Growing up in the Central Ontario snowbelt, I pretty much lived on sleds as a kid. Granted they were old, beat up ditch bangers. I had a 1973 Alouette Mini Brute as a kid, then a 1979 Ski-Doo Citation 300, and on to a pair of John Deeres, a 1976 John Deere JD300 and a 1982 John Deere Trailfire LX. As a teen I had a…

I’ve been driving by this old Z31 for over 10 years now. It’s just outside of town and for as long as I can remember it was parked in the guys garage, then about 6 years ago it was moved out to the woods beside his driveway.

It’s turned into a period correct build. I forgot I had a set of turbine wheels in the rafters of my garage (were originally on a Fox Body SVO owned by my buddies dad when he was younger). Needless to say, they’ve been installed. Next is a period correct stereo system. For me anything 1980-1990 is considered period…

Picked up a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Coupe. 231 Buick V6 with a 3-speed auto. The car was driven in summers only from 1980 until 1988 when the owner parked it in the garage at their cottage and literally forgot about it. He pulled it out this spring, put a new gas tank and sending unit in it and it fired it up.

1986 Nissan Hardbody SE-V6 4x4.

But it woulda been better with an ‘87 Trans Am GTA.

So I bought a 2013 Frontier...

I know this is a long shot. But would anyone happen to know what engine Nissan was using in their old trophy truck circa late 80s/early 90s? It’s hard to dig up any real solid info on the old Mickey Thompson Stadium Series from the 80s/90s so I’m not even sure if they ran V6s or V8s. If it was V6s I’d be inclined to…

That you can’t tell if this truck is a 2005, or a 2017.

...when I’m reminded of why I drive a stupid, old, Supercharged Nissan SUV.

More precisely, the S300, with a 3.2L Straight 6. My quest for a winter beater has taken a drastic turn. The X-Trail I wanted fell through, and I acquired a $1500 2010 Civic Sedan which I in turn gave to my sister. So today’s Bad Idea Of The Day is this W140 S300 I found for $1000. If it’s not on a salvage title, this…

I’ve spent much of the last week going through the attic of the old farm house that I grew up in. While doing so I came across a few old toolboxes of die casts from my youth. Most of them from between 1990-2005. Tonight (this morning now I guess?) I’ll show y’all the small treasure of Micro Machines that I stumbled…

It looks like it has a split A Pillar, or even two A Pillars. I’ve never seen this before. It’s in the US whatever it is.

Couldn’t even use it for a demo derby. It was free because it had an overheating problem (wiring to the fans was shot), so I never looked under it when I took it. I mean, it was free but the guy was still DDing it so, it couldn’t be that bad. Boy was I wrong. Yesterday while taking it for a lap around the block to…

It may only have just shy of 8,000kms, but it’s still just an automatic Turbo Z. I could never fathom spending that kind of coin on a Z31. For sale by a Nissan dealership in Ottawa.

I ran a 2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V with zero reinforcing besides the basic three bars to protect the drivers compartment. No welded bumpers, no welded axles, nothing. That little 2.5L was unstoppable. I finished 4th in my heat (got stuck) but, the PT Cruiser that finished 2nd snapped the frame, and it folded up…

I picked up a ‘99 Civic CX hatch for the old man to run in the demo derby at the local Fall fair. I only paid $200 for it and according to the owner it went hurtling through a ditch at 100km/h and they drove it home, then parked it.

Hey everyone, very longtime lurker, but this is my first post on LaLD.