SPEED HERO Blog — Chevy

Riding the high of last posts South American trend we begin our Journey on an odd ball. The Dardo F1.5. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="691"] Looks like a Porsche Fiat? You got it, an X1/9 Fiat, with an 928 headlight setup. Brazil, you're my hero.[/caption] Let's continue this adventure of Wedges. The Hofstetter Turbo. Another VW chassis fiberglass kit-ish car. Few of the Brazilian cars really had a refined, well balanced, proportioned look. The Hoffstetter...

Welcome to my first post of the Speed Hero Design Process, SHDP for short. The idea here to create content, but also document my experience. By documenting what I've learned, you, the reader get to understand and follow my progress. Let's learn together! Today is my first day of doing some research. I'd like to share, roughly some of the abstract or interesting vehicles I've come across on my travels of understanding cars, car culture, and ultimately car design. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="730"] Daewoo Brougham[/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Daewoo Brougham[/caption] Today I...

When I was first getting into drifting the idea of drifting anything RWD was obscure and silly. It was Corolla's, S chassis, FC's and the odd sedan. With the increase in popularity comes variety due to desperation. I was desperate for wheels just before our last event. Weeks, months? Earlier I had purchased an SC400. It was going to be my missile for the year. I was excited. I'm a massive 1uz fan having a little experience drifting one around it was a great opportunity to jump...

First of all, I hate my birthday, but it's still nice to know people love me. :) I had been feeling very down the last little while, even before, during and after the DK meet. Robin got me motivated enough to get out of the house, and along with all the nice birthday wishes, I felt pretty decent yesterday. We took a hike up to Elk lake with some decent Chinese food along the way. Brining the camera I couldn't help but shoot pictures of the few cars along our way, sadly the camera just isn't quick enough to catch...

I heard a rumbling noise. I thought it was my stomach but after stuffing my face with cookies I realized it was outside in my driveway. I'll grab some real picks when it's not dusk.