John Benton restores and races Porsches maintaining a purist point of view. He believes keeping the lines and body of the vehicle in tact in order to preserve the original form only modifying slightly as to not take away from the design. He has a proven track record taking victories at the La Carrera Panamericana…
No end of 2013 or beginning of 2014 post this year…just a rewind to fill in the gaps of what you see on my Instagram – @yaeantho. First up, my 1973 BMW 2002…back in April I became the third owner this piece of history, but finally almost happy with how it looks. Original Hawaii car. …
In the past few years, there’s been a revival…a resurrection of the past. This revival definitely has strong support throughout the automotive world, from carbureted engines to cafe racers. Newer generations of gear heads in search of their roots in order to pave the road for the future. This is exactly why I love events…
Every Labor Day Weekend, the VW Club of Hawaii shows off Oahu’s best at their Annual Shaka Weekend (see my photos from last year here). This year the celebration started on Day 1 with a pre-show meet at the iconic Rainbow Drive-In; an appropriate venue for a gathering of classics cars whether in the 1960s…
Here’s a few more random photos from the past 2 days. I’ve been fighting this fever and migraine headache for the last 3 days which has somewhat put me out of commission. I’m hoping to get better as we have our annual family vacation coming up and will need alot of energy running around after…
Every now and then you can expect special events being hosted at Illest OC in Costa Mesa, California. Recently we hosted The Fendarolla to come roll some fenders based on appointments only. Adrian aka Fendarolla is one of Southern California’s leading fender rolling experts, and his work that day was on point. FatlaceTV – Illest…
Recently I was invited to goto the annual Auto Fashion Imp Euro event in Osaka Japan. The builds were incredible and the amount of complete builds were amazing. You can really appreciate how much attention to detail everyone puts into their builds in Japan. Here’s part 1 of the show photos I took. Here’s the…
Looking back on the past few weeks, I am reminded of something that I wrote in my first post on Fatlace from over a year ago…”Automotive Aloha”…this idea is bigger than shows and awards, features and fame, Facebook shares and Instagram likes, etc. It’s about passion and community; events like the Team Foreign Objects’ Euro…