Six months. That’s how long it had been since I had driven Leroy, my EK track project. In fact I hadn’t even seen the car without a cover on it since Super Lap Battle, so you guys haven’t really missed much. With my schedule taken up almost entirely by professional photography gigs and Speedhunting, there’s [...]
There’s an old adage that goes a little something like “(insert noun here), can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em” and for most petrol heads, this holds very true when it comes to our project cars. At times we’ll spend every last dollar we own, take our bodies and minds to the ragged edge, [...]
As a Speedhunter it’s quite literally our job to go around and stare at mind blowing cars day after day, a very tough job no doubt. I won’t bore you with tales of becoming increasingly unsatisfied with cars, but I will say that when I visited TYPE ONE last month I was expecting to see [...]
Well guys, this is it, the very last hours of 2012. In fact, some of you will already be reading this in the new year. Very soon the site will return to our usual schedule of awesome feature cars and event coverage, but before we dive into 2013 I wanted to take one last look [...]
They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Like many of you, I have an obsession with the automobile that delves way past fanatical. My addiction came unwarranted and I had no defense mechanism to ward it off, all of a sudden one day I started looking at cars in [...]
Nisei is a show where the standards are so high that virtually every car is worthy of a spotlight, but there were a few that peaked my interest a bit more than the rest. I’m not trying to suggest in any way that these were the only cars worthy of coverage, but this is a [...]
I love the EK9 Civic Type R. It’s one of my absolute and all-time favourite hatchbacks. There was a time here in Ireland not so long ago when the country was filled with the sound of B16B. Unfortunately, with the recession and rising insurance premiums, the first generation Civic Type R appears to be slowly [...]
Our Street Cars & Sleepers month is coming to a close, but we still have some impressive cars coming your way. Take for example, Zico Tran’s K20A-powered Civic. With the assistance of JDMyard, the idea behind this Civic was to create a balanced all-rounder; a car versatile enough to be used on the street as well as [...]
As Speedhunters, we must learn to appreciate all aspects of the automotive lifestyle. We need to understand that there is a clearly defined difference between those who are interested in the aesthetics and those who are performance orientated. Even more importantly, we need to realise that there is more than enough room for us all [...]
Regardless of what you think about the stretched tire and roof rack movement, you have to admit that this 1/24 scale EK Civic model is pretty awesome. For more of this great modeling work out of Japan, make sure you check out the builder's Minkara page. -Mike Garrett
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Here we go with part two of my coverage of the Japanese Car Festival at Circuit Park Zandvoort. The R33 Skyline owners were out in full force. The cars ranged from the GTS version to the top of the line GT-R model. This very wide 350Z belonged to Tim Coronel, the twin brother of Tom [...]
You come across some pretty interesting street cars at your local meets. Like this K-powered EK I recently spotted in Queensland, Australia. Whilst waiting for Josh to turn up I could tell he wasn't too far away by the echoing sound of VTEC goodness rasping through the mountains. A few minutes later I was faced [...]
White and Matte Black are two colors that are very popular amongst tuners these days. A good friend of mine imported a black DC2 a few years ago, unfortunalty he turned it into a show car with a flip/flop paint job to promote his own company. When looking at the example in the picture, there's [...]
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