Be amazed, be very amazed: the full lineup of cars for the 2003 reunion movie/episode!
Apparently someone got access to the props department and I must say that all those cars with red flashing lights is an amazing sight!
Too bad I couldn’t find any footage of the 2003 episode. :(
Category: seibu keisatsu
Taken at the same exhibition as the Family Album Treasure I posted up yesterday: the Machine RS-2 from up close!
A yellow slimline phone? How eighties can you get? Hyacinth Bucket would have been very jealous if she saw this beauty!
Just look at the amazing computer in there: that’s truely KITT’s Japanese counterpart! Continue reading
As a true loyal and faithful Seibu Keisatsu fan you obviously have to visit the 2003 Seibu Keisatsu spring exhibition. Naturally you have your wife take a picture of you and your children in front of Machine RS-2:
A true family album treasure!
Found at Western Police ER34
Suppose you are a big Seibu Keisatsu fan and want a comfortable daily ride, what would you choose?
Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34
Minkara user Ken chose to drive his ER34 as a daily driver and turn the car into a Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS DR30 lookalike!
4Valve DOHC GT-Turbo intercooler
Even the writing on the side is done in retro styling of the Skyline RS-Turbo: his ER34 reads 4valve DOHC GT-Turbo intercooler on the place where normally the RS-Turbo writing is!
Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34
And the whole car is painted in the red and black panda scheme of the Tomica Skyline that was copied over to the RS lineup.
Seibu Keisatsu sunglasses of Chief Daimon
So, to complete his Machine RS34 he also has a set of sunglasses which looks like the ones Chief Daimon had in the Seibu Keisatsu series. (???)
Seibu Keisatsu suit of Chief Daimon
Seibu Keisatsu suit of Chief Daimon
And don’t worry: for true fans they even sell immitation suits of Chief Daimon! ?(????)
Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34
So he couldn’t resist (while wearing the sunglasses and suit) to have his picture taken next to his Machine RS34! ?(ยด?`)/
Some time ago I wrote about the Mazda Cosmo AP RX5 in both the popular Bosozoku style car regular and a police car chase with a Cosmo AP when I had too little Seibu Keisatsu. I just found this original Japanese Mazda Cosmo AP ad from the 1976:
I really don’t get the slogan: Now, the smell of Cosmo. I know AP stands for anti pollution so they don’t mean I am supposed to smell the unburnt petrol fumes, so do they actually think that I am supposed to smell something else, flowerlike for example, when the Cosmo AP passes?
Lucky enough it is not too hard to understand the story behind this commercial: those cops are just jealous! Even though they drive the best motorcycles of the world, deep in their heart they really want a Cosmo AP too! So, fast forward 30 years on the cop with the sideburns and mustache and see him standing in his very own Mazda Cosmo AP police special:
If you are interested, I found several other Cosmo AP advertisements:
1978 Mazda Cosmo AP advertisement
1979 Mazda Cosmo AP advertisement
1980 Mazda Cosmo AP advertisement
I kind of miss Seibu Keisatsu on Friday when Japanese Nostalgic Car Blog doesn’t post it in the Friday Video. This weeks My Lucky Stars was a good substitute, but it clearly missed the brutality of Seibu Keisatsu!
Lucky enough I browsed some pages on images.google.com last friday and found a site among the links which actually has a every episode listed in them, and not only that: it also features the complete car list of the Police! :)
Seibu Keisatsu Cedric C330s used by the Police
It also features a lot of background information, like in the case of the C330s above it states that this generation of Cedrics mainly were used as police cars to be blown up or crash by the bad guys during the chases. What a bad fate for these beautiful cars!
Anyway, you can find the site here:
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/dandy-arata4/
If you’re only interested in the cars, you can find the car listing here:
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/dandy-arata4/cars.html