The Violet from last monday made me think about its rally heritage. The Violet A10 was Nissan’s most successful rally car and the later models were powered by the LZ20 DOHC engine we know from the Nissan Super Silhouette Formula cars. Back in 1982 Nissan still appreciated their rally achievements and showed it with this TV advertisement:
The video starts with a the normal Gazelle S110 RS commercial, but shortly after that it shows the Nissan Violet A10 splashing through a big muddy pools and going sideways on the fourth Safari Rally. As a bonus it gets followed by another Gazelle S110 RS commercial! Probably they couldn’t get enough of that 4 valve FJ20E engine of theirs! Now that is appreciation! :)
Month: April 2010 (Page 3 of 6)
In one of my rustoseum searches I came across a very sorry looking Carina TA67 van left behind in the middle of nowhere:
Toyota Carina TA67 rustoseum
All windows are gone, roof looks like it could serve as a pool and the inside looks like a farmer used it as a shed. :D
Toyota Carina TA67 rustoseum
You can see big dents on the side and the side mouldings are missing everywhere except on the rear door.
There are two things I would actually have wanted from this Carina: the round headlights (I can at least start a collection then!) and the wind deflectors.
Now this picture of two Advan A3A rims made me think of the Matrix:
Advan A3A rims: blue or red?
Morpheus: This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
I’d say I take the red Advan then! :P
Found here
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Sakura Nissan Skyline KGC10
Definitely the best Sakura picture of this year!
If you wish to see more pictures of this beautiful car and cherry blossom:
kgc10kai’s blog
During one of my late night old J-tin searches I came across a weird German ad selling the front end of an old Datsun:
Datsun Violet A10 front clip
I recognized it as a EU Datsun Violet front end (aka the Auster/Stanza/510/160J). I’m not sure if the German license plate actually belongs to this front end, but they are the old pre 1994 German plates issued in Fürth (Bayern) which is next to Nürnberg where the seller lives. So perhaps the front clip of his old Violet?
The funny thing is that on this picture you can actually see the holes where the JDM fender mirrors are supposed to be mounted:
Datsun Violet A10 front clip
I found out that those points are available on all EU Datsun Violets and only covered with a small patch.
I still remember one of my buddies from high school had a front clipping of his old Mini in the livingroom of his apartment. Back then I thought it was one of the coolest things to have in your apartment, so I bet this front clip would have been sitting in my livingroom already if I were 10 years younger and didn’t have a child running around in my house…
(In case anyone is interested I can put you in contact with the seller)
I was looking at old (digital) photographs I took years ago and actually found out I was already shooting DOTS from 2003 onwards! Take for instance this Mitsubishi Lancer:
Down on the Street: Mitsubishi Lancer Evo minus One
Yes, that is indeed an Evo wing on its tail. However the Lancer itself dates before the whole Lancer Evo lineup, so I guess this is a Lancer Evo minus One! :D
Everyone on the interwebs already saw pictures of the Ronal teddybear rims, but did you actually see one IRL?
Down on the Street: Ronal Bear rims on a Mazda 121
I did spot these Ronal Teddybears in 2005 and took a picture with my phonecam (even crappier than my crapcam!) to inspire my brother… Well he refused to even think about putting teddybears under his 121! :D
To prove you can actually spot really nice cars in the wild:
Down on the Street: Toyota Corolla AE86
I chased down this AE86 when I had a day off and I was just on my way to buy a Canon EOS 350D digicam in my own AE86. The owner drove quite quickly during rush hour but I managed to follow him through traffic. Finally had a word with him and the guy didn’t even know what kind of car he was driving. His brother sold him the car and if I was interested I could buy it from him. So having a lot of money burning in my pocket I was really tempted to buy it…
It ended that the guy wanted too much money: apparently chasing someone in traffic is not a good basis for negotiations over the price of a car. I ended up buying the EOS 350D instead and still don’t regret buying the camera over this hachi. ;)