A few days ago, we looked at the detailed build process and saw what exactly influenced the exterior styling of the ’70 Spectre Camaro. Now, here is the completed car. Quite a drastic change from the yellow car it once was, no? Let’s first talk about the engine. The original motor was swapped out for an LS1, which was [...]
At this year's Razzle Dazzle, it wasn't only the amazing American cars from yesteryear that caught my eye, but the details and style cues that made many of them such automotive and design icons. A good case in point is the Indian Head hood ornament above – something no manufacturer would even dream about these [...]
Time to revisit Tsukuba for the final time this month and wrap up the coverage from the last Battle Evome round of the season. Some of the cars like this 4-door DC2 Integra Type-R were part of the M-One track day but with such a tantalizing selection of rides I wasn’t going to ignore… …cars [...]
Time to say goodbye to February and hello to March. That of course that means that it's time for our annual celebration of the Nissan Skyline. This year again we'd like you guys to get involved by submitting your Skylines for Readers Rides posts. Want to join in? Send us some photos of your car [...]
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Last week I was invited by the local Vintage Racer's club, VRCBC, to join thier club meeting and take a tour of a local Vancouver company's shop, Intermeccanica. Ever since moving to Vancouver 12 years ago, I've been meaning to check the shop out, they make beautiful replica's of the eternally beautiful Porsche 356 Roadster [...]
While discussing possible ideas for my 2011 contributions to Build Month, Charles proposed that I could piece together a post highlighting the 'Best Builds of 2010', so I've been digging through my archives and statistics to find which builds drew the most attention in the year just past. I've also included a few teasers of [...]
Subaru will be showing it’s yet to be named version of the FT-86 at the Geneva Motor Show this week. The folks at AutoGuide.com caught this see-through version of the car in Subaru’s booth prior to its official debut. It’s hard to tell exactly what the finished car will look like, but it seems it’s [...]
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About a month ago when I was at the Grand National Roadster Show, I was drawn to a display from a shop called Hot Rods and Hobbies out of Signal Hill, California. Not only did their cars impress me, but owner Scott Bonowski was given the prestigious "Builder of the Year" award. Surely, a visit [...]
Razzle Dazzle did exactly that, and on so many levels. From lowriders to street rods, chopped and channelled customs to rat rods – you name it, every interpretation of the art was represented. The car above was the coolest of the old style chop jobs I saw. I'm guessing it's a '49 or thereabouts Ford, [...]
This year's Razzle Dazzle was the 11th running of the steadily growing and very popular event in Yokohama's Honmoku area, conveniently located just a stone's throw from the Mooneyes shop and cafe. '40 Ford above just superb. Organized by the Chop Sticks Car Club, what appears to be a fairly casual event that takes place [...]
Of the many classic muscle cars that were at the Hotchkis open house, the one car that stood out the most was this 1973 Porsche 911 RSR. It's strange to think that a company, like Hotchkis Suspension, which mainly caters to the muscle and pony car communities, would have this racing relic. But a thought [...]
Tsukuba is a pretty technical track. Its combination of tight corners and hairpins connected up by short sections of straight tarmac rewards only extremely well balanced cars. There is no point having tons of power if you can't put it down and there is obviously no advantage in piling on the speed if you can't [...]
Last month, Justin Pawlak's FC3S RX7 was stolen here in the LA area along with his truck and trailer. Now losing our car is something that all of us fear, but for JTP it was a different story. He didn't just lose an automobile, he lost a chapter of his life. The FC was his [...]
