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A Visit To: The Binbrook Speed Shop

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We all have one of those friends who say they are going to do X, but never make their way past B before giving up and acting like they never had any plans in the first place.

My friend Keith is certainly not one of those people. When he says he is going to do X, what he really means is that X is something that must happen on his way to destination Z.

About ten years ago, when he told me he was going to turn the pile of parts (mostly belonging to a 27 t bucket) into a hot rod, I believed him because despite having no prior car building experience he wasn’t known for spreading verbal manure, and he had already displayed a ‘send it’ and let the rest sort itself out attitude on his bike.

As time went on, and the project began to take shape, it became clear that Keith had a firm grasp on what it took to build a traditional hot rod, and this was cemented in stone when his completed ‘Rocket T’ ended up gracing the pages of Traditional Rod & Kulture Magazine.

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After the feature, word of Keith’s skills spread quickly and his path towards becoming an employed hot rod builder quickly began to reveal itself.

It’s said you should never ignore opportunity when it knocks, so one wise real estate investment later the Binbrook Speed Shop was born.

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Located west of Toronto, and south of Hamilton, the Binbrook Speed Shop is equipped to handle every step of the traditional hot rod building process including –but not limited to– restoration, body modification, chassis fabrication, and motor building and installation.

Currently sitting in the shop along, side his now stripped down Model T, is a 55 Ford F-100, a 1926 Ford Roadster, a 1925 Ford Model T, and another 1927 Ford Roadster heralded as Canada’s Oldest Most Original Hot Rod.

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Despite only being one man Keith manages to give every project the utmost attention to detail and when they roll out of the shop under their own power they are true sights to behold.

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Enjoy these pictures of my brief, off season, visit to the Binbrook Speed Shop, and expect to see a lot more as the weather gets better and Keith picks up a head of steam.

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If you’re looking for how to get in touch with the Binbrook Speed Shop you can reach Keith at 905-869-0004.

WTF Friday: Pet Cemetery Grave Digger

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Is there anyone who’s seen a monster truck that didn’t immediately want one?

When my mother took me to my first monster truck rally at age 8 I was instantly head over heels for them, but the closest I got was a Nikko ‘Lobo’ RC truck. It sure as heck never occurred to me to try and craft one myself.

I suppose that’s what separates myself and those like the owner/builder of this 1975 mini/Suzuki Samurai mash up styled after the one and only Grave Digger.

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Currently for sale on Kijiji the owner simply has this to say about what he’s built:

THIS IS ONE OF A KIND TRUCK IT HAS A SUZUKI 4X4 FRAME 4 CID 5 SPEED RUNS GOOD / SEND YOUR PHONE # I WILL CALL YOU

While perhaps not the most motivated seller, you can’t take his resourcefulness away from him because if there ever were to be a small, non licensed, Grave Digger replica this just might be it.

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Not a heck of a lot to work with but if you are interested in an oddball project you can find the for sale ad here.

Meanwhile in 1:1 Grave Digger land:

Event Coverage: Megaspeed 2014 – Part 3

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Drake Nolte contributed so many awesome Megaspeed Custom Car Show photos this year that I couldn’t limit the coverage to only two posts.

Many of these cars have been in the previous two rounds of coverage, but the photos were good I couldn’t resist posting up a second look.

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Start things off with a 38 named Carnage
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Distorted Vision just started a Facebook page which you can check out here

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Another look at the ‘Rustored’ Chevy

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Awesome surf wagon I somehow managed to miss
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The Boothill Hauler has one of the most complicated hood systems I have ever seen, I should make a video of it because it’s kind of hard to explain
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Outstanding, simply outstanding.
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Another look at the beautiful Camaro strip monster from part 2
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Classic interiors have so much more character…
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…now it’s all just LEDs in various hues
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Personally I would love to see this Bel Air with a bit of rake, but there’s no denying it’s simply spotless
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Pristine example of a 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler
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Remember this weird Corvette thing from a WTF Friday last August? Well it was at Megaspeed for all to see…still pretty weird

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This Atom almost looks like it was rolled right off the track
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While a bit on the ‘Dub’ side of things this 300c looks pretty awesome
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If I recall correctly this Beetle was turbocharged
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This reminds me of a Junkion… random I know
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This El Camino was practically glowing thanks to the Auto Glym products

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The Weapon M track/street art car inspired M3 that should be running around the track at CSCS this year
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No clue what car this was, but this shot is really outstanding

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While Rucks are neat…
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…I would personally rather roll this around… if I could fit in it
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I mentioned in part 1 that a clean Prelude is a sight for so eyes, so is a clean DC actually..
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This car has seen a few revisions over the years, the latest includes teal dip and PhatFux wheels…
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Brad should have his plates back from the Police in time for Fitted 2014
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I’d be lying through my teeth if I said I hadn’t thought of wrapping my car this colour at one point in time

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A look at this S2K free of Got Ass distractions

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According to the owner/builder this car made 470whp and 415ftq at 8psi, however there’s some debate about that
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It also happened to win best paint

If this first event is any indication of the event coverage from Drake 2014 is shaping up to be a great year.

Event Coverage: Megaspeed 2014 – Part 2

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As mentioned in part one of this year’s Megaspeed Coverage the show itself was a little bit smaller than last year, but since it houses imports, euros, trucks, muscle cars, rat rods, and hot rods all under one roof it’s still a pretty good time and a welcome break from the doldrums of what appears to be a never ending winter.

In today’s coverage Drake and myself branch off from the tuner hall and check out the rest of the show which predominately features classics, trucks, hot rods, rat rods and muscle cars as well as a few other oddball vehicles here and there.

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Smack dab in the middle of the main hall was last years grand champ, The Boothill Hauler
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This just might just be the first Ford Falcon Ranchero  to ever be posted here on Stance Is Everything
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Pretty wild  Factory 5 sitting  in the main hall
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This years show had a couple very nice looking (Pro Mod?) drag  cars in the front hall like this 68 Camaro…
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…this 68 Shelby looked incredible as well

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Two timeless examples of quintessential Fords

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One day I’ll have to find out if the 1:1 came before the models or vice versa
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This 1950 GMC in the main hall got quite a bit of attention this year
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It’s a pretty good looking truck provided you don’t take objection to crafted patina

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I believe the story went that the truck originally belonged to an excavation company in Mexico, and you can just barley make out the original logo on the door
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If you check out the latest edition of Canadian Hot Rods magazine there is a feature on this beautiful Torino inside written by yours truly…
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…not to toot my own horn or anything

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This was kind of weird, can’t say I’ve seen a kitted bus before and personally I would have forgone the kit and just laid the bastard out

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Dale’s perfect bagged 62 Impala looking as good now as it did in it’s 2009 feature

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I feel like if the rear tires  tell a tale this 56 International Harvester might be a bit of a sleeper…
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I actually somehow managed to completely miss this so I am glad Drake caught it

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Last time I saw this car was at the Roadmates Corn Roast
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Call me immature if you wish, but I love this rad cap!
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This 502 was found under the hood of an 87 S-10
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Great looking mill that can no doubt pull a few stumps
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My photo of this truck ended up being pretty soft so I am glad Drake got a shot of it
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Geoff’s Mazda is a Megaspeed regular
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Megaspeed can be a long weekend for competitors… as Geoff illustrates here
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Gary actually just put this truck up for sale so that he can move onto something new

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After looking at this truck several times I have concluded that this is one my favourite s10s ever built

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It’s got a lot of really awesome details embedded throughout and is as straight as an arrow

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Going to end things off  today by running through the impressive line up of vehicles from the Distorted Visions Car Club

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These were easily some of the most talked about vehicles of the entire show…

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..and for good reason because they were really like none other there

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As you can tell both Drake and myself thoroughly enjoyed this 51 Ford

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Jeff’s 52 was a last minute addition to the Distorted Vision line up for 2014 and I was personally pretty damn stoked to see it in person

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The fabrication work is incredibly impressive, more so than the pictures can illustrate

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Jeff still has tons of ideas left to pour into this truck so I suggest you follow the build here on Stance Works and give Works Garage a like on Facebook as well

Drake sent through a lot of photos so don’t be surprised if a Part 3 comes later this week!

Theme Tuesday: Limos

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As I am sure many of you have noticed a few of the more recent Theme Tuesday posts have been a little oddball.

The reason for this is that while your typical chassis, or model, based Theme Tuesdays are easy enough to do (and will always have their place) they are not exactly the most creative or inspiring.

Since I value the fact that so many of you come back week after week, just for Theme Tuesday posts, I like to keep things interesting which means occasionally taking the road less often travelled and hunting for the bizarre. That journey outside of the box leads a lot of places and this week it lead to the world of modified limos.

Due to it’s strange nature this post has actually be in the works for awhile, and actually originally started off as a bit of a joke. Things all changed when I stumbled upon a few seriously bizarre, and seriously cool limos.

If I were to get married all over again I might try and track down one of the limos in this post.

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I originally thought this 300c was a Photoshop
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But after finding a few photos of it I was thoroughly convinced it was real
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I had a bit more trouble finding more photos of this limo… looks pretty rad though
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XB Limo built for SEMA a few years ago
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This Sienna was done by Toyota for their ‘Swagger Wagon’ campaign
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Juiced on wires is fairly common when it comes to  modifying limos
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Pimpin’ since pimpin’ been pimpin’
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Only thing that would make this better would be a Dayton continental kit
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It’s actually a little surprising how many of these there are
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Not sure if there is such thing as a limo semi truck… but I can’t think of a better place for this
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Also not sure the best place for this, as I suppose you could technically just call it an extended cab and not a limo but it’s crazy either way
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This is pretty crazy, though it looks as though it might be bowing a bit in the middle
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Imagine for a second this was static? It would be so difficult to maneuver…
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Benz limos came up quite a bit
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This one was part of “No Pokemon shit” and I’m not sure if it was ever completed
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Lose the vinyl roof and the chrome arches and I’d rock the hell out of this
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Heck it even looks like there might be a mural on the trunk
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Most certainly the cleanest of all the Benz limos in this post
Viper Limo from SEMA in 2012
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Things get more than a little weird from here on out
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There are evidently a few of these running around. This one was carbed and backed by a 5 speed… apparently the mileage wasn’t terrible..
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This is comprised of 2 DX sedans
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MR-2 Limo.. flip up doors….. Japan is the only possibility
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I’ll just let this one sink in…
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Junction Produce Cedric Royal… VIP to a tee
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Porsche 920 limo… does it get much better?

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Event Coverage: Megaspeed 2014 – Part 1

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When Megaspeed replaced Performance World in 2012 they ended up sliding their feet into some pretty big shoes, and this year it was fairly evident that those big loafers still didn’t quite fit right.

Despite an assortment of various grade attending celebrities including; Danny “The Count” Koker, Rick and Kelly from American Restoration, and Ice-T (no show) along with wife Coco, this years show was significantly smaller than the one previous, and left many feeling somewhat disappointed upon arrival.

That said despite it’s trimmed down 2014 size, Megaspeed is still one of the most diverse shows in the GTA, and in my opinion still worth checking out, because new projects are always revealed on International Center floor the second last weekend of March.

This year new contributing photographer Drake Nolte, and myself hit up the show Friday in an effort to avoid some of the foot traffic and take as many pictures as possible.

Coverage will begin with the euro/import (aka tuner) content of the show with the classics, muscle cars, trucks, and hot rods coming later this week in part two.

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The tuner hall was in a much better location this year, which lent itself to far more appealing photos

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The S3 front end looks great on Pedro’s A3
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Love seeing this  car, it’s  undergone quite a transformation, and it is  one of very few  left locally
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Rucks seem to be slowly, but surely, be catching on more and more here in the GTA
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Love this LS powered Miata from Flyin’ Miata
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Very clean Genesis
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Cosimo Spatola / Can-Jam / Nextmod Time Attack STI which actually has carbon fibre doors hood and hatch
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You can follow this cars race progress in 2014 here on Facebook
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Easily one of the best looking local  Scion TCs
This F20 swapped AE86 is really just  perfect.
This F20 swapped AE86 is really just perfect.
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Flared s2000 from Nextmod Mississauga
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Got Ass asks which derrière you prefer
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If only she’d read this…

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All the local Mazda 3 owners stepped things up for 2014, Josh’s car has one off headlights and Hydrodipped arctic camouflage accessories

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After a serious front end collision Ryan resurrected his car from the dead with an awesome new look
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The green powder coating and hyper titanium satin pearl Plasti Dip work great together
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Rounding out the Mazda’s that went significantly under the knife is Trevor’s Speed3
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While many 3 owners are doing bolt on flares he had KJohn Car Innovations mold his in
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It’s a bold look, and certainly different than anything I’ve seen previously
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The blast pipes and spiked lugs further separate it from the rest of the 3s
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Though a much subtler look than the rears, the front fenders also got quite a bit of finesse
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Ass so fat it gives Coco a run for her money
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Brad swapped his Equips for this white set of Meisters, then on the way home from the show the police swapped his plates for a handful of tickets
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Mat kept his Meisters and is car is looking just as flawless as ever
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Randy put some new WP Pro Brakes on his car which meant he could no longer run his SSR Professors, I believe these Vossen wheels are temporary
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Another e46 on new wheels for 2014 is Plasti Dipped Example from Too Fast Motors. The double stepped lip RS wheels look great but I wish a few of the finer details of the car had been smoothed out to match
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Funny enough the last time I saw this car it was on wheels very similar to the ones above
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Not quite sure whether or not I prefer it on BBS wheels or these Work VS-XX wheels
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Holds it’s own beside this clean NSX either way
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Josh put his Jetta on air and new wheels this year
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Those air ride certainly compliments the car with the new kicks
Blair's car is now blue thanks to Street Dreams Autosports
Blair’s car is now blue thanks to Street Dreams Autosport
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Peter’s Liberty Walk GTR is going to get a ton of photographic love this year
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Rumour has it some new suspension is in this cars future….
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A clean Prelude is such a sight for sore eyes… never mind a bagged one on Meisters

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The Team Mazyn EL got a bit of under hood love…
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…in addition to a new air and I.C.E install
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Ground’d Kustoms brought out the words second bagged dart which oddly enough is the same colour as the worlds first bagged Dart that they also built
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Absolutely LOVE the fact that Ground’d used a lace paint job on the hood and roof
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The car is actually lady driven
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Prior to this year’s show I heard a lot of people complaining about the performance merit of the cars allowed into the show…
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…if I’m not mistaken this car puts down 900 whp
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F20 powered EG with wild one off intake manifold

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Not sure what kind of numbers this Rukus Motorsports is300 put down but it sure looked mighty impressive

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Hopefully I catch this car at a few more events because it looks like a solid all around build
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Might as well keep the engine bay thing going with a shot of Adam’s Vortech charged s2000
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His LM’s look great refinished white
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Parked right beside Adam was his Elevated Status team mate Brian
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Brian is sporting a new lip for 2014, among a few other subtle mods
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I’ve seen this car a few times and I’m not sure if I’ve never looked closely before…
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…or if this remote mount twin turbo set-up is new
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Going to end things off for today with this 1100HP powerhouse of a Supra
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Dynamotorsports built this monster
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I bet there are a lot of people who have grown accustom to this view…

I’m really excited to have Drake on board for 2014 so while you are waiting for part two to drop be sure to check out his Flickr account for some more great photos.

Fitted Lifestyle Archives

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The internet has dubbed Thursday (along with Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday) a day in which we look back, so for this week’s #throwbackthursday I took the time to compile an archive of the Stance Is Everything Fitted Lifestyle event coverage.

From it’s inception in 2010 as ‘Stretch & Poke’, the staff at Fitted have put on refined, enjoyable, quality, events, and as such Fitted has become the one show in the GTA you can count on virtually everyone to attend.

Their 2014 Toronto event was announced this week, and you can find the flyer with the vital details below:

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If you have never been to a fitted Lifestyle event take a look at a few of the photos below, and hop over to the archives by clicking here.








I have also, at popular request, created an Event Listing for the upcoming 2014 season, it’s updated weekly and there is a submission form at the bottom if I forgot to put up your event!

Winter Wednesdays: This Is The End?

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According to the disembodied voices on the television without pictures winter officially ends tonight.

However with the winter we’ve had thus far I wouldn’t be rushing to put your summer wheels on any time soon as I wouldn’t be surprised if another snowstorm rolled through to ruin everyone’s optimism.

On a more positive note weather be damned this ’53 GMC pickup from Motor City Rat Rods looks pretty damn gnarly.

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The photo above is actually from the day the owner picked it up, Mother Nature’s sense of humour knows no bounds.

Theme Tuesdays: The Kids Are All Right

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This post has been in the works ever since my wife and I got the good news that we were expecting because I instantly I had visions of lowering some sort of child sized people mover for my future son or daughter.

In fact, prior to it dawning on me that it would be sometime before my child needed something like this (and probably even longer before I had time to build it), I had started looking for a base to start with.

With Ash being less than a week old I’m going to have to wait a little bit longer until I start one, but when I do I will need some inspiration and this post is chock full of it.

Hopefully those of you reading that are parents, or parents to be, get a kick out of this post along with a few ideas.

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Toys were just plain built cooler ‘back in the day’
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Is that a mini suicide knob on the steering wheel? If so I reiterate my previous statement
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Looks like one father decided pushing his son around was a little over rated
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Gotta love the additional tear drop trailer with cup holders

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Not actually sure a child can fit in this any more but it looks cool
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Props to the parents on this one, great job
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Much better than the short bus
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This looks to be a custom job, and it’s pretty impressive
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This Type 2 was found in the same post as the Combi above and is equally awesome
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Some small wires or Astro Supremes would really set this off
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This little Viper is actually bagged and on a custom tube chassis
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I believe this mini and the two cars following it were all built by ‘Kid Stance’ On Instagram
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Fighting the urge not to hit kijiji right now
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These are apparently $169 US (stock) which is way more reasonable than I assumed
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These kids are rolling in style
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Awesome Little Red Wagon tribute
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This kid knows he’s killin’ it
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Going to end things off with Radio flyers which have to be the most common lowered non powered child  transport
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This one looks like it gets around a bit
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Oni Flyer
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Super simple idea, but quite awesome
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Hittin’ switches young
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This really is the perfect solution, this way my son and my dog could become best of friends

If you have any advice on what to do with this little poop factory I’ve got sitting on my lap I’m all ears!

Event Coverage: The 2014 Detroit AutoRama

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The Detroit Autorama is a completely unique show experience because it covers such a broad spectrum of classic car, truck, and hot rod builds.

You’ve got your several hundred thousand dollar, no expense spared, shop based, builds up top, while down below you’ve got the back yard built, incredibly creative, projects on the basement floor. It’s really everything you could imagine entirely under one roof, at the end of a long winter.

Today’s coverage –provided by Kristina Doyle– will start on ground level then make it’s way underground to the portion of the show dubbed AutoRama Extreme.

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This Camaro sure gets around I think it’s appeared in at least one event coverage post a year since 2009.  It’s so fast it  literally blew it’s own  door off on a 6.78 pass
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This 2600HP 63 Corvette that retains it’s ability to drive on the Street… it even has cup holders
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Known as the ‘Copper Topless’ this 52 Corvette is a lot to take in
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The quality and craftsmanship are on point but the overall result is a bit much for me personally
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The Ring Brothers brought their Pantera project out
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Love these cars…
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This would probably be pretty useful in a Zombie apocalypse
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Rear steer equipped with liberal ground clearance
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Jeep Flexin
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This awesome 36 WIlly’s Chassis features a 1 of 8 Fuel Injected Arias Hemi motor
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…nope.. still don’t want a motorcycle… or that’s what I will keep telling myself
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Incredible 39 Chevy built by Jason Graham
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Very sleek looking convertible
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It’s crazy how tall the roof is stock on a 1929 Model A…
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Crafty-B is responsible for this traditionally styled 32 Ford roadster
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Love the look of this 33 Ford Victoria
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Great looking 27
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Great choice of  colors on this car, works well with  the traditional styling
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1940 Ford Pickup built by Mike Young
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Love the fat whites
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Great stance on this truck
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Simply flawless 48 Chevy 3100
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I believe this is a very custom 64 or so Ford F-100
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The Kosmic Outcast is a vehicle I would love the chance to see in person, it is such a unique, intricate, build
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It’s originally a 1940 Ford but it’s got Chevy, Plymouth, and Pontiac parts in it. More detailed info and pics about it can be found at hotrodchassisandcycle.com
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‘Project Condor’ drawing a ground of people interested in what exactly makes this Pro Touring truck tick
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Custom frame, Adjustable Watts Link, Adjustable 4 link, adjustable coils…
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LSX under the hood
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Bare bones yet elegant interior
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Jason Grahm Hot Rods built 29 Model A, love the louvers in the chopped roof, such a nice touch
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’55 Chevy Dash and two tone leather throughout
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This 427 powered 69 Camaro owned by Brian and Gianna Ganos was Ridler ‘Great 8’ finalist
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Another stunning finalist was this ’67 Nova
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Engine bay detail through the roof
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Stunning Stance
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This 32 Ford Tudor sedan was another ‘Great 8’ Ridler finalist
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From what I am told it could have taken the number 1 spot
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Taking home the  2014 Ridler award was this 850hp Big Block powered 1967 Buick Rivi
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Another look at the very heavily modified Riviera
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Home made signs like this are what separate the basement from upstairs
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Sitting among a sea of classic American metal was this great looking beetle
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This pick up looked fairly different this year compared to the year previous
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Not exactly sure  what the owner’s final vision for the truck is but it is safe to say he is well on his way to  achieving it
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You can never go wrong with hubs and whites
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Traditional styling is truly hard to beat
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This ’47 Chevy from Motor City Rat Rods is simply like no other
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Another build from Motor City, this one completely unlike the  one above, featured  numerous  copper accents throughout the entire car

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The ‘Rusted Crow’ is the owners distillery which explains several of the small details in this build
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Love the raw finish on this truck…
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… and on the opposite side of things I also really love the paint on this one
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Chopped, hemi powered, 1926 Model T
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Spotless, laid out, 50 some odd Mercury pickup
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This crazy mid-engine Ohio creation was back once more
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I didn’t notice it last year but that looks to be a bench lifted straight from a park for seating..
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Going to end things off with Craig Dolan’s 54 Chevy pickup
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Lovingly referred to as the Rustarado it features fenders wrapped completely in patchwork cow hide
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The engine bay features more cowhide around the master cylinder and hammered copper
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Obviously with such a unique exterior and engine bay the interior could be no less ornate, love the literally use of the word ‘arm rest’.

Hope you enjoyed the coverage, watch out for a few more Autorama photos to make their way up to the Stance Is Everything Facebook fanpage over the next view days.