Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Now what would have happened to this poor Soarer Z10? Could it be that these three guys actually did the Street Fighter II Car Bonus in real life? Or could it be that they wrecked their Soarer and just pretended…
Soarer Z10 Street Fighter parody
We’ll never know, but I’m sure it would be a great addition to their family album. :)
Found at [Natsuo six-wheel life]
What would look better than a pink shakotan Carina AA63? A red shakotan Carina AA63!
Red shakotan Carina AA63
This one is even lower than the pink one and it features clear headlights, fender flares and deeeeeep dished rims!
On the rear we find even wider fender flares and a tsurikawa:
Red shakotan Carina AA63
Unfortunately I only found these two pictures, so I can’t exactly determine the rims used on this Carina. They do feature the eight spoke RS Watanabe R-type design, but I can’t tell for sure…
Found at [MINI ? ? pleasant friends and we …]
Watch John McEnroe lure some ladies into his Toyota Corolla II (also known as the Tercel outside Japan)!
Amazing! He did not even need to use a swearword to get them in!
On Friday I already promised some some photos of a spectacular Nissan. Well here it is: a widebody Nissan Silvia S12 Grand Prix!
Nissan Silvia S12 Grand Prix widebody @ JAF2011
The car looked very very clean. No spec of rust to be found and the whole car appeared to be 100% authentic!
The Grand Prix version of the Nissan Silvia was a limited edition (4.400 built) from which the majority featured the more powerful FJ20E engine.
Nissan Silvia S12 Grand Prix widebody @ JAF2011
This particular Silvia also featured that very same FJ20E engine. :)
The Silvia also featured a set of periodically correct shoes:
Nissan Silvia S12 Grand Prix widebody @ JAF2011
Most of the S12 Grand Prix widebodies featured these vintage Gotti 3 piece rims.
Nissan Silvia S12 Grand Prix widebody @ JAF2011
I never saw a Grand Prix before and I must admit I was blown away by its appearance! Hence I spent four precious pieces of celluloid on it. ;)
In total there were three AE86s on the paddock. Yesterday I already posted the purple Corolla AE86 with the BEAMS 3S-GE conversion, so how about this red Corolla AE86 with some deep dished SSR dori-dori rims?
His Corolla Levin AE86 started its life as a Swiss red panda Corolla GT and slowly he migrated it to a driftstyle hachi.
Oldskulls Corolla (Levin) AE86 @JAF2011
He actually downgraded its looks by removing the Vertex bumpers. Personally I like it much better with the stock bumpers back on again: mimics the grassroots JDM driftstyle much better!
BTW: The photo was a bit of over exposed on the left due to inserting the film.
The hachi is owned by my friend Oldskull and I still think it is amazing what he does to it! The SSR Dori-doris are just a small example how great you can make a hachi look!
Oldskulls deep dish SSR Dori-dori rims @JAF2011
To shoot this photo I had to lay down on my knees and I almost knocked over another photographer.
After a while the free runs were due and a long line of cars were anxiously waiting to make some rounds:
Long line of cars waiting for tracktime @JAF2011
The lineup mainly consisted of Skylines, Silvias, Lancers, Integras and Civics…
Another eye catcher was this immaculate Cherry F-II at the Dutch Nissan club:
Immaculate Cherry F-II F10 @JAF2011
It featured some vintage 80s 15 or 16 inch wheels that looked a lot like the Borbet rims.
It also featured an oldskool chin spoiler with a vintage Datsun racing badge on it:
Vintage Datsun racing badge on a Cherry F-II F10 @JAF2011
One of the best things I’ve seen at the JAF!
And also a Heartbreaker for Japan sticker:
Heartbreaker for Japan sticker on a Cherry F-II F10 @JAF2011
Even though this Cherry is a FWD it was by far one of the most impressive cars on the paddock!
Stay tuned for more photos on an even more impressive Nissan in the next part!
It has taken about a month for me to finally post up some of the celluloid photographs I took with my Zenit-E and a “new” Industar 61 lens at the Japans Autosport Festival 2011 at Zandvoort. As we Dutch say: “It takes a while but then you have something!” but that probably hits like a plier to a pig! :P
First reason it took so long was that the pictures got lost between the processing company and the photostore. Second reason was that I was too lazy to scan them. Third reason was that I was too lazy to upload them. So here they finally are!
I’ll start with my Carina parked next to this Datsun 240Z:
Datsun S30 240Z @ JAF2011
I made the decision that the Carina would be a better off parked next to a classic 70s JDM sportscar than one of those “modern” cars in the background. ;)
When chatting with the owner of the Corolla AE86 with 3S-GE swap this yellow 240Z stopped by. The owner turned out to be an AE86 owner as well. What is the chance that I parked my Carina next to his 240Z? One out of 10000?
Next up is this first generation green Mazda 626 hardtop coupe:
Mazda 616 coupe @ JAF2011
When I was waiting for someone in my Carina near the exit the owner (plus three his friends cramped) into this coupe made a small detour to yell at me that I had a cool car. :D
Gave them a big thumbs up and yelled back the same!
BTW: There are only 3 of these 626 coupes known to exist in the Netherlands. By chance I also met the owner of another one…
Then I spotted one of the most extraordinary AE86s in the Netherlands:
Corolla AE86 with BEAMS 3S-GE @ JAF2011
A Toyota Corolla AE86 with a 3S-GE BEAMS blacktop swap (SE86) with a W58 and a Carina SA60 bellhousing.
I met the owner a few times before (I bought the Celica Supra rims from him three years ago) and had a long chat about this swap. Amazing it actually fits!
Tight fitted BEAMS 3S-GE @ JAF2011
As you can see the BEAMS is a very tight fit. One of the support beams of the hood had to be cut out and a few things had to be moved in order to make it fit.
Corolla AE86 on Work Meisters @ JAF2011
The Work Meister rims were bought from The Doctor who previously had them under his JDM Toyota Chaser GX71. Some people like them and some people don’t. Personally I think they are an excellent fit!
Then I also spotted this bosozoku styled Suzuki Alto SS40:
Bosozoku style Suzuki Alto SS40 @ JAF2011
I did spot it at the Japan Classic Sunday 2010. Since then a few modifications have been done.
In case you are wondering: the writing on the hood says “STUK” which is Dutch for “broken”
Bosozoku style Suzuki Alto SS40 @ JAF2011
So apparently it broke down during the trip to Zandvoort and was towed to its place.
That’s it for the first part. More pictures will be posted in the next coverage!
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