Just got sent this from the MFC #thacko #skyline #mintofruit #club #mint #bhp #scotland #jdm #international #aberdeen #brandwhore

Driven by Fiona Kindness this GTR is a full on track machine!! This car competes mainly in Time attack but is also used for alot of track days throughout the UK. Being a co-owner of http://www.trackscotland.co.uk gives Fiona alot of time behind the wheel of the GTR. With such a track focussed car alot of body panels have been replaced for fibre glass, the doors,bootlid and bonnet are all made from our itchy lightweight friend. The weight loss doesn’t stop there perspex window

Dunno what it is?? Its THEE biggest Japanese only car show this side of the world, stretched over 3 days it’s a must for any true JDM fanboi. JDMtas.com were there once again and because we live in Aberdeen (500 miles away) the trip always starts early So here we are at 5am Thursday morning A blast down the A90 and onto the M74 to meet the southern members at Abington services. Most of us needed fuel, driving turboed imports isn’t good for fuel consumption lol Then just anoth

Crail raceway was the scene for another SXOC drift day, i started the day off in usual fashion, a 6am wake up call, then into the car to meet up with friends and onto the drift day……………………………. Mints car got alot of attention throughout the day with alot of trialing of parts, we ended up stripping the whole front end just to run 8 1/2″ watanabes with R888 toyos to stop the understeer! which resulted in a MX5 missile dori mobile! dovboys S14a was shredding tyres in its usual fa

Back to the hill once again, and another great time, although i was only there for 2 hours i managed to get a nice amount of pictures for you all The usual suspects were there as always, and some cars going very well! Donald Macaskill and Martin Kelmans cars wait in the paddock before another  run up the hill Ian Duncan was out in his N/A FD Rx7 Sandy Coghill cocks a wheel entering combine corner Micheal Grays EG Civic was definatly the days Loudest car! Something you dont se

Done by my own fair hands on my 7D Enjoy #thacko #mintofruit #club #mint #scotland #jdmtas #jdm #international #aberdeen

Once again another monthly JDMtas.com meet. A massive turn out was a great surprise due to the fail ass UK weather! Alot of new faces which is always awesome to see! Along with the regular members Even the MFC were out in force! Car of the meet for me though ……………………… Rocafella’s Jordan!! Look out for a full shoot coming soon to Thackophotography.com #thacko #mintofruit #club #mint #photography #scotland #jdmtas #jdm #aberdeen

Marcus and Frazz came up to Aberdeen this weekend and we decided we had to make a day of it, so we all got together for a run to Cairn O Mount. The JDMtas crew assembled in a PA and set about BBQ buisness Was an epic feast Marcus’s car was looking good Once we had all eaten up, it was time for a blast back ………………… But as always we never get far from a petrol station LOL #thacko #mintofruit #mint #photography #scotland #jdmtas #jdm #aberdeen

Just back from another interesting day of Scottish motor sport. Not feeling 100% I headed up to Boyndie anyway in the hope the fresh air and smell of petrol would revive me lol When i got to Boyndie I met up with Al, of als car blog and got to work snapping the cars entered into the sprint. The weather was terrible! rain mixed with high winds isn’t really the best weather to be standing beside a track in. However fast forward an hour and the sun was out and starting to dry th

Thought i would post some pictures from the first ever MFC™ BBQ! For once the weather was good! Pretty much all the MFC™ were there bar Cam and Kyle. Mint was fashionably late as ever lol, although he said he was “Working Late” and we all know that aint true lol Kinghorn was rocking the Carlsberg ……………….. And the MFC™ “WAGS” were there to add a much needed feminine touch So all in all a mighty time was had by allllll #thacko #dori #mintofruit #club #mint #mfc #photography #bh

Well what can i say………………. It rained ALL day! So todays post is lacking in pics tbh. Jdmtas.com were in effect once again with some Hackey sack action The MLR were well represented aswell, with Dave Earsman’s Evo 9 taking “best Evo” and “best of show” This show truely mixes alot of cars together so its pretty good! This RX7 was rocking Racing Beats! And lastly the reason we were there, Stuart Harper was killed 2 years ago in a car accident, his family hold this event to promo

You may remember this particular PS13 from last year when i did a night time shoot of it, well since then it had some engine issues but after being rebuilt its back to slide its way around the Scottish countryside. As you can see the PS13 has had quite a few goodies fitted from Japan, Vertex aero for starters Followed by Work CR Kai wheels in a 17 x 8 fitment up front with 18 x 9.5 at the back The rollcage and bride keep Dan safe while skidding, also added are the Driftworks

Onto what i looked forward to most! Time attack has always been a draw for me, seeing extremly well prepared and extremly fast “tuner” cars go against the clock to find out whos the fastest! Within Time attack there are 2 classes Club and Pro, they pretty much speak for themselves lol but alot of different cars now enter time attack Strange seeing a Porsche being chased by a mega wide arch Pulsar lol Oldskool machinery was accounted for aswell! Along with some of the best Jap

So time for EDC, and to be honest a let down for me! In previous years EDC has been an all out competion with drivers having to gain a licence in the morning then progressing to the knockout stages competing against each other, but now its invite only and for me it has lost its appeal! Anyway enough of my opinions and no doubting drifting is still an amazing specticle! Tim Marshalls LS2 Skyline liked to goe sideways lol Our local lad Keiron was ripping up the knockhill tarmac

In the first of 4 looks at Modified Live from Knockhill, we will have a look around the paddock and show car area. There were ALOT of high spec cars there, Robin d’s was out of the world once again!! The work put into this car is breathtaking!! unfortunatly it never made it out on Sunday Got wide arches??? lol this Pulsar certainly did!! Russ and Mike from Wallace Performance were out again in attack mode! and a 2nd and 3rd place in group was their reward ………… well done guys

Continuing on from Mints Miata shoot, is Jays R32 GTR shoot. Jay has had his 620bhp skyline for a few months now, you might rememeber the sneak peek a while back?? well here is the full shoot. Built in Japan by M-Garage, this is the originally Lambo Green demo car, now painted in Mercedes Gunmetal grey it looks super sleek! The engine is a mash up of HKS,Blitz and Nismo ………………………. nothing else!! only the best will do apparantly, with a proven dyno sheet output of 620bhp @ 1.

ThackoPhotography.com Proudly Presents ……………………………….. Mints Miata gets to see the light of day! Sporting STUPID wide and STUPID of set JDM rimmage!! The MX has received its fair share of arch mods to achieve the look you see here and the main man responsible was no other than Al of http://alscarstuff.wordpress.com/ i think you will agree the man deserves some respect!! The car rides on Driftwork HSD coilovers and is lowered an ungodly amount but is driven hard daily!! whether

The full shoot of Mints “Bozo Bashing Miata” With the most stanced MX5 this side of the Atlantic!! You need to check back for this!!!! #risky #thacko #dori #mintofruit #mint #photography #drift #scotland #jdmtas #jdm #international #aberdeen #touge #brandwhore

This time round its time for something different! My coverage of the Banzai day at Crail will be split into 3 parts. One focusing on the Wallace performance guys, one on the show and shine winners Monster Unit and one on everything else. The reason for this is these two groups of people deserve a decent mention for once!! haha. So onto the Wallace performance guys………………. Mid way through the day i happened to spot Matty’s (from wallace) Evo IV sitting in the show area at Crail

Pictures from SS6, not much to report here apart from being covered in 4″‘s of dust LOL #mlr #thacko #mintofruit #mint #granite #photography #jdmtas #jdm #international #aberdeen #rally #granitecity