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“What does MG stand for?” “I have no idea.”

Now, a lot of people try different things to relax. Some like to listen to take baths, and others like to run. Some read, and some listen to soft music. Grady however has a slightly different approach. He doesn’t drink tea, or meditate, and he certainly doesn’t do yoga. Grady prefers to carve through the twists and turns of the Royal National Park in vintage British sports cars, both conveniently lying in his backyard.

Grady’s 1967 MGB has been in the family for as long as he can remember, passing from his Uncle now to him and his Dad. And despite owning a pretty heavily modified Ford Falcon (which was an unfortunate victim to dumb drivers on a south-coast highway) nothing quite compares to this little British roadster. “Being so low to the ground and without any power steering or anything makes this car a really raw driving experience. It’s awesome and so nice to just cruise”. To be perfectly honest, Sandy or I knew f***all about MGs so we were pretty thankful that Grady could talk us through all of the ins and outs of the car, and that we got to tag along for a ride! “The car hasn’t had a great deal of modifications, just enough to suit it to our needs. It still has the 1.8L engine but with a Weber carbie, and the gearbox has been changed to a 5 speed manual out of a Datsun 280z. Sticking with the Datsun vibe we went with a set of 280z rims and some minor mods to the exhaust as well”.

Visually this car is beautiful. The simplistic Porsche Petrol blue paint compliments the chrome detailing across the exterior trim and a custom made roll bar built perfectly to fit under the removable soft top (which is quite impressive considering a 6ft 2 Grady can still fit!). A black on black interior finishes the package with a nice set of MX5 seats and a bare bones dashboard. The car doesn’t boast much room, but everything appears to be right wear it should be. In carving around corners the suspension of this little roadster stays perfectly planted and leaves the driver extremely comfortable and confident in the car. “We’ve take it to a track a couple times. It goes really well! But I think in order to pursue this as a ‘track day’ car I’d need to consider some more pretty serious mods.”

For a car built in 1967 I was extremely surprised to realise how smoothly the old engine would run. In personally coming from a 1962 VW with the typical ‘dak dak’ boxer engine, this straight 4 cylinder ran so well and so quietly you’d imagine it was only just rebuilt.

Like I said earlier, before this neither of us knew anything at all about MGs other than they are quite often the stock sports car of choice for 40 year old retirees. But this little blue convertible is definitely enough to peak our interest and break of this stigma for good.

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The Life and Death of Datsuns

Looking at these photographs, you are probably thinking that these aren’t quite up to scratch to what we usually post. That’s because it’s true. But, to be perfectly honest, we never had the chance to let this Red Rocket shine in all of its classic JDM glory.

Our photographer Sandy bought this mad 1977 Datsun 260z 2+2 a few months ago after weeks of questioning which old school classic he wanted to be his next project. After countless hours of searching through for sale posts he stumbled upon the rocket, a crimson coupe with an rb30 turbo jammed under the bonnet as donated from an r31 Skyline. “The car was awesome, I’d never driven anything turbo’d before and this car absolutely hauled ass. Best part was it was street legal!” There’s no denying that this thing could pull, the combination of old-school and new school JDM worked so well and became borderline terrifying once a significant amount of boost was built up. Of course, no power steering and manual brakes didn’t help this matter either.

The car however wasn’t perfect. The interior was in need of a birthday, the body was craving a solid buff, and the wheels were just a little too outdated for something this unique. The brakes and suspension also needed an upgrade, because of course with all that power you need to be able to A) handle and B) stop.  “I took the car through the royal nasho once. It was awesome, but definitely a bit of a boat. None of that really mattered though; I planned on building this thing so it could carve through places like the nasho with no worries at all.”

The plan was pretty straight forward, build a platform that looked and handled to fit the turbo power plant under the bonnet. This meant brakes, lowered suspension, wider wheels, duck tail spoiler, flared guards, race seats and a paint job to suit. But Sandy will be the first to tell you, things don’t always go to plan.

“I was coming back home in the Datsun when a car pulled out on me without enough room to spare. Naturally I slammed on the brakes, but the old tyres didn’t like that too much. I sild right into a parked car after that. Totalled my bonnet, my driver’s side guard and the rad support. I was absolutely gutted”

The news broke as a massive shock to all of us, the Red Rocket had only just joined the family but now things were looking pretty bleak. After weeks of contemplation and back flipping, Sandy made the heart breaking decision to sell the Datsun. Not one week after that, she was on a trailer to her new home and many a tear was shed. “It was nice to know the guys that bought it intended on building her back up. I’d be heaps keen to see it once they’ve finished, just seeing how it ended up”

Sad as this situation was, cars are an addiction and 1 week later a fresh 260z is in Sandy’s driveway. Not nearly finished, a tonne more work, but way more potential than the rocket ever had. So Long Red Rocket, long live the Golden Turd!

TBC

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“Nah it’s cool man, you’ve got like, a mil of clearance.”

It took about 45mins to get to Sam across some of the roughest, guard-eating, scrape inducing stretches of road that Sydney has to offer. This happened on a Monday night in a car that has literally been stuck on a driveway due to its ridiculous ride height, has scraped on flat road, and with neither of us having any reasonable idea in how to actually get to our photo-shoot location (no one ever said we were smart). But all of this was worth it, because honestly, we were both sick of photoshoots in parking lots. After finally finding China Town and spending about 30mins finding a parking spot, and apologising to the very unfortunate owner of a certain Golf R which Sandy revered into, we reached Sam and his S15 looking smoother than Alex Turner’s haircut.

With no spoiler and near flawless panels this car struts a clean shaven look that is guaranteed to simultaneously piss-off and stun any Japanese fan boy, whether from jealously or awe. A full Vertex body kit complements the stance of this S15 perfectly, only highlighted by a beautifully gutter-rashless set of Work Emotion XD9s. Slammed on a full set of Fortune auto 500 series coil overs with Whiteline front and rear strut braces, all adjustable camber caster and toe arms and a sway bar, this car has enough suspension gear to stay as planted to the ground as an oak tree. And did I mention the turbo? There’s a big f***ing turbo.  

A T185z 8cm turbo with Nistune Ecu, 800cc injectors, HKS boost controller, front mount intercooler, full custom exhaust system and basically any other mod you can think of, so if you are foaming at the mouth a little right now you have the right to. Point being, she’s more than just a pretty face.

Now never mind, the fact that we took a Japanese car to China town (yes, we did realise that), after scraping our way into an unassuming alleyway, moving various shop-keeper’s garbage bins, lifting Sandy onto ledges to take bird’s eye shots and quite possibly parking in an area that specifically said ‘no stopping’ to take a few hundred photos we realised this location was perfect (I mean, just look at how those parkers match the neons!). It may have cost us 4 hours, a Golf R bumper and a little bit of our pride but we could to see one insane S15 and avoid being defected. Awesome.

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An Eye Catching Echo

When it comes to modifying cars to JDM spec a lot of the time it starts with a good base. An S15, a chaser, a supra or maybe even an 180sx. Not many people would think to pick a 3 door, 2001 Toyota echo. But that’s exactly what Sandy did, and this thing is as fun as it looks. “It was probably the best decision I have made to modify it rather than save for something bigger and better, after all, it is my first car!”

This little car embraces everything car culture stands for, having a go and having fun while doing it. 90% of the work on this little white nugget is done by Sandy himself, including installing a brand new set of fully adjustable coil overs, rolled guards and a full rattle can plasti-dip paintjob, “the paint wasn’t by any means show spec anyway, so I thought ‘fuck it, plasti-dip it is!”. The exception being a custom straight pipe exhaust that you can hear from 4 streets away.

One thing you can’t deny about this car, it is slammed. That stuck on driveways, scraping on flat road, don’t-eat-too-much-at-lunch kind of slammed.  For Sandy, his lowering springs just weren’t enough. “The combo of coil overs and my schmick 15x8 +25 Avid01 07 wheels mean you can just lay into the corners. Although, I found myself sliding out of the ugly stock green seats, so I bought two new Bride Stradia II’s!”.

In the short time Sandy has had the car it has had some interesting adventure; like having the keys locked in 90mins from home at a meet flooded with cops, or locking them in again at Wollongong. Getting stuck on gutters and forcing passengers to help persuade it off, getting reversed into at a Westfield shopping centre and being pulled over several times because… well look at it, you get the idea.

As one of the honoured few to actually drive this little white JDM shopping cart, I have to say after getting stuck on two speed bumps and being stared at about 20 pedestrians, god it was fun and easy to lay into. Its undeniable this car attracts attention, both good and bad with many JDM purists scowling at the idea of modding an echo. But Sandy doesn’t care about any of that, “this car works for me, I get to smile every time I drive this thing, I didn’t build it for anyone else”, and it’s for that reason this little echo stands for everything car culture should.

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