Not a day goes by that I’m not grateful for the crazy people out there who are willing to tackle insane driveline swaps. I mean seriously, at what point in your life do you sit there and think to yourself “You know what, I think I’m going to put a Viper V10 into a Saab 93 wagon?”. Pure insanity, I love it.

Thanks to Paul JDMST for submitting.

CLICK HERE for the full build thread.

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I know I’m a bit late to the party, but Build-Threads.com has finally jumped on the social media bandwagon. Head on over to the page and push that “like” button as if your life depends on it. Become a fan and be conveniently notified on your wall when a build is published, sure beats scrolling through a million pictures of some kid belonging to some chick from highschool that you don’t even remember. Or, instead of reading yet another attention-seeking status update ending with “you know who you are”, be entertained with automotive news and tidbits that don’t necessarily warrant a full post on the blog.

Click the above image to get connected!

I’m sure by now you all are well aware of the different ways you can donate, but I will still urge you to contact your countries branch of the Red Cross and help in any way you can. I have added a link on the side panel to the relief project being held by the Heartbreaker car club, it’s a great way to score a cool sticker for your ride while helping out those in need.

Upon seeing the recent devastation that the truly amazing country has been subjected to, it made me realise that I never shared any of my photos from the time I spent there last year. In August I traveled to Tokyo, Fuji, Hiroshima, Kyoto, and Osaka, back when we described Japan by using words such as culture, structure, respect, engineering, perfection, and efficiency, instead of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear. So think of this as my pictorial tribute, and I hope you enjoy some of my captures of this stunning part of the world prior to the terrible events of 2011, click for slightly larger versions.

TOKYO

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FUJI

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HIROSHIMA

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KYOTO

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OSAKA

Japanese Red Cross

Australian Red Cross

American Red Cross

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There’s plenty more builds to come in 2011, so don’t go anywhere! See you on the other side, folks.

Regular programming will resume soon.

It’s as good as you’ve heard…

More pics when I’m back home.

I wondered why I was having trouble getting the sump plug off…

In other news, my apologies for the lack of posts this past week or so but I’m off to Japan on Saturday for 2.5 weeks! Been a bit busy organising things but I’m going to get some posts ready for you guys to schedule for while I’m away, and hopefully I’ll be able to fit in a post or two from abroad.

Also I should be ready to run ads on the sidebar by the time I’m back, so if you think any businesses out there would benefit from some really good exposure, be sure to let them know.

When we get sick of 4 wheels, this is what happens…

Build Threads has been given a flattering full-page article in the latest issue of UK publication Fast Car Magazine. A big thanks to Ben Chandler and the team for not only featuring the site but for taking the time to email me and let me know about it. It’s another great honour for the site to go along with the Website of the Month feature in PVW last October.

Thanks again Fast Car Magazine! Click the image for a larger version.

As most of you have probably noticed, I’ve been playing with the header design over the last couple of weeks. It’s gone through a few different versions, but I’m pretty happy with where it’s at now. While I was messing about I threw together some quick t-shirt designs. Would people rock something like this?