PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

Still on my Nova...

 

Sad to see... what’s the story with the temporary building on top of the drag strip? Is racing done with there, or are they still using another track?

Sadly I see this hobby slowly dying off as the baby boomers age. They are simply too old to be going to these things and kids today would rather drive a paddle shift car than even think about learning stick or how to wrench on their own car. Racing is left to video games. Sigh.

 

Thanks for the update. Maybe. RIP Englishtown. From Michigan/Texas, never made it to an event, but a part of my Hot Rod growing up. Unbelievable that it is somehow "not a thing"!

 

This is a Honda Street EX 4WD. I spent the first Saturday of October 2019 car show hopping, and spotted this in the parking lot of a small shopping center in Huntingdon Valley while driving from Ivyland. I had never seen or heard of this model prior to seeing this particular example. I searched "Honda Street" on Wikipedia, and it turns out it's called the Acty. Street is a trim level. Based on what I've seen in pictures, this appears to be a 1990-1996 model. A peek through the window revealed that this example has air-conditioning and a factory AM/FM cassette. It had a manual transmission (according to the Wikipedia page, 4WD models were not available with an automatic). There were no rear seats that I could see. In Pennsylvania, any gray market vehicle 25 years or older can be registered as an antique (I've seen a Trabant 601 with a PA Antique plate!). You will immediately notice that this particular one has a "Conserve Wild Resources" specialty plate, which can be issued to any passenger vehicle or truck. This Honda also has current emissions and safety inspection stickers. I can't imagine it would be hard to make a JDM Honda 3-cylinder compliant with US emissions regulations, but the bigger issue tends to be the fact that a lot of these vehicles were never crash-tested in America. Unfortunately, since it does have an American VIN, I can't run the license plate through Carfax...

 

@El Duderino

Surely you've seen a few of these during your trips to Japan...

 

BRUH.

 

legit!

 

There is a company somewhere near there that imports a lot of RHD vehicles and sells them legally in the US. JDM restoration and reselling is becoming a huge market. They sell everyone from old Van's to rhd surpa's , skylines and mazda rotary. Like I said it's a huge market with a wide audience right now.

 

Yup father in law had one just like it in silver

 

I'd take this over an Insight or a Prius any day!

 

4WD? A/C?

 

Yup

 

Did you drive it?

 

Nope I drive my mother in laws Suzuki grand wagoner

 

So Suzuki stole a model name from Jeep?!?!

 

Looks exactly like this

 

I can't find "Suzuki Grand Wagoner" on Wikipedia...