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2010-04-28T11:00:00.002-05:00

When I went down to Nashville, I didn't know what I was going to see that day. When I got down there I was told that I was going to shoot a car that is owned by a guy named Doug, that owned an engine shop called grooms. I didn't know that I was going to be in the presence of one of Ford's best vehicles.

The car was a 1940 Ford Coupe'. Everything about this car was perfect; from the paint to the upholstery. The curves on this thing were absolutely amazing. The heart of this beast was not from Ford, but from Chevrolet. It was a sleeper. It made about upper 300's in horsepower, and mid 400's in torque. This car had a history to it as well. Doug and his friends used to street race it up in Minnesota back in the late 50's early 60's. After that they sold it and Doug found it and restored it to the beauty it is today.

Sorry about the lack of updates

2010-04-05T06:00:00.000-05:00

I have been busy with school. So here is a gem that was in front of me on my way back to school yesterday afternoon.

Who would want to make their Mazda Protege` a Honda? Apparently this guy.

Sad news

2010-03-24T19:56:00.001-05:00

It has come to my attention that the rest of the season of Tennessee Drift has been canceled. There was vandalism at the track during the event last weekend, and the company has decided to ban drifting there all together. Unfortunately, a few bad apples ruin it for the rest of us.
I will still keep this site updated, there just wont be as many drift events as I would like. I am really ashamed that this had happened, and I don't condone any of the events that occurred.

With sympathy,

Terrence

This is not a Nissan, it is a monster!

2010-03-24T19:40:00.001-05:00

Up above is a hacked up 240 monster. It demands the attention of everyone. The car was made into a targa with a silvia front, and metal pipe bumpers. Underneath the bonnet is not a KA, not a SR, not even a 2jz. It is an American-Japanese mutt, it has an LS1. The power that this car makes is astonishing, the car is out to kill anyone who isn't prepared to drive such a beast.
Not a single person could be at the event and not notice this beast. The exhaust note was an extremely loud roar. I could imagine having this in Tokyo; everyone would be running away screaming Godzirraaaaaaaaaa!

Tennessee Drift practice round 2

2010-03-22T06:00:00.002-05:00

So last Saturday was the second practice round of the Tennessee Drift series. There was an amazing turn out, and the weather was great. The wasn't much variety in the cars that were drifting, but there were ones that stood out. It was mostly for people to get some seat time, and work on drifting. There were people of all skill levels, and drivers from all around the southeast came out to drift. If this event is a preview of what is to come this season, there will be amazing drifting coming out of Tennessee.

This s14 was absolutely amazing out there. It was one of the best cars on the track.

The red s13 has an ls1 under it's bonnet. That thing is a monster. I can hear godzirraaaa every time it went past.

This Silvia front s13 was throwing flames everywhere.

Tennessee Drift coming up soon

2010-03-19T19:06:00.000-05:00

I look forward to getting a bunch of stuff from this.

Lamborghini love

2010-03-17T14:39:00.000-05:00

Even though it is owned by Audi, Lamborghini will always be an Italian car. The marque has had money trouble back in the day, but now it is doing quite well. Gallardo is Spanish for gallant, and Italian for striking; it is also a breed of fighting bull. The Lamborghini Gallardo is currently the most produced Lamborghini.

Deutsch ist wunderbar (German is wonderful)

2010-03-15T14:20:00.001-05:00

I have always had a love for German cars. Weather it is an old school Porsche 911 or an old VW Beetle, I just find German cars amazing. Being that Cars and Coffee was at the European Auto Garage, there was bound to be some Germans in the bunch. As I expected, there were. Here are some that stood out to me.

This 944 was a dedicated track car that was in the shop. It was rather clean, and didn't look like it had been abused at all.

Porsche is probably one of my favorite German auto makers, and the I loved the color of this Cayman.

There were quite a few old school Germans in the crowd, this Beetle is beautiful with the old plate and luggage rack.

This Golf was very clean. If you look out in the background, you will see a sneak preview of one of the cars I will be covering soon.

Auf wiedersehen!

Congrats to James Evins

2010-03-12T23:48:00.001-06:00

His work made the Cover of S3 magazine. It is currently in print, but will be coming out soon. Pick it up when it comes out. He has been covering a lot of stuff down in Houston, and his photography has been showing up on blogs/ and in magazines a lot lately. I think he will be published a lot more as this year progresses.

Mayday Garage and Import Reactor scout cars for Import Reactor Drift

2010-03-10T16:08:00.003-06:00

MaydayGarage.com and Import Reactor Scouting Cars for Import Reactor Drift from MaydayJohnP on Vimeo.

A couple trailers for some upcoming movies.

2010-03-09T20:58:00.002-06:00

Drift Mechanik's Keep Drifting Fun from Joshua Herron on Vimeo.

New Drift Alliance Video

2010-03-09T20:48:00.006-06:00

off seasons from Drift Alliance on Vimeo.

2 meets and dragon slaying all in 1 day

2010-03-06T23:07:00.013-06:00

So today was a long tiring trip for me. But I will write this right now while I am on a rush from my 5 hour energy shot. I started out by leaving Nashville around 5am to Knoxville for this big gathering called Cars and Coffee. There was a vast gallery of cars there, and the weather was nice so everybody took out their beauties.

After I left Cars and Coffee, I decided to hit up a part of US highway 129 called Tail of the Dragon. It was rather fun, but I had only enough time to have a couple runs along it. The whole time there was a Porsche pulled over by a Tennessee Highway Patrolman and a Sheriff; I didn't know what was going on, but when I was leaving, they had the second one pulled up from the side of the mountain.

After I headed back from Knoxville, I stopped off a the weekly meet at Burgers-n-Cream in Franklin. I got to see a few new people, and I got some ice cream from some hot ladies because my birthday was tomorrow.