Month: January 2012 (Page 3 of 5)

Down on the desk: Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 mouse

January 15, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

It took only 13 days to arrive from Japan to my desk: the BOSS Coffee Sprinter Trueno car mouse!

The tail lights really do work, the indicator lights do shine a bit (light comes from the optical led) and the shape is okayish to work with, especially since my hands are above average Dutch size and absolutely non-Japanese sized nor shaped. So currently I’m kind of drifting my AE86 mouse on my desk at work and work as a BOSS! ;)

Big thanks to 7Tune for offering them for sale and the “Like a BOSS” heart! I hope you guys enjoyed drinking the Coffee first or did you just empty it into the sink?

Family Album Treasures: Turbo Skylining

January 14, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

This guy must have been passing by this beautiful skyline of a lake next to the touge and thought it would be nice to stand between the two skylines! ;)

This scene also reminds me a bit of the end scene of the first Shuto Kousoku Trial, but I guess that must be the Skyline plus the typical 80s fashion.

Found at Minkara

Tokyo Auto Salon: leashed Le Mans Winner

January 13, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

The Tokyo Auto Salon’s second almost has started by now and more and more videos start to emerge. The restored Mazda 787B had already visited Le Mans last year, but this year it pops up as a feature on the Tokyo Auto Salon:

I saw this video popup on Youtube yesterday and really felt sorry for the old dog: it is leashed to first gear in a small backyard… Continue reading

Friday Video: JDM Classic illustration part 2

January 13, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

Remember the different illustration styles of a JDM Skyline I posted a few weeks ago?

If you do: you’re in luck because there is a second one with only the Hakosuka Skyline KPGC10!

Especially the mixtures are very cool: Skyline+Porsche is simply too bizarre to see! Continue reading

WTF: Suzuki Fronte delivery van on SSR Mk I rims!

January 12, 2012 / banpei / 1 Comment

I can imagine putting a Suzuki Fronte (aka Alto) on a set of SSR Mk I rims, but putting the Fronte delivery van (with CA72V modifications) on a set was totally new for me!

I didn’t know they were made this small (13 inch, 5J +45). It looks wicked and almost an kaido racer without even modifying it at all!

Found at Minkara

Carina Sightings: Hukkapätkä!

January 11, 2012 / banpei / 1 Comment

As far as I understood hukkapätkä means “a piece of waste” in the Finnish language. Perhaps Isokorpi Customs was thinking about that when they created this monstrous Carina, but I have to disagree on that!

They probably used a Carina TA60 as the base of this monster and put something more powerful in it.

Judging from the gigantic intercooler it is probably something turbo-ed: Continue reading