Castro Motorsport makes it into GQ Magazine!

[e30polak]

So we've been dealing with Frank Ocean for about a year and a half now, after he purchased an E30 from out of state that had a number of issues. After addressing the issues with the car he purchased, we decided it was better to start with a new platform for the project he wanted. As a result we planned a ground-up rebuild of an E30, which we've slowly been building over the past year. Anyway, the car will finally be finished within the next 2 months, and we will post plenty of pics and details on the build.

Spec list of the car:

S54 + 6 speed swap
RMS Stage 2 supercharger set-up with Miller Performance tuning
Real 4 door M-tech 2 kit
Right hand drive conversion per Frank's request
E30 M3 5-lug
Staggered 17" Alpinas,
Custom metal flares front and rear
Fresh Lexus Moon-stone paint
Custom re-upholstered interior
Custom sound system
etc.










About a month ago Frank gave us a call, and asked if he could borrow a few cars, and some time at the shop to do a photoshoot with GQ magazine. Well, needless to say, we were more then willing to take on this opportunity! Our cars and the shop made it into 3 of the 4 photos in this month's GQ article on Frank named "Ocean-ography." Here is the link to the article:

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/musi...?currentPage=1

Photos of our shop/cars from the shoot:


Frank Ocean, Tyler the Creator and the rest of the Odd Future crew hanging around our cars. Bottom left corner is Chris Castro's flared E34 Touring. Top center is Saul Castro's Dakar E36 M3 and the door on the bottom right is my former E34 Touring.




Frank Ocean leaning against his project car inside our shop.




Frank Ocean and the Odd Future crew hanging out in front of our shop. He's sitting on Alex Castro's flared E36, and Chris Casto's flared E34 Touring is in the background.

[BSloss13]

Super dope.... saw a few months back he tweeted moonstone paint, s54, forced induction, and was wondering what he was tslking about.... but now I know hes a real bmw head!! His song thinking about you has been stuck in my head for months now too

[jams]

frank ocean ftw! thats going to be pretty sick

[Alpha5]

That's awesome!!

[GTRSv]

is he going to have it painted it orange?


but srsly, thats cool! Congrats!

EDIT: possible next album cover?

[Boogieboy]

Congrats to you guys! That's big!

I figured that he was some kind of BMW guy after he used that E30 M3 for an album cover. I mean, who uses an E30 M3 for an album cover....really?

[propcar]

that's pretty slick! A real BMW head!

[e39hamann]

Congrats, that's awesome!

[slocar]

That e30 is going to be amazing. I can't wait to see it done. And RHD too.

[B Rod SRT]

This is awesome! Major congrats. Castro doing it BIG.

[DrBobOh]

Just realized that his twitter-picture is Mike Eedler's Orange E30 M3... didn't realize F.O. was such an E30 fanatic!

[Mystikal]

Badass.

[Compactive]

looks like it will scoot along just fine

Major props to the shop, love the work.

[Mike36]

That's awesome! Too bad you guys couldn't sneak in an image of a big red Castro Sticker somewhere in a photo

[purduinaM3]

Congrats guys! That's awesome, I knew that Frank Ocean was a big E30 fan since Nostalgia but had no idea he was building one!

[e30polak]

Thanks for all the kind words guys! Chris (Frank's legal first name) is actually a really cool guy, with great taste in cars. We've helped him along in his decisions with the project, but most of the choices and the direction this project has taken have all been him.

We're fortunate that he chose us for the project, and to be affiliated with a fairly well known E30 head!

This car is going to be pretty sick when done!

[mateo m3]

.nice man congrats and keep doing the good work you guys are doing!!

[Inv3ctiv3]

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Hahahahaha Lucas creeping in the car, he didn't tell me they did this but he has an E34 5er that he loves.

[BimmerFreak]

Congrats to you guys!

[snosk8luke]

That's to cool. I had no idea he was in to bimmers like that.

[SlimKlim]

That's awesome!

Saul's Dakar E36 gave me a start, looks like he has black E46 M3 seats in it? I didn't know my car had a twin.

[3MPowered]

I know more about Castro Motorsport than I do about this Frank Ocean character. Not sure what that says about me...

[SEVEN40iL]

Awesome

[dasmeth]

Hahahahaha Lucas creeping in the car, he didn't tell me they did this but he has an E34 5er that he loves.

lol small world how do you know Lucas? First thing I said when I saw the pic too haha, showed it to my buddy and said look at Lucas creeping in the car

[Inv3ctiv3]

lol small world how do you know Lucas? First thing I said when I saw the pic too haha, showed it to my buddy and said look at Lucas creeping in the car

I know him just through other friends, I have a bunch of friends from LA so they all hang together. Super nice guy but I feel bad for him cause he's always got people trying to take pics of him or talk to him wherever he goes.