Archive for June, 2009

Autobahn Shenanigans

June 25, 2009

This video always makes me smile, it used to be labelled something different and on the face of it it appears to just be a Porsche Turbo and Supra Turbo having a bit of a race on the Autobahn. It’s the other car joining in that makes it though, otherwise it would be dead boring.



-Michael

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The joy of having Photoshop or an equivalent picture editing program as well as digital images of cars, means you can modify your car to see how things would look, without even spending a penny (other than the obvious costs of the software/hardware).  Over the years I’ve done a myriad of little bits and pieces for people in order to aid them in their decisions, some taking a hell of a lot longer than others.   Whilst trying to find amongst the millions of photographs of cars that I have of my various HDD a particular image, I stumbled across one or two photochops (slang, like those pesky kids use) that I thought were not too shabby and I figured hell… I’ll share them with you fine people.

Some are done as pure amusement, some seriously and others out of sheer boredom.  This first one I seem to remember being in a Retro Rides thread, the date on the file would indicate June of 2007.  It started out it’s life as this petit 1958 Ford Anglia/Prefect;

1958 Anglia, Small and somewhat Ugly

1958 Anglia, Small and somewhat Ugly

After a little of messing about with various tools and whilst not being overly dramatic, it ended up like so… (more…)

A snap from the recent Japanese SuperGT race in Sepang shows the Hasemi Motorsport car harking back to R30 Super Silhouette livery.

I for one, approve!

Hasemi Motorsport GT-R

Hasemi Motorsport GT-R

Hasemi Motorsport R30 SuperSilhouette (in later form)

Hasemi Motorsport R30 SuperSilhouette (Gr. C)

Hasemi Motorsport R30 SuperSilhouette (early form)

Hasemi Motorsport R30 SuperSilhouette (Gr. 5)

-Michael

As the day(s) went on, the number of people sharing their photos increased beyond the members of RC.  Here’s a few more choice selections from another photo sets;

KE70 Corolla

KE70 Corolla

As you can see by the watermark, they’re taken by Joseph Curphey.  If you’d like any of them you’re welcome to contact him via the email address on the image and he’ll sell you the print you’re after for a modest fee.

MkI Escort Lotus Twincam

MkI Escort Lotus Twincam

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the little TX3 soldiers on to see out another trackday. Shame on all you heartless bastards up top who were laughing at it on Sunday!

FLAWLESS trackday, Taupo '09 (by decypher the code)

Laser TX3 of DOOM

anyway, here is another gallery of shots taken yesterday by my friend Gareth – I basically handed him my E-500 and told him to go off and take a few photos. After some sorting and post-processing on my part, the end result can be viewed here. Or click the “More” below to view a selection of choice cuts.

FLAWLESS trackday, Taupo '09 (by decypher the code)

You're doing it wrong!

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