After Sweden got its own round in 2022, Finland finally made it onto the Drift Masters European Championship calendar for 2023. Huvivaltio PowerPark – the country’s largest theme park – played host to the sold out event last weekend, and it was a real rollercoaster ride in more ways than one. Before I delve into DMEC 2023’s third round, […]
A Shakotan Style Datsun 510 In Scandinavia
Have you ever headed out to buy the car you always wanted, only to return home with something else? Lasse Korpela from Seinäjoki, Finland has. Lasse was about to purchase his next project car, a Datsun 160J (710), when he spied a 1969 Datsun 1600 (510) with 66,000 original kilometres on the clock. Despite having been parked up for a long […]
Blurring Lines With A Nissan N15
I love wacky creations, but one build at the recent Elmia Custom Motor Show in Sweden had me scratching my head for more than a moment. There are certain models you are guaranteed to find at any modified car show in 2023, but an N15 Nissan Almera is not one of them. So you can imagine my surprise at […]
Olli’s Starlet: Completing The Vision
Maria Ahvenlampi always knew that her husband Olli’s love for his 1986 Toyota Starlet EP70 ran deep. Olli Ahvenlampi was a DJ with a love for ’80s music and ’80s cars. He saw potential in these older Japanese machines – especially Toyotas – and already owned a bunch of Starlets before embarking on this build. Back in the fall of 2019, around the […]