Car Porn

My maternal grandmother passed away in January 2015 at 88 years of age. As per her wishes, she was cremated and buried next to her husband (my Grandpa who I'm named after; died in 1982 at age 61 from Alzheimer's). My family on my mom's side turned what could have been a sad occasion into a celebration of a great woman's life. My Grandma and Grandpa are buried at a church in Connecticut. My family rented a beautiful beachfront home in Branford, Connecticut for a week. I found out about a cruise night in nearby North Branford on the second to last day we were in Connecticut, and my dad and I went.

This is a heavily customized 1993 Chevrolet S-10. Look very closely at this truck...

Does anything seem weird about it? Anything at all?


On first glance, it would appear that this truck has no engine!


Let's take a look out back, shall we?

That's right...


You may notice that this truck is registered in Maine. As I said before, these pictures were taken at a cruise night in Connecticut. I assumed the guy who owned this truck was from Maine and visiting family or something, and asked him where in Maine he was from (My paternal grandma has a lakefront property in Southern Maine).

He tells me that he is a Connecticut resident. He owns a house, has a Connecticut driver's license, and his daily driver is registered in Connecticut. With all of the modifications, this S-10 would not pass the annual emissions test required by the state of Connecticut! It's a 1993 model, so it's also too new to be registered as an antique in Connecticut. Maine, however, is much more lax about what can be registered as an antique. He legally registered it in Maine through the mail (Maine title, registration, insurance, etc...), and plans on registering in Connecticut as an antique once it's old enough! Don't you just love loopholes?

 

2014 Carlisle Truck Nationals...

I just love first gen S-10 pickups! This is a 1993 model, and 1993 is my favorite year because it was also the last year for this style (at least on the pickups; the 1st gen S-Blazer and Jimmy carried on until 1994). This one also isn't too over the top, and if you look closely, you'll notice that the A/C is still intact and has been converted to R134a. Nothing better than a good-looking show truck that you can actually drive, and be comfortable driving!

 

Gotta love novas!

 

Especially stick shift Novas!

 

Speaking of vans, I saw this sweet van at LST

 

Yeah, we're pretty lax up here with emissions. We figure we're downwind from the rest of the country, so what's the point?

Sweet S10, though. Reminds me of a local guy's A100.

 

For the Jeep guys

 

That is pretty sweet.

 

A friend of mine who lives abroad recently told me about the Toyota Century. Pictured below is a 1997 model, believe it or not (and they still make them today virtually unchanged). You may also be shocked to learn that Toyota made a 5.0L V12 engine, and this seemingly ordinary luxury vehicle is the only vehicle to have that V12 under the hood!

Exterior:



Interior:


Under the hood, the 1GZ-FE V12 (Yes it is a thing!):

 

I hate you right now.
I plan on putting a tko600rr in my camaro when I pay my truck off(as a gift to myself )

 

God I've wanted one of those since I saw Demolition Man back in the day.

 

So much badass right there.

 

We've had such nice weather the last few days (rain starts again tomorrow) that I finished putting the front back together, washed it and drove around all day running errands. Life is good.