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.
March might be Theme Tuesday greatest hits month as I’m bringing back the ‘dat ass‘ Theme Tuesday for another go round, thanks to a throwback track I heard on my way home from work.
The last post was three years ago so I guess it is time.
In my latest office clean up I seem to have cleansed my list of future Theme Tuesday ideas so throw some at me in the comments.
It only took one trip for Detroit Autorama to obtain permanent residence in my favorite shows of all time list, and calling it one of the best all around events in North America is probably selling it a bit short.
As soon as I knew I wasn’t going to be able to make this awesome event for a second year in a row, I reached out to Jason Langley of Bacon Media / Detroit Style Photography for some coverage.
He came back with a whopping 300+ photos, of which I pulled sixty or so to post today.
The level in which the trucks at Autorama are built is second to none. Every style from your traditional mini, to re-imagined classics is worth a second or even sometimes third look to capture all the details.
Also known as ‘the basement’ this part of the show would be an awesome stand alone event of its own. Heck some people never leave this area the whole weekend and looking at the rides can you really blame them?
With builds literally as far as they eye can see, and a bit of something for everyone, the main hall is almost overwhelming.
Thanks again Jason for the 2015 coverage, hopefully my schedule frees up and I can make it out in 2016 and stop kicking myself in the butt with regret.
Jason’s full gallery of photos is ” target=”_blank”>availible here on flickr and here on facebook.
I get that drift missiles are a bit of a ‘thing’ right now (to the chagrin of many) but I think even the most carefree of missile pilots would see this car as a little ridiculous.
Aside from the turbo LS swap, which is in god knows what shape, very little on this car appears to be salvageable or mechanically sound.
I know I usually say LS in everything but perhaps not in this thing
Spotted in the ‘You’re Doing It Wrong‘ Zilvia thread which totally justifies the ever-increasing price of clean S chassis.
A couple weeks ago Gill from The Scraped Crusaders posted a rendering on Facebook and captioned it “I hope full liveries become a thing in Toronto”.
That comment instantly got the gears going in my head to dedicate a Theme Tuesday to street plated cars that have either slight, or full blown, race car livery.
While I’m not going to predict liveries as a trend for 2015, I wouldn’t be surprised if more than a few cars roll out this year with detailed race motifs.
