What life gives you.

I firmly believe that life happens for you, not to you. You can either use what happens as a lesson, or continue to fumble.

I flew to LA April of 2024, for a relaxing week among friends, but also to shoot with the owner of Inozetek wraps, Greg English.

His 997 Carrera Turbo S was a treat to see in person, and English was a professional during our interview, and you could tell he'd done this a few times.

"Since before I can remember" English said, standing across from me, when I asked him how long he's been into cars. He recounts a story of his cousins bringing him home photos from the LA auto show, and dreaming of the vehicles he would see in the pictures.

His story is a bit different than others I've interviewed, but follows the same broad strokes. The automotive passion is passed through person to person. It's almost always something that the enthusiast grows into, or thrust into, but the end result is always something beautiful.

It was 12 P.M., and the sun beat down on us as we stood in the parking lot of the shoot spot my friend Mase had chosen for us to shoot English's car at.

the location was perfect, green everywhere, so it would match nicely with the gorgeous wrap that English had done a month prior.

The gimbal that I had chosen to use, a new DJI RS4, was not balancing. After fifteen minutes of trying my hardest to get it usable, I had to accept that it wasn't going to be perfect. Along with the direct sunlight, I had to deal with the fact that my footage would not be smooth.

Oh well. I was here. I had the opportunity. I wasn't going to waste it.

I've been really fascinated by how a car transforms over the years with an enthusiast. As tastes change, as budgets grow and shrink, a car is one of those things that can evolve with an owner. English tells me that his first ever modified car is a Honda S2000, a classic tuner car, one that is the attainable dream car for many.

A track car was the goal for him at first. he modified the S2K to fit the bill, and when it finally came time to sell, he couldn't follow through. he rebuilt it... twice, the second time, taking it to a fully realized version of a track car with all the fixings, GT wing and all.

The name of English's car is USA No. 1, the first USA RWB that Akira Nakai, a legendary car builder had modified.

When I first really took documentary filming seriously, it was for a now good friend of mine's rise to instagram fame for an RWB video that he did.

And here I was traveling again for an RWB build.

English tells me that the car was built during the height of covid, and the first built outside of Japan. "It was built for the purpose of debuting at SEMA" he says.