Man, It’s been a while since this car has come out of the woodwork.
Owner: JBH aka Sixdub
Location of vehicle: Hidden
Specs: Completed conversion in 1996.. Massive weight reduction.. Homemade Lexan windows with sliders.. Lexan sides and rear window.. Compomotive MOs.. Solid-Mounted VR6-swap.. Quaife-gearbox..
Find the hidden power-adders to this motor.. win a trip to the Clermont Lounge.
Hi. I’m Cody, and I figured it was finally time to make an introduction post on the classy new dM blog. I guess I’ll start with a little about me…
I like posing for strange pictures in showers, eating biscuits, riding my fixed gear bike, shooting guns, playing guitar, taking pictures, and a bunch of other random stuff. I co-own and design S3 Magazine here in Atlanta, check us out and buy a subscription if you haven’t already.
I’ve been drifting for almost 5 years and had a 95 SR-swapped S14 from 2004 until earlier this year. This car got me started in the sport and eventually led me all across the country competeing in the NOPI Pro Drift series in 2007.
It had a good run, but following a certain top secret drift event held in November of 2008, the entire car was pretty much destroyed (blown motor, destroyed wiring harness, slightly bent frame, etc). Here’s a shot of it during it’s final day of action though.
I started parting out that car late last year and eventually got rid of the shell a few months back. My plan had been to pick up something a bit newer (35oZ or Genesis Coupe), but due to last minute budget restraints I was forced to find something a bit cheaper. Luckily, a friend of mine was selling a super nice S13 hatch for cheap so I grabbed it up and got to work making a few tasteful additions.
The car still needs a few things to get it up to my liking (bigger turbo, a cage, and maybe a few other sets of wheels), but it’s fun for now.
I guess that’s about it for now, but hopefully I’ll have some new pics and stories to ramble about before too long. Thanks for reading!
This category needed a post. This seemed all but fitting.
GNARGOYLE.
Photo c/o Will Roegge.
Hello internet, my name is Marlow and I’m a large man that drives a corolla
I met Andy and the rest of the dM family waaay back in 2003 or 2004 at Atlanta’s first drift event held at some drag strip parking lot that we destroyed and they had to repave after the event
Since then I drove at events around Atlanta, Nashville, and throughout the southeast
But for some reason I decided to leave my car and friends behind, move to Alabama, and go to pharmacy school in Auburn for the past 3 years
I haven’t driven my car in about 1 year 🙁
On the bright side I only have <1 more year of school (for 9 total years, yikes!) and then ill be making the big bucks and hopefully building awesome cars
I am also an amateur photographer that has been taking pictures around the southeast since the beginning, so be looking for updates sometimes, but again school has slowed this down for me too
An example of my awesome work:
But hang in there guys, ill be updating with cool cars from around the interwebs until I can get the hell out of Alabama and back to Nashville and start driving again
Also check out the other blag I post boring stuff on: Team Rowdy (on the friends list to the right)
Photo c/o Clink K.
I tried to think up an original intro w/ lots of impact to start this off… but all I have is Hi I am Shawn.
shawn
I have been drifting since about 03′ but have been a fanboy since 01′. I drive this thing.
shawn
xoxo:.
Why hello there!
So I guess Andy Sapp wanted me to introduce myself and tell you all about our down-under adventures. Well we don’t have enough time for all of that so I’ll just do the introduction.
Here is the short run down.
Every DM member tends to call me Nenders from time to time, so you can call me Mr. Nenders.
Ever since 2000 I have been all about drifting and loved the style and tuning of the cars, now I’m all about fashion.
and on that note:
whats up ya’ll(southern)
I’m haterdan I’ve been around the drifting community since the dawn of time or 2003 if you wanna get specific. I dont drive. I dont have a “drift car”. But I do love hating on the new kids and fan boy’s I’ll be the one bringing the hopers and dreamers back to reality.
I drive this:
I ride this:
so get ready for the awesome because its here.
Hello. My real name is Tyler, but i go by revel on most forums. Been living in atlanta since 1998. Came to atlanta for the Atlanta College of Art which sadly is no more since SCAD bought it up. Started drifting in late 2006 with my first nissan 240sx, a 1991 240sx coupe that was already swapped with a stock SR20DET. From there I started attending DG Trials and SouthEastDrift events. My first 240 was a complete rustbucket, but the motor was stout and handled the abuse well. After a year of constantly worrying that the rusty shell would fall apart on me i picked a nicer 1992 240sx coupe shell void of motor, tranny, and most of the interior. That shell lasted just under a year and now I am on my third 240 shell. Went with another 1992 coupe. Just made things easier since everything would transfer over without much work. I guess thats the basic intro so heres some pics:
S13 Version 1 was purchased in March of 2006. Near stock when i brought it home.
The basic engine bay shot
This is probably the best pic of my first 240. Bigger FMIC, Sportmax wheels (when i knew nothing of good offset)
This was the second shell the day I brought it home November 2007. No motor, no tranny, and no interior
This was the second shells first event. Moved up to 17×9+15s and added a Silvia front
Painted suby silver, added Origin front bumper, replica skirts and rear bumper, and some 18×10 fronts and 18×12 rears
This is my favorite pic. If you look closely Andy’s BMW is hiding in the smoke trails
This is how Version2 met its end, by way of a pole. Still dont know how i walked away from it unscathed. Lucky I guess. The driver door protruded about 2ft into the car and the Sparco seat was all of 4inches wide after the wreck. Somehow I was still sitting in it. Not comfortably tho. Oddly enough it still drove straight…hell it was still drivable! Even the wheels made it out without a scratch and the suspension was fine
This is the Version3 shell after trailering it home. It was simply a rolling shell at that point
V3 at its shakedown at a SED event in Nashville. Matt Foerst of Foerst Motorwerks and I, with the help of all the DriftMechaniks, made quick work of swapping everything from S13 Ver2 into the Ver3 shell. Took about 3months to get it to this point. I have to give a huge thanks to everyone for their help. I love you guys and cant thank you all enough for the help
S13 Ver3 chilling at SED TripleThreat2 event in Atlanta
Still trying to get the hang of the new shell with a full cage and door bars…..and get over hitting the pole
More to come………………………I have been told that I am not allowed to paint the car…..ever, just add more multi color-ness.
so the multi just keeps coming:
I’m not sure how this should go. Ok. So, driftMechaniks has a blog now. Sometimes I’ll post on it. I’m Panda.
Please excuse my lack of a shirt. And if you come visit the driftMechaniks HQ, feel free to stop by my office. Its the dark blue one on the right.
Overdue. That’s what you could call this site. It has been a long time coming. We haven’t had a ‘proper’ site since… well… 2004? Let’s take a quick look back for a second.
This is me and my best friend Hooman circa 1996.
Back then… Hooman was running this beast:
I drove this beast (RIP):
My follow-up attempt resulted in a car that was awesome for the time:
That’s right. CLEAR. TAILS.
Around this time, Hooman upgraded as well.
I sold my whip:
Because of this:
Hooman also upped the ante. He was the first in NY to get one.
Hooman and I wanted to start up a drift team… because at the time – there were no teams in Atlanta.
So we did.
We made some shirts.
They became cake-face magnets:
Even UUUUUCHI approved.
The rest… as they say… is HISTORY. Or at least worthy of another post.
TO BE CONTINUED…
You were more of an inspiration that you will ever know.Rest easy, Alex.
