Wasn't it Ed Gein that would... "borrow" people's faces? I think he just wasn't sure what look he was going for...

I can relate

Btw, what do you think of this look?

Btw, what do you think of this look?

Not a fan......

I'm afraid that I'm not feeling it either. I've always thought that flag would look good on the underside of the hood if you plan on showing the car.

There was a longtime member of HybridZ named Clifton that had a white Z with the rising sun flag on a white hood. I thought it looked good and Clifton seems like a good guy, but I still think it's akin to putting a swastika on a car.

I saw a video on youtube of a white z with the flag on a track with some ferrari's and some vette's, I wonder if it's the same guy? Kinda stole some inspiration to be honest. But I was looking at a carbon fiber hood so that's why I did it black here. I would also like to point out the white tint and gunmetal grey five spoke rims (not flashbacks, for sure!) and the fender mounted mirrors.

Jon - why so harsh as to compare it to a swastika? You know the swastika USED to be a sign of luck in the far east...

Probably the same guy. It was a really fast track car with a turbo, and at the end there the same huge 15x14 wheels that I'm going to run on my car. It's a really fast car.

Why compare to a swastika? Well, Japan and Germany were allies during WWII, both committed horrible atrocities, and at the time Japan used the rising sun and Nazis used the swastika. Just doing the big red dot won't elicit the same response from people who know the history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes

Here's that other car in case anyone else was wondering about it. You'll have to excuse my ignorance on the topic of Japanese war crimes, I had never heard of such things outside of Hitler and Stalin. Funny how high school teaches history based on wars, huh?

I don't ever recall seeing footage of Japanese or German planes fire bombing entire American cities. I do however know the British and Americans had quite a fetish for incendiary bombs.

Funny how the winner of a war can dictate what is a crime or atrocity. BTW, I think you mean the Iron Cross (German flag) and not the Swastika (German Nationalist Party, or Nazi flag). THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

History is only taught selectively, but you are free to learn whatever truths you like.

The only reason our cities weren't firebombed is that we were out of range. In 1935 the swastika flag became the official flag of Germany and remained so until the end of the war. Look it up if you need to. As to the actions of the Japanese vs Germans vs Americans vs British, there's enough history out there that you can read up and decide for yourself. We did plenty wrong, but I stand by my original statement.

The swastika is the symbol of the Nazi party, when they came to power they replaced the german flag with their own. The rising sun was and is the symbol of Japan, has nothing to do with WWII.

Nothing to do with WWII? The flag that all Japanese military used during the war has nothing to do with the war. Cognitive dissonance much? As to its prior history, this flag doesn't go back millennia. The hinomaru (big red dot) goes back a millennium. The rising sun with rays was used as the Imperial Japanese flag from 1895-1945. Any clue as to what exactly Japan was doing during that time period? Hint: it involves imperial expansion and ideas of racial superiority. After WWII the use of the rays was disallowed, and then they brought it back in 1954 when Japan was again allowed to have a navy.

I don't ever recall seeing footage of Japanese or German planes fire bombing entire American cities. I do however know the British and Americans had quite a fetish for incendiary bombs.

Funny how the winner of a war can dictate what is a crime or atrocity. BTW, I think you mean the Iron Cross (German flag) and not the Swastika (German Nationalist Party, or Nazi flag). THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

History is only taught selectively, but you are free to learn whatever truths you like.

Huh , I hope there's more people that see it this way , since this is the internet and not the USA.

Thanks for sticking your neck out , I agree with you . Let the flames begin........