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Two combatants, two cars, two-thousand-dollars (plus a bit more), eight heavy chrome wheels, and a whole lot of 1990s street cred. The time for Marty and MOOG to battle their latest nuggets is upon us, so lets have a quick squiz at the combatants for those who have been away tending to their goats and Cheryls, and who may have missed the madness so far. MOOG bought himself a lightly modified Nissan NX-R coupe, which is based around the N14-generation Pulsar and packs a front-driving (and naturally aspirated) SR20DE. Kitted out with Vault Crystal chromies, an early WRX bonnet scoop...

The Sex Spec/Auto Salon era of car modifying might not be what everyone considers the bastion of good taste, but boy did it lead to some wild styling trends. While the top cars needed over-the-top bodykits, an interior totally retrimmed in leather (or vinyl) and a mad stezza to pump your hard bass beats, even just chucking some big-inch chrome wheels and slamming the ride height with some King Springs could get you entry to the scene. So, what were the top wheels of the Auto Salon era? 15-20 years ago bigger was better when it came to your chromies, but - long...

Buying yourself a nugget off the Internet for a couple of grand is a recipe for great fun, but should you buy something that is pretty wild and needing a lot of sorting, or something clean but basically stock? The boys are asking this question of themselves now with their $2k challenge cars in this week's episode.  Marty's ex-show car Toyota Sera came with a big bodykit, aftermarket paint job, retrimmed interior and a turbo fitted to a Starlet GT motor under the stumpy bonnet... but it had also been neglected for a few years which meant there were plenty...

When you think of 2-door SR20-powered Nissans, you're probably going straight to Silvias, 180SXs and even GTi-R Pulsars. But all those cars have exploded in value in the last few years, so what do you do if you've only got a few pesos in your pocket?  MOOG has answered that question in the latest episode HERE. Spurred into action after Marty bought the finest Toyota Sera he could find on Facebook Marketplace, MOOG went hunting for a car he'd lusted after since he was a young man roaming the mean streets of Grafton: a Nissan NX Coupe! Following on from Nissan's original...

As with fashion, the car scene runs in fads and trends. You may have heard reference to "Sex Spec" in the past and not known about it, so with Marty diving headlong into the old Sex Spec world IN THE LATEST VIDEO let me explain how we endeded up with cars covered wild airbrushing or luridly painted colours, with chrome everywhere, full leather interiors, sound systems that can rattle a tooth loose, and bodykits with more plastic in them than a Hollywood actress. as you can see...  In 1990s Australia the bulk of our car scene was pretty much either represented by V8-style...