Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Sorry: yet another non JDM commercial, but this one is surely funny as hell:
Piston engine goes boing, boing, boing, boing. Mazda engine goes Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I wonder what would have happened if he had a piston engined Mazda then… Would she have dumped him before they went on that picknik trip?
At February 14th the Chinese new year will start and as we all know the Chinese give each year a zodiac and an element. Upcoming year it will be the year of the tiger with metal as its element.
Satoru Works created some very special knuckles for upcoming year:
Satoru Metal Tiger Lucky New Year knuckles
Yes, a set of Metal Tiger knuckles for your car to give it that extra luck during your drift sessions! ;)
Found at Doriten’s blog. If I understand him correctly the end result will not be a photoshopped image and will be available alongside their normal range of knuckles.
Ever wondered what the difference is between the taillights of a EU/AU 240K GT GC110 and a JDM Skyline C110?
JDM on the left, EU/AU on the right.
I must say I like the JDM a lot better than the EU/AU spec. Let alone for having the double brakelights. ;)
RS Yasu updated their blog with the notion that they are closed between 30th of december and 5th of january. Normally I would say this is not too exciting news, however they did feature a photograph of the KE30B122 pickup in front of their workshop:
Toyota Corolla KE30 pickup in front of a European looking house
It strikes me how much this workshop really looks like an average European house, like for instance in Austria, Germany or Hungary. I was fooled for a few seconds, but of course the pickup doesn’t belong there since Europeans (in contrary of the Americans) are not too fond of pickups.
If you’re interested in the rebuild of this nice KE30B122:
Toyota Corolla KE30 pickup rebuild by RS Yasu
Edit: it is not a KE30, but a Nissan Sunny B122 pickup:
http://www.banpei.net/blog/toyota-corolla-ke30-turns-out-be-a-nissan-sunny-b122
Apparently I was wrong that you can only find a Mazda Cosmo down on the street in Japan!
Mazda Cosmo rustoseum
Apparently not all Cosmos have found their way to museums yet!
I found this picture here!
http://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/523212/car/454836/1850275/photo.aspx
http://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/601965/car/513750/1850126/photo.aspx
http://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/564790/car/486382/1850063/photo.aspx
http://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/470157/car/405604/1850046/photo.aspx
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