Showing posts with label Volkswagen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Volkswagen. Show all posts
1/30/20
3/27/15
"Only The Fittest 2014" by Skollie Respected Hooligan
With the announcement of Only The Fittest, I realised I would be away in
Mossel Bay at the same time of the show. Being my first opportunity to
attend an official CapeStance show, there was no way I was going to miss
it. So show day came, 4 hour drive behind us and we were back in the
Cape, heading into Paarden Eiland an industrial area back dropped by
towers of shipping containers. The venue picked for the show was great,
it had a real exclusivity feel to it as if the only way you knew about
it was if you knew someone that knew someone.
The cars on show were awesome, you can really see guys are trying hard to show their passion and love for the scene. It’s great that the guys that do it right are shown off and set above the rest because in a way they deserve it. I think their cars are an inspiration, their hard work and dedication should drive you to have the same commitment to your car/project/build so that when the next show comes your car is in the line up. Slowly you can see guys are stepping out of their comfort zones and doing things different, creating there own take on something or just trying to mix it up to create variation and stand out from the rest.
I could think of no better way to end off the year other than jamming a
venue full with some of the fittest cars in the Cape. After going to
these events I slowly learn how much the hosts of the events actually
put in to give us these awesome days. I really have to applaud the guys
at CapeStance for their efforts, attention to detail and the dedication
to growing the scene. I truly cannot wait to see what 2015 has in store
for us, but like every year, I’m sure it will be killed.
3/16/15
"The Devil’s Golf"
"The Devil’s Golf"
by Bryn Musselwhite
Whatever you do in life, somebody will have done it before you. And yup, somebody else will do it after you. So placing your own personal mark on anything can be a tricky balance – you’ll find it somewhere between jumping from the roof of a 10-storey building and gently dipping a toe.
When it comes to cars, everybody loves a project, from a full strip down to a fine tune. But what if you fall in love with somebody else’s work? Does that mean you have to leave it as is? Does it hell! The real trick is making your own mark and improving the DNA…
Older cars always take you back a little bit. Maybe not all the
way to the late-’70s, early-’80s when the Mk1 Volkswagen Golf GTI
pretty much created a genre. But the design cues that echo across the
decades from back then always mentally transport you to another time.
It’s what makes working with a classic so much more pleasurable, but
risky for me at the same time. You have to get it just right.
Richard ‘Fish’ Fisher from Chicago is a lover of all things automotive. I genuinely couldn’t pin him down to a specific model or marque if I tried, and trust me – I don’t want to. I like people who just like cars, four wheels and an engine. Hell, sometimes they don’t even have to have four wheels… Or an engine for that matter. I’ve been known to melt over a pile of parts.
11/23/14
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)