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Car chases: Special Criminal Investigation Fairlady Z

May 2, 2011 / banpei / 1 Comment

This time a police series that actually was never broadcasted on television: Special Criminal Investigation (1989) was a game by Taito and was the successor of Chase HQ and succeeded by Chase HQ 2 (2006). The game itself was much inspired upon the infamous Abunai Deka car chases and featured two cops chasing criminals in a Nissan Fairlady Z Z31:

Taito S.C.I. Fairlady Z Z31 poster
I can still remember playing the English version in the arcade halls back in the early nineties!

In case you are curious where the chases are, well here is a (two part) walkthough:

In other words: the heroes drive Japanese cars and the criminals drive foreign cars! 😀

Found through: [R31 House @ Minkara]

Video: The facinating Project-X enabled the Prince R380

March 19, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

I found this great video about the Prince R380 on AUTOnGRAPHIC. It features an interview with the late Shinichiro Sakurai taken back in 2004 on the Prince company, Prince Skyline and the Prince R380!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXT9ewTA6s

It’s amazing what this small company achieved in just a few years. Of course we all know the Nissan-Prince merger meant the end for the Prince Motor Company. However the thriving engineers stuck around and made thriving products like the S20 engine, Skyline C10 and Cherry E10! It might actually have been the savior for the company as the expensive racing program might have brought down the company.

Found at [AUTOnGRAPHIC] (Edit 2021: link removed as AUTOnGRAPHIC no longer exists!)

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]

DOTS: Toyota Carina GL TA60

March 13, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Just by that: a Carina TA60 in my own hometown! 🙂

Toyota Carina GL TA60
When cycling to work I spotted the rear end of a Carina on a (closed) parking lot of an office building on the other side of the parking lot of the local fire department. I stopped and a fireman opened up the window asking if I was able to find whatever I was looking for.

So I explained I spotted exactly the same car as mine in the parking lot behind the fire department. He told me how to get there and I made a few snaps with the ancient phone I’m currently using (my own got stolen last week during a break-in). I also made one with my old analogue camera, but I’m still waiting for the black and white film developer chemicals so I can’t show it to you yet…

The Carina was registered in 1983 as a beige car. It looked quite solid to me, didn’t have too much rust (except on the steel rims) and believe it or not: it is, just like mine, an automatic as well. Only big difference is that this car is a GL, so it features a more comfortable interior. 😉

Family Album Treasures: Little hachi daughter

March 12, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

What better way to familiarize your daughter with drifting than have her play with your AE86 from now and then:

Little hachi daughter
Judging from the buildings and mountain in the background I guess this picture was taken at Ebisu North

Found at [RecycleR@AZR?SCP @ Minkara]

WTF: Shirtless Cherry X-1 coupe

March 11, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Now this was a big WTF?!: two shirtless men standing next to a Nissan Cherry X-1 coupe with a fiery background? What does it mean?

Shirtless Nissan Cherry X-1
Not really sure what the people from Nissan were targeting here… We obviously have seen the Ken&Mary targeting for the fourth generation Skyline and the Cherry X-1 was launched at the same time. Are the two shirtless men supposed to indicate the Cherry X-1 coupe is one tough cookie, is it supposed to attract future female buyers or should we interpret it differently?

Found at [Cherry Club Japan]