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JCS 2010 was fun!

July 19, 2010 / banpei / 5 Comments

Had great fun yesterday at the Japan Classic Sunday 2010! Saw many friends, familiar faces and familiar cars! Even spotted two DOTS and spoke to one of them! :)

It was very hot today and after shooting pictures+talking I figured I needed a rest. Did miss quite a few cars that way, well shit can happen. Still sorting out all the pictures I shot and I will definitely upload pictures somewhere this week… For now you will have to do with my autojumble find:

JCS 2010 autojumble: Carina TA60 indicator lights
Yep, two original TA60 indicator lights! Too bad one of them has a small crack in them, but it isn’t that bad… Apart from that I’ve probably sourced a trunklid and some side panels! You can never have enough parts I guess! :P

DOTS: Subaru SVX delivery van

July 18, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Since I’m off today to the Japan Classic Sunday I’m not going to post an extensively long DOTS today… Instead another posting from the old (digital) archives! :)

How about a Subaru SVX used as a delivery van?

Down on the Street: Subaru SVX Worstkoerier
You read that right: SVX used as a delivery van! :D

Back in the mid 00s a Dutch broadcasting company (BNN) opened up a TV show where you could “win” a big thick (smoked) sausage by sending an SMS to their service. Your sausage would be delivered to your door in this Subaru SVX. Since that broadcasting company is located next to the office it was not unusual to see that car now and then.

Worstkoerier translates into sausagecourier, but it is meant as a pun because they would do a very bad job (being the worst courier).

Down on the Street: Subaru SVX Worstkoerier
They claimed the SVX actually had 340hp and could deliver your sausage with a highspeed 260km/h. Personally I think that was just bollocks to attract attention. You can still visit their website and see/read it yourself. ;)

Anyway, it was funny to spot a SVX being used in such extraordinary way!

Hilarious: Robocop + Knight Rider = Jiban

July 16, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

What were the great sci-fi icons during the
80s? I can come up with Knight Rider and Robocop! Toei must have thought the same, so why not create a tokusatsu TV series around a cyborg human and a Pontiac Trans Am? So behold Mobile Sheriff Jiban:

Just like in Robocop a cop gets killed and is brought back to life. The little girl giving him all the shiney stuff is his little sister who is the only person who really knows who he is. One little problem: she wears a Bomb Ring which will detonate if he comes too close, so he can’t approach her anymore…

Apparently someone without car knowledge translated the Japanese wikipedia page to the English page and thinks the car is a Mazda RX7 (FC-2S). If you search on Jiban in English all results will state the same. It doesn’t take much to recognize it as a Pontiac Trans Am instead.

If you read the Japanese wikipedia page it is clearly described as a left hand drive third generation Trans Am. I know, I know: never trust Wikipedia… ;)

Commerical time: Mazda Chantez, Chantez, Lalalalalaaa

July 15, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Back in 1961 everybody loved the good old Mazda Carol P360: it was small, lights and the first four passenger car made by Mazda! What better replacement could be expected than the 1972 Mazda Chantez?

Still powered by the 359 two cylinder two-stroke engine and its mighty 35hp this ultralight RWD rocket must have been a hoot to drive! ;)

Now if only that song could have been a different one!
Chantez, chantez, lalalalalaaa! Chantez, chantez, lalalalalaaa!
I think it is in my head now… :(

Carina Sightings: Lebanese Carina TA60

July 14, 2010 / banpei / 3 Comments

I found this drifting Lebanese Carina sedan some time ago on Youtube:

Judging from the looks the drift is initiated by applying the handbrake. It reminds me of how my Carina with open diff currently drifts: getting it sideways by using speed and momentum and praying you can keep it sideways more than half of the corner…

And compared to an AE86 it really looks like you are drifting in slow-motion:

This one is done nicely though:

Anyway, it is nice to find a Carina located somewhere else than Japan, Australia or Europe. I didn’t even know they had them in the middle east! :)

Familiy Album Treasures: Fuji Speedway visit

July 13, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

What’s more 90s than visiting the Fuji International Speedway circuit with your friends? Especially if most of them own a sportscar?

Fuji Speedway International visit
Yes, that’s a whole bunch of AE86s, a Celica XX, a 280ZX and…and… a Sprinter AE82? And is that a female driver next to the panda white Levin AE86?
Definitely a picture worth keeping in your family album! :)

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