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Hilarious: Mr. T raps

September 19, 2008 / banpei / 0 Comments

After the Gumbay Dance Band of last week I had to dig up something good… This week I found Mr. T rapping! Somehow (not surprising) Mr. T and rapping is not something that mixes…

Just look at this hilarious attempt of Mr. T to make some profit from his rapping skills:

Mother
There is no other
Like Mother
So treat Her right
Mother
I always Love Her
My Mother
So treat Her right, treat Her right
Deeeehm… What terrible lyrics!!
And that last scene! I almost threw up my breakfast, and it’s almost evening!!

And this attempt…

UHmmm….

Do I need to say more??

I’m not sure if anything posted as hilarious will ever surpass this! Anyway, next week another hilarious posting!

Signed up for Carview.co.jp

September 18, 2008 / banpei / 1 Comment

I decided to sign up for carview.co.jp because some people make their car profiles not publicly available.

It took me 4 days to sign up, and that was not only because of the languagebarrier… Apparently first my spamfilter on the mailserver was blocking the signup email. Then my virusscanner blocked it and in the end the spamfiler of Thunderbird thought it was spam. The main problem was that I was only allowed to resend activation emails once a day… :(

Anyway, I’ve signed up an this is my profile:
Banpei’s profile on carview.co.jp

It’s still a bit empty, but I think I’ll try to fill it up. ;)

Oh, and a small detail: I had to sign up and tell from which prefecture I’m from… First one to guess right will receive one out of two last vintage AEU86 sticker I found some time ago! :P

Carina sightings: badly repaired Carina TA60 van on Photobucket

September 17, 2008 / banpei / 0 Comments

I came across this badly repaired TA60 Carina van:

Of course it doesn’t look like a Carina A60 anymore, but if you look closely to the hood and roof you can clearly see that it actually is a Carina A60.

I found this picture here:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/toyota%20carina/tikka557/alldone1.jpg?o=7
Too bad it only shows one picture.

BTW: anyone got an idea from which car the repaired parts are and where this car is from?

How to fit stretched tires?

September 14, 2008 / banpei / 0 Comments

Ever wondered how they fit stretched tires on those fat 9, 10, 11 or 12 inch rims? Ever wondered how those wheels on the B?s?zoku, Kyusha Kai and Shakotan cars are done? I did after seeing this picture of the Carina Firevan:
Stretched tires on E-SA60 Carina Firevan, about as far as you can stretch them!

See for yourself here:

What happens is that the tire is only fitted on one side of the rim and the other side has a small (ahum) amount of space between the tire and the rim. The guy in the video applies brake cleaner on the rim (to ignite), just above and inside the tire. Then he lights it and the brake cleaner ignites and explodes inside the tire. This causes the air to expand and the tire to stretch. Due to the tire expanding it will tightly fit on the other side of the rim and you have a stretched tire. It is as simple as that! :)

Here you can see a better (and safer) how to:

(don’t mind the bad choice in music…)

So, now you know how to make your car look Shakotan. ;)

And be careful… You don’t want to end up like this:

I know I promised to give a follow up on the AE86 cupracer in the Car feature, but writing that piece takes a bit longer than I thought. I’ll try to finish it later this week.

Carina sightings: the famous Carina firevan part 2

September 13, 2008 / banpei / 0 Comments

Just found the profile of the owner of the third Carina Van (the black one) in this picture:
Carina Firevan next to other Carina vans
So more about that black Carina Van in a later Carina sighting. ;)
I also found out all three Carinas are indeed all vans! I noticed the front bumpers having their indicator lights inside the bumper! That was only delivered to the Carina Van, so all of them must be vans! I corrected this in the other topic as well.

About the Firevan: I found in the profile of that third owner some photos and additional descriptions of the Firevan!! :)

3SG & 6-speed mission
Butterfly throttle until you rub
It is good spell of engine

Don’t mind the spelling of this Google translation, but I think the message is clear: 3SGE with ITB and 6 speed transmission.

And ever wondered how stretched those tires are? Or actually how far you can stretch tires?

That’s how it looks if you put a 155 wide tire on a 9J rim! That’s real Shakotan! ;)

Anyone got more pictures of the Firevan for Part 3? :P

Carina sightings: the famous Carina firevan

September 13, 2008 / banpei / 0 Comments

I still haven’t found the owner of the famous Carina firevan, however I thought I finally should add this great car to the sightings after I found these pictures on TurboDude’s gallery at Photobucket:

As you can see these two pictures were taken individually, but both of them are stunning! You can clearly see that the car is featuring a 3S-GE with ITBs. From what I heard that engine is perfect for lightweight cars, like the AE86 or this SA60.

~~I suspect the car started its life as a SA60 Carina Surf and not a A67 Carina van as believed earlier.~~ edited: The car probably started its life as a SG67 van. The front indicator lights are inside the bumper and that’s only applied to the van and not to the surf. It would be far more easier to swap the 1S for a 3S-GE. And the round lights from the Carina A67 van could be swapped just as easy later on.

Here you can see a picture I’ve posted earlier:

The firevan next to two other Surfs. Compared to them it is really low! A really nice example of a car in Shakotan style, and not too distorted to be referred as Kyusha Kai or B?s?zoku. Lovely stretched tires on the first picture, and even more stretched on the other two. :)

Second picture is courtesy of Auto-otaku.com. You can find more pictures from him here:

Anyone got an idea where to find more pictures of the set which features the first set?

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