What more can be said about this absolute work of art? This was the longest Rob ever kept a car. The day after I posted the video, he sold it. He had it for six years, and I love how carried away he got with the build. I thought this would have been a lifer machine for Rob, but he wanted something different.
This has been a fast year. It seems not so long ago when we covered the Annual Toyota meet in Cork last year. I really enjoyed this meet because you never know what comes out of the wood work. Even the machine we came down in is worthy of a picture, (TRD Camry which you see here). You can also see Flip using his best shammy cloth to clean the flies.
What I enjoy most about this event is how varied the selection is, not narrowed down to only drift enthusiasts or classic car its a perfect cocktail of car people right across the board and anything, literally anything can make an appearance. Check this KP pickup for example, something I have never seen before. A crazy idea!
On Sunday just gone we took the long drive up to Belfast to attend Dubshed. After a long drive up from Waterford in the rain, which made the journey worse, we arrived at King’s Hall, Belfast. We parked the car and made our way into one of the three sheds to see what Dubshed had to offer us this year.
It’s always impressive to see Volkswagens in the south of Ireland which push the scene forward, one of the biggest things we tried to do since the site was created was to showcase cars which hopefully are a sort of a milestone or marker for others to follow or be influenced by. Tommy’s wagon is certainly one of these cars, the first wagon he built which we featured a few months back was his first test, having somewhat of a soft spot for the wagon he managed to make the perfect blend of clean and simple.
So last sunday brought another Honda meet up in Portlaoise in the carpark at Midway court, the good thing about Midway court is it has a subway and is very central for everyone from all different counties to make the trip. I know your wondering about the picture above also, we managed to get stuck in a High nellie world record on the way up, which was extremely amusing to say the least.I really had no idea there was that many High nellie’s left not to mention useable! I’m sure they bet the record as there really wouldnt be any comparison!
One of the best parts of taking photos for a website like this is the variety of cars that you to feature. I remember seeing this Golf Variant at the Portlaoise meet at the start of 2011, amongst many of the cars that attended the meet this white wagon stuck out like a sore thumb. The owner of this car decided after having one of the nicest mk5’s in the country to go ahead and try something different. His canvas of choice was a 1.9 diesel MK4 Golf variant estate.
Only one snap of this, but one is good enough. Only in Japan would you find this type of epic creation. A KE wagon with a trueno front complete with some funky fender mirror’s.
Ive yet to see any Love for a wagon in Ireland. Maybe someday someone out there will just show up with a turbo d series wagon and piss everyone off. That day will be a good one. While most of these have seen the scrap yard on this side of the pond or the crusher, in the US and Europe these are becoming more and more popular. If I only had the funds…. because ive seen less and less of these over the past few years and the potential like this example of a wagon is absolutely nuts. If anyone else out there checks out superstreetonline.com you will have seen this a week or so back. I always end up reading shit and forgetting to post it up so better late then never for people who havent seen this yet.
I wanted to post this a while back but i said id save it for the new website. You have to admire someones true love for a car. This video shows a mans love for his EE4 4wd wagon. The wagon is amazing and the production of this video is perfect. It looks like serious amounts of fun.
