|Photo| – 1973 Toyota Celica

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The F20C swap is nothing new and as a matter of fact, the F20C swap into a 1st generation Celica has been done plenty of times.

This one has to be my favorite. I’ve seen this car in person and saying that it is flawless is an understatement.
This is how it started off: (Yes, the photo is a bit tweaked. Do not adjust your screens)

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|Photo| This too is factory ride height

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Davin’s post of the Lamborghini creeping out of a driveway resonated with me as my newest most recent addition to the fleet is at stock ride height but scrapes over everything. That’s the exhaust in the picture above. It’s about three and a quarter inches off the ground.


These exhaust clamps dangled another half inch or so lower, making this car able to drive over things only a little thicker than a crushed soda can without scraping.

Some quick hacksaw work increased the ride height to a streetable level. I can’t go anywhere near a speed bump though. Speed bumps, it appears, are a newer invention than is this car.

Stay tuned for a formal introduction. You’ll be seeing a lot more of this car.

Depth of Speed: Taking the Plunge

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skyline

Photo Credit: Josh Clason – DepthofSpeed.com


Depth of Speed has released a new video about an instructor at the Art Center College of Design and his recently acquired 1970 Skyline GT-R. The video is a feast of straight 6 symphonies. I found a bonus video with track footage of this car too. This “Hakosuka” was bought from Salt Lake City’s JDM Legends – here’s their blog post about the sale of the car and its adventure road tripping 700 miles to its new home.

Isn’t the sound this thing makes great? These cars originally came equipped with a 2 liter twin cam straight six that made 160 horsepower. This car does not appear to have its original engine; the JDM Legends post makes reference to this car having an L28 – one of the pictures shows a single cam straight six in this car’s engine bay. The L28 is most commonly found in the 280Z and is a fine engine for this car, especially when fitted with a trio of Weber or Mikuni carbs.

This car is super unique, undeniably cool, and certain to draw admiring crowds wherever it goes. Be sure to check out the JDM Legends website. This shop is one of the first places I’d call after winning the megahellalotto, “First generation Celica with an 18RG please”.

|Photo| Driving with the top down…or off

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I’m normally 50/50 on the NC Miata, but I’m really feeling Rob Bauer’s DP MX-5. Loving the livery, fenders and the rollbar. Perfect. You can tell this is a car that he build by himeslf, for himself.

I bet that this would be a blast to drive through the cones, or on the track. (Man, makes me want to get an NC… but only for this though.)

|Photo|- Thinking about blue wheels.

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Readers know that I just recently self-painted some blue wheels that I haven’t fitted on the car. I’m going to put them on this weekend, because I’m going to visit a local car meet, and figured that this would be as good of a time as any.

If my wheels look half as good as this, then I’ll be pretty happy. Maybe I’ll mount them tonight…

|Photo| – RWB Photo Bomb!

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From the beginning of time, I’ve been a fan of Raul-Welt Porsches. I’ve already done some posts on why I respect Nakai-san, and his desire to build his version of the perfect car. I just noticed that I had a lot of photos of Raul-Welt Porsches saved on my drive, and I decided that I wanted to share them with you.

Note: I didn’t take any of these photos, but one day I will go to Japan and take some myself.