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Commerical time: Yes, be pop with your Corsa!

September 6, 2010 / banpei / 1 Comment

When I saw this commercial my first thought was that the title was wrong: it looks like a zenki AE86 Sprinter Trueno front end in the first seconds, but then I saw the rear… Oh my… That resembled the third generation Daihatsu Charade!

Yes, be pop with your Corsa! Or Tercel for the non-Japanese residents!

This third generation Corsa featured a 3E-TELU powered GP Turbo model that was clearly marketed as a little sister of the Trueno. In power it actually may have been (almost) equal to the AE86, but it drivetrain was unfortunate in the 80s FF fashion… Otherwise it may have been a candidate to be the Starlet KP61 sucessor!

DOTS: 1997 Subaru E-Wagon (Sambar)

September 5, 2010 / banpei / 1 Comment

Back in the 80s the keitora were flooding the Netherlands, including the mother of all keitoras: the Subaru E-Wagon. Also known as the Subaru Sambar (Japan), Libero, Sumo and Domingo. Most of the Keitora were used as delivery vans by the Dutch Joe the Plumber, but the E-Wagon was mainly used as family transportation.

Subaru E-Wagon SDX (Sambar)
This immaculate example really looks like a great way of transportation and if it would have aircon it would make a great car for daily transportation! It even has a 3 cylinder 1.2 liter engine in it that outpowers the homemarket supercharged 658cc EN07Y! Now if it only looked good as well it would have been a good option, but to be honest: I would never ever want to be seen driving such a thing… :o

Hilarious: haybailing fun

September 3, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Even though it is an obvious fake I really had to laugh about this video:

Nevertheless imagine actually jumping in such a machine! :D

Family Album Treasures: Gigantic silencer on Skyline R30

September 2, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Dunno what’s the story of this gigantic silencer, but it surely must have looked very impressive in the late 80s:

Gigantic silencer on Skyline R30
That squatting pose reminds me a bit of Takumi and Istuki on an Initial D manga cover.

Carina Sightings: RA45 Carina GT sedan

September 1, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Every generation of Carinas had its GT model, including the A40 generation. The A40 generation had four flavors of GT models: the 4 door sedan and 3 door hardtop, powered by the 1588cc 2T-G and the 1968cc 18R-G engines.

This 1980 four door Carina is the kouki GT 2000 sedan, meaning it is a RA45:

Toyota Carina GT RA45
The quad headlights on the GT model really look like a predecessor of the A60 headlights.

And the taillights also look very different from the normal A40:

Toyota Carina GT RA45
They are darker and the reverse lights are now placed inside the moulding.

It also got lowered a bit:

Toyota Carina GT RA45
These old school Work Equipe reverse really fit the Kyusha Kai style!

Seeing how beautiful the kouki A40 actually can be I would trade my TA60 for one anytime! ;)

Video: 1984 Fuji International Speedway 250km

September 1, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

I found this very good amateur video of the 1984 Fuji Gran Championship at Fuji International Speedway where a bunch of Sunny B110s, Sunny B310s, Starlet KP61s and first generations Honda Civics battled the TSA class 250km race. The competition is fierce and you can enjoy an 8 minutes spectacle of bumps, spins and drifts:

BTW: at 3:37 an unidentified car is going through the corner on 3 wheels. Anyone got an idea what car it is?

Direct link to video: ’84富士GC第２戦マイナーツーリングレース Bコーナーでのアクシデント

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