Remembering Japanese cars from the past

Month: January 2010 (Page 2 of 6)

Oops I did it again: Datsun Coupe CSP311 catalogue

Yes, I did it again:
Datsun Coupe 1600 CSP311
Datsun Coupe 1600 CSP311

It was available for a mere very low price and I just had to buy it! If I keep up this rate the amount of Nissan books/catalogues will surpass the amount of Toyota catalogues! And that’s bad for a Toyotaku! ;) (Well, actually I think I like both just as much!)

Datsun Coupe 1600 CSP311
Datsun Coupe 1600 CSP311

I think the photography of this particular catalogue is extremely nice! It was, of course, done in the “proper” 60s fashion with older Kodachrome colors! Anyone got an idea how to reproduce such colors nowadays?

Datsun Coupe 1600 CSP311
Datsun Coupe 1600 CSP311

My best guess is that this catalogue is Australian or from New Zealand since the CSP311 never made it to the US or Europe… I wonder how it ended up in the Netherlands though. :)

DOTS: 1993 Nissan 300ZX Z32

If you are already bored with the running feature of the Nissan 200SX S14 you are in luck: I got this 1993 Nissan 300ZX Z32 for you then!
Nissan 300ZX Z32
Nissan 300ZX Z32

This 1993 Z32 was originally delivered in Germany and imported in 2007 to the Netherlands by the current owner.

Nissan 300ZX Z32
Nissan 300ZX Z32

According to the info from the RDW it has a 208kW engine, so it this car features the VG30DETT engine. The car is completely stock, even the alloy rims are still in the original Nissan spec.

Nissan 300ZX Z32
Nissan 300ZX Z32

As you may have noticed: there is a lot of fireworks debris laying around and not under the car. Since we celebrate New Year with a lot of fireworks it is clear the car did not move for at least three weeks now.

This was the same case when I made the previous shots three months ago:
Nissan 300ZX Z32
Nissan 300ZX Z32

A lot of leafs and sticks around the car. But if you compare the two images above you can see that the car did move in the three months between these pictures. ;)

The previous shots were better quality than the last set. I couldn’t use them because one was not looking too well, another one was ruined by a construction worker showing off his buttcrack in the background and the third picture is the one you see above. So I decided to come back later and shoot the pictures a second time. I’m not too pleased with these later pictures and they are a bit ruined due to less light (winter, lens filter, etc.) and a digital camera sensor doing flaky stuff, so I can’t wait to go back to analogue! ;)

Commerical time: Mazda RX-3 goes hmmmmmmmm

Sorry: yet another non JDM commercial, but this one is surely funny as hell:

Piston engine goes boing, boing, boing, boing. Mazda engine goes Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I wonder what would have happened if he had a piston engined Mazda then… Would she have dumped him before they went on that picknik trip?

Hilarious: Satoru Metal Tiger Lucky New Year knuckles

At February 14th the Chinese new year will start and as we all know the Chinese give each year a zodiac and an element. Upcoming year it will be the year of the tiger with metal as its element.

Satoru Works created some very special knuckles for upcoming year:
Satoru Metal Tiger Lucky New Year knuckles
Satoru Metal Tiger Lucky New Year knuckles

Yes, a set of Metal Tiger knuckles for your car to give it that extra luck during your drift sessions! ;)

Found at Doriten’s blog. If I understand him correctly the end result will not be a photoshopped image and will be available alongside their normal range of knuckles.

Toyota Corolla KE30 pickup in Europe?

RS Yasu updated their blog with the notion that they are closed between 30th of december and 5th of january. Normally I would say this is not too exciting news, however they did feature a photograph of the KE30B122 pickup in front of their workshop:

Toyota Corolla KE30 pickup in front of a European looking house
Toyota Corolla KE30 pickup in front of a European looking house

It strikes me how much this workshop really looks like an average European house, like for instance in Austria, Germany or Hungary. I was fooled for a few seconds, but of course the pickup doesn’t belong there since Europeans (in contrary of the Americans) are not too fond of pickups.

If you’re interested in the rebuild of this nice KE30B122:
Toyota Corolla KE30 pickup rebuild by RS Yasu

Edit: it is not a KE30, but a Nissan Sunny B122 pickup:
http://www.banpei.net/blog/toyota-corolla-ke30-turns-out-be-a-nissan-sunny-b122

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