NYIAS, BJR Style Part 2: Classics&Customs

"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
04/09/2015 at 12:11 • Filed to: None

It's not just new cars at the NYIAS, there's also some classics and customs there as well. This year had a larger amount than I can ever remember. Between the LeMay museum, the NYPD Museum, a bunch of tuners/customizers/restomodders, and the classic race cars some of the automakers brought out, there certainly was a lot to choose from.

NOT the car from 21 and 22 Jump Street, but damn close. I always liked the "muscle car on polished aluminum 20" mag wheels" look.

NYPD '73 Fury. My dad stopped to reminisce, as his first car was a '73 Fury. "I remember picking up [NAME RETRACTED] for our first date and her younger sister asking me 'is your car from the '50s?!'. Goes to show how much cars changed from '73 to '83, whereas now, hell, my Viggen is older than my Fury was at the time and still looks modern!" If I was still a drinking man, I'd turn him mentioning Saab into a drinking game.

This Charger. This fucking Charger.

Built by Premier Resto NY, apparently it's pretty much a SRT8 under the skin. Bought as a roller, it Got a rotisserie restoration, and all the running gear is from a '14 Challenger SRT8 392. Has modded suspension and upgraded brakes so it doesn't handle like the boat it used to be. If I were to win the lottery, this would be the car I'd buy. Not a CTS-v, Z06 or any of that, but this Charger. I want it. Now.

Another gem from the NYPD Museum, this vintage livery'd '13 Ford PI has all the goodies, with AWD and the police spec Ecoboost V6. LOVE the classic NYPD green and black, wish they'd go back to this. The green painted steelies are a great touch.

Not much to say about this monster other than "holy fuck! those tires! holy fuck! that moto.....IS THAT A GODDAMN INSPECTION STICKER?!" That's right, apparently this is street legal.

mmmmm......Meaty.

mmmm....piping

Just a neat little RX7. I always forget how small these are until I'm standing next to one.

The most metal car there was......

A SCION?! Despite the iA, despite pandering to millennial hipsters, despite all the doofy interpretive dance, Scion still managed to pull the most brütal custom out of nowhere, and got me to use their dumbass #scionporn hashtag.

Not quite swangas, but it works.

I loved the "claymore for handbrake" touch

See that bit sticking out the bumper? That's to plug a mic and guitar in. Shame this'll end up in some community college auto tech program pen, like the Turbonetics tC and carbon fiber'd out tC that we have sitting in our auto tech pen at Brookdale CC.

Stackz on Stackz. Looked weird on the Scibaru boxer motor.

The car that started the whole WRB/Gold wheels trend.

2 door STi is best STi

#stancenation

Taking the nickname "Elephant Motor" to a whole new level.

Brace yourselves, ladies and gentlemen, as I have found......

.....THE MOST GUIDO CAR IN THE WORLD!!!!! The worst part? It wasn't even done well. It was just a shitty wrap job.

Some sort of Audi or something, idk

I REALLY want to drive this. I bet it's like flying an old prop fighter plane. If I were given the chance, I'd probably spend too much time making machine gun sounds to figure out how to even start it.