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Carina Sightings: Joe Manji event in New Zealand

July 4, 2009 / / 2 Comments

I read a blog posting last night at 86fighters about the Joe Manji event in New Zealand. Part II followed up later on and both parts feature Carinas. :)

First Carina is probably an AA63TA63 with the 4AGE 3T-GTE engine. Its front bumper got replaced for an AE92 front bumper:
Carina TA63 sedan at Joe Manji event
Carina TA63 sedan at Joe Manji event

The second Carina is a well known TA63 Carina with a 1UZ engine swap and a great history:
Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event
Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event

Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event
Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event

Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event
Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event

The owner (Glenn) did a great job on that Carina! As you can see the 1UZ engine is a great engine to put in a Carina! Unfortunately they are very very hard to get in Europe. :(

Update: A video got posted on Youtube:

That Carina is now a very sick car! And that 1UZ sounds brutal!
Great! Now I really want a 1UZ in mine! :(

If you seek more pictures of the Joe Manji Event:
Joe Manji Event Part I @86fighters
Joe Manji Event Part II @86fighters
Joe Manji Event Part I @beeoneoneoh
Joe Manji Event Part II @beeoneoneoh

Hilarious: Datsun Bluebird 910 with 2×40 webers

July 3, 2009 / / 0 Comments

A second hilarious posting today?? Well, I just couldn’t stop laughing when I saw this video by The Doctor and D.Wars:

And when they finally got the set running:

And the end result:

Damn, now I want a set of them on my Carina as well! :o
Currently looking at a set double carbs from a 2T-B. Bolt on upgrade of 11HP! May be worth it after all! :)

Hilarious: Gun O’Clock

July 3, 2009 / / 0 Comments

This is definitely one of the best products made by Bandai: the Gun O’Clock!

Those texts are very well written! Set time! And Sleep! Good night! and Excellent shot! Good morning! Cool! Oh yes! That was soo ?cool?!. Where did they get that copywriter?? :D

And if you thought this is a hoax or fake product? Wrong! You can even buy it here:
Gun O’Clock for sale!

And this is how it operates:

Excellent shot!!

However I don’t think my wife would actually like it if I slept with a gun under my pillow. ;)

Shutokou Battle Gaiden: Super Technic Challenge

July 2, 2009 / / 0 Comments

I must have missed this game during the late 90s:

It is the intro of a game called Shutokou Battle Gaiden: Super Technic Challenge created by Megaquest in 1996. It must have picked up the drifting craze in Japan during the 90s and created this game for the Japanese PSX. Later on it had successors on other platforms as well.

Currently I’m playing old games at work on my old trusty PSX during the lunch breaks, so I definitely want this one! :)

Update: I did find Shutokou Battle for the Saturn and the Shutokou Battle for the Super Famicon (SNES). But still no PSX version yet…

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