July 6, 2014 | Categories: Automotive Photography | Tags: 1, 2014, 302, 350, 351, 427, 473, 840hp camaro, american, andor, angles, anoka, auto, automotive, bling, blog, blogs?, boss, buick, cadillac, camaro, car, cars, carshow, chevrolet, chevy, chrome, classic, convertible, cooper, corvette, county, curves, custom, dash, detail, drag, dragster, end, exterior, ford, front, gallery, gathering, glitter, grill, grills, gt350, holiday, hot, image, images, interior, july, light, lights, lines, ls1, lt1, mach, meet, metallic, midwest, mini, minn, minnesota, mn, model a, muscle, musclecar, mustang, mustangs, northern, old, oldies, paint, photo, photography, photos, picture, pictures, plymouth, pontiac, pony, profile, rat, rear, rod, round, row, rows, saturday, shelby, SHOW, ss, steering, style, styled, styling, suburbs, sunny, super sport, swap, swapped, tail, trans am, trim, turbo, twin cities, twin turbo, vette, victoria, weekend, wheels, window, wood, wooden, z28 | Leave a comment
June 21, 2014 | Categories: Automotive Photography | Tags: 20's, 2014, 30's, 40's, 50s, 60's, a lot, america, american, archer, area, auburn, auto, automobiles, autos, back to the, backtothe50s, backtothefifties, base model, beautiful, bel air, best, big, biggest, biscaine, bling, blue sky, body, boss 302, bright, btt50s, buick, cadillac, car, car show, cars, carshow, chevrolet, chevy, chrome, classic, clean, clear sky, close, closeup, collector, color, continental, convertible, corvette, crowd, crowded, curves, custom, customized, day, decal, decals, deco, decorative, destination, detail, details, display, door, doors, eight, end, event, exhaust, fab, fabrication, fair, fair grounds, fender, fenders, fifties, fixture, flake, flashy, ford, from, front, galleries, gallery, garfield, gathering, glitter, gorgeous, great, grill, grills, grumpy, gryphon, hard top, hood, hot, hot rod, housing, huge, hydraulics, impala, jag, jaguar, light, lights, limo, lincoln, lines, lot, lots, low rider, lowrider, luxury, maintained, massive, mercury, metal, midway, midwest, mini, minn, minnesota, mn, mustang, of, old, older, oldies, olds, oldsmobile, opel, open, openned, ornament, packard, paint, painted, panel, panels, parked, parking lot, part, pearl, people, pic, pics, picture, pictures, pipes, pix, profile, rat rod, rear, rebuilt, restored, retro, rod, rolls, rolls royce, round, rows, saint paul, section, shiny, shot, shots, SHOW, show off, side, sky, spare, sparkle, sparkling, special, spokes, st paul, sticker, style, summer, sunny, super, super charged, super charger, super eight, supercharged, supercharger, swan, taste, thousands, tire, ton, top, towncar, truck, trucks, trunk, turbo, twin cities, variety, vehicle, vehicles, vette, victoria, view, vintage, wheel, wheel well, wheels, window, windows, woody | Leave a comment
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March 16, 2014 | Categories: Photography | Tags: asphalt, bad, black, black top, blue, color, colored, colors, damage, damaging, destructive, dirty, drip, filth, gas, gasoline, green, ground, image, interesting, iridescence, iridescent, land, lot, magenta, melt, melting, micro, mini, oil, parking, pavement, paving, petrol, petroleum, petrolium, photo, pic, pics, picture, pink, pollutant, pollute, pollution, pretty, puddle, purple, rainbow, relection, rocks, shot, slick, small, spill, street, teal, water, why?, yellow | Leave a comment
I headed south of town to see some friends and have a peak at the drift truck one of them is building. Destination: Modern Automotive Performance, which has a nice shop for doing fabrication and modifications of many varieties. Several drift drivers work here, among other mechanics with different taste in cars and style. Personally, I like walking into shops like this. Older cars, made to be clean, show quality machines. New sports cars being upgraded, custom builds of all kinds, even on motorcycles. About two dozen cars packed into a not so small work space.
There were several incarnations of Evo’s, in various states. While most were street cars, with light modifications. Some were clearly drag cars, parachute brakes and all. The black, carbon fiber laden Mustang was pretty nice looking. As was the old Celica, pictured from the front, with it’s hood up.
Below, is Andrew’s Chevy S10 pickup truck, which is being rebuilt from the frame up. Quite literally, the frame, shock mounts, structure, and wider fenders have all been cut out and made from scratch. Having already gone with a Nissan 240sx with the engine from it’s japanese variant, as well as a v8 fox body Mustang and a 1jz in a Nissan pickup, He has opted to use a turbo-charged Toyota 2j-series engine. I am quite curious to see how this truck does on the track once it is assembled. It will certainly look and sound interesting.
March 16, 2014 | Categories: Automotive Photography, Random Thoughts | Tags: 1j, 1jz, 240, 240sx, 350z, 7, 8, 9, american, auto, automotive, back, bike, bmw, boxer, buggie, buggy, build, building, built, camaro, car, carbon, carolla, cars, chevrolet, chevy, classic, clean, constructing, cooper, coupe, craft, custom, customized, dirty love, dirtylove, drift, engine, evo, evolution, exhaust, fab, fabricated, fabrication, fender, fenders, fiber, ford, front, garage, german, good, gt, hachi, hand, hatch, hatchback, import, is, is250, is300, japanese, jdm, lancer, lexus, lift, m.a.p., m.a.performance, map, maperformance, metro, midwest, mini, minnesota, mistubishi, mn, mod, modern, modernautomotiveperformance, modification, modifications, modified, modify, motorcycle, mount, mr, muscle, mustang, nice, nissan, performance, pick, pickup, pipes, pontiac, pro, ps13, radiator, rear engine, s10, s13, sedan, shock towers, shop, side, sports, ss, station wagon, subaru, toyota, transplant, truck, tuned, tuner, turbo, twin cities, under, under-carriage, undercarriage, underneath, up, usdm, vehicle, wagon, work, workshop | 3 Comments
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May 27, 2013 | Categories: Photography | Tags: aromatic, bloom, blossoms, creamy, double, flower, mini, miniature, pale, petals, pink, rose, roses, salmon | Leave a comment
I’m not even sure what variety of rose this is. It was given to Me by My Mom, late in the season last year. Hard to go wrong with $1 plants from the nursery.. Unlike My Lavender Lace Mini rose, this one is truely tiny. It stands a lofty 5 inches high, giving these nice pale pink blooms with fair petal layering. I put it in the attic with all My citrus trees for the winter, it seems happy.
March 17, 2013 | Categories: Photography | Tags: bloom, blossom, bush, close, flower, grown, indoor, light, mini, pale, picture, pink, pretty, rose, shrub, small, spring, tea, winter | Leave a comment
I got this little shrub last year. Having read it grows to only 8 to 12 inches in height and bearing ‘nickel sized’ flowers. So far, it’s grown to about 18 inches and the beautiful blooms are between one and one and a half inches wide. Certainly smaller than most rose varieties.. It may not be exactly what I was Looking for, but it’s conjuring new blooms constantly, with 3 to 10 blossoming at a time. What a lovely little plant!
August 5, 2012 | Categories: Photography, Random Thoughts | Tags: bloom, blossom, buds, bush, double, flowers, lace, lavender, mini, pink, rose, roses, shrub | Leave a comment
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