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Interior/Exterior Jivan Ivan's new Whalen Shift Machine -pics-

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Old 08-11-2003 | 01:16 PM
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This Whalen took alot of work since Doug has never worked on fills before. I want to thank him for doing a super job with the design I sent him. Another big thanks to Scott (IQQIMINI) for helping me transfer the file so Doug can work on it. If anyone needs to get their custom Whalen made, Scott is the guy to go to and he'll help you out for a very reasonable price. Now for the shift ****...

I love how heavy the shifter is, since it's smaller than the stock shifter. It is WAY easier to shift to each gear and it's not feeling jerky like it used to. It took a little getting used to a smaller shifter since the stock is bigger. Now, I'm used to it and I'm TOTALLY satisfied with it.

Enough of me talking, here's the pictures. It looks so much better in person. My idea was to have a b-boy (breakdancer) doing a headspin and each part of his body points to a gear. Also, to have my nickname on there too. It turned out to be perfect. It was exactly as I imagined it to be. Thanks Doug!




 
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Old 08-11-2003 | 01:18 PM
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OMG! That is TOO FREAKIN' COOL! Ivan, I LOVE IT!
 
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Old 08-11-2003 | 01:23 PM
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It's worth its weight in gold. Ya already know that because you paid for it. NICE Machine
 
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Old 08-11-2003 | 01:30 PM
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Little breakdancer is so not my style, but it does look cool. Fun concept for the design. Nice work.
 
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Old 08-11-2003 | 01:32 PM
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That looks butter my man. And nice pics too... for the love of god, why can't I take a half-way decent pic of my WSM?!
 
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Old 08-11-2003 | 01:42 PM
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ivan it looks fantastic!! :smile:
 
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Old 08-11-2003 | 02:32 PM
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Dude, that looks awesome!

I am so thrilled that it turned out that nice... what a cool design!
 
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Old 08-11-2003 | 02:44 PM
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Yes yes yes Ivan....

awesome


Even better is... your design would be seemingly impossible a few months ago...

But to everyone involved in the manufacturing of that Whalen, my kudos!
 
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Old 08-11-2003 | 02:52 PM
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Thats so fly. Im stoked.
 
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Old 08-11-2003 | 03:32 PM
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Way cool! BTW what is in the right side cupholder in the picture below?
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Old 08-11-2003 | 03:33 PM
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^^ I think that's some sort of air freshener

Love the shift ****!
 
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Old 08-11-2003 | 11:11 PM
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Your shift **** is awesome ivan! and thats a cool looking airfreshener
 
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Old 08-12-2003 | 02:42 AM
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looks great Ivan, good design!
 
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Old 08-12-2003 | 03:04 AM
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Nice work
 
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Old 08-12-2003 | 12:51 PM
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It took alot of time to get this done. Thanks for all the comments but it should all go to Doug & Scott. They really did all the work I just made the design.

Actually that's not an air freshener, it's a new development I can't speak of that adds 500HP
 
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Old 08-15-2003 | 12:46 AM
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Swwweeeett...

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Old 08-15-2003 | 07:58 AM
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Totally original. Very Cool Ivan!!!
 
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Old 08-16-2003 | 04:56 AM
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>>Just playing, it's one of the best air fresheners I've bought, I bought it at Japantown here in San Francisco.

Did you get it in the speed shop in the Jtown Mall?

I was there in late May, staying at the Best Western Miyako INN, and spent a lot of time around that mall.... very excellent, and I almost blew my entire vacation fund in that one store alone. I really wanted to try one of the air fresheners but for the life of me couldn't find one both me and my fiancee both liked.
 
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Old 08-16-2003 | 05:39 AM
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How cool are you!!!

 
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Old 08-16-2003 | 06:15 AM
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The custom Whalens are so nice- Gotta come up with a great design first. It's worth the effort and cost.
Thanks for posting the pics.
 
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Old 08-16-2003 | 10:52 AM
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Thanks again everyone!

Here's where I got the idea to have a B-Boy on my shift ****. This is the cover to my next DVD issue:


Normalizer -Is Speed Shop near the video rental place? I got it there and the store is called Auto Freak. I know there's another shop that sells car & cell phone accessories, that might be the one you're talking about, I'm not so sure. For deciding, I didn't want anything too strong, but the one I chose smells like my girlfriend's shampoo so we both like it alot, I never knew they had an air freshener that smelled like that, I thought it was unique, so I had to grab it. I moved it to the cup holder near the ebrake now. I took it apart and it fits exactly in there without any movement.

minihune - guess what? I don't know if you remember what I do, but I run a DVD magazine called Breakvision. My brother has a TV show there called the Skratcy Seal Show and it airs every Wednesday nights on Channel 9 @ 10:30pm (I believe it's Hype TV). My commercial for Breakvision will be airing somewhere in the show. I haven't seen it yet, but you should check it out. My brother is Yoga Frog and my cousin is DJ Qbert (from the former Invisibl Skratch Piklz), I'm not so sure what they were doing for the show, but it's about them, so check it out when you have time.

Thud Rumble - This is my brother's site on what he does
Breakvision - this is my website

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Old 08-16-2003 | 09:42 PM
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Awesome Ivan!
 
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Old 08-17-2003 | 02:32 AM
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Hey Jivanivan,
My boyfriend was just watching Hype TV the other night...I'll have to check it out, too on wednesday. (btw, a friend of mine was big into DJ stuff growing up in cali...went by dj voafx.)

Anyways, great idea and design! Love the b-boy!

See yah!
 
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Old 08-29-2003 | 05:44 PM
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Ivan

Here's my First Whalen....under the blue LED in my car.


 
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Old 08-29-2003 | 06:18 PM
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WHOA! way cool Doug. Nice photography, I've never seen a Whalen close up like that. I like my whalen, but now, I think I want to get another one that's as big as the stock ****. Do you think Doug can make that?
 


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