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Sonic the Street-Hog

’86 buick regal on 24s

Back in ’91, Sonic the Hedgehog spun into living rooms and captured the brains of millions of gamers, one of them being this car’s owner, Nino. His Regal, from the bright blue pigment to the prickly chrome and blue rims, is themed like the spiny hedgehog. “Since I was a kid I’ve always had Sega Genesis and that’s the game I’ve always played,” says Nino.

Four years ago, Nino’s friend bought the Regal from an auto auction and then approached him about the purchase. The car had 62,000 original miles and was believed to have come from Tennessee via some old folks. Nino jumped on it. For 1,700 bucks he had his project car. From there, Nino built up and swapped in a motor he sourced from a ’92 Silverado 1500. Next, he focused on the details that set this G-body apart, from chrome swaybars and hood hinges to the colormatched rear end.

But why Sonic? “It was either going to be Sonic or Mega Man.” Says Nino. “So I’m like fuck it. Let’s do the Sonic, it’s blue, it matches.” Word! Nino and his cronies refer to his G-body as “Sonic the Money Hog” for the amount of paper he’s sunk to build his boyhood dream—about 35 grand. Not to mention all the dough he pours into the gas tank, ’cause you won’t catch this boy running much less than 110 octane. J.C.

SPECS

OWNER: Nino

YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 1986 Buick Regal RIMS: 24-inch DUB Spines

PAINT: House of Kolor Kandy Oriental Blue

INTERIOR: Custom Sonic stitching, two-tone royal and navy blue tweed, all fiberglass painted Orientalx Blue

EXTERIOR: Ragtop, Buick Regal ghost emblems

AUDIO/VISUAL: Pioneer in-dash,
15-inch flipdown on ceiling,
10 5 ¼-inch Kickers, 4 12-inch Pioneers in trunk, Power Acoustik
3000 amp to push subs, 400 Rockford Fosgate amp to push mids.

ENGINE: 350ci, K&N air filter,
MSD ignition, Moroso valve covers, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, chrome-plated factory pulleys,
March Performance pulley kit SUSPENSION: Grand National suspension, Grand National rear end

SHOUT-OUTS: Uky for all your support, R&D Auto Enterprise, Mario and Ricardo.

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November 12th, 2007
at 1:14 pm

huey says:

i have a 84 regal out here in atlanta what do i need to put 24’s on it so i can turn and drive it right on the same stance as yours cause everyone out here says u have to buy the lift kits to make them fit but then it will sit high.i like the stance yours sits and i’m looking for stance cause i want to drop something heavy under the hood.real power people also say for me to change my v6 to v8 is alot of work.get back to me with suspensions details i appreciate it.

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