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My Carina: Carina sidemarkers from Auctions Yahoo

February 15, 2010 / banpei / 1 Comment

Two weeks ago a package arrived:

Package from Rinkya Japan!
It was sent through Rinkya (they get the stuff from Auctions Yahoo for you!) and took about 2 months by sea mail. It didn’t matter it took that long since I was in no hurry, but I could have gotten it through airmail as well. :)

What was in it then?

Well packaged with foam and polystyrene
Well, a lot of foam and polystyrene! With car parts Rinkya is extra careful and packages it even better than you would do it yourself! Now that is professional! I can certainly learn from this with the AEU86 shop I guess…

But what’s in there except for all that crap then?

A set of JDM Carina sidemarkers and citylights
Two JDM Carina sidemarkers and two citylights! I don’t need the citylights but they were one single auction, so got them anyway…

Test fitting:

Test fit of the sidemarker
Looks like a perfect fit!

How the double headlights look now
Can’t wait till I’ve repaired the brackets and fitted this set to the Carina! :)
(Only need to find the time to do so…)

Big thanks to Rinkya for arranging the auction just in time and shipping it so carefully!

DOTS: Miata hunting! (part 5)

February 14, 2010 / banpei / 4 Comments

The past two weeks I wasn’t able to shoot many pictures on the street (except the second pic of this post) due to the snowfall, so time to get back to the Miata hunting!

DOTS: Black Mazda MX5 mk2
I found this black second generation MX5 parked in a parkinglot across the street of an apartment complex. I saw it parked there several times after I shot this first pic so the owner probably lives there.

DOTS: Mazda MX5 mk2
Another second generation MX5. I shot this one two days ago when there was no snowfall. Ironically only 10 minutes after I shot this picture it started snowing.

The picture (and another 5 or 6!) was taken with the crap-cam and due to the lack of light (8:06 in the morning) it looks a bit crappy. I wasn’t in the mood to get into the parkinglot: the parkinglot is owned by the Dutch Evangelical Broadcasting company (EO). Dunno if the owner works there: I only see that car occasionally parked there.

Now, finally a picture not taken with the crap-cam:

DOTS: Black Mazda MX5 mk2
Another black MX5 and parked somewhere in Hilversum. This picture was the actual start of the Miata Hunting during summer. This was the third Miata/MX5 I spotted that day and thought it would be a great feature on the site. ;)

Video: Heartbreaking Nissan Skyline C110 crash tests

February 13, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

I found an early 70s short documentary about the development of the Nissan Skyline C110! It starts with the the C110 development, then moves to manufacturing of a C110 and then comparing a C110 to previous generations around 2:00 with a four-split screen.

Skyline C110 development and manufacturing

The only touges we saw in the past were nicely paved mountain passes with screaming twin cams drifting in a downhill battle. Nice to see there were actually rough touges in the 70s!

Skyline crash test

The end of the first and second video continue on the design and crash testing of the Skyline C110:

The test track is, of course, the Oppama Grandrive. Funny to see they already covered the looks of the testcars/prototypes with black cloth as well back then! And just when you think everything is going well they show the C110 Skyline crash test! What’s even more heartbreaking are all those crashed C110s piled up with foliage growing through them.

I must say this is one of the nicest vintage videos I’ve seen in ages!

Hilarious: Hello Chaser

February 12, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Yes, another hilarious posting today! This picture was too funny not to post. ;)

Hello Chaser JZX100
Now that’s a Chaser that will certainly not be forgotten when it goes sideways on any circuit! :P

Found at Doritens blog about a pink meeting in March.

Hilarious: Hagoromo Star Wars Sea Chicken

February 12, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

The Japanese food producer Hagoromo decided it should hop on the Star Wars bandwagon in the late 70s and made this commercial:

This commercial is promoting their famous Sea Chicken, which is basically just a can of tuna.

Maybe they would have sold more if they called it Star Chicken instead! ;)

Japanese rustoseums (part six)

February 11, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

Time for some more Japanese rustoseums? This time they were shot by RA64Freddy:

Nissan Skyline DR30 in a frozen mudfield
This Skyline looks a bit lonely in that frozen mudfield. Who would leave such a nice four door sedan in the mid of a muddy field?

Toyota Sprinter AE70 2 door hardtop
What about this Sprinter 2 door hardtop then? According to RA64Freddy it is a 1500cc 3A-U engined car, so the AE70 designation should be correct for this beauty!

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