This hand-made Hilux is the third scaled-down build I’ve featured here, but this one differs slightly from the others. While it’s still a 1:10 RC car, this one doesn’t limit itself to plastic materials and resin, the builder has gone to the extreme effort of making his own metal panels from hand-made wooden bucks. There’s [...]
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I’ll admit, when I first saw an online image of this car in a Drift Tengoku magazine spread, I automatically assumed it was one of those weird front wheel drive ass-dragging drifters from Japan. But that was far from the case, you see this is little Toyota Platz (Echo/Yaris sedan) is actually powered by a [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: drift, echo, fabrication, platz, sr20, toyota, vitz, yaris 5 Comments »
Apologies for the lack of updates this week. Here’s a quick one courtesy of Todd from NZV8 Magazine, a fiberglass-paneled ZZW30 MRS with a turbo’d Hayabusa motor replacing the standard Toyota donk. For a previous ‘busa powered feature, click here.
Keeping things off paved roads just like the last post, we’ll now turning our attention to an FJ40 Landcruiser build. Born out of necessity after his last FJ was written-off in an accident, Jon took the opportunity to build the dedicated rock-crawler that he’d always wanted, complete with LS1 power. This is a great build [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 4wd, fabrication, FJ40, landcruiser, ls1, rock crawler, toyota, V8 No Comments »
Okay, the Speedhunters posts are done and dusted for another year, hopefully I’ve picked up some new readers with the increased exposure so let’s get back to business and feature some builds. Romas emailed me his Trueno build only a couple of days ago, hailing all the way from Lithuania. The AE86 was already modified [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 4AGE, 4agte, corolla, gt-apex, lithuania, s13, s13 suspension, sprinter, toyota, trueno 4 Comments »Here’s a cool video of a bunch of friends respraying an MA70 Supra in a very sinister shade of flat black. Click it!
As far as cross breeding goes, I’d say this is pretty subtle. An F20C 2.0L from a Honda S2000 gets transplanted into a 1973 TA22 Toyota Celica. That classic Japanese shape reflects the golden years of JDM styling, while the contemporary heart hailing from a different manufacturer – yet the same country of origin – [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: celica, engine conversion, f20c, honda, s2000, TA22, toyota 3 Comments »
Back from Japan and back to reality, and what better way to kick things off than with a very Japanese styled build (even though it resides in America). I’ve had my eye on this Previa build since I first saw it on Stanceworks, and I can definitely say it’s come together in the end to [...]
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you had/have a great day and all the best for the holiday season, be safe on the roads. Remember the AMS EVO X? Well the same workshop is now turning their attention to a Nissan 280Z in the form of a 2JZ transplant. The build isn’t finished yet but it’s just [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 280z, 2JZ, AMS, datsun, engine conversion, nissan, toyota, turbo 9 Comments »Here’s a great DIY ground-up build of a neat little JDM styled KE70 Corolla, complete with 4AGE power. I admire people who do ground-up builds at home without any major help from workshops. I’d love to do this one day to a 2-door USDM 510 shell, making everything clean and as-new from top to bottom. [...]
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