The Marco Canlas Project

[— fwdtamiya —]

As most of you know, our friend Marco Canlas (jdm slick) passed away on the 8th of May. A group of his friends, with help from a lot of local shop help and donations are going to be building up his car the way that he wanted it. His car and racing was an important part of him, we will keep his memory and legacy alive through his vehicle.

Ownership of the car has been transferred to his sister Kat. She's going to learn stick (this project goes so deep!) and eventually she will be driving it.
Currently we are still in the planning stages, figuring out what he wanted the car to be and what resources we have available, then getting the car put together.
Right now we have two deadlines to hit:

July 18th 2015 - Team Topak Racing Event
October 3-4th 2015 - Miatas at MRLS

Just for a brief outline of what I think is feasible is to have his vehicle be made presentable for the July event. No major changes needed, just some good old TLC and small maintenance to make the car safely dirveable, possibly a vinyl wrap and detailing for now.

For the MRLS event, we will want to progress much further with the project. Install the parts he had in his room, possible color change with paint (engine bay also), exterior redone, new wheels and tires. Nothing with the engine, transmission or suspension needs to necessarily needs to be changed at this point, but after the MRLS event we can start cranking that out. Plans subject to change depending on what we are able to do.

While working our way in completing what we need done for the first deadline, we will have the ball rolling on the second deadline.
After the project is all said and finished, I think it would be a cool idea to get his car featured in magazines, websites, Speedhunters and we will have a great car and story to tell.

The paypal donation link for this project, if you feel so inclined
marcocanlasproject@gmail.com