Beetles, Combis and Golfs. The Volkswagen Meet.

The People's Car

The Volkswagen or VW is a german made classic that has spawned a whole range of cars that each carry a wave of diehard aficionados all completely and utterly obsessed with the brand.

And fair enough too, I mean look at the beetle for instance. That thing looks good as a rat rod, a classic restore, slammed and dubbed hellayeah... you name it!

Anyway, I ramble...let's see some photos already!

Nissan Skyline GTR34 and a Gold Supra

The Black Nissan Skyline GTR34

This Hotwheels release Nissan Skyline was originally black with decals/tampos running up the side. I removed the tampos and then swapped the wheels for staggered ones to give it that mean drag look

The Gold Toyota Supra

The Gold Supra is one of my favourites and similarly to the Nissan Skyline, was originally Gold and had tampos/decals that I removed. In the case of the Supra I replaced the decals with my own and then did a wheel swap for colour coded real riders to complete the look.

So much JDM. So much WIN!

Custom Hotwheels Toyota Supra

Gold Toyota Supra

This car was originally released as part of the Fast and Furious range of Hotwheels

One of my personal favourites, this custom Hotwheels Supra was originally gold in colour so all I did was remove the tampos (decals) and add my own new ones.
I also swapped the wheels for these awesome gold real riders.

Can I just say.. Dayummm!

Stanced Datsun 510 Wagon

The Car That Started a Riot

Before this Datsun 510 Wagon Mainline was released the Hotwheels world seemed fairly oblivious to the term JDM. I remember being able to buy Skyline GTR32s for $10 each and Datsun 510 sedans for a fiver! 

And then this mainline came out and everyone lost their freaking minds! What the?!

Now as a customiser and long time JDM aficionado I was lucky enough to find around 10 of these wagons. So no greedy hoarder bastards, you can take your $15 asking price and shove it up your blister pack.

Where was I? Sorry about that - hate greedy hoarders who buy up all the good JDM stuff even though the had to look up what it meant the week before. No respect.

My Custom Hotwheels Datsun 510 Wagon

This wagon was given a basic wheel swap and then the axles were bent and the car, well I squished it for lack of a better term  LOL. I then detailed the headlights and rear view mirror to complete the transformation. She now sits hellaflush and hella sweet :)

Let's be honest, you don't have to do too much to this already gorgeous casting.

Add a diorama backdrop and some camera filtering and hey presto :)
All shots were taken with my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. Crap phone, awesome camera.

And the car that inspired/started it all...