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Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34

Suppose you are a big Seibu Keisatsu fan and want a comfortable daily ride, what would you choose?

Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34
Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34

Minkara user Ken chose to drive his ER34 as a daily driver and turn the car into a Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS DR30 lookalike!

4Valve DOHC GT-Turbo intercooler
4Valve DOHC GT-Turbo intercooler

Even the writing on the side is done in retro styling of the Skyline RS-Turbo: his ER34 reads 4valve DOHC GT-Turbo intercooler on the place where normally the RS-Turbo writing is!

Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34
Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34

And the whole car is painted in the red and black panda scheme of the Tomica Skyline that was copied over to the RS lineup.

Seibu Keisatsu sunglasses of Chief Daimon
Seibu Keisatsu sunglasses of Chief Daimon

So, to complete his Machine RS34 he also has a set of sunglasses which looks like the ones Chief Daimon had in the Seibu Keisatsu series. (???)

Seibu Keisatsu suit of Chief Daimon
Seibu Keisatsu suit of Chief Daimon

Seibu Keisatsu suit of Chief Daimon
Seibu Keisatsu suit of Chief Daimon

And don’t worry: for true fans they even sell immitation suits of Chief Daimon! ?(????)

Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34
Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34

So he couldn’t resist (while wearing the sunglasses and suit) to have his picture taken next to his Machine RS34! ?(´?`)/

Carina sightings: Yokosuka’s deep blue Carina AA63

I found this lovely deep blue Carina AA63 on Minkara:
Yokosuka's deep blue Toyota Carina AA63
Yokosuka’s deep blue Toyota Carina AA63

It may look quite ordinary, but if you look closer to Yokosuka‘s car you can see it has got widened fenders up front, wider Hayashi Streets up front, lowered a bit (FC3S and GX71 springs) and a rollcage inside.

I’m not too sure it was originally an AA63 since the grille wears a Carina SG badge… But it surely does have a 20v 4AGE blacktop up front!

Yokosuka's deep blue Toyota Carina AA63
Yokosuka’s deep blue Toyota Carina AA63

With the helmet on the roof, the track number on the rear door window, roll cage and widened front fenders (and wheels) I suspect he uses the car for the occasional drift day.

Yokosuka's deep blue Toyota Carina AA63
Yokosuka’s deep blue Toyota Carina AA63

And some bling as well: he put a set of leds in the tail lights!

Too bad he just started his Minkara account, so we’ll just have to wait and hope more will come in due time…

Video: Second Japanese Grand Prix 1964 at Suzuka Circuit

One of the people I’m following on Youtube, uncrowdedmonarch, posted this video of a typically 60s race at Suzuka Circuit and I think it’s the 1964 Japanese Grand Prix:

The second race is Touring Class V where the Prince Skylines easily won from their competion (Hino Contessa 900, Nissan Bluebird 410) and took al first six places!

Japanese Grand Prix 1964 Prince Skyline 2000GT vs Porsche 904 GT-II
Looking at the results of the first race (skip to 6:42) this must have been the legendary second Japanese Grand Prix (held on 2nd and 3rd of May 1964) in which the new Prince Skyline S54 2000GTs lost to a single (privately entered) Porsche 904 in the GT-II class! Even though the Skylines took consecutively 2nd to 6th place blowing away the competition (MG-Bs and Isuzu Bellet) this loss was so humiliating that Dr. Sakuri of Prince Motors initiated a project to create the ultimate racecar to defeat the Porsche the next time. This grudge still lives on in the battle between Nissan and Porsche for the fastest lap times around the Nürburgring. This learned Nissan what the best place is to humiliate someone: its home turf! ;)

The project resulted in the amazing legendary Prince R380. The next time Prince and Porsche met (1966 Japanese Grand Prix) the R380 proved to be worthy to its maker: Prince defeated the Porsche 906 by taking first and second place!

DOTS: Honda Civic Mk4 with bullet holes

After last weeks rusty Civic it is time for another Civic:
Bullet hole Honda Civic Mk4
Bullet hole Honda Civic Mk4

I noticed something was odd about this fourth generation Civic. It was not the fact that it was powered by the 1.5 liter D15B, nor that it was another automatic… I noticed it had some weird unfamiliar damage on the windshield…

Looking up close:
Bullet hole Honda Civic Mk4
Bullet hole Honda Civic Mk4

WTF!? Bullet holes??
Note that guns are not for sale in the Netherlands. They are uncommon and can not be obtained unless you got a license and permit to carry one! Or have 500 bucks and the right connections of course! ;)

Bullet hole Honda Civic Mk4
Bullet hole Honda Civic Mk4

As you can see there are at least nine of them on the windshield! The driverseat was covered with a blanket and the car was parked on the outskirts of town, so I presume he/she got shot.

So, why was this car parked here? If the police was involved they probably towed the car away and put it in storage for investigation… Maybe that’s what they did: next time I passed that spot a couple of days later the car was gone…

My Carina: Toyota T series engine repair manual

Another thing received for the 2T-B upgrade:
Toyota T series repair manual
Toyota T series repair manual

I was lucky enough the seller of this manual was not aware of how scarce the T series engine repair manual is! She was selling a lot of manuals for American cars, I placed a low bid and she probably thought she was doing a great deal! Lucky! ?(´?`)/

Toyota T series repair manual
Toyota T series repair manual

The manual describes how to rebuild the whole engine, including all types of T series carburettors!

Toyota T series repair manual
Toyota T series repair manual

It also describes how everything should be set up…

Toyota T series repair manual
Toyota T series repair manual

And the most important thing: how to synchronize and tune the double carburettors of the 2TB! (???)

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