June 28, 2012 in WTF
In 1971 at the Tokyo Motor Show Toyota revealed the Toyota RV-1:
It clearly is based upon the (back then) new Celica TA22 and got is rear extended with the gullwing windows.
At the same time the bumper, engine hood and headlights look a bit familiar: Read the rest of this entry →
June 7, 2012 in rustoseums
Now imagine you are about to enter a town called Koyaguchi Nogami and you see some car wrecks hidden in the foliage:
You get a bit closer and see this: Read the rest of this entry →
March 12, 2012 in Family Album Treasures
In the early 70s you needed two things to be BIG in Japan: flared jeans and flared Skyline!
As this picture was taken on a sulky day in June 1980 we’ll forgive this guy for not wearing flared jeans. 
Found at Minkara
December 15, 2011 in christmas
A few days I go I already posted about winning the tail lights and the very same day I received a package from Japan (from a different AY source) containing a set of Soarer Z10 centercaps, Carina mudflaps, Carina brochure and this little yellow 1/64 scale Toyota Carina GT-R:
I got it for a bargain price and did not expect much from it until I read this posting last week and was very impressed by it.
I compared it against the Hotwheels Skyline KPGC110 GT-R I bought some last week and I was shocked by the difference in quality! See also this picture: Read the rest of this entry →
December 3, 2011 in WTF
Yesterday I was doing my Christmas shopping (actually us Dutch celebrate Sinterklaas) and had to buy some wrapping paper in a bargain store called Blokker. My eye fell on the bargain Hotwheels sale and couldn’t resist going through the bin. My heart skipped a few beats when I found the beautiful 2011 edition Skyline GT-R KPGC110:
For a bargain price of only 1.99 euros! That’s less than 3 dollars. WTF?! Lucky! Bargain!
So I dug deeper and found three more KPGC110s and a few others! (more on that later in this post) Unfortunately no hakosuka Nissan Skyline 2000GT-X or BRE Datsun 510 Bluebird. 
In the end I bought two KPGC110s, one for my son and one for me (at work): Read the rest of this entry →
