A box. A simple geometric form. A box can be many things. A box can bring you ecstasy.....passion....joy in many core shaking emotions. There have been many boxes that have brought me unbelievable pleasure. Right here, my maties, is the most exciting box containing more pleasure that I've had in a very long while. There is nothing finer than a brown box......let's see what's inside....

Shuddering with anticipation....uninstalled, it huts to look at......this brilliant piece of engineered linkage will be slid into my Beastie as soon as humanly possible! A lummox could run a mile in the time it takes me to make a 2-3 change and it's right time something was done about it!! Install to be completed this week with updates on point after some thorough back road nonsense......I can't wait....

Well it be another New Year folks....this crazy wheel keeps on turning....and while from one perspective, we're in a cyclical pattern - slowly moving in familiar territory, anticipating what we think we know as familiar....paths, seasons, people, daily events. An alternate perspective is that this wheel is in constant motion - taking us places new and unfamiliar....challenging....inspiring...pensive....

One of the luxuries of modern life is free time and choice.....and a luxury of a good life is decision of which luxury to pursue...

Choosing a build has been tougher than anticipated. (all photos in this post are not mine....I will add links to their respective websites) For your consideration an mine:  

2001 Subaru RS 2.5 GC8 with full 2008 STI drive train and interior swap:

photo reference: http://www.tractionlife.com/1998-subaru-impreza-25rs-coupe/ 

This vehicle started my love for Subaru's and would be a fitting place to start for a first build. Light, nimble, viciously quick when properly built, and pretty rare.....and you all know my love for rare and unique things.

1978 Porsche 911

I thought I'd be cool to own a car that was created the same year I was born. Even harder will be to find one in the states that rolled off the assembly line the day I was born....

(Photo credit: http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1003_ten_favorite_porsche_911s/photo_06.html)

I know very little about this car except that they are a blast to drive and I've been told that every man should own one at some point in his life in order to be called an automobile enthusiast. Let the research begin.

1970's BMW CSL:

(photo credit: http://www.carstalker.com/car.php?id=2173)

Sex on wheels....done. This would be one hell of a build and would probably take me years to complete =) 

Lotus Exige S:

(photo credit: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1066121_2012-lotus-exige-s-live-photos-2011-frankfurt-auto-show)

 I've had a love for these little beasties ever since I saw stories of them online in '97. 

Gen 3 RX-7:

(photo credit: http://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/maintenance-3rd-gen-rx-7-a-578896/)

 

Need I say more??

There are many more to choose from but I think these are the final set. Next in the process is to go find and drive each of them, start working out budgets, and live the dream!!

 

        So, two good friends of mine are each starting their dream car build (links to da left) and I'm quite enthused to witness the transformation that both the cars and owners will go through. One is a '71 Corvette that has recently had its engine pulled for a full rebuild and body restoration (after 4-ish years of planning I've been told) and the other is a recent purchased shell of the illustrious Gen-III RX-7. For the past few weeks I've enjoyed the banter, dreaming, planning, and reality of two entirely different builds that are in different phases of initiation. Through this, my own desires began to surface with the inevitable question:  "Where is my own dream car project???" 

    Well, my reality is a different one. Circumstantially I currently live in Jabroni Jackhole central where you're not aloud to own anything "nice" (as whitey puts it) - cause the JJ's will come by and knock your ass down, steal, rape, and maim what you've worked hard for in attempt to bring you to their level of festering scum excrement....a beloved motorcycle stolen by the JJ's come to mind as I write this. Needless to say, it would be foolish to start any sort of build until I move away from the Jabroni's to a place with a proper man-cave garage. Strangely, all those years of laughing at my father in his man-cave garage as a kid are hauntingly ironic...

Fools are as fools is and I am the Captain of this ship of fools - so off we go with my own dream car project - step one: