Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Some months ago I posted the hilarious Rose-Mary Nissan Note commercial, but at the same time I already had in mind to post the other hilarious Nissan Note Heidi commercials:
So, what is fuel efficiency then?
Maybe commercial part two answers it:
Hmmm, I still wouldn’t know… :D
The photo of this Carina GT-TR in a field really looks like it could be right out of the original Carina A60 catalogue:
Carina GT-TR coupe in a field
I love the big fender mirrors and I wish I would have a larger version of the photo and print it as a large poster!
BTW: anyone got an idea what rims are on this Carina? They look a bit like Hayashi Streets but they clearly aren’t…
Found at [Minkara]
These two friends were once Toyota brothers in arms in the Team Trendy Club and their clothes are a perfect match for their Toyotas:
Team Trendy Club Toyota brothers
On the left a Soarer GZ20 and on the right a Crown MS125. Later on the Crown on the right was modified to a new 90s trend: a kaido racer.
Found at [GGH20W]
A few small updates on my Carina, I mounted a diamonds grille:
My carina: diamonds grille!
Earlier this week I finally mounted the diamonds-grille I bought from Rob (NZ) some months ago. I was only able to make pictures today. My Carina DX is suddenly upgraded to a ST! :D
The white stripe on it is also a bit discolored, so I need to redo that soon, but nothing a rattlecan can’t fix. ;)
I also passed the 86k some days ago and today I managed to make this nice hachi-fanboy-mileage:
My carina: 86068 kilometers!
86068! I wanted to make a picture of my favorite combination 86063 (AE86 + AA63), but at that moment I was driving on the highway with 100km/h to my dad’s house, so that would have been a bit diffcult…
Time for a bit more rust on the blog! This time a bunch of abandoned kaido racers: a Toyota Crown MS125, Nissan Leopard F30 and a Nissan Skyline C210.
Let’s kick off with the Crown:
Abandoned Toyota Crown MS125 kaido racer
Once a major icon of the whole kaido racer scene, but nowadays just sitting around in a grassy field…
The Leopard appears to be quite complete:
Abandoned Nissan Leopard F30 kaido racer
However the wider FRP front fenders are unpainted and contrast with the rest of the car. Perhaps an abandoned project when the kaido racers got out of fashion in Japan?
Last, but not least, the Skyline C210:
Abandoned Nissan Skyline C210 kaido racer
It blends nicely with the rubbiish around, but actually this kaido racer is a real piece of art: it has custom widened fenders, swapped (double square) headlights, a big spoiler on the trunk and some yellow bamboo spears sticking out meters behind the rear of the car. And I’m sure I’ve seen it on one of the pictures on my harddisk before…
Found at [Minkara
JPN (Edit 2021: Rocketpencil no longer exists) uploaded another astonishing video: the 1971 Japanese Grand Prix held at Fuji International Speedway!
It consists out of three races: the Touring A (1600cc) class, Touring B (2000cc) class and the Grand Touring class, translating into Bluebird, Skyline and Fairlady Z.
All non-Nissanians will complain I over simplified the outcome of the 1971 Japanese Grand Prix a bit. Yes there are indeed other cars (like the Mazda RX-2) but that’s what the main field and winners looked like: a dominating Nissan. Only later that year the Mazda RX-3s broke the winning victory streak of those menacing Skylines…
Direct link to video: 1971 Japan Grand Prix
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