Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Yesterday I posted up the Tercel AL11 I found on the street and Simon said it resembles the Starlet quite a lot. Yes it does, but it distinguishes itself with one thing, this is something the Tercel can’t do:
Apart from the Starlet I see about half of Toyota’s early 80s lineup: a lot of Levin and Trueno AE86 plus a Celica XX (called Celcia Supra outside Japan)
Direct link to video: Toyota Starlet drifting full lock
I found this little black bugger parked on my way to work and since it was black I thought there could be no better way than to post this in black and white. ;)
The car was imported into the Netherlands in 2005, meaning it registered just one year before becoming an oldtimer, just like my Carina did in 2006. The Tercel features the 1.3 liter engine, so it must feature the 2A engine under its bonnet. Imagine swapping that for a 4A-GZE! Would just create insane tiresmoking front wheels at each and every traffic light!
It was parked at this spot for only a few days and then disappeared into thin air.
I was watching some old Skyline documentaries and stumbled upon this little piece of footage where Shinichiro Sakurai sits inside a wooden pre production model of the Skyline R30:
You can see the lines of the coupe emerging into the real prototypes and from the prototypes to the Skyline RS Formula Silhouette. Nice!
The question is: what is that BMW 7 series doing on the test track??
Direct link to video: スカイラインの父 櫻井眞一郎
Amazing what you can do with a Kenmeri Skyline, Hakosuka Skyline, Fairlady Z, some photoshop skills and fooling around with different JDM styles:
I especially love the Grand Champ Hello Bosozoku style! ;)
Direct link to video: Japanese classic car Skyline Ken＆Mary ケンメリ JDM 旧車 illustration
BTW: this is a crosspost with Bosozokustyle.com
Ah, those fond memories of picking grapes and pears 33 years ago when we were still driving that Toyota Sprinter TE37 hardtop coupe…
That’s what this guy had when he saw this photo of the Sprinter together with cousin Sue.
So he returned back to the farm located at Kagaya in Akita 33 years later: Continue reading
A few weeks ago I bought this Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 on impulse and yesterday it finally got shipped (actually they forced shipment because it was too long in the warehouse) so I searched for it on Minkara. To my surprise I found there actually were two versions of them:
A white and a yellow Carina? I only got the yellow Carina, so now I need to find a white one as well! :(
A better shot of that lovely pair: Continue reading
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