Back in the 80s I thought the Police Squad freeze frame epilogues were hilarious. I bet the people who made this Toyota Camry SV10 commercial thought the exact same thing:
Too bad this generation Camry transformed from a FR sporty sedan (based on the Carina A40) to a FF salaryman transporter…
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I really enjoyed this vintage video from 1983 taken from the backseat of a Skyline Japan C210. The Skyline cruises around the Akita prefecture where you can see a lot of old Japanese cars (back then quite new): a Skyline C110, a Bluebird 910 and a Suzuki Fronte SS40 to name a few. Also quite a few car dealerships and parking lots are passed by and you can actually see some secondhand cars lined up that are considered rare nowadays.
Between your local karate school, skateboard shop, and a crackhouse,, you see this little cherry popping out:
Nissan Skyline KPGC10
Can’t agree more with RA64Freddy! :D
Edit: Found at RA64Freddy, trough JNC and c72c
I think these three videos are about the earliest drift videos to be found on Youtube so far!
Be prepared for an overkill of Hakosuka Skylines, Corolla Levin AE86s and Sprinter Trueno AE86s, (brand new) Nissan Silvia and 180SX S13s, Mazda FCs, MR2 AW11s, Isuzu Gemini, Eunos Roadster, Lancer Turbo, Toyota Carina and even an Isuzu Piazza right at the beginning! Two of the videos are shot on the pass next to Kurume (Fukuokai) and the other one on Yz circuit in Mizunami!
In this second video it really shows how dangerous the drifts of these guys actually were: I stopped counting after the tenth near accident with oncoming traffic!
Yes, a real bunch of lunatics!
There is some serious action on the YZ circuit going on and at 4:36 you can spot an occasional zenki Carina GT twice:
Looking at all this track action I get the feeling the aftermarket for springs and shocks wasn’t as big as today! Most of the cars drift like a boat! :D
I understand why Shuichi Shigeno got inspired by his drift friends back in the early nineties! These guys really were way before drifting went from fun to pro.
All videos found at [Pipiyumio]
How cool can your daddy be? Well if he drives a heavily modified S13 in 1997 he can surely drive his daughter around town during daytime:
Silvia S13: Daytime daddy
And drift down narrow touges with his mates at night:
Silvia S13: Nighttime drifter
This mysterious old racecar wasn’t particularly Down on the Street, it was more or less on a roof:
Mysterious old racecar
I passed it several times when I went to work on a different route but never actually took the time to have a good look at it. It really looks like a small old racecar from the early 50s.
But this time I had a better look at it and brought along my camera. As you can see from this angle there is a figure sitting in it:
Mysterious old racecar
Eventhough I do think some original parts (e.g. shocks and such) were used it is probably a sculpture! ;)