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Carina Sightings: stolen Carina Coupe TA62

August 24, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

This Carina Sightings is actually a very sad posting: I received an email from Arpad that he bought >AndrewGL’s Carina Coupe TA62 and that he was very happy with it…until someone stole it a couple of days ago! :(

This is how the Carina looked before it got stolen:

Carina Coupe TA62
The thief was well prepared: they car was immobilized by removing the battery. Unfortunately that didn’t stop them.

Carina Coupe TA62
The car is quite distinct: it is in the unusual brown/gold color (I guess 4A8), got a factory sunroof (rare!) and it features the deeper dished 14 inch Celica Supra wheels.

Carina Coupe TA62
The engine is the 1.8 liter 3T and gearbox a T50.

Carina Coupe TA62
The car was stolen last Thursday (18th August 2011) on the Mohai út in Budapest.
If you have seen this car, recognize parts of it or want to verify the VIN: please let me know and I’ll pass on the info to Arpad!

The other me

August 24, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

After yesterdays shameless plug I’ll do another one today! ;)

Not many people actually know what I’m doing for a living, so here it is: I’m a database specialist within Spil Games, specialized in high availability systems and MySQL. The latter is of course my main concern during the day.

If maintaining two blogs and a forum isn’t enough already I decided to dedicate another blog on my job and describe, in a high level overview, the challenges I encounter every day.

In case you are a techie and interested in this subject, you can find the blog here:
MySQL Quicksand

Hyundai Pony mk1 hooning!

August 23, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

Remember non descriptive Hyundai Pony? TE71Corolla bought it and stored it somewhere for later use.

In the meanwhile he found another Pony (his third mk1 Pony!) and this time he did some wild stuff with it: he mated a 2.5 liter Starex/H200 turbo Diesel to it and just have a look at what it can do now:

I’ve even seen a video of it outrunning a beemer! Amazing! :D

AEU86: OEM sticker copies

August 22, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Just received new stock of the AE86 OEM sticker reproductions we sell through the AEU86 shop

I know it is a shameless plug for the webshop, but it serves a greater goal I guess. ;)

Family Album Treasures: Meri sauvignon Skyline 2000GT

August 18, 2011 / banpei / 1 Comment

Now this is a blaze from the past! The origin of the kaido racers had its roots in copying the style used in the 70s and 80s Grand Championships on Fuji Speedway and its styling was called Grachan. Headlight covers, widened fenders, hood air ducts and pink/gold number on the door.

Jokers Yonmeri Skyline C110
I love this little piece of comment in the original blog:
When people could not stand Yonmeri.
I would be proud of having made such an early adopter of the Grachan styling, so definitely something to keep in the family album!

Found at [Joker’s official blog]

Bali: Boy racer Corolla KE30

August 17, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

After returning from New Guinea (Papua) to Bali I didn’t stop photographing interesting J-tin. A good example is this boy racer Corolla KE30:

Toyota Corolla KE30 in Tuban, Bali
It is red, has some huge deep dished rims, lots of plastic bodywork modifications and did I already mention it was red? :P

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