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AE86 Owners Bible at Yesasia.com

July 23, 2008 / / 0 Comments

I was browsing through the inventory of Yesasia.com to see if there were anymore interesting deals.

I did find this little gem:
AE86 Owners Bible

It’s the AE86 Owners Bible (not to confuse with the TRD Bible which is totally different!) which features a lot of information about the AE86. Apart from the fact that this is a collectors item, it is mainly a guide for maintaining and tuning (including 20v swap!) your Hachi-roku and how to attain the same skills as the Dori King himself! ;)

I’ve seen them for sale cheaper than this, but then you have either a second hand version or you don’t have the free shipping option. And believe me: shipping from Japan is expensive!

Too bad I don’t have my Trueno anymore… Otherwise I would definetly have bought it, just like I bought my TRD Bible shortly before I sold the Trueno.

Video: Japanese 1983 Celica XX advertisement #2

July 23, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Last week I blogged about the Toyota Celica XX advertisement with the ELO (Densha Otoko) theme in it. This week I have a Japanese Celica XX advertisement with Grace Jones!

I can understand why they compare Grace Jones with the Celica XX: both are square muscular superstars but I personally would prefer the Celica XX above Grace Jones. ;)

A nice detail is the mirror shot at 19 seconds: it is a bit the same as the mirror shot of the New Carina catalogue (S59-3):
Cover of New Carina (S59-3)
Same style, same era?

Japanese Toyota Celica ad with Twilight by ELO
Japanese Toyota Celica ad with Twilight by ELO

Video: Japanese Celica XX advertisement

July 23, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Just found this Japanese Celica XX Advertisement on youtube:

As you can hear, the music is Twilight by Electric Lights Orchestra. Apart from the fact that I’m an 80s (electronic) music fan I immediately recognized the main theme from the Densha Otoko J-Drama.

You can view the opening credits here:

Funny they used the same theme for both videos! So now there is a link between the Toyota A6 platform and Densha Otoko! ;)

Initial H parody of Initial D
Initial H parody of Initial D

Initial D: Initial H (parody on intro)

July 23, 2008 / / 0 Comments

While browsing through the Initial D GBA movies I posted last week I also found Initial H!

It’s a parody on the Initial D intros done in something similar than MS Paint. IMO it’s drawn and animated very well! Even though it doesn’t look like it: it must have been a lot of work!!

The First Stage (original) unfortunately has disappeared. Probably the Youtube content match algorithm slashed that video out.

First Stage (second intro):

Second Stage:

Third stage:

Fourth stage:

And Takumi (AE86) versus Bunta (22B) in Fourth Stage:

Respect!

1JZ-GTE powered Carina
1JZ-GTE powered Carina

Carina tuning: 1JZ-GTE twin turbo

July 23, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Found this Carina with a 1JZ-GTE engine (JDM Supra MkIII/Soarer MkII) in it:

From what I can see on the grille this is a ST model, so it either featured a 1S or 3A originally.

Too bad there is not more footage of this engine swap. Would have been very interesting in what they actually had to change for this!

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