About a week ago I made a post titled Rolling Rust, featuring rolling shots of the patina’d StanceWorks E28 BMW and it’s equally cool trailer, rocking a combined 6 BBS wheels. Little did I know that those pictures belonged to a whole series documenting a road-trip from Tennessee to California. You guys will probably see this on Speedhunters (which is where I found it) but I thought it would be nice to do a follow-up post anyway. Props to Jeroen Willemsen for posting it and bringing it to the masses. For his Speedhunters article click here.
Remote Mount Turbo MkIII Jetta
Yep, another MkIII, deal with it! This one’s a little bit different as the turbo is mounted under the rear seat…
UPDATE: This car now has custom CNC machined 3-piece wheels, click here to read about it.
Freaky Friday
Big thanks to JDM EGO for sending some love to Build Threads. Friday’s views (Eastern Australian Time) went through the roof and peaked at 2901 hits, and today looks set to be another big one.
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Aluminium Hand Built Hot Rod
Here’s one for the metal-heads. The story behind this hand built masterpiece starts with a piece of artwork, and finishes the same way. The drawing pictured below was purchased at a car show, then a few months later the decision was made to build the car in real life out of aluminum. I know I sound repetitive when I utter words such as “craftsmanship”, “quality” and “second to none”, but this build really is all that and more. The pictures speak for themselves.
Forza 3 gets it right…
I’m 100% a Sony kid, growing up in the “Playstation generation”, but now I really want to buy an Xbox!
V10 BMW E30 M3
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say a bad word about E30 M3’s. Maybe I’m not listening hard enough, or maybe they’re just one of those cars that are commonly lusted the world over. I just stumbled across this awesome build on VWvortex. The car not only receives an engine swap, but also new subframes and suspension pick-up points, essentially making it a whole chassis swap with only the appearance of the original shell remaining.
Rolling Rust…
Project 510 Attitude Adjustment
Since I purchased the car, the main limitation was the standard ECU. The car had an assortment of issues, such as a very high idle, poor starting when cold, leaning out in the upper rev-range, and sometimes hesitating/misfiring under boost. Doesn’t sound very fun, does it?
The mighty FJ20 nestled between the strut towers needed to take orders from a new boss…
Truckasaurus FC RX7 Pickup
Japanese hatches such as the FC RX7 and S13 180SX make great candidates for pickup conversions, as we’ve seen before in Japan with a few drift cars getting the chop.
Earl has created his own spin on the concept with this 2nd Gen RX7, come and see it get built and continually evolve.
1:10 Scale Mazda MX5 + Mini
Here’s a pair of custom modified RC cars, even more detailed than the sunRISE AE86 that was previously featured.
The detail work is beyond amazing, the person behind it is a true craftsman…
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