Remembering Japanese cars from the past
The Japanese food producer Hagoromo decided it should hop on the Star Wars bandwagon in the late 70s and made this commercial:
This commercial is promoting their famous Sea Chicken, which is basically just a can of tuna.
Maybe they would have sold more if they called it Star Chicken instead! ;)
Time for some more Japanese rustoseums? This time they were shot by RA64Freddy:
Nissan Skyline DR30 in a frozen mudfield
This Skyline looks a bit lonely in that frozen mudfield. Who would leave such a nice four door sedan in the mid of a muddy field?
Toyota Sprinter AE70 2 door hardtop
What about this Sprinter 2 door hardtop then? According to RA64Freddy it is a 1500cc 3A-U engined car, so the AE70 designation should be correct for this beauty!
Not entirely a Carina this week, but it is as near as it can be:
Toyota Corona CT141 taxi
The Corona T140 series featured the last of the Corona lineup used as a taxi! The Corona T140 taxi was basically a Corona in the middle with a Carina A60 front and rear end.
After the T14 series taxi was finally phased out in 1991 Toyota replaced it with the Crown S130 taxi lineup, which became a separate model from the S150 model (Toyota Comfort) onwards.
It is beautiful to see someone saved one of these ubiquitous taxis and remained it as close to stock as possible! The only thing missing in this picture is the taxi sign on the roof! :)
Found at Life doodling.
Need car guidance on your Nissan Skyline R31?
This lovely lady can surely help you out with her Caribbean background music! ;)
No, that is not a typo! It is indeed an Fujiwara Tofu Toyota Corolla AE81:
Fujiwara Tofu Corolla AE81 special
If Bunta Fujiwara would have driven an AE81 instead of the famous AE86, this is how he would have dressed up his little rolla. ;)
(it even has proper sideskirts!)
Found on Dennis’s mango blog when browsing the archives.
Somewhere during early October I spotted this immaculate white MR2:
White Toyota MR2 mk1
This 1987 MR2 is a USDM import and entered the Netherlands somewhere in 1993. Somehow it surely must have been garaged a lot during its life: my Trueno was imported to the Netherlands during the same era but did not survive the Dutch weather well and the MR2 is renowned to be rust proofed just as bad as the AE86…
White Toyota MR2 mk1
I only saw this MR2 once, so I don’t have many pictures of it. As you can see the MR2 is parked in front of building which is under construction. Well the building is still under construction, so maybe the owner will return when everything has been finished. ;)
Red Toyota MR2 mk1
The same day I spotted this faded red MR2 somewhere in a private yard. It is about 150 meters away from the white MR2 and doesn’t have its MOT renewed since 2000… The yard used to be owned by a secondhand car dealer, so maybe this MR2 is a leftover? I’m still thinking about visiting the owner of the place and do some inquiries about the car. :)
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