It would have been rude not to pull this out of the lad’s shed for a close-up, the killer with the trip to Paul and friends is the fact they had so many good-looking cars. I could have spent the week up there shooting everything. Regardless, I loved everything about this ek4, the colour, the OEM bits the wheels, everything worked perfectly. Enjoy these few up-close photos from that day of a very well-executed EK4 Civic SIR.
In part two of our trip to Paul Keenan and friends, Paul took us to the family house. The first thing we were greeted to as we drove down the lane was his Yellow Evo 9, which he told us was the one and only yellow Evo 9 ever sold in Ireland through their family dealership back in 2006. How good is the license plate, I love the story that this was the very car he sat in as a kid and managed to find it many years later and buy it back.
A dive into our adventure to LZ Fest last year with early morning blown gearboxes.
In the quest for AE86 perfection, Jackie spends insane hours straightening the bodywork.
We unearth a hidden K20 Honda-powered Cortina build and grab a bargain 4A-GE 20valve
A massive moment for the AE86 build, the first coat of primer is applied to the Trueno!
We organise cars and coffee, check out an ITB Altezza and do some rings in a 4A-GE Daihatsu
We prep the AE86 shell for primer using rust treatment and prepare it for the first coat of Epoxy.
Another incredible shed tour, a hidden stash of Nissan Silvia parts and much more.
We strip away 36 years of paint on the AE86. This is a long time coming!
Paul Takes us to his house to see the rest of the family’s incredible collection.
This one had been in the works for some time, Paul had always asked us up but the timing never worked out. One weekend things were in our favour and myself and Flip decided to call up and check out the lads and Paul’s personal car collection. I love how much Paul downplayed this as we really were in for a treat. Things just kept getting more interesting as the tour progressed, between the group of friends and then the collection they had back at the house, this was and still is the best collection I’ve ever visited in Ireland.
We visit a hidden collection of rare Japanese cars in the Irish Midlands.
I thought this day would never come, the 86 was sitting in the shed for so long that it felt like I bit off more than I could chew, a few hours after this photoshoot the car would finally be leaving to go for paint. I decided to bring it around the corner to the place where we did the original photoshoot before the tear down, just to get one last up close and personal photo set before this look would change forever.
These photos are from the night before the car went for paint, I threw on the Longchamps to give some inspiration and threw it out into the ring arena. Not much to say here ill let the photos do most of it but this was a really good look into the overall stance and look I wanted for the car. It kills me just how much I’m obsessed with these wheels!