And so another year ends, and what a year it has been for me! I’ve travelled all over the country covering events, to different continents even! So I thought a little look back would be good First stop is back to Ross Mccracks Altezza Shoot in January February and Wallace Performance HQ Ghostly Murdo was busy welding away The first SXOC drift day was in March and there would be a few more throughout the year! Kinghorns impreza got a full shoot April brought the Granite City R

Its been a long time but it’s finally finished and its back terrorising the streets! Mints Na8 Mazda Miata …………… You might remember it from its boso basher days, the aim then was to have a loud obnoxious car that nearly everyone hated.Well now the plans have changed, as with any good idea they involve, run their course then onto the next one. So whats new? the rear over fenders for a start,built by auto konnexion they replace the  bolt on arches, they just didn’t cut it anymo

Ross Mccrackens Altezza has only been in the country a little while but it’s already on its way to greatness. First off you will notice the spotless white paint The awesome Work Emotions it sits on At the moment the works are the only modifications to happen to it since it left japan, but there are plans afoot for a supercharger and HSD coilovers. The Beams engine as mounted in all Altezza’s Lexus lights actually in the right place for once lol Kansai Service strut bar tops o

The last SXOC Drift Day of 2010 and a rather wet and cold one at that! I spent the whole day snapping, hiding from rain and having soaking wet feet lol But for the levels of skidding it was worth it! The day started with a 7.45am meet, followed  by a leisurely drive down the A90 to Forfar for a MCd’s Here we met up with Cam Dunkz and Ryan and his JZX100 MkII, Awesomeness in true form! Then off to a wet  Crail Once there alot of the drivers hard a hard time with the conditions

With a year past since the last time I took pictures of it, I thought it was high time to give you guys an update………. Theres been a few changes, first up the ride height. I was never really overly impressed with the Bilsteins the car came with from Japan, So after the TS trackday I realised just how much my car squats and how badly angled it gets when cornering. Only solution for that was coilovers, I went with the BC br series with a nice amount of adjustment etc but the all

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

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

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

Another weekend, another event! This time it was the SXOC’s drift day at Crail. Was an excellent day with lots of good skidding The trampdrift guys were there too …………… And of course our very own Mint was there with his MX5, Had the pleasure of a pax lap or 2 but it all ended after a 60mph backward entry into the tyres haha So all in all a brilliant day , although i got mega sunburn lol #thacko #dori #skyline #mintofruit #club #sxoc #mint #photography #drift #scotland #jdmtas

And for the final part, a look at the drift taxis! The idea? get a few local drifters to hoon around the paddock area with paying passengers and give them a taste of what its like to get proper sideways! This year JDMtas’s very own Marcus got to do it along with Midgers and some members of  www.trampdrift.com The perils of stupid sideways action ……………….. TAXI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Marcus gets sideways! Jeek from TD hangs out the arse of his Beemer!! And so that concludes Modifi

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