SPEED HERO Blog — SHDP

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Hate me all you want, but I love the visual intentions of the Mercury Sable.[/caption] Although execution of the idea was brutal. Often the accountants have a huge affect on the final look of a car, the intended look of the Sable was desirable. I'm hoping to focus these posts a bit more on appreciation and observation of style. I hate to start off with a favorite, but wrap around lights, and glass are a...

Not much for today. But I do have some basic clothing items up for sale. I make about $3 off each. After selling enough, I might be able to afford one for myself. lol These are some old designs that never got used or I repurposed from other projects. http://www.zazzle.com/speedhero_garage

Yesterday we were talking about Fiberglass, Italian-esque vehicles. Let's continue that theme. Recently at our big Capital Drift Pumpkin Smash event, I had a gentleman approach me excited to talk cars. He had been working on some more restoration, and was wanting to share. His car? A Devin. Haven't heard of a Devin before? Bill Devin wanted to sell the performance of a ferrari for half the price. He did just that. Building complete cars, with fiberglass bodies and Italian like styling fitted with American V8's. He also sold Fiberglass body-shells in whatever size you requested to fit your existing...

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...

This morning, 6:05am to be precise, I received a text with an instagram link from a buddy. Confused as to what car he was looking at. Let's just get this out in the open now. I just don't know. What I do know is it's clearly a Volkswagen kit car. Despite the European car show seen in the rear, it immediately struck me as a Brazilian made 'kit'. You see, in Brazil, Beetle/Fusca based cars weren't exactly kits cars. They were designed and assembled the same way, but weren't perceived the same in...