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INTERNET GHETTO

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After some years of ig admiration, I met up with @internetghetto to set scenes n' chase aesthetics. In 25’ I wrote about the Silvia sitch in Oz floating it to Luke - @internetghetto , for his ten cents. The car in that write-up was first owned in Oz by a police officer from Christie's Beach. For a photoshoot featuring Luke's machine it made sense to head down the road from the cop-shop and make some magic in the projects. Luke grew up on the mid coast and has watched its rapid gentrification. "yeah it was definitely a lot more hectic here in like 2006." "You gotta watch that @BOBSTA video where he does a walkaround." Overall the mid coasts reputation for being a gronk stomping ground, is wrapping up, (but still present) . In a housing crisis the chance to live closer to the coast is hot product. Scenes like this housing trust will eventually change - the same way you won't see headz sliding Japanese beer cans at the Hackham indusso . So with th...
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Street Sighting ~ Toyota Cressida

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Noosa surf sled. This one's the '79 MX36  model. I loved the patinated but lustrous cherry red, mismatched wheels and tires, beach-bum interior, and particularly the chrome wind deflectors - probably some rare dealer option. But what I liked most about this car is it is keeping the surf bum trope going. I've been road-tripping lately, from Southern NSW to Noosa so far. It seems that in the 2020's, with old cars being ever rarer and more valuable, the surf bum's traditional ride has been replaced with 2020's options. Best case is a free candy  spec white van, and worst case is an E-bike with a surfboard carrier . I'm not much of a surfer, but still reckon it's a pretty integral part of Aussie culture. To see just what the Aussie surf bum car culture of the 80's onwards was like, I reached out to my dad, who grew up in Torquay. I sent him a pretty specific message asking for pics of his (and mate's) old rides with surfboards strapped to them. I fig...
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King Of The Mountain

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Brock is the King of the Mountain.  
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