If you were around somewhere near the end of summer in 1996, you were probably privy to having your eardrums assaulted by the earworm that was Mark Morrison’s big R&B hit, ‘Return of the Mack’.
Lyrically, Morrison assumed the protagonist role, rising from the ashes of a grubby break-up only to return stronger, with a heightened desirability to the opposite sex, and some might say more of an er, ‘mack daddy’ than ever before. I’d recommend checking that one out on urbandictionary.com, if you’re unfamiliar with the term.
Morrison, and his four-minutes of braggadocio were everywhere, the crooning UK ladies-man streaking to the peak of the pop charts. Despite the lyrical content, the track was critically praised for its production, gaining a reputation as a considered, balanced piece of music with one commentator calling it “a well tailored suit of sound”.
So… what the hell has a one-hit wonder 90s R&B star got to do with a sharp-edged, finely-honed 2001 Nissan Silvia, I hear you howl?
All things considered, Paul Titheridge’s extremely line-blurring S15 creation bears a few similarities to the Mark Morrison hit, albeit paying due to the misadventures of a past incarnation of the car. Yet, the S15 strikes a pretty spectacular sort of balance and displays a modicum of restraint, somewhat against the odds of that wild Garage Mak aero (yeah, I can hear the dad-joke groans now).
To understand Paul’s approach to the S15, it’s pretty crucial to understand his way of thinking. As with any thorough build — especially those that leave no aspect of the standard vehicle untouched — the result is inevitably a byproduct of an individual’s particular approach and idiosyncrasies. In Paul’s own words, his approach is, “incremental improvements of
