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Nothing but the sweet taste of jasmine tea and air so still that a hawk could be heard flapping its wings overhead.

Heaven on Earth? Maybe. Certainly looks that way in the mountains at this time of the year...with just enough snow sprinkled on-top for a perfect view.

All the while, rumbling away in the background, my Fairlady's straight six sang a sweet little song as we charged along the rolling countryside.

A perfect day.

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a year ago

At @coppa.centro.giappone, I met several hero cars for the first time. This was one of them. Car #13, a 1977 Lamborghini Countach LP400 'Periscopio', owned by Rikio Hotta, the same gentleman who owns the Miura in the background. I met him and his Miura back in September at the Nagoya Nostalgic Classic Car Festival.

While the Fulvia Coupe was my favourite car of the show, there are two cars tied for second place, and this LP400 is one of them.

I'll be honest, I don't love the way later Countach models look. I prefer the LP400, with its narrower body, smaller tires, and lack of a wing. During this exchange, I have seen six Countach examples. I thought my opinions about the later cars would change after meeting some, but that hasn't happened. I still prefer the LP400.

It looks like a concept car, moreso than any other production car ever made. It's a stunning design in terms of how expressive it is. Marcello Gandini was a master at his craft, and the LP400 Periscopio demonstrates this.

Towards the end of my time at the event, I sat silently on a bench and just stared at the car. The subtle curves are what gets me. It's clearly a very wedge-like shape, but the rounded underside and rounded rear kickup are details that often go unnoticed on the Countach. Also, in the 1960s a lot of Italian cars have humps in the bodywork where the front wheels sit (Ferrari Dino 206/246 or Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, for example). If you look closely at the LP400, underneath that sloped front end also sits a hump-like rise in the front fender, which is accentuated by the swooping bodyline that goes across the car. You realise it's a much curvier car the more you analyze it. I think the colour and having the water reflecting underneath helps highlight these details.

I keep being brought to tears over cars while in Japan. It's very overwhelming to have finally met some of my heroes, most of whom I will likely not see examples of again unless I go to Monterey for car week. I'd like to next year, but that's a very expensive endeavor whereas this was free.

I feel very fortunate to have met this LP400. Maybe I'll see it again someday. Thank you to Rikio Hotta for presenting it. taken in Nagoya TV Tower by @tadan_goose

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2 years ago

I finally met my number one.

I fell in love with the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale when I was a little kid, absolutely memorized by its incredibly beautiful body and tiny 2 litre V8 engine. It's fair to say that the 33 became an obsession, one which still permeates into my adulthood. I've spent hours doing deep dives online into learning more about each of the 18 examples, their individual idiosyncrasies, and the lives they have lived. I told myself that one day I would visit the Alfa Romeo museum to see the one on display, and that finally materialized on Saturday May 16th, 2026 (after a delicious rabbit dish by Lake Como).

This is chassis 750.33.012. I've already written about chassis no. 1 (105.33.01), but of the 18 examples only two utilize the stacked quad headlights; 01 and 012.

Here's the cars history: It's the second 'lightweight' prototype finished at Marazzi in 1968, but work started on it at Settimo Milanese. Produced under the direct supervision of Mr. Scaglione, it retains the four headlight design and two piece rear fender venting... All other models use one large vent behind the rear wheels. The windshield wipers were moved to the base of the windshield, whereas they were initially roof mounted. It also retains the thinner heart shaped crest, mounted simply by one offset screw.

The 33 was just as beautiful in person as I hoped it would be. As I sat around taking in the car I could quite literally hear that V8 engine revving to 10,000 rpm and idling from all of the videos I've watched over the years. Much like my first time seeing the Fairlady Z 432 at the Toyota Museum, my eyes were not dry. I couldn't help but get a little emotional while in the presence of the car that meant so much to me ever since I was little.

I could have flown to Italy and gone home the next day completely satisfied if all I did was go to the museum to see .012... Yet, somehow, it was just one of many incredible moments over the weekend that occured. More on that to come.

Sadly, I'll never have a 33 Stradale to call my own. At least I can go home and look at the BOW. print of one mounted above my desk.

Truly a memory I will cherish for the rest of my life. taken in Museo Alfa Romeo by @tadan_goose

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2 months ago

Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato Series I

Sadly, it seems this is the only photo I captured of this stunning dark blue Flaminia Zagato at Villa Erba. But that's okay, it's still worth sharing.

Although I knew of the Fulvia well before learning about the Flaminia, the Flaminia represents my first proper introduction to what pre-Fiat merger Lancia means. As a model, it represents the end of Lancia as an engineering first car company. You could argue that the Fulvia also fits that role, but aside from the V4 engine, it's a significantly more conventional car...which is weird to say about a Fulvia.

The Flaminia picked up the torch from the Aurelia, which was one of the most innovative post-war automobiles of its time. It is largely an evolution of the Aurelia, sporting the same basic Lancia V6 engine and transaxle layout, but with improvements made literally everywhere else.

I first fell in love with the Pininfarina 3B Coupé, which is far more stately than this Zagato. There were quite a few variants of the Flaminia, although most consider the Zagato to be the best looking. Touring also did their own coupe and convertible bodies, which are also quite handsome. A handful of one-off and special editions were made, too.

This is a Series I Sport, which can be identified by the recessed sugar scoop headlights and round signals. The headlights changed for the Series II Sport. In '64 the Super Sport was introduced, which again received changes to the headlight and signals, got a slimmed down hood scoop, and gained a bump in displacement from 2.5L to 2.8L.

The Series I features an aluminum body, the GT shortened wheelbase, and the 2.5L V6 with triple carburators. These cars also have bucket seats, although they are not the super aggressive buckets Zagato is known for. Those came later.

I often dream about owning a Flaminia. I'm not sure which of the Zagatos I prefer, though there's a bit of Gullwing in the Series II Sport that I find interesting. But what an honour to see this car, really. It was my first time seeing any Flaminia in person. Maybe one day I can have one of my own. taken in Lake Como, Italy by @tadan_goose

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2 days ago

Sometimes it's nice to hand wash your car at home.

#z31 #200zr #jdm #initiald #rb20det by @tadan_goose

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6 days ago

Why we love Alfa Romeo

If I think back to my childhood, the car that first introduced me to Alfa Romeo was the Giulia 1300 TI in one of the many coffee table car books my parents would gift me. As a kid, I loved small, boxy sedans, like the Datsun 510 or Fiat 124. So an Alfa 105 sedan, designed by Giuseppe Scarnati, would be something I would naturally gravitate towards. Even to this day, a well sorted Giulia sedan sits very high atop the list of cars I'd like to own in the near future.

I've spoken at length about the impact the 33 Stradale has had on my life as a car obsessed idiot, but I've said very little about the twin cam four pot Alfa's from when the company was in its prime. I think that's mostly due to a lack of exposure more than anything else.

In Japan, I saw quite a few Coupés and Spiders at events and on the Ena, Gifu rally. I even saw some Zagatos, which Japan has a surprisingly high concentration of.

But there are some mythical 105-adjacent models I hadn't seen in person...until my trip to Milan. I say "adjacent" because the TZ, TZ2, GTA, and GTAm are all quite materially different from the cars on which they are based. Sure, they share the same twin cam blocks and gearboxes as the company's road car. But there's a lot more going on under the skin that makes these cars unique.

For example, have you ever heard of peraluman 25? In order to make the 105 Coupé lighter, the GTA received a body almost entirely made of peraluman 25, which is a blend of aluminum, magnesium, copper, zinc, and manganese (the S1 Fulvia Sport also used this metal for some of its body panels). This is a pretty serious material change between the standard Coupé and the GTA.

And then...there's the TZ and TZ2. Like its successor, the TZ utilizes the same running gear as Alfa's road cars, albeit with a twin spark head for the engine. But the frame is completely different, as it uses a tubular spaceframe. For the TZ, the body was constructed out of aluminum. The TZ2, however, differed quite significantly, as its body was made of fibreglass. As a result, these Zagato masterpieces were very successful race cars.

They're gorgeous little cars, all of them. taken in Museo Alfa Romeo by @tadan_goose

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7 days ago

Victoire

The first time I saw a Delage in person was when I lived in Japan, at the Toyota Automobile Museum, just a few kilometers from my university. On display, next to a gorgeous Lancia Astura, was a D8-120 bodied by Figoni & Falaschi. That car continues to be one of the most elegant shapes I've ever seen, automotive or otherwise.

A few weeks later, I would see another Delage at Coppa Centro Giappone under the mid day shadow of the Mirai Tower. In true Delage fashion, that D6-70 was also an incredibly elegant automobile, with its crystal 'Spirit of the Wind' mascot standing tall and its sweeping body lines tapering off so beautifully to its rear. A few months later I would see another Delage at the Motorcar Museum of Japan as well, though that car possessed a much more stately body.

As a result of those interactions, I've become a Delage enthusiast. So you can imagine how excited I was to see this Delage at Villa d'Este (Villa Erba) 2026.

This is a 1931 Delage D8 Sports Tourer with coachwork by Henri Chaperon. This was one of the most stunning cars at the event.

What I've realized with regards to Delage is that these cars are all about the details, and I think this D8 demonstrates that well. Look at the brightwork, the leather, the gauge faces, the metal...everything you see is beautiful. This has been a consistent trait with every Delage I've interacted with.

Unfortunately, Delage, in its original rendition, would not survive for very long after the war, as was the case with most French luxury automakers at that time. A merger with Delahaye prolonged the marques life for a little longer, but Frances economic conditions and a displacement tax imposed by the French government after the war only further depressed the company's sales. By 1954, Delage was finished off completely, after yet another merger.

It is a real tragedy that we don't see cars like this anymore, and by that I mean cars which combine incredible beauty with engineering prowess. I feel a sense of privilege every time I've been in the presence of a Delage, because to me it was Delage who made the best pre-war motorcars in the world. taken in Lake Como, Italy by @tadan_goose

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9 days ago

Salvaging photos from Street Machine Weekend

Unfortunately, I fucked up on some camera settings on my new Xiaomi during SMW '26. As a result, the file types needed to be converted and the images needed to be zoomed in on. If the images look pixelated, just know that they actually turned out super crispy on my end. It's a whole thing with what choices the IG developers have made regarding Android OS and camera settings, blah blah...I made a post dedicated to it.

So apologies for these kinda shit photos. I was playing around with settings I didn't fully understand what modes meant what. But now I do. And the reason for the front half cuts is because the images turn out pixelated otherwise.

Anyways, what an incredible Street Machine Weekend. I loved hanging out with all my friends at Knights, laughing our asses off while surrounded by some incredible cars. I don't know if I'll be attending SMW 2027, but I look forward to whenever my next SMW is! And next time, I'll just stick to a DSLR.

For anyone new to the page, SMW is kind of like a mini Woodward Dream Cruise...I think. I don't know how big that event is. But SMW is three days long, full of an incredible variety of cars from all over. People come from the States, from across Canada...it's the best. I don't know what my favourite car was this year, but that Corvair truck with the LS swap is a contender. I'm in a big 70s Dodge D100 mood right now, and that purple and white single cab is calling out to be lowered on some Wats...big sexy. Photo by Tadan Shingoose on July 14, 2026. May be an image of racing car and text. taken in Knights Inn Lethbridge by @tadan_goose

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11 days ago

Learning to shoot on a phone

This page is primarily dedicated to photography (+ writing) using cameras, be it my 2014 Canon Rebel T5, '80s Canon AE-1 Program, or '00s Fujifilm FinePix A210. Very rarely have I posted photos shot on a phone camera.

But my 2021 Sony Xperia 5 III needed to be replaced. So, I got myself a 2026 Xiaomi 17 Ultra, which has a bunch of Leica stuff going on. I thought this would be a better compromise for those days when I don't have a DSLR on me...such as Street Machine Weekend.

If you've noticed, I didn't do a photo compilation from SMW. And that's because I took the Xiaomi and not my Canon, because I wanted to learn how it worked. And I've learned two things: 1. I fucked up some modes and these incredible images I shot were taken as "videos"... I thought the camera was zooming in to capture more details, but nope. 2. I learned that not only does IG compress images, they favour Apple iOS produced images on this platform. Android images get further compressed because the devs cannot accommodate all of the different permutations of Android OSs/cameras used on their platform. Samsung gets the most attention by IG devs due to its popularity.

Anyways, I wanted to practice using the Xiaomi today. Photo 1 and 3 were taken by my Canon, and everything else was shot by the Xiaomi in a variety of different modes. All of these are RAW JPG images with zero editing.

I'm going to write what settings were used in each of the images in the comments, because it's too lengthy for this caption. Once again, Instagram compresses the fuck out of Android images. This isn't something I've really noticed, because the Canon's images receive little compression.

Way back when I started this page, I'd share photos from my HTC One M8 and LG G5. The phones I've owned since have all been mid tier phones with kinda crappy cameras, so I've rarely shared images shot by them. The Xperia should have been good, but I never quite got comfortable with Sony's software. So, what I'm trying to say is that I'm new not just to this Xiaomi, but also to phone photography and how IG treats Android images. I've got a lot to learn, especially if I want to film reels in the future. by @tadan_goose

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11 days ago

Single shots

A little compilation of some of the other cars dotted around Villa Erba 2026 that I haven't featured. Some of these were auction lots for the Broad Arrow auction, which I wasn't expecting to be FULL of R34 GTRs. But they are the hot ticket collector car right now, even in Europe. It's crazy...I can still remember when they started landing in Canada from Japan, looking up on TC-V or the various auction sites at the prices then versus what they command now.

F40 x2. I said in a prior post that I'm not really a supercar guy, but there are exceptions. The F40 is one of those exceptions. When I visited that private Ferrari collection in Japan, every F car was present. The F40 was wedged between a F50 and a 288 GTO. While I may be more drawn to the 288 as a road car, it's hard not to come away from that experience with the impression that the F40 is the prettiest of the trio. Seeing two more again in person cemented my earlier impressions of the car. It's an icon for a reason.

That M1 Procar...drool. Also, Martini 5 Lancia Delta Integrable Evo...drool.

Okay, do you wanna know how little I give a fuck about modern cars? I had no idea what that silver Merc was, but it's an AMG PureSpeed. I kept having to search up what it was on multiple occasions because I had never heard of it. Shit's lame as hell, but I know some of you care about modern trash.

Meanwhile, that Ferrari 400 was a welcome surprise to see in traffic around Lake Como. The only other 400 I've seen was a bare shell that was disassembled and hung as wall art in Auto Galleria LUCE.

Yet another Countach to add to the books. Unfortunately it was so crowded inside that building that I didn't get a good photo of it...

First time seeing an NSX Type R in person (aka, the only good NSX). I don't recall having seen one in Japan, but I could be wrong.

And that Aston Martin DB5 looked sooooooooooooooo good. As did that Maserati Ghibli convertible. Controversial take, but Ghibli > Daytona.

I've got about 2 or 3 more Villa Erba dedicated posts left, but we're gonna put a pause on Italy for a few days. Why? It's the start of Street Machine Weekend! 🗿🇨🇦 taken in Lake Como, Italy by @tadan_goose

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16 days ago

The many outrageous variants of the 33 Stradale

While there were a total of 18 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradales produced wearing Scaglione designed suits, Alfa produced quite a few more chassis with that little 2.0L V8 engine.

•Chassis 750.33.109: 1968 Bertone Carabo concept car (green) by Marcello Gandini
•Chassis 750.33.112: 1969 Pininfarina 33/2 Coupé Spéciale (yellow) by Leonardo Fioravanti
•Chassis 750.33.116: 1969 Italdesign Iguana (silver) by Giorgetto Giugiaro

In addition to these and the Stradale (750.33.12), there are a few racing variants on display at Alfa Romeo Museo Storico, including a T33/2 and a T33/3. It's also worth pointing out that Alfa's venerable little V8 also found its way under the hoods of some flatter designed, T/33 based race cars, before it was phased out in 1972 for the F12 engine. A few more concept cars based on the 33 Stradale were also produced, but they were not on display at the museum.

Unquestionably my favourite body is the Stradale. However...I do have a thing for the Carabo. What I find the most interesting about the Carabo is that it debuted a year before the other two concepts on display. The Spéciale is a much more elegant shape, if a little "jet age", but is nowhere near as futuristic as the Carabo. Shows you just how ahead of the curve Gandini was. I wonder if Paolo Martin's Ferrari 512 S Modulo (which debuted in 1970) was done as a response from Pininfarina to Gandini's wedge cars..? And I honestly don't have much to say about the Iguana, other than that it's clear to see how it inspired the Maserati Bora and Merak.

It's hard to take original photos of any of these cars in the museums. I've seen photos of them for years online, as have many of you. But what I can tell you is that there's this intense energy radiating off of each of them that cannot be captured in a photograph. The presence of any 33 is substantial, moreso than just about any other historically significant car I've come across. Are they art pieces? Definitely. And if you can, I highly recommend visiting the museum. Maybe then you'll understand what I'm saying. taken in Museo Alfa Romeo by @tadan_goose

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21 days ago

1952 Ferrari 212 Inter Coupé Speciale bodied by Ghia

This is chassis no. 0191EL, originally stamped 0233EU. Why was it renumbered? A month after this Ghia Speciale debuted at Paris Salon in '52, the 2.6L Colombo V12s were swapped around between 0191EL and 0233EU so the owner of the other car could avoid paying a new-car tax.

0191EL stuck around in Italy for about a year before it was exported to the US, where it then fell into the hands of the then president of Argentina, Juan Domingo Peron. Peron was a fascist, anti-communist nationalist (loser) who was overthrown in the 1955 "Liberating Revolution", which is likely around the time that the 212 ended up in the hands of its next Argentinean owner shortly after having the gearbox from chassis no. 0172ET (a 225 S) fitted.

The car passed through the hands of yet another Argentinean, was resprayed red with a black roof, and remained in the country until 1987. It was then exported to the US again and subsequently exported to Switzerland that same year, where it lived for only one year before being exported to Germany in 1989.

A full five year restoration then took place by Peter Rosenmaier, and the car was repainted to yellow over black. It then stuck around in Europe, traveled back to Argentina for a TV appearance, and was eventually repossessed by a bank in '97 after the then owner, Uwe Ohlsen, went bankrupt.

In '99, 0191EL was exported to the US yet again, where the mechanicals were restored to factory spec. It was subsequently shown at various concours events throughout the 2000s.

In 2017, this 212 received its Classiche "Red Book" from Ferrari, certifying the original chassis, body, engine, and differential. In 2018, the car was repainted to its current colour combination after selling at RM. The current owners have had the car since 2019 and have subsequently shown it at various events across the US and Europe.

After walking around Villa Erba and seeing every car on display, I sat in the shade behind this 212. You probably wouldn't realize just how tiny this car truly is unless you saw it in person. What I love the most about these early Colombo cars is how small the exhaust tips are. It's so elegant... taken in Lake Como, Italy by @tadan_goose

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25 days ago