Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Another jewel at the Japan Classic Sunday was Eric’s shakotan stickerbombed TA40:
Erics stickerbombed TA40 at JCS2011
I’ve seen a couple of stickerbombed cars, but never one that has them all over the side of the car!
However on the other side it is almost empty:
Erics stickerbombed TA40 at JCS2011
But wait, maybe there is another interesting sticker on that side:
Erics stickerbombed TA40 at JCS2011
Almost looks like a real tsurikawa! ;)
My first impression on Yesterdays Japan Classic Sunday was that it was great! Met up with a lot of people and the cars at the meeting were amazing! A small summary of cars present: an immaculate JDM Carina TA17 coupe (more on that later this week), lowered and sticker-bombed Carina TA40, Corolla KE25KE20 with a 2TG swap, many Celica TA22/RA22ls, MR2s, many Celica Supra Mk. IIs and of course this amazingly restored Crown RS40L from 1964:
Toyota Crown RS40L @ JCS2011
This Crown RS40L was by far the star of the meeting! Its owners (father and son) restored it back to (almost) original state in the past few years.
Apart from the front grille with all its brightworks the tail lights were are the best second best part of the Crown:
Toyota Crown RS40L @ JCS2011
The round tail lights are pre-facelift which makes it even more special.
Toyota Crown RS40L @ JCS2011
The Crown is powered by the 1.9 liter 3R engine and has a three speed manual on the steering column.
The paintjob was stunning and I tried to capture some clouds in it:
Toyota Crown RS40L @ JCS2011
And last but not least, the interior:
Toyota Crown RS40L @ JCS2011
The interior has been restored as if it came straight out of the factory.
Obviously the Crown won two prizes: the first prize for being the best oldtimer at the meeting and being the oldest car at the meeting.
More photos will follow. In the meanwhile keep an eye on my Flickr account to see new uploads. ;)
This posting had a high Sonny Chiba feeling: this restored Carina hardtop coupe TA17 is exactly the same model as Sonny Chiba used in the famous commercial!
Toyota Carina hardtop coupe TA17 @ JCS2011
The owner and his buddies came all the way from Finland to the Goodwood Festival of Speed and inbetween they stopped by at the JCS2011!
Just look at how beautiful those tail lights are sunken deeply into the bodywork!
Toyota Carina hardtop coupe TA17 @ JCS2011
Also imagine what potential watertrap that could be!
Toyota Carina hardtop coupe TA17 @ JCS2011
The Carina TA17 hardtop coupe has been imported from Japan and it, as the owner described it, is his dreamcar and he simply had to. He does own another 10 Toyotas from which 3 are Carina TA14s.
Last but not least: this is how great fender mirrors are:
Toyota Carina hardtop coupe TA17 @ JCS2011
A very high coolness factor but a limited angle of view…
This particular Yonmeri Skyline was actually owned by one of the members of the Aoyama Jokers (one of the most notorious Bosozoku gangs in the 70s and 80s) and modified in what we call Kyusha Kai nowadays.
Jokers Yonmeri Skyline C110
The car features a set of 9J wide Volk Mesh rims.
Of course this picture was taken near the beach/shore and the owner stands casually next to his pride and joy. Definitely worth adding such a photo to your family album!
Found at [Joker’s official blog]
This cute video featuring many many photos of Nissan Paos and Nissan Figaros (and their owners) was created by Yamamottinn, I expect him to have had a lot of work visiting, photographing and finding the right setting for all those individuals…
Loved it so much that I re-ran it several times and already played with the idea of owning one myself. ;)
I found this video of illegal street drag races in Japan during the early 90s. What strikes me most is the enormous number of Fairlady Zs and Skyline GT-R used for this purpose.
The most amazing modification is done to a Z31 around 2:33!
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