From an older photoshoot Khiem did of a friend’s car. You guys already know we don’t let bad or wet weather stop us.
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com
Nostalgic Wednesdays: Datsun G-Nose Z
a cutaway by Shin Yoshikawa
I know, I know Mayday Garage have been covering and posting a lot of Z’s here in our blog and in our Facebook; what can we say? we love the Datsun Z long time! Nowadays, finding a clean factory Datsun 240z would be considered a rare collectible. What makes the hunt more exiting for Z hunters is finding an original 240ZG in mint condition. Today’s Nostalgic Wednesday, we reminisce the Z that was never imported to the US market; The 240ZG.
Introduced in 1971, the S30 chasis had 2 variants, the regular 240z (sold both in Japan and in the US) and the 240Z-G (only in Japan). What’s the difference? The ZG compared to the marketed Z has the wider riveted over-fenders, fender mounted side-view mirrors, rear spoiler,acrylic glass headlight covers, and of course, the signature fiberglass extended G-nose front.
OTWeb Video: Canon vs. Nikon.
Cats vs. Dogs, Ford vs. Chevy, Subaru vs. Mitsubishi, Mac vs. PC, Redskins vs. Cowboys. It seems everyone is divided when it comes to choosing a side in many debates. Another debate that seems to get a lot of “exposure” (like what I did there?) is the eternal Canon vs. Nikon war. War seems like a fitting description. Enjoy the video.
It’s a great thing that here at Mayday Garage, we don’t discriminate. We use both camera systems. We are extremely open to different types of cameras and also cars. Maybe that’s why we get along so well?
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com
Max Res Mondays: Danny Rodman’s MX83 Cressida.
You guys demanded this. Ask and you shall receive!
Click on the image for the full res!
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com
Event Coverage: 100 Drifters of December.
What a better way to start off my recent move to Maryland than a big grassroots drift event? Drift Nirvana’s yearly 100 drifters of December is exactly what it sounds like, to assemble 100+ drifters and invade every inch of Summit Point Motorsports park, a huge track nestled in a small town in West Virginia. What makes this event unique isn’t just the sheer amount of local and semi-pro drifters sliding around, but rather how they give drifters a choice on which track they’d like to drift. Yes. Multiple tracks all at once, kind of like how they do it at Ebisu in Japan.
S14's zooming by was a normal occurrence.
The Freed Engineering MX83 Cressy making it's rounds with a full boat
Everyone getting ready for battle
JDM duo
This S14 seems reaaaaal familiar...
Thanks to Jaime Clague and Justin Alacrious for letting me use this video! Be sure to check out Alacrious Media via Dodgemsquad.co.uk!
A Passion for Tarmac Rallying: Paulie’s WRC Tarmac Project
I told myself I wouldn’t wake up at 5 a.m. for a shoot anymore, but to turn down a chance to shoot one of the cleanest Subaru WRXs in the States, I made myself get up even though I had a sick stomach virus that caused some mad toilet action the night before. JohnP and I met up with Paulie at 6 a.m. in downtown Fort Worth while the other Mayday guys were still asleep back at the hotel. This is the day after WekFest Forth Worth by the way. Mayday Mikey, David, Venn, and Danny partied all nite so they weren’t able to make it and our other ace photographer Khiem…. well he doesn’t like to get up at 6 a.m.
It was early... really early.
We arrived at the location early, but it was still too dark to shoot, so Paulie and his wife started cleaning up the WRX a bit more before we started shooting. Their car was already clean since the car showed at WekFest Ft.Worth, but they wanted the car to be extra, extra clean since it was their first feature. That’s being meticulous.
It's already clean man... you're in the shot now....