Remembering Japanese cars from the past

Month: April 2010 (Page 5 of 6)

Vintage 1976 Nissan Skyline C110 brochure + posters

Just found this vintage 1976 Nissan Skyline GC110 brochure + posters in an auction on Ebay:
Nissan Skyline C110 brochure + posters
Nissan Skyline C110 brochure + posters

It does not only contain the GC110, but also posters of Ken and Meri, older Skylines (from 1957 onwards) and some racing cars(R380, R381 and the 50 victories by the Skyline!)

The Buy-me-now is right (39,95 AUD) but together with the shipping it is a bit steep… So if anyone wishes to give me a birthday present on the 16th, this is a good gift! ;)

You can find the auction here:
Vintage 1976 Nissan Skyline C110 brochure + posters
And hurry: the auction ends on the 11th of April!

DOTS: tuned Nissan 200SX S14

Last week I posted the Nissan 200SX S14 at the end of the winter and now suddenly it has been tuned and fixed up again:
Down on the street: Nissan 200SX S14
Down on the street: Nissan 200SX S14

Nah, just kidding! I spotted this identically colored Nissan 200SX S14 last summer somewhere in an industrial zone. After this single shot (crapcam died) I only saw it occasionally and each time I was in a hurry or I didn’t have a camera with me…

The 200SX has been tuned lightly: it still has the original rims but it did have a very thick huge exhaust pipe. Also the headlights were swapped and a few other cues have been changed. IMO done with taste! :)

WTF: JPOP group in 1987 Tampa riots

I had a good laugh last Thursday when I saw this picture at Japan Sugoi:
JPop group Perfume in Tampa riots?
JPop group Perfume in Tampa riots?

The picture contains the three girls from Perfume (Jpop group) standing in front of a buring Mazda Capella (Mazda 626) during the Tampa riots in 1987.

There are a few giveaways: the polaroid frame is a bit too clean and unconvincing, this model Capella was only available from 1988 onwards and the girls are wearing a bit too modern fashion.

Apart from that: nice photoshop guys and a good Aprils foods joke! :)

Carina sightings: Russian Carina TA63 sedan

While browsing some pictures of old JDM tin I found a topic on a Russian forum about old Japanese cars in Russia. One of its members owns this great white Carina GT-TR TA63 sedan:
White Russian Carina TA63 sedan
White Russian Carina TA63 sedan

Somehow the wide Russian plate really makes it look more bad than the tinted windows! (???)

The Carina only travelled 162002 kilometers so far:
162002 km on the odometer
162002 km on the odometer

And according the owner the 3T-GTE engine is quite powerful. Of course, anything in such lightweight car feels powerful. ;)

Cruise computer, Aircon, autoreverse tapedeck, sunroof!
Cruise computer, Aircon, autoreverse tapedeck, sunroof!

And the options just keep on going:
electric windows, electric mirrors, cruise computer, air conditioner, gidrach (?) power steering, electricity boards, sunroof, LSD, all disc brakes, the music on 5 speakers (4 + subwoofer), illumination of the driver’s seat and the ignition lock at night

If you are interested in the enormous amount of late 70s and early 80s JDM tin in Russia, see here:
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Hilarious: Kikaider can walk on walls vertically!

Facebook fan Brad Hogan sent me a couple of tokusatsu videos through Facebook. Two of them were Kikaider videos and they are quite hilarious:

He actually fights his enemies by driving over them with his sidecar while drifting his motorcycle. :D

For people who are (like me)unknown with Kikaider, the Wikipedia article says this:
Kikaider (????????? Jinz? Ningen Kikaid??, lit. Artificial Humanoid Kikaider) is a Japanese superhero created by Shotaro Ishinomori. The character has appeared in manga, tokusatsu, and anime.
Paying tribute to Astro Boy, created by his mentor Osamu Tezuka, Ishinomori used the stories of Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio (which was also the basis for Astro Boy) along with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as the basis for his science fiction action story.

Kikaider, the main character, is a humanoid robot, built by Dr. Komyoji to protect himself and his children from the dark Android commanded by the evil Professor Gill, the leader of a terrorist organization called DARK.
Well, he sure does look a bit like Frankenstein! :D

This compilation is also fantastic:

As you can see he travels around on his motorcycle with sidecar and a guitar on his back. He can walk on walls and whenever he transforms into Kikaider his sidecar magically moves to the other side! :D

Thanks Brad! I had a good laugh! :D

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