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Sakura Nissan Skyline KGC10
Definitely the best Sakura picture of this year!
If you wish to see more pictures of this beautiful car and cherry blossom:
kgc10kai’s blog
Author: banpei (Page 217 of 318)
During one of my late night old J-tin searches I came across a weird German ad selling the front end of an old Datsun:
Datsun Violet A10 front clip
I recognized it as a EU Datsun Violet front end (aka the Auster/Stanza/510/160J). I’m not sure if the German license plate actually belongs to this front end, but they are the old pre 1994 German plates issued in Fürth (Bayern) which is next to Nürnberg where the seller lives. So perhaps the front clip of his old Violet?
The funny thing is that on this picture you can actually see the holes where the JDM fender mirrors are supposed to be mounted:
Datsun Violet A10 front clip
I found out that those points are available on all EU Datsun Violets and only covered with a small patch.
I still remember one of my buddies from high school had a front clipping of his old Mini in the livingroom of his apartment. Back then I thought it was one of the coolest things to have in your apartment, so I bet this front clip would have been sitting in my livingroom already if I were 10 years younger and didn’t have a child running around in my house…
(In case anyone is interested I can put you in contact with the seller)
I was looking at old (digital) photographs I took years ago and actually found out I was already shooting DOTS from 2003 onwards! Take for instance this Mitsubishi Lancer:
Down on the Street: Mitsubishi Lancer Evo minus One
Yes, that is indeed an Evo wing on its tail. However the Lancer itself dates before the whole Lancer Evo lineup, so I guess this is a Lancer Evo minus One! :D
Everyone on the interwebs already saw pictures of the Ronal teddybear rims, but did you actually see one IRL?
Down on the Street: Ronal Bear rims on a Mazda 121
I did spot these Ronal Teddybears in 2005 and took a picture with my phonecam (even crappier than my crapcam!) to inspire my brother… Well he refused to even think about putting teddybears under his 121! :D
To prove you can actually spot really nice cars in the wild:
Down on the Street: Toyota Corolla AE86
I chased down this AE86 when I had a day off and I was just on my way to buy a Canon EOS 350D digicam in my own AE86. The owner drove quite quickly during rush hour but I managed to follow him through traffic. Finally had a word with him and the guy didn’t even know what kind of car he was driving. His brother sold him the car and if I was interested I could buy it from him. So having a lot of money burning in my pocket I was really tempted to buy it…
It ended that the guy wanted too much money: apparently chasing someone in traffic is not a good basis for negotiations over the price of a car. I ended up buying the EOS 350D instead and still don’t regret buying the camera over this hachi. ;)
I hope you already saw the incredibly cool Nissan Skyline VC110 van by deluxe1969. How about his latest addition to his collection? A 1973 Nissan Skyline 1800GL, in export words: a Datsun 180K!
Probably the car is not exactly the same as the exported 180K, but surely the 1800GL is way cooler than the export model! ;)
I had a good laugh about this funny video showing how to drive a pickup truck GTA style in real life:
Especially the Yakuza element was hilarious! Those guys did an incredible job with their imitation!
[ Found at Jalopnik ]
This 7K powered Toyota Starlet KP61 in this short video just blew my mind:
Amazing angle, amazing sound and amazing style! (???)
Edit: new version by user