Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Back in 1982 Kazuyoshi Hoshino was the star of the Grand Championships around Japan: he both competed within the long distance Group C races and also in the more popular Group 5 (aka Super Silhouette) races where he drove his Hoshino Impul Silvia:
Two races on the same day: isn’t that a bit too much for a man?
Now this advertisement from 1982 shows you how he pulled off that trick: Continue reading
It is a terrible shame to leave such a nice Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 rusting away after a fence:
You can already see its factory boot spoiler is loosening it grip on the bootlid, so it is only a matter of time before it stats to grow some brownish rust around that spot.
On this second photo is even a worse discovery: Continue reading
I was just watching some of the old Skyline C211 commercial videos and I must have seen these videos tens of times already. That’s when I noticed something odd between 0:10 and 0:16…
Can anyone already guess what it is? Continue reading
I already spotted that the owner of the Honda Accord mk2 didn’t use it regularly anymore, but earlier this week I also noticed this little red 1982 Honda Civic Sport creeping between a couple of the black poles marking the pavement from the parkinglot:
Yes indeed: clever parking when all spots are taken. You can’t do that with modern cars anymore!
In the pictures here it was properly parked btw. ;)
Also after seeing the car up close it I vaguely remembered it: Continue reading
One of the things that is typically Japanese are the lace seat (or headrest) covers that you mostly see in Japanese taxis or luxury cars. Apparently Toyota sold OEM lace covers with the Soarer griffin logo embroided on them:
This Soarer was photographed outside Gallery L who is renowned for restoring beautiful kyusha cars. The Soarer is the “lesser” 1G-GEU powered GZ10 model, so it doesn’t feature the smooth 5M or 6M engine however they did put some effort in it: it now features a five speed manual. That means you can really get the best out of that 140hp engine. :)
Here you can see embroided lace headrest covers up close: Continue reading
A dyno run is always fun, especially if the car in question is a Carina GT-R!
I have to add that this red AA63 actually is upgraded with a silvertop 20v 4AGE, so the result are not the same as when it left the factory around 1983. (video and results on the next page) Continue reading
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