Minty.Fresh Altezza

[Pete_the_Russian]

Sooooo... I'll try to keep this short

Some of may have seen this car a while back since she was in Ireland originally!

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/SDC10395_zps4e48996d.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/SDC10395_zps4e48996d.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/SDC10393_zpsecc628f2.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/SDC10393_zpsecc628f2.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/002_zps157d355e.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/002_zps157d355e.jpg.html)

Looked so clean back then!

Then it was bought by some dude from London who immediately put it up for sale.

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/DSC06568_zps1b1e4a0d.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/DSC06568_zps1b1e4a0d.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/DSC06555_zps384af1b9.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/DSC06555_zps384af1b9.jpg.html)

Back then I was a FWD gay driving a Ford Focus while still in uni. At that time I was looking to buy a drift car after I by pure coincidence happened to be a passenger in an old bmw that was going around a roundabout sideways. Looked at various Nissans & Toyotas, but always kept coming back to this exact Altezza. As soon as I graduated I scraped all the money I had together, sold my Focus and went and bought the Altezza, all within 2 days.

Boom! Happy as fuck!

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/Altezza/DSC_0096.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/Altezza/DSC_0096.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/Altezza/DSC_0104-1.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/Altezza/DSC_0104-1.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/Altezza/DSC_0121-2.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/Altezza/DSC_0121-2.jpg.html)

Then after that I sat tight for a while because I didnt have a job and hence money to run the car :(

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/Altezza/_MG_8052.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/Altezza/_MG_8052.jpg.html)

Only in April 2013 I finally took her to a drift day! Something I have been waiting to do for almost two years!

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2013-04-13171835_zps194bd71d.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2013-04-13171835_zps194bd71d.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/301919_363827277057262_1900493306_n_zps7cfcc7bd.jp g (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/301919_363827277057262_1900493306_n_zps7cfcc7bd.jp g.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/15033_363825080390815_1902245825_n_zps0168a8bd.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/15033_363825080390815_1902245825_n_zps0168a8bd.jpg .html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/66849_363834530389870_538066981_n_zps8e4c75fe.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/66849_363834530389870_538066981_n_zps8e4c75fe.jpg. html)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo49gD7XKMQ

[Pete_the_Russian]

So, then I moved to Aberdeen.

Few farewell shots from down south before the drive up

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/AltezzaunderarchesHDRslightlymorecontrasty_zps92e6 bdce.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/AltezzaunderarchesHDRslightlymorecontrasty_zps92e6 bdce.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/Altezzanoparking_zps38876acb.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/Altezzanoparking_zps38876acb.jpg.html)

Then I met the Minty.Fresh bellends

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2013-07-21170632_zpsb898f046.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2013-07-21170632_zpsb898f046.jpg.html)

Also did a skid at Driftland which opened the weekend I moved to Aberdeen!

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2013-08-03112200_zpsaa695fe5.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2013-08-03112200_zpsaa695fe5.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/9455357166_9f210272e8_o_zps5e115bfb.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/9455357166_9f210272e8_o_zps5e115bfb.jpg.html)

Then I crashed her a few times

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2013-08-03174425_zps25e9a83b.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2013-08-03174425_zps25e9a83b.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2013-08-03174232_zps45498033.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2013-08-03174232_zps45498033.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/9452587833_7e88e051b3_o_zpsf16913fa.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/9452587833_7e88e051b3_o_zpsf16913fa.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/50d96fc8-6c4d-4eeb-949c-d4f3de97ca0e_zps8808cf48.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/50d96fc8-6c4d-4eeb-949c-d4f3de97ca0e_zps8808cf48.jpg.html)

Was doing ok up to that point

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/131850_474305809332434_1683281319_o_zpsbdcca18c.jp g (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/131850_474305809332434_1683281319_o_zpsbdcca18c.jp g.html)

Pieced back together... almost

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/20130810_133716_zps2e86f0bd.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/20130810_133716_zps2e86f0bd.jpg.html)

Then Mint was sound enough to fix the aero for me

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/20130810_191001_zpsce01718a.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/20130810_191001_zpsce01718a.jpg.html)

Good as new

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/IMG_20130902_195431_zps61b4ec2f.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/IMG_20130902_195431_zps61b4ec2f.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2013-10-04225841_zpsc9f5c9df.jpeg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2013-10-04225841_zpsc9f5c9df.jpeg.html)

Then that was it, she went into the garage for the winter to sort various faults as a result of abuse

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2013-10-06113729_zpsb8cc33be.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2013-10-06113729_zpsb8cc33be.jpg.html)

Dont know what happened, but she was back on the road in spring looking like this

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/_MG_2126_zpsc5f9c7bd.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/_MG_2126_zpsc5f9c7bd.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/_MG_2116_zpsa5a7ec40.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/_MG_2116_zpsa5a7ec40.jpg.html)

Must be the water supply

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/_MG_2143_zps39e2331b.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/_MG_2143_zps39e2331b.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/_MG_2217_zps3378ccba.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/_MG_2217_zps3378ccba.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/_MG_2243_zpsc01fa2af.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/_MG_2243_zpsc01fa2af.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/IMG_52032513279673_zpshpymyqdt.jpeg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/IMG_52032513279673_zpshpymyqdt.jpeg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/IMG_94801549597019_zpsnuzsxbrm.jpeg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/IMG_94801549597019_zpsnuzsxbrm.jpeg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/1912389_323421231139833_6018049715744970313_o_zps5 6587667.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/1912389_323421231139833_6018049715744970313_o_zps5 6587667.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/10333811_589169057846422_3268174849995462990_o_zps fc745d65.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/10333811_589169057846422_3268174849995462990_o_zps fc745d65.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/1622082_773569379334813_7833000531251453323_n_zps3 05b5664.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/1622082_773569379334813_7833000531251453323_n_zps3 05b5664.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014/10259237_615692705193743_2011138755424051002_o_zps 3cc48643.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014/10259237_615692705193743_2011138755424051002_o_zps 3cc48643.jpg.html)

[Pete_the_Russian]

The we did Finalboss!

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-15162238_zps71401054.jpeg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-15162238_zps71401054.jpeg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-15162927_zps628cc844.jpeg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-15162927_zps628cc844.jpeg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-15162106_zpsb38656a5.jpeg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-15162106_zpsb38656a5.jpeg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-05114718_zpsb4287089.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-05114718_zpsb4287089.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-15190436_zps2ab972fa.jpeg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-15190436_zps2ab972fa.jpeg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-09130353_zpseee2b09d.jpeg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-09130353_zpseee2b09d.jpeg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-07000304_zps4c65f7a3.jpeg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-07000304_zps4c65f7a3.jpeg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-07000847_zps906aa81a.jpeg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-07000847_zps906aa81a.jpeg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/DRIFTED11_zps80e08f61.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/DRIFTED11_zps80e08f61.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-05145203_zps611bc930.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-05145203_zps611bc930.jpg.html)

Did some more damage

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-05180841_zpsbce4143f.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-05180841_zpsbce4143f.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-05190733_zpsbb234515.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-05190733_zpsbb234515.jpg.html)

Aftermath was not pretty

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-07130226_zpse4bc06bf.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-07130226_zpse4bc06bf.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-07170546_zpsd1df8f48.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-07170546_zpsd1df8f48.jpg.html)

It had to be done

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/IMG-1406303748784-V_zpsdhbldtpc.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/IMG-1406303748784-V_zpsdhbldtpc.jpg.html)

[GSR2007]

It looks like such a slut class car man :)

[Pete_the_Russian]

All done!

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-25195756_zpsf2c0c9b5.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-25195756_zpsf2c0c9b5.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-25195841_zps4cfe06dd.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-25195841_zps4cfe06dd.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-25205529_zps061b5820.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-25205529_zps061b5820.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-07-27183556_zps87a9344c.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-07-27183556_zps87a9344c.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/_MG_3224_zpse1953d12.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/_MG_3224_zpse1953d12.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/_MG_4289_zps7f7fa705.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/_MG_4289_zps7f7fa705.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/_MG_4293_zps79bf1c17.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/_MG_4293_zps79bf1c17.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/_MG_4304_zpsa6afc50b.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/_MG_4304_zpsa6afc50b.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/_MG_4359_zps450058f9.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/_MG_4359_zps450058f9.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/IMG-1407675906721-V_zpsvtbcawbz.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/IMG-1407675906721-V_zpsvtbcawbz.jpg.html)

I lifestyled for about a month and then decided to garage her and begin on something that I wanted to do since the day I bought her... 1JZ!!!!

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-09-06130311_zps6803b1ea.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-09-06130311_zps6803b1ea.jpg.html)

Out with the beams!

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/IMG_20140913_182108_zpsb8xmtumm.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/IMG_20140913_182108_zpsb8xmtumm.jpg.html)

Ready for the JZZZZZ

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/IMG_20141001_170219_zpsxjws4qjb.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/IMG_20141001_170219_zpsxjws4qjb.jpg.html)

Plop!

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x327/peter0991/2014-10-05180543_zps72bbc7a3.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/peter0991/media/2014-10-05180543_zps72bbc7a3.jpg.html)

Anyway, I think thats enough for a background. Currently swapping the 1J in. Might post more detailed info in the build thread section. Will see

[ELV-iS]

love these kinda posts telling an story over a few years in pics...

fair play man... she is well used and abused but still looks the part...

best of luck with the conversion

[noiseMaker_]

haha brilliant ! cool lil story there, along with few scars :) and pics are savage !

best of luck with conversion :)

[delsolcrx1]

Pretty epic great write up
Cant wait to see more

[Andrew200sx]

seen this build on driftworks. cool car....like the bn kit.

[lukeb]

Good write ups man you must spend a lot of time doin them!

[Jamesconn]

Great thread, keep it coming...

[BrevGTV]

The more abuse it got the better it looked, class job