Remembering Japanese cars from the past

Month: February 2010 (Page 3 of 6)

Most painful Itasha ever: Nissan Skyline KPGC10

Yes, it is indeed a painful (pun intended) sight to see a Nissan Skyline GT-R KPGC10 this way:
Most painful Itasha ever: Nissan Skyline KPGC10
Most painful Itasha ever: Nissan Skyline KPGC10

I don’t think it will get the title of the most expensive itasha ever since I’ve seen several Ferrari and Lamborghini covered completely with anime vinyls.

On the other hand Haruhi blends perfectly in with the blue periodically correct racing stripes:
Most painful Itasha ever: Nissan Skyline KPGC10
Most painful Itasha ever: Nissan Skyline KPGC10

So even though it may be painful it is also done with great taste! ;)

Found in the JCCA NYM 2010 meeting pictures of Life doodling.

My Carina: Carina sidemarkers from Auctions Yahoo

Two weeks ago a package arrived:
Package from Rinkya Japan!
Package from Rinkya Japan!

It was sent through Rinkya (they get the stuff from Auctions Yahoo for you!) and took about 2 months by sea mail. It didn’t matter it took that long since I was in no hurry, but I could have gotten it through airmail as well. :)

What was in it then?
Well packaged with foam and polystyrene
Well packaged with foam and polystyrene

Well, a lot of foam and polystyrene! With car parts Rinkya is extra careful and packages it even better than you would do it yourself! Now that is professional! I can certainly learn from this with the AEU86 shop I guess…

But what’s in there except for all that crap then?
A set of JDM Carina sidemarkers and citylights
A set of JDM Carina sidemarkers and citylights

Two JDM Carina sidemarkers and two citylights! I don’t need the citylights but they were one single auction, so got them anyway…

Test fitting:
Test fit of the sidemarker
Test fit of the sidemarker

Looks like a perfect fit!

How the double headlights look now
How the double headlights look now

Can’t wait till I’ve repaired the brackets and fitted this set to the Carina! :)
(Only need to find the time to do so…)

Big thanks to Rinkya for arranging the auction just in time and shipping it so carefully!

DOTS: Miata hunting! (part 5)

The past two weeks I wasn’t able to shoot many pictures on the street (except the second pic of this post) due to the snowfall, so time to get back to the Miata hunting!
DOTS: Black Mazda MX5 mk2
DOTS: Black Mazda MX5 mk2

I found this black second generation MX5 parked in a parkinglot across the street of an apartment complex. I saw it parked there several times after I shot this first pic so the owner probably lives there.

DOTS: Mazda MX5 mk2
DOTS: Mazda MX5 mk2

Another second generation MX5. I shot this one two days ago when there was no snowfall. Ironically only 10 minutes after I shot this picture it started snowing.

The picture (and another 5 or 6!) was taken with the crap-cam and due to the lack of light (8:06 in the morning) it looks a bit crappy. I wasn’t in the mood to get into the parkinglot: the parkinglot is owned by the Dutch Evangelical Broadcasting company (EO). Dunno if the owner works there: I only see that car occasionally parked there.

Now, finally a picture not taken with the crap-cam:
DOTS: Black Mazda MX5 mk2
DOTS: Black Mazda MX5 mk2

Another black MX5 and parked somewhere in Hilversum. This picture was the actual start of the Miata Hunting during summer. This was the third Miata/MX5 I spotted that day and thought it would be a great feature on the site. ;)

Video: Heartbreaking Nissan Skyline C110 crash tests

I found an early 70s short documentary about the development of the Nissan Skyline C110! It starts with the the C110 development, then moves to manufacturing of a C110 and then comparing a C110 to previous generations around 2:00 with a four-split screen.

Skyline C110 development and manufacturing

The only touges we saw in the past were nicely paved mountain passes with screaming twin cams drifting in a downhill battle. Nice to see there were actually rough touges in the 70s!

Skyline crash test

The end of the first and second video continue on the design and crash testing of the Skyline C110:

The test track is, of course, the Oppama Grandrive. Funny to see they already covered the looks of the testcars/prototypes with black cloth as well back then! And just when you think everything is going well they show the C110 Skyline crash test! What’s even more heartbreaking are all those crashed C110s piled up with foliage growing through them.

I must say this is one of the nicest vintage videos I’ve seen in ages!

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