2001 / 2002 Nopi Nationals (Lots of pics)

[PreludeVTEC01]

The IA Circa 2001 thread had me dig up some of my old pics from the past. Found these and decided to scan some that have survived over the years. Funny how things were back then.

Tickets
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We can't forget the Ground Designs bodykit
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Conversions were king!!
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Dude's ride from MTVs "I'm a Street Racer" lol
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Always loved this Teg
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Dado's old M3 - from the Mischief series dvds
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Big Boi in his Bentley
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Loved the drive in!
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Fast and Furious!!!
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Love this
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That's it, enjoy

[5speed]

I'm so happy that I wasn't involved in that "scene" then. Had a lot of friends that were and I always hated it. I guess it was cool for the time being. I was into sleepers...and Civics. It's funny bc I loved them but now despise most of them.

[Me86Rob]

Man those were the days

[Scotsman]

awesome pics! wish i could go back to those days! for me , life was a lot easier

[goi_ek]

Man those were the days


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[D3UC3S]

i remember that show...i worked mainstage security for like 6 yrs

I will never forget that polk audio prelude

[00CIVICSI]

Man the shit is gay now but it was the shit back then....scene has cleaned up alot but you dont see half the import you did back then....

[silverDA]

greg's blue dc2 rhd:goodjob:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=4588066

[aer0s2k]

always good to see some old pics

[JJSPEC Racing]

Those are some interesting pics. Just an observation; why do people not take more pics of the functional racecars? Look at this pic:

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The most interesting car in all the pics to me is the one in the back of the pic. The one with the roll cage and wheels. I wish I could see more of it since that was taken 8 years ago. It is interesting to see how something change and somethings stay the same. That goes for the show cars and racecars alike. Thanks for putting up some pics from back in the day of the scene.

[eraser4g63]

Those were the days, I was working for Jay Bird productions shooting the videos and setting up a lot of the shit.

[SUBY_RUE]

awesome pics! wish i could go back to those days! for me , life was a lot easier


Got that right!

[okra1981]

I came from Mississippi for this show, it was the greatest thing I had seen, funny stuff. I think that the only place I ate was Hooters for every meal. I was in the stereo competition, but I blew my speakers the night before by showing off at a car wash, stupid woofers I used in those days. I wish I could find the pictures, I know I have them somewhere around, I've moved about eight times since then though.

[JITB]

there was once a time were people used to drive from cali to ga for a Show! lol now its vise versa...:(

[Shift_2WIN]

The days when what is considered "rice" now, was what everyone was into, and cars didnt look alike at all ahhhhhhhh it takes you back.

[uproot]

lol i remember the old nopi nats... ah, memories... thanks for posting up!

[MongolPup]

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In 2001 that must have been uber expensive no?

[MongolPup]

And that gr8ride.com? Don't exist anymore. I guess things always move fast in the car world.

[Seun]

ahh, remember seeing some of these cars back when i was 16-17. good times.

[ATL86]

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In 2001 that must have been uber expensive no?

If that's a USDM teg, then probably not. JDM fronts were relatively cheap at that time. Everyone was into that F&F stuff. Not many people did the conversion before the JDM craze hit...

[tubby]

dude i have all those pics on film lol, we took the same pics lol. i took a shit load of the hydro jump off tho, i used to go to the nats and shoot like 5 6 rolls with my dads cannon slr 35mm big ass telo lens and a sweet macro zoom lens. i have some great negatives somewhere im gona try to find them and get them converted. member fish tanks in cars?? i loved that shit, and ps1 in the dash that used to be the shit

[r_Senik]

im pretty sure that jdm front was kinda the same price back then and now.
but i remeber those years at nopi..01 was my first year ever attending it. i was soo young then

[ATL86]

im pretty sure that jdm front was kinda the same price back then and now.


Trust me. It's supply and demand. There was really no demand for it and supply was extremely high.

[Elbow]

Haha I am going to dig up my 1998 Nopi National pics.

[MongolPup]

If that's a USDM teg, then probably not. JDM fronts were relatively cheap at that time. Everyone was into that F&F stuff. Not many people did the conversion before the JDM craze hit...

That's why I assumed the cost would be much higher. Interesting to know. I inverted supply and demand?

[MongolPup]

Haha I am going to dig up my 1998 Nopi National pics.

Do itttttttttttttt

[Doppelgänger]

I just have to laugh. I know a lot of people think all that stuff is ghey and rice now, but does anyone notice the lack of shitty half primered cars with mis-matched body panels , shitty paint or stock cars lowered on steelies? At least people were putting money into their cars back then. Now it seems like most people are just a bunch of cheapasses and very few people actually finish their goals.

[leobond001]

i remember those days. that was my first nopi event. senior year

[jmotley]

those days...theres no way i'd be into imports if i never saw a clean one.

[m3dic8d]

I prefer those days over now. Now if you do anything outside the box it's considered rice and every car looks close to the same. Back then, you barely saw two cars that looked the same because everyone was doing what they liked. Now everyone is too afraid to get flamed to do stuff original...


My .02

[a94civicex]

Damn, Memory Lane pics right there.... Those were the days....

[4uh8ers]

man i miss those days. The scene was just alot more fun and not every other car looked the same.

........and do you have any more pics of Josh Nixons baby blue teg??? Not the BMW front one, the other one you had one pic of the back. That was before he had the whole interior fiberglassed. That was and still is one of my favorite integras ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[4uh8ers]

I prefer those days over now. Now if you do anything outside the box it's considered rice and every car looks close to the same. Back then, you barely saw two cars that looked the same because everyone was doing what they liked. Now everyone is too afraid to get flamed to do stuff original...


My .02

QFTMFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REPS:cheers:

[boostedb16]

i remember the show being at lakewood theater.

[VooDooXII]

Oh how the times have changed. While most of the stuff that was done then doesn't fit my tastes, one must admit that people's cars were actually different. I could go to a meet now and see five or six Hondas done the same way, but whenever I see old car show pictures, people were actually doing stuff that would separate their cars from the crowd, for better or for worse.

[PreludeVTEC01]

Oh how the times have changed. While most of the stuff that was done then doesn't fit my tastes, one must admit that people's cars were actually different. I could go to a meet now and see five or six Hondas done the same way, but whenever I see old car show pictures, people were actually doing stuff that would separate their cars from the crowd, for better or for worse.

So much truth in this!!

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4uh8ers - I do not, I also loved his teg. I loved the color along with the white wheels.

Reps back to all btw

[wwli]

awesome pics! wish i could go back to those days! for me , life was a lot easier

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Those were the good old days which I day dream about everyday......especially when the wife and in-law gets bitchy.....oh man the single life, the good old car scene where I drove from MIA to ATL with the Super Street south leg tour.

Memories......

[Sammich]

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X3 EVEN I HAVE TO ADMIT I MISS ALL THE GOOD LOOKING RICE:cry:

[Doppelgänger]

Do I need to go scan my old Godfathers show pics from the International Horse Park? Circa 2000?

[VooDooXII]

I just have to laugh. I know a lot of people think all that stuff is ghey and rice now, but does anyone notice the lack of shitty half primered cars with mis-matched body panels , shitty paint or stock cars lowered on steelies? At least people were putting money into their cars back then. Now it seems like most people are just a bunch of cheapasses and very few people actually finish their goals.

That's another thing I meant to mention. Looks like people were doing a lot more with their cars then.

[Glides]

Those are some interesting pics. Just an observation; why do people not take more pics of the functional racecars? Look at this pic:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4103588093_6fe6ffc5a9_o.jpg

The most interesting car in all the pics to me is the one in the back of the pic. The one with the roll cage and wheels. I wish I could see more of it since that was taken 8 years ago. It is interesting to see how something change and somethings stay the same. That goes for the show cars and racecars alike. Thanks for putting up some pics from back in the day of the scene.


PFFT!!!! Comeon man....LOOKING like you are a racer is MUCH more cost effective then actually BEING one. Get with the program man :D

[TSiFTW]

Do I need to go scan my old Godfathers show pics from the International Horse Park? Circa 2000?

Yes please:yes:

[quickdodge®]

Do I need to go scan my old Godfathers show pics from the International Horse Park? Circa 2000?

I've already fucked you up on that. You can't top me. Later, QD.

[Doppelgänger]

I've already fucked you up on that. You can't top me. Later, QD.

When the fuck did posting pics from old shows become a pissing contest? That's pretty immature if I must say.:rolleyes:

[quickdodge®]

When the fuck did posting pics from old shows become a pissing contest? That's pretty immature if I must say.:rolleyes:

Holy shit, dummy. Should I have put an "lolol" at the end to denote just kidding? Goddamn dude calm down. Talk about immaturity.

But my 1991 Godfather show pics does outrank you. In that "pissing contest" you speak of. Later, QD.

[Doppelgänger]

*yawn*

[quickdodge®]

PM sent. What's up? Later, QD.

[DB4LYFE ™]

wow... i remember nopi back in the day! good times.

~DB4LYFE

[AFSil80]

The most interesting car in all the pics to me is the one in the back of the pic. The one with the roll cage and wheels. I wish I could see more of it since that was taken 8 years ago. It is interesting to see how something change and somethings stay the same. That goes for the show cars and racecars alike.

If I could get my scanner to work, I'd have some pics of Lisa Kubo's drag car from Southeast Race Wars 2002. Same for Jojo Callos, haha. Those were the cars I read about back when Super Street was still a decent read. ;)