Can You Hear The Wind?

In 2010 Jun Imai captured the Mazda Furai as one of Hot Wheels new models.  Though only a concept car the Furai is a fully functional car featuring a 3-rotor Wankel motor pumping out 450bhp and has been put through it's paces on various race tracks including Laguna Seca. I think the Furai was well deserving of some racing shoes. Zoom Zoom.

Swap Shop - Renault Megane Trophy

In 2011 Hot Wheels added the Renault Megan Trophy to their ranks.  A race version of the Megane RS, the Megane Trophy was built to take on the Renault Eurocup, though it has also been spotted on the touring car circuit as well as the Toyo Tires 24 Hour in Dubai.  As the track is the natural setting for the Megane Trophy I decided  to throw on some high performance wheels and tires. Pretty sweet!

The Datsun Bluebird 510: Soaring with Eagles

Known as the 'poor mans BMW' the Datsun Bluebird 5120 has a die-hard following even to this day.  Hot Wheels 2012 Faster Than Ever series introduces an awesome Datsun Bluebird 510.  Jun Imai really captured the excitement of this little sports coupe and I am happy to be able to add this latest paint scheme to my collection.  I do have one issue though.  Many of you may share my sentiment when I say, the new Faster Than Ever wheels are, indeed, uglier than ever.  It is with much rejoicing and no sorrow that I can show off the Datsun 510 with its new wheels and I shiny new set of Goodyear Eagles.

Swap Shop - '70 Camaro Road Race

In the late sixties a road racing series began in the United States.  While the muscle cars dominated the straight line of the quarter mile, these road racers had to due something that muscle cars were notoriously bad at - turn.  Even today there are some who would think that a smaller engine, bigger brakes and a bigger suspension is just lunacy, it was the perfect recipe for what became perhaps the greatest road racing series this side of the Atlantic - the Trans-Am.

For 2011 Dave Weise put together the '70 Camaro Road Race.  Based on the 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 race car, built in the Trans-Am's golden era, to take on Ford's Boss 302 Mustang which began dominating the Trans Am race series in '69.  I think DW did a great job in capturing the spirit of one of the US's greatest road racing cars.

In line with its racing heritage I swapped in some wheels from an old Racing Champions NASCAR model I scored off of ebay a while back. Oh yeah, she's a real looker now!