I visited an old friend of mine who owns a car shop. He had a collection of old SA RX-7s where he had 1 project build and probably 3 parts cars. While catching up with life, an old guy walks in asking for an oil change; then I was stunned, as I was watching a red 1st gen Celica coupe enter the ramp. I smiled as it was being prepped to be lifted and said to my self, “Man, that is a beautiful car”. 36 years and the style is still appealing. Not only it was a beauty but it also packed a punch with its well kept 2.0 4cylinder, ohhh! it sounded so nice. Even if it was dubbed as the “Japanese Mustang”, the 1st gen Celica will always bring a smile to my face. Just like the meaning of its name, it is definitely “celestial”.  Here are some 1st gen Celica “eye-candy” i found online. Enjoy!

-Mark@MaydayGarage

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While surfing the waves of the interwebs, I stumbled upon this crazy, out of this world, groovy Mazda Brochure. It was a brochure created by Pop artist Tanadori Yokoo for the 1968 Mazda 110S also known as the Mazda Cosmo Sport. I have never came a cross a Mazda 110S nor have seen so much pictures of it compared to the other Mazdas. The 110S was the first Mazda that was powered by 2 rotor rotary engine. Only a few were produced because they were built by hand resulting 1 car a day. I must say, whoever was the head of advertising (during those times of flower power and peace signs) was trippin’ hard on something.
It was so interesting and awesome reading it that I wanted to share to ya’ll.

Enjoy!

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In today’s economy, energy crisis, and lifestyle, many people found alternatives to save money and start to drive smaller cars. An example would be the popular Smart fortwo, Mini, Toyota iQ and the return of a classic, the Italian Fiat 500.

Fiat has been around for years but wasn’t that popular to the regular American consumer. With the new Fiat 500 being introduced again to the American market, lets look back and remember one of Fiat’s favorite classic; the Fiat 128. Upon first glance, the 128 could be mistaken for a Datsun 510, or even a  BMW 2002 with blackout kidney grills.

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As I was cleaning up my hard drive, I stumbled on a video I had titled The “Roaring VTEC: Battle at 10,000 RPM”. The video included one of, or probably the best Honda CRX ever built; the SS Works CRX. I fell in love with this CRX for 3 reasons;

1. Back to school – The SS Works CRX with its super lightweight 720kg chassis sends the Esprit NSX, Spoon S2000 and others back to the drawing board. If I’m not mistaken, it still holds the record for the fastest NA FF around the Tsukuba running around 59s, followed by the Yellow Factory Civic.

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When we talk about Nissan Silvias, we think of the S13, S14 and S15. Little do we know, or have herd about the S12 Silvia; known as the 1984-88 200sx in North America and the Gazelle in some parts of Asia. At first glance, the wedge-shaped Silvia may remind you of an AE86, or an MKII Supra or specially the 83 Honda Accord hatch; just because this body style was popular during those times.

Yeah, to some of ya’ll it looks nostalgic borring, commonly designed car during the 80s, yeah,why did you bring this car up Mark? What if…

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It’s Wednesday and days go by so fast that I felt like yesterday was just Sunday. During the weekend, I woke up extra early and met up with one of our awesome photoG’s DPhan. We got to Houston Coffee and Cars (HoustonCAC) and saw David already there, taking pictures of a DeLorean. One thing that I always do every time I go to car meets (specially CAC) is that I look in each car’s interior and check out the steering wheel. I get all smiles when i see a Momo steering wheel in a factory or a modified car.

One cool fact that I love about the Italian company founded by Giampiero Moretti is that after opening his company in 1964, after 4 years, in 1968 Momo signed a contract with Ferrari to supply steering-wheels for all its Formula 1 racing cars and road models.

Momo’s aren’t only found in a Ferrari now a days, even other companies are being supplied by the Italian steering wheel maker. A good example would be the Honda Type R line up, that has a momo stamp on it’s factory equipped wheel. If there’s one part that I think a Honda, and a Ferrari have in common(no not the spoiler..lol), it’s the Momo steering wheel; not just any regular Momo steering wheel but the Monte Carlo series.

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