Orange Spot: August 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Suicide by jet.

These guys got lots of time on their hands to plan their deaths accordingly.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Before Toyota, there was Toyopet. And here I am confronted with and ultra rare 2 door Crown. A late 60's model, that came from across the lake. It's a bit on the rough side, but still nice to look at. Even though the pictures suggest that it's wheels have been stolen, fear not it's just having it's brakes revived, they're over 40 years old. This would be a nice candidate for an engine swap. Some similar to an earlier project, the white ~~dragon~~ wagon.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

East Meets East Coast

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A fox body Ford Mustang, fitted with an R32 Skyline body kit. If you're in the east coast and really, really interested, it's for sale on ebay. Better hurry it's closing soon.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Reunion 2012

Way back when I was a very enthusiastic outdoors kind of person. From going on 2 week expeditions in the backwoods while carrying every I required on my back, to climbing the highest peak in the continental United States (Mt. Whitney). But also being a gearhead, it's rare to mix both. But when traveling to Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California for the Monterey Motorsports Reunion; formerly Monterey Historics, I can actually do both.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Rare HKS

Found a very rare piece of Japanese performance. Can you identify what motor it's suppose to go on?

Friday, August 12, 2011

Toyota Levin ute

Toyota Levin
Originally uploaded by dave_7
A Japanese import that's been customized. Dunno if it was done in japan or in canada (that's where the pic was taken). But my guess it's a 4 dr. (AE95) with the rear chopped and customized. A 2 dr (AE92) front end panels added. I wonder if they installed the supercharged engine?