Showing posts with label Frank & Fastidious. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank & Fastidious. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

5k: Frank and Fastidious: 1995 Eagle Talon TSi AWD 5-spd


Rest In Peace Brian O'Conner.  In case you've been living in a cave the last few days, the acting/automotive world lost a great one this weekend when Paul Walker died in a Porsche Carrera GT crash north of Los Angeles.  We wanted to find a way to honor his legacy as an actor and gearhead by featuring one of his movie rides.  The MkIV Supra from The Fast and the Furious (2001) may get all the glory and have ridden on a wave of popularity/appreciation for the past decade, but the first car Brian O'Conner drove in the movie was the DSM powered Mitsubishi Eclipse. We couldn't find a minty clean and stock Eclipse GSX, so this Eagle Talon will do.  Find this 1995 Eagle Talon TSi AWD 5-spd currently bidding for $4,161 reserve-not-met with one day to go on eBay in Lynwood, CA.


Tuesday, May 28, 2013

15k: The Frank And The Fastidious: 1993 Toyota Supra MkIV NA-Slushbox

The 6th installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise was released this past weekend, and while the first will be fondly remembered as an automotive themed remake of Point Break (complete with Paul Walker's stunningly accurate rendition of the Keanu Reeves "coma" style of acting) this latest version looks more like a crash fest of super cars and tanks.  FF6 is more an automotive themed version of Saving Private Ryan.  Regardless, the star of the first FF movie was a MkIV Supra, so we've been on the lookout for stock, cheap MkIV Twin-Turbo 6-speed Supras...and they don't exist.  What we did find is that 1993 Toyota Supra NA-slushbox for sale in Oahu, HI for $13,000 via craigslist.  We also would like to introduce DT's newest feature: The Frank And The Fastidious; the thinking man's version of the cars from the FF movies - send us your tips!