Category: rustoseums (Page 8 of 11)

Japanese rustoseums (part twentyfive)

April 5, 2011 / banpei / 1 Comment

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/TA31 in Russia
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]

Japanese rustoseums (part twentyfour)

March 28, 2011 / banpei / 4 Comments

This time rusty J-tin from the old world: a Dutch Toyota Corolla KE20 crumbling away next to a B-road. The Corolla appears to be in a reasonable state, but since it has been parked there for years now I fear the worst. Unless someone pays a ridiculous amount of money the owners will leave it there till it has merged together with the soil…

Dutch Corolla KE20
I passed this rusty rolla many many times but never actually stopped to take a picture of it. The picture was taken by Dutch Toyota Club board-member Marco when he passed it. Since he already took the picture it saves me the trouble of taking my own. ;)

Found at [Dutch Toyota club]

Japanese rustoseums (part twentytwo)

March 14, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Maybe not as rare as the rusty Cosmo collection but this Skyline DR30 collection is equally rusty and extensive!

Skyline DR30 rustoseum collection
The Fairlady Z Z30 appears to be a bit out of place here…

Found at [R31 House @ Minkara]

Japanese rustoseums (part twentyone)

February 21, 2011 / banpei / 3 Comments

Now who would let a four door Skyline GTS25 ER33 rot away like this?

Skyline ER33 GTS25
It is very very sad….

Found at [R’s]

Japanese rustoseums (part twenty)

February 10, 2011 / banpei / 4 Comments

The first thing I thought when I saw this pigsbutt (butaketsu) Laurel SGX was that it had developed a rusty (coin) slot:

Rusty pigsbutt Nissan Laurel C130
Its rear end is completely rusted through and, apart from the interior, the rest of the car doesn’t look much better either…
Still it is not way beyond repair: its new owner is going to restore it in full glory! :)
(BTW: it is not advisable to lookup “rusty slot”! :P )

Found here: [Every one of their flow]

Japanese rustoseums (part nineteen)

February 1, 2011 / banpei / 3 Comments

What is the chance you find two Mazda Cosmos together? One out of a billion?

So what is the chance you will see seven together?

Mazda Cosmo scrapyard
I thought the Cosmo rustoseum photo I posted a year ago (mother of all rustoseum posts!) was a single incident, but apparently there were more!

According to the photographer, Komin, there were about 10 Cosmo wrecks. Only 1,519 Cosmos were (hand)built by Mazda, so imagine what this Cosmo scrapyard could possibly be worth for a collector/restorer!

Hat tip to Gred for finding this gem!
Picture originated from [Komin’s photo blog] (Check it out: very interesting and beautiful pictures!)