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Month: April 2014 (Page 1 of 2)

Japanese Rustoseums: cutaway Nissan Bluebird 910 SSS

Japanese Rustoseums: cutaway Nissan Bluebird SSS 910

April 30, 2014 / / 0 Comments

Yesterday I posted a cutaway picture of a Suzuki Fronte Coupe LC10W and today I have an even more impressive cutaway car: a Nissan Bluebird SSS 910!
Japanese Rustoseums: cutaway Nissan Bluebird 910 SSS
Well, actually it isn’t drawn… It has been scavenged for panels, then standing outside too long and the whole body structure collapsed some time ago. So in other words: just like a cutaway picture you can see its inner bowels very well! ;)

Sorry for the very very low res photos but the source did not feature anything better…

This proves the provenance of the shell: Continue reading

Cutaway Suzuki Front Coupe 1972

Picture of the week: cutaway Suzuki Fronte Coupe LC10W

April 29, 2014 / / 0 Comments

The Suzuki Fronte Coupe LC10W (predecessor of the Suzuki Cervo) is a beautifully designed car by Giugiaro and it gets even better in this cutaway picture from the original 1972 brochure:
Cutaway Suzuki Front Coupe 1972
Imagine the work and effort taken to draw this picture: back in 1972 there was no Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. And even today with Photoshop it would be a gigantic effort to draw anything like this!

Found at: Suzuki Cervo history

Prius Super Silhouette

Hilarious: Prius Super Silhouette racer!

April 10, 2014 / / 0 Comments

At the Tokyo Auto Salon this year the Nihon Automobile College (NATS) made a couple of cars based upon another car. This Prius has been modified into a Celica Super Silhouette racer:
Prius Super Silhouette
Just imagine this Prius Super Silhouette going down the Fuji International Speedway in the Group 5 competition with a whopping 180 km/h with flames spitting out of th exhaust pipes right under the front doors! :D

The front mimics a Celica Super Silhouette racer and at the rear it shows some more Toyota Celica RA25 inspiration with the banana tail lights: Continue reading

N-Style Toyota Carina AA63

Carina Sightings: N-Style Toyota Carina AA63 at Speedhunters

April 9, 2014 / / 0 Comments

I have no idea what has gotten into Dino Dalle Carbonare but lately he seems to be very much into the Toyota Carina AA63! He proved this by posting the N-Style Carina earlier this week on Speedhunters:
N-Style Toyota Carina AA63
The N-Style Carina certainly has seen an overhaul since the last time I posted about it: two tone paintscheme, wilder camber and deeper dish!

I certainly like the new two tone paint scheme! Continue reading

Down on the Street: Toyota Corolla AE86 SR5

Down on the Street: ghetto Toyota Corolla AE86 SR5

April 2, 2014 / / 0 Comments

What are the chances of spotting a Toyota Corolla AE86 twice in one single day?
Down on the Street: Toyota Corolla AE86 SR5
While enroute on the highway to Hasselgren Racing in Berkley I got passed by this Toyota Corolla AE86. The car is presumably a SR5 model and it had steel wheels mounted with the old Toyota T style center caps.
The car was in just as bad shape as the AE86 I posted yesterday that I spotted in the Walmart parkinglot after visiting Hasselgren. As this SR5 actually was still entirely original it had a more ghetto like look. It is also funny to see how unattractive a car can get after almost 30 years left in original factory trim.

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