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DOTS: Celica’s like brother and sister

July 25, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Some time ago I saw a red Celica ST in the TACN magazine which looked very very familiar… When I saw the license plate I knew I did see it somewhere before… But then with different rims… The day after I knew where I saw it:

Brother and sister: two Toyota Celica ST AT180s
Right down the street, literally: it is parked one block away from my house! :D

That evening I compared it with the one in the magazine and found out that it is indeed almost the same: the license plate is off by one number:

Brother and sister: two Toyota Celica ST AT180s
In the Netherlands we have incremental license plates (no vanity plates!) and the plate says something about when the car was registered with that plate. In this case both cars were bought on the same day and probably at the same dealer. Maybe they were even bought by a brother and sister. ;)

At the Japan Classic Sunday I spotted the second car and tried to find the owner. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find him, had a chat with the owner of the neighbouring car and took a picture of the car with the intention to post it up here in the DOTS. ;)

JCS 2010 highlights (part two)

July 24, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

Let’s continue (and finish) the highlights of Japan Classic Sunday 2010!

First of all these two blue Corolla KE30s drew my attention:

Two Corolla KE30s

Two Corolla KE30s
I briefly spoke to the owner and his buddy. They surely love to keep these old Rollas alive! :)

Another Corolla, but this time PetzK’s AE86:

PetzK 3 door AE86
It finally returned to its home soil (it used to be a Dutch 3 door!) and the car looks even better than on the pictures I saw before. Too bad I didn’t have the opportunity to chat! :(

Talking about 3 door AE86s:

Ibrahims red 3 door Levin AE86
He won second place in the youngtimer class (two years ago he became first). Winning a price on the JCS is not a bad thing, but winning twice is a very good thing! Congrats again Ibrahim! :)

Iwan brought both his Datsun Super Six and this Datsun 280C wagon:

Datsun 280C (Nissan Gloria/Cedric 430) wagon

Datsun 280C (Nissan Gloria/Cedric 430) wagon

Datsun 280C (Nissan Gloria/Cedric 430) wagon
Not only can this 280C bring along 8 passengers (!) but it also has a small side window that can be operated through the keyhole in the back (seen in the last picture!). It was meant as a feature for Japanese people who returned shopping and wanted to load their groceries into the car without stepping off the pavement! Talk about (useless) innovation! :D

And last but not least, this Corolla Levin BG-Z AE111:

Toyota Corolla Levin BZ-G AE111

Toyota Corolla Levin BZ-G AE111
Believe it or not: this car is an original Luxembourg car! A collector from Luxembourg ordered this RHD car through a Toyota dealer directly from Japan, so this is one of the few original AE111 delivered outside Japan! Amazing!

That’s it for JCS 2010! Can’t wait for JCS 2011! (if that is ever going to happen!)

JCS 2010 highlights (part one)

July 22, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

I just uploaded all worthy pictures I took at Japan Classic Sunday 2010. I haven’t commented them yet but I surely will do that in the upcoming week. I’ll also start posting pictures from the meet now and then. Let’s kick off with some highlights!

Trip to the JCS 2010
The trip to JCS was already a highlight! Five old/youngtimers cruising on the highway and of course we could all keep up with modern traffic. Only the TE71 (currently an AE71 with 20v blacktop) had some difficulties now and then: who says a blown headgasket can keep you from going to a meeting? So he just filled up that radiator with some water now and then… ;)

Double Beat!
These double Honda Beats sure look great! If you read my blog regularly you will recognize the red Honda Beat as the one I posted in the DOTS a few weeks ago! I spoke to the owner and he has an extensively large collection of cars and motorcycles and does indeed owns the FJ Cruiser. More on that later!

German Corolla AE86 in Haselbeck trim
What’s so special about this German AE86 except for its AE86 vanity plate?

German Corolla AE86 with 401k on the odo!
401k kilometer on the odo meter? Indeed: I spoke to the (young) owner who bought it only three weeks ago from the first owner! The first owner had the car for 27 years and drove 400k kilometers with it and then sold it off to this young lad. From the sound of the engine that 4AGE was still purring like a kitten! :)

More highlights tomorrow and on Saturday! In the meanwhile you can already have a look at the pictures here:
Japan Classic Sunday 2010 gallery

JCS 2010 was fun!

July 19, 2010 / banpei / 5 Comments

Had great fun yesterday at the Japan Classic Sunday 2010! Saw many friends, familiar faces and familiar cars! Even spotted two DOTS and spoke to one of them! :)

It was very hot today and after shooting pictures+talking I figured I needed a rest. Did miss quite a few cars that way, well shit can happen. Still sorting out all the pictures I shot and I will definitely upload pictures somewhere this week… For now you will have to do with my autojumble find:

JCS 2010 autojumble: Carina TA60 indicator lights
Yep, two original TA60 indicator lights! Too bad one of them has a small crack in them, but it isn’t that bad… Apart from that I’ve probably sourced a trunklid and some side panels! You can never have enough parts I guess! :P

Japan Classic Sunday

July 4, 2008 / banpei / 0 Comments

I’m attending the Japan Classic Sunday 2008 next sunday (6th of July).

Japan Classic Sunday

Curious about what to find there, since a lot of oldies are coming. Perhaps another TA60?

Hope to see you there as well! :)

Tag: JCS (Page 2 of 2)

DOTS: Celica’s like brother and sister

JCS 2010 highlights (part two)

JCS 2010 highlights (part one)

JCS 2010 was fun!

Japan Classic Sunday

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