Carina TA63

Japanese rustoseums (part one)

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Japanese Nostalgic Car blog found another blog full of rotting J-tin. [゚д゚]

Most of these blogs have pictures of rusted cars in both wild and urban areas! It appears like it is a national hobby in Japan to keep your old car outside your house if you have the space for it and otherwise park it in a yard (aka rustoseum) with some other rusty friends.

Just have a look at some cars featured on the blog JNC-blog found:
1967 or 1968 Nissan Cedric C130
1967 or 1968 Nissan Cedric C130

A rare Nissan Cedric C130 Mark 2 from 1967 or 1968 without a windscreen. Windscreen missing == rotten interior! Not good! ヽ(o`皿′o)ノ

Nissan Skyline GC10 2 door hardtop coupe
Nissan Skyline GC10 2 door hardtop coupe

A Nissan Skyline C10 2 door hardtop coupe, in other words a KGC10 (GT-X) or a KPGC10 (GT-R). But actually there is no hardtop anymore! Hopefully another GC10 hardtop coupe is happy with its new top...

Nissan Skyline C210 1600ti
Nissan Skyline C210 1600ti

Nissan Skyline C210 1600ti: the lowest spec of the C210 Skyline. A mere L16T inline 4 with double carb setup powered this Skyline. I would still love to own this car though: it would be a lot faster than my Carina! ( ̄ー ̄)

If you ever wondered what the Skyline C210 without round taillights looks like, have a look at this picture:
Nissan Skyline C210 1600ti rear
Nissan Skyline C210 1600ti rear

Not too bad, isn't it?

On the same dump there was also this super clean car:
Very clean Toyota Carina GT-TR TA63
Very clean Toyota Carina GT-TR TA63

A Carina GT-TR TA63!! (゚∀゚)
I have no idea what it was doing there: I could not find a rusty spot on it. Even better: not even a spec of dust! According to the blogger the car was for sale!

Stay tuned for more pictures from Japanese rustoseums!


Carina Sightings: almost mint Carina TA63 GT-TR

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It was already a long time ago that I came across this very very very very good preserved Carina TA63 Coupe shot by the Flickr user pigs.of.darkness:
Very good looking Carina Coupe TA63
Very good looking Carina Coupe TA63

It looks like it just rolled out of the factory a few days ago and the owner slapped on a set of SSR Longchamp XR4 at the rear and a set of 2 piece Watanabe RS F817 rims at the front! Then thought a lip would finish off its 80s looks!

Rear of the Carina Coupe TA63
Rear of the Carina Coupe TA63

At the rear you can spot a very very tiny dent next to the trunklid, so that actually gives away that the car is not brand new anymore.

Paint is still beautiful on this Carina TA63 Coupe
Paint is still beautiful on this Carina TA63 Coupe

Just look at how beautiful the paint still is: it reflects the van next to it perfectly!

Carina TA63 Coupe Twin cam Turbo
Carina TA63 Coupe Twin cam Turbo

3T-GTE powered Carina Twin cam turbo. What else could you wish for... Anyone wants to buy a kidney??

[ source: pigs.of.darkness' photostream ]


Carina sightings: Puppy saving Carina reposted on Youtube

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The puppy saving Carina GT-TR TA63 has been reposted on Youtube! Unfortunately the poster disabled embedding, so you can find the video under the link here:
Puppy saving Carina GT-TR TA63

Before I forget it: happy new year! :)