DODOlogic meets have always been a mixed bag when it comes to cars. It comes with the territory of being a meet. Thanks to Bag Barn and our other sponsors, we are able to keep the meets free to all enthusiasts. I’ll admit it, I’ve seen some pretty weird things end up in our parking lots. Everything from high-end exotics to half stripped down chassis’ have been towed into the lots.
It goes without saying that the biannual DODOlogic meets will always be built around the “bring what you’ve got” mentality. Part of the fun for me is walking around the parking lot, trying find the hidden gems. So, this post is meant to highlight some of the cars that give us a reason to bring our cameras to these meets.
This Tommi Makinen Edition Evo VI deserves every bit of attention it gets. It’s also a prime example of someone who has really taken advantage of the 15-year import rule. A quicker spooling titanium turbine, a quicker steering ratio and additional chassis bracing not only make this car more desirable, but it’s great that it’s still period correct.
Here is number 612 of the 1,500 Nismo 350z’s that were originally brought over to North America in 2007.
The Delorean: it’s “stainless steel construction made the flux disperal…” never mind. Deloreans will obviously always hold a special place in the heart of any kid from the 80’s. Yeah, the stock motors were pretty junky, but people like the owner of this one found an excellent solution.
Two of the three guys from Street Junkee made it out to the meet with their street cars. Adrian Ahmadi brought out his recently completed SR22DET-powered 180SX.
Carter Jackson, teammate number 2 of Street Junkee, brought out his JZX100 Chaser. Why these cars haven’t caught on more is beyond me. The combination of four doors in RWD platform, while equipped with a VVT-i 1JZ-GTE, is almost undeniably cool.
These two Evos are going to be getting a whole of media attention in the near future. There’s really no need to break it down more than that for now.
Jessie-Joe Curtis of Odd Man Out Performance brought a car that marries the ideas of function and form. The Odd Man Out show pony is built for track use, but still manages to pick up car show awards. It’s an idea I’d like to see more people adopt.
Jesse Exner and Kyle Zimmer of Blacksmith Drift brought out their cars, which is always a pleasant sight. If you’re wondering where the name Blacksmith Drift coms from, just check out Blacksmith Art Studio. It’s Jesse’s tattoo shop and seeing as he’s the dude behind our most popular designs, I thought it was worth mentioning.
The number one complaint we get on DODOlogic has to be around Cale Nairn’s Z. I can’t shoot an other old school JDM car anywhere in the country without someone piping up about how we should feature Cale’s car. I always politely try to point out that whenever we see Cale’s car, we take a photo of it.
NextGen Automotive Installation and Mercenary Auto Care were new additions to the sponsorship line up this year. It’s nice to see more and more of the community getting involved with these events.
Like I said earlier, we sometimes take heat for our open door policy at meets. People often want to see the best of the best and understandably, it can be hard to seek them out. Unfair conclusions can easily be drawn that the Saskatchewan scene is lacking a high volume of cool cars. I think we’re doing ok per capita, and the ratio of good to bad is pretty much on par with other scenes I’ve visited.
The phrase, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink” comes to mind. DODOlogic’s intention isn’t to tell people what does and doesn’t belong in our lot, or what to build. All we’re trying to do is create a venue that will hopefully strengthen the community and help encourage more quality builds in the province. That, after all, was our original purpose for creating DODOlogic.