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HOT RIDE

Peacocking in magnificent
shape-shifting paint, Chris
McIntosh’s bagged R32 pulls
together a world of stylistic
influences to create the
perfect modded ride for
modern Scotland…

First impressions count for a lot, that’s
true in all walks of life. Strutting into a room
in a crisply tailored suit and owning the loor
with steely-eyed charisma and affable charm
will permanently ile you in everybody’s
minds as a good egg, whereas a limp
and sweaty handshake or an inadvertent
mispronunciation of your own name will
forever label you as the forgettable type.
We as a species like to think we’re pretty
on-point with forming accurate spur-of-the-
moment character analyses, although this
isn’t always the case. Your irst impression of
this particular Mk4 Golf might be that, yes,
this is the zenith of where the SoCal scene
is right now; glinting in the brilliant sunlight,
this bagged R32 rocks a slick Stateside vibe
that could only have come from the anti-
Detroit import culture of hot rod-obsessed
California – the disco paintwork, the wheels,
the stance, it’s pure aftermarket Americana.
And then you arrive at the rear of the
car, and note with a raised eyebrow that it’s
actually wearing UK plates. All at once, the
pieces fall dramatically into place. The order
of the universe realigns itself. Because the
ubiquity of social media has shrunken the
world, and styles are no longer anchored in
geography. This sunlit VeeDub perfection
cannot be found cruising the Paciic Coast
Highway. No, its owner and creator – Chris
McIntosh – actually hails from a windblown
corner of rural Scotland.

CAR FRIENDS
“I’m just a young lad from a small Scottish
town, who has always loved modifying cars
with his mates at the weekend – can you

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