Remembering Japanese cars from the past

Carina Sightings: Bad ass Carina GT-Rs!


I found a couple of meeting pictures of the so called Showa Meeting Vol 1 (2010) which, obviously, is a meeting focussed on all automotive cars from the Showa era. Since the emperor died in 1989 the range of cars is obviously very wide, including a couple of early 80s Carinas!
Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 at Showa Meeting Vol 1
Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 at Showa Meeting Vol 1

This white AA63 Carina GT-R has a mismatched front grille. The grille was taken from a late type car and the Road Runner II badge was taken from a lower spec Carina. Apart from that it looks awesome sitting that low on those wats!

This Carina GT-R looked a bit less awesome:
Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 at Showa Meeting Vol 1
Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 at Showa Meeting Vol 1

But nevertheless I would certainly love to have it parked with those Longchamps in front of my house! ;)

This was the group shot of the Showa Meeting crew, and guess what they chose as background vehicles?
Showa Meeting Vol 1 Crew in front of Carinas
Showa Meeting Vol 1 Crew in front of Carinas

A bunch of Carinas! \o/
Too bad I couldn’t find a picture of the yellow Carina… It looks bad ass with all its camber and rollcage! And it is the only vehicle in the lineup that is lower than that lowered Bug! :D

2 Comments

  1. Kid Karola

    Front lip looks to be from MR2 (AW11)

  2. banpei

    Could very well be. AW11 is 1666mm wide and the Carina 1650mm wide and that is nearer than the AE86. I’ll see if I can source one and see if it fits!

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