SPEED HERO Blog — *e7*

Wilderness session. Post and pics tomorrow...bed now.

The E7 loves continue with a lapse in my memory. How could one forget the wicked Griffith built E7 Corolla convertible! What most people don't know is that almost all convertibles made start their lives out as hardtops. Toyota and most other manufacturers do not built the convertibles in house but rather send them to 'coach' builders. The hardtop car shows up at companies such as American Sunroof Corperation, Griffith, etc, and they just hack the roof off, add some chassis braces and start bolting and gluing shit together. It's standard practice! Want to see more old Japanese coach built...

Capital city Drift happened last Friday and as James gets the Speed Hero coverage post organized I must share my fun. After some changes in staffing in multiple and odd ways, I decided to, whether it was welcomed I'm unsure, take a big part of the organization of the event. Life is a bit funny, the track we rent, Western Speedway, often has a slew of crushable cars sitting in their lot for different demo days. One of these was a near new looking '80 Corolla sedan with Quad headlights. ...

So, story goes: I move across the continent with nearly no money and a car full of tools. Dorikaze's Gordo (ed) provides me with a shell of a wagon for $50. With my hands and my wits. It has come together and driven from the spot it was parked. I hope it continues to do so. It's alive, it moves under it's own power and I somehow installed my clutch backwards, but it works sort of. lol Read the article