Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Now this is an hilarious way to test the functioning of an aftermarket radiator: just place Tarzan inside a bathtub and see if the water is too cold or too hot!
Don’t worry, the NSFW parts have been blurred out!
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In 1980 Toyota launched a sedan Celica variant and called it the Celica Camry but in essence it was a face-lifted luxurious version of the Carina A40. In some countries it was simply called Toyota Camry and separated two years later into a FWD upmarket sedan and liftback.
But the first generation was still one of the most awesome mid-size sedans made by Toyota because of its engines and optional IRS. The first generation had a GT version of the Celica Camry featuring the 2 liter 18R-GEU DOHC engine (head by Yamaha) with an output of 135hp and nowadays this is the most sought after Celica/Carina of its generation. Imagine how rare this immaculate Celica Camry is:
Super rare Toyota Celica Camry
This picture was taken at the Showa Meeting Ver.2 held in November last year.
Found at [Showa Meeting @ Minkara]
In the same thread as yesterdays Carina coupe there was a link to someones 1981 JDM Carina hardtop coupe TA42.
Russian Toyota Carina TA42
Even though the Carina is missing some (small) pieces of trim it still appears to be in quite decent state!
Especially the interior still looks great:
Russian Toyota Carina TA42
Here you can clearly see the difference between a coupe and a hardtop coupe: it doesn’t feature a B-pillar and therefore it is a hardtop. Unfortunately the hardtops never made it to the A60 series. :(
I love the weird thin tail-lights of the coupes:
Russian Toyota Carina TA42
And here is another thing that never made it outside Japan:
Russian Toyota Carina TA42 with fuel injected 3T-U
A fuel injected 1800cc 3T-EU engine that makes 105hp. An additional 20hp compared to the carburetted 3T we got in Europe and it certainly has a better (and cleaner) breath as well and comparable to the 2 liter 18R engines that could be found in the European Celica XTs.
IMO a very nice Carina and I would swap my Carina for this one any day!
Found at [Carina TA42 @ drom.ru]
In Google Analytics I saw a lot of traffic coming in from a Russian forum (forums.drom.ru) where my site was linked. It involved a request by ExperienceGT who asked if it was worth to persuade the owner of a Carina coupe TA45 to sell it and restore the car. Also in the garden this Carina coupe RA30/TA31 was rotting away next to the trash:
Toyota Carina RA30/TA30/TA31/TA32 in Russia
Even though it looks very rusted away it is definitely something worth to save! The first generation of Carina coupes is almost extinct now and, apart from the windows, it still appears to be complete. Of course you never know how badly rusted through the floorpan might be.
Found at [forums.drom.ru]
Now this is something exciting from the Exciting Car Showdown 2011: MotorFIX presented their new E70 weapon! A 1UZ powered E70 featuring a set of 8 ITBs! And I don’t think it will be suitable to put a stack of champagne glasses on it!
Now that sound is freaking awesome! Just imagine how easy it would be to put this little hornet sideways! It gave me goosebumps!
Found at MotorFIX @ Youtube
Four weeks ago a burglar broke into my house and nicked my camera bag. I haven’t seen anything turn up on the local auction sites, nor in the secondhand stores and even though the vintage lenses probably ended up in a dumpster I’m still hoping it will return eventually…
Lucky enough I cleaned up all my cameras a few weeks before and stashed some of them in the attic, including a vintage russian Zenit-E camera with a spare zebra Helios 44-2 lens. It has become my daily companion since.
I already shot two rolls of film since the burglary and developed one of them myself this weekend. Everything that could go wrong went wrong, nevertheless I’m still pleased with the outcome!
My boy racer
That’s my son Oliver acting as a boy racer.
In the meanwhile I bought a vintage Praktica FX camera with a 12 blade Carl Zeiss (aus Jena) Tessar on it:
Praktica FX with Carl Zeiss aus Jena Tessar
The lights were dim, so I underexposed this photo. I like the way it turned out: just like it would have been shot somewhere in 1954 when the camera was new. :)
And last but not least: a self portrait at the heath:
Self portrait at the heath
I take an occasional stroll on the heath every morning and In the early mornings the sun is really low and the shadows become very very tall.
Thank you mr Burglar for reuniting me with the analogue cameras again! ^_^
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