My passion started at a young age when my Dad had me helping him in the garage in the smallest overalls he could find. From handing him tools, to learning about the car parts, to starting to work on them myself… I was hooked at a young age.

I had always wanted a GC8 WRX since I was a young kid when they first came out. After building a few different cars to how I wanted at that time, when I found a girl who had the same passions and love for Subaru it was time to build the one with her and my Dad, a car I could drive and enjoy for years to come.

I searched for the perfect one and found it in this beautiful red original condition GC8 body shell. The driveline and engine didn’t matter as that would all be changed to make the powerful yet “stock” looking car it is today. First on the priority list was safety, making the car stop and handle before adding power to the mix, a lesson I was taught from a young kid being brought up with race cars in the garage. Week by week, adding new parts to the car, building it slowly but meticulously using all the best parts I could afford but sticking to “do it once, do it right the 1st time”.

Next came the engine build. I had a closed deck built motor to go in but things didn’t work out that way so changed to a brand new EJ207 Semi closed deck motor from Subaru. Adding the nice little extra’s like 264 cams to make it still driveable on the street averaging 5-600kms to the tank thanks to a 6 speed gearbox but a fun weapon on the track. Being so light and nimble it is a dream to drive and steers exactly where I want it to whilst looking like a beefier version of the original.

It is polished up nicely with Mothers products in these photos, ready to be used as one of my wedding cars.

I can’t pick just one favourite Mothers product, it is a tie between the foaming wheel cleaner, VLR and synthetic wax. But ALL the products in the Mothers range are great to use and get exceptional results.

In the future I hope to do a full respray of the car in the original colour and continue to enjoy building it with my wife. End of the day, the car isn’t perfect but it’s mine and has been built with passion and family.