After long weeks of sleep deprivation to finish it in time, Aardvark was finally ready to be shown to the public at last weekend’s classics show. The shape is inspired by the Datsun 240Z-260Z IMSA-GTU race cars of old. […]
Tag: Drift Car Build
Many ways to re-skin an aardvark – Build update!
Welcome back to our lousy garage where the world’s least authentic Datsun 260Z is being restored. If you can call a process where a car is replaced with bits of other cars and clad entirely in foul-smelling fibreglass restoration. […]
Aardwark build 3: Opposite lock device installed
Okay, so now we have a rear end as low as a beaten dog’s morale and as curvy as J Lo’s. What’s next? Naturally replacing those ugly, unadjustable control arms with some orange specialty items from the Driftworks shop. As the whole suspension comes from the S13, a Pro Handling Pack shall do the trick. […]
Aardvark’s new shoes – Datsun 350Z build report
It’s been more than three months since I’ve shown you the progress of our Nissan 350Z-powered, 200SX-suspended Datsun 260Z build. Well, as they say around here, slow work takes time. But when it comes to transplanting the heart and limbs of two different animals into a third beast, one really must measure twice before the […]
Thread Revival: DW S14 D1GP Build
It’s pretty weird that these pictures are still here, as the hosting is from the beginning of time. But this build thread in the forum has been bumped recently, and with the recent news about D1GP’s unrest, it brings back warm fuzzy feelings of the build up to the last time D1GP came to our […]