’t ready!
No matter what they choose to call this show the main draw for me is variety and classic wise there was a bit of something for everyone. From prim and proper to driven hard and put away wet.
There were plenty of vehicles with stellar paint jobs at Motorama 2015, but they cars below blew me away. Truly rolling canvases for the painters.
The main hall of this show is typically the one that contains the most lavish, high dollar, well-rounded builds and this year was really no exception. Unfortunately starting from the exhibitor entrances and working my way forward sI didn’t have a lot of time in this hall.
Thankfully Drake came through and deliver a great selection.
Davey has been a reader of the site for years now and the last time his truck was at Performance World I somehow completely missed it. This year I made a point to check it out because based on what I had seen him post on instagram it looked really impressive.
In person it didn’t disappoint.
Taylor’d Customs brought three builds to this years show, with the recently finished Beetle and Montbomb being the ones that really caught people’s attention.
Hopefully this year I can get out and take some photos of the Montbomb because it really is an incredible build.
Shooting the beetle is just a given.
Mike Livia’s Ford is a really awesome build that I think everyone is capable of appreciating, no matter what their niche of choice happens to be.
The Motorama crew has already said they have a laundry list of things they want to improve for next year so hopefully this means bigger and better things for this much-needed show!
Like many mid 80s babies growing up one of my favourite cartoons was X-Men, and the walls of my room were covered in posters of Italian exotics. Of the X-Men characters Wolverine was my favourite of course (closely followed by Night Crawler and Gambit, but never Cyclops), and my preferred Italian car was the Ferrari F40.
For some reason I feel mentioning the two things above segues well into photos of Carguy Japan‘s studded tire equipped F40.
Studded tires = claws, F40 = F40? Huge reach? Maybe.
Anyway the Facebook integrated Bing translator made a mess of things, but what I did glean from the text is that Carguy actually ice races the F40, making the studs actually pretty necessary.
Since an off the shelf studded tire solution doesn’t exist the one you see was hand crafted in house.
Sacrilege? Perhaps maybe to some, but a quick browse through their Facebook page revels a love for driving all of their cars in the snow and a fair abundance of money.
No videos of either studded tire exotic in action but considering that exotic rubber isn’t exactly cheap I’m going to assume this all wasn’t just some elaborate hoax.
Supremes (or comparable 5 spokes), thin whites, and a bit of low. If a more dependable solution exists for turning a classic early American barge into a head turner I sure would like to see it.
Wheels Are Everything is one of my favorite site’s because Mark’s love for the above aesthetic just might rival my own.
He recently posted this ’62 Chrysler, which has a face some might say only a mother could love, but now it’s got a style everyone would love.
Be sure to click around on Mark’s site he’s got a lot of gems there.
