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I can't fucking believe it.
I can't believe I didn't post this. I must've gotten these images AFTER post most of the Speed Hero Japanese trip. I was giddy with joy to see one of these for the first time ever in person, and hell, it was in Japan! 
That's right, that's a GMC Typhoon. For those that don't know, GMC made some performance trucks in the early 90's called the Syclone and Typhoon. Both turbo charged 4.3 4wd units, capable of 13.4 in the 1/4 mile in STOCK TRIM! 
Party Time, Excellent!
Wayne and Garth must be the most intense German car lovers. 
What do all of these cars have in Common? 
NSU R80 
NSU Spider 
Citroen GS Birotor 
Citroen M35 
Home Grown
Dial M for Murdered Out! Shawn Beintema's wabbit is some local flavour that had to be photo'd-frame'd-and-hung'd. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Born in a shed. "]
[/caption] Shawn and I met on the side of the highway, some light corrosion had pooped the connection to his distributer. The car was too badass to just blast by and not offer a helping hand. 
Shawn's 79...cough...84 Rabbit is home grown. Built locally with his own hands, none of this spending money at...
Scrap Skunkworks
Yes, there is a skunkworks division at Adrenaline Motorsports. Much like the Zeeboo was an experiment with driveline conversion, the MAsixty-fun pictured is a bit of an experiement as well. 
Not a pretty site eh? Rusty and beat up. 
But sometimes looks, books, covers and strawberries, may look old and shriveled, but inside is delicious sweetness. Pucker your mouth! 
The skunkworks Uzi. Brrraaappppppp Brap!! Edit: for those of you out of the 'know' that's a 1996 Lexus...
Measurables.
Box flares, check, sideways check, rooster tail check, co-pilot and full cage, check. Seems like a pretty serious rally photo. Some real shizz is going down in the seat (no pun intended) of that rally car. Well your right, it is a serious rally car, and the VAZ 2101 is a perfect candidate for some oldskool rallying. Although Group B was the golden era of Rally racing for fans, there is still a strong group of followers of the true oldskool of rallying, the light...