SPEED HERO Blog
Baby Benz and Friends
From Zee's to Bee's that end in Zee's. I enjoy finding new obscure and rare cars. Want another car that doesn't have a wiki page? The Mercedes Benz 190e 2.6 Compact. More pictures below!
The 190e 2.6 Compact was apparently built by Schultz Tuning, a company I just cannot find any information...
Baby Zee
My love for African car culture continues to grow. Just a small tidbit, but apparently South Africa specifically received the 140z and 160z! Based on the Datsun Sunny, these were the affordable African alternative to the famous 240z. Featuring L14 and L16 motors and some interesting alternate styling. It's so obscure there apparently isn't even a wiki page for them. Go figure, thanks to this Random CarDomain page.
Memories
Hussle n' Flow
Justin threw together a super great video from the April 22nd event! Sweet!
If you want to see some of the raw snapper, there's a longer extra footage video here.Gettin' Casual
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Another Cap D Come and Gone. The seasons opener was a fairly smooth event, with some mainland flavour coming out on top. Simplicity is the most rewarding aspect of Cap D. Show up, bring a helmet and drive your car, although there are some who seem to miss this concept, beyond the 'have fun' attitude there really is no other agenda. A car that runs and the battery doesn't seem to bounce out the trunk onto the track helps....
