TA63

I spotted the pictures of Davy's Carina at first at Phils car blog, then headed over to Garage Slipway to read the whole story behind its run on Hampton Down.

Davy's Carina TA63 at Hampton Down
Here the Carina is still running fast, but after only a couple of laps he heard a loud thudding noise and pulled up in the pits. Apparently nothing looked weird and he headed back on the track.

Had a look and couldn’t determine what it was. So what the heck I went out again. Then halfway around the track BANG, then no power. To be specific, no fuel as the line snapped and wrapped around the driveshaft which bought my car to a halt at the first hairpin.

Davy's Carina TA63 at Hampton Down
The fuel line was probably grabbed by the driveshaft after it had some sort of in imbalance. Seen such a thing happen with Mux's Levin AE86 and it turned out that one of the bolts on the rubber pivot was broken off. You can imagine what happens next when you are driving hard on a circuit. :o

Davy's Carina TA63 at Hampton Down
I must say the JDM zenki Trueno AE92 bumper suits Davy's Carina very well!

And this is how the Carina remained the rest of the session:

Davy's Carina TA63 at Hampton Down
Parked up in the pits. A sad sight. :(

Photos were taken by Matt Malcolm.

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! :)

Speedhunters has an article about the Ebisu Spring Drift Festival in which I recognized a A6 Carina. Most probably it will be a AA63 or TA63 Carina.

This is the image I'm referring to:

I've posted a comment in the article, so perhaps we can get some more pics later on! :)