Found some more Toyota Carina TA60/TA61/AA63/TA63 ads on Youtube:
And what about this great 1984 Toshiba VCR ad by Ultraman?
Are all Japanese ads from the 80s this wacky??
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The TA40 pedalbox has arrived yesterday!
Unfortunately Mark totalled his Celica TA40 and a lot of parts were salvagable. Lucky for me the TA40 pedalbox, master break and clutch cylinders were in perfect condition!
I bought the set because when converting from auto I’m in need of a clutch pedal. Since the TA40 and TA60 have the same bottom the pedalbox should be a perfect fit!
Thanks again for going through all trouble Mark!
Carina done 75000km
As you can see: my Carina drove 75000km so far!
Actually I didn’t really keep an eye upon the speedo, but while parking the car last sunday I noticed this odd (actually even!) phenomenon. ;)
Jalopnik nominated the AE86 as Project Car Hell musclecar of the 80s and it is nominated against the Mitsubishi Starion.
Jalopnik:
The AE86 is a pretty cool car, of course, but these days it’s akin to what the ’69 Camaro was to my generation: just about the only old car that every high-school kid can identify.
You can find (and vote) here:
PCH, 80s Japanese Muscle Edition: AE86 or Starion?
I wished they would have taken my old AE86 as example of how the AE86 looks:
instead of this:
The package with the Carina grill and headlights has finally arrived from Japan!
nicely packaged by Aazuma Trading
Opened the package and found it was very well packaged:
rusted frame on the Carina AA63 head lights
I found that the frames of the headlights are a bit more rusted that I thought…
I think I’ll make a template and try either to fix it (with glassfiber or welded) or to have it copied.
The other Carina AA63 double headlights
But in general these double headlights don’t look too bad.
cracked Carina grill
I found the Carina grill being cracked on several places, but not beyond repair:
Full view of JDM AA63 front end
And last but not least, the full view of the JDM AA63 Carina front end!
Only thing missing now are the yellow indicators.
Finally my Koni shocks have arrived!
I only ordered the front shocks as replacement for my broken shocks. The shocks are the same as AE86 since the struts of the AE86 and the TA6x and AA6x are exactly the same.
The picture shows a full set, which is intended to be sold through the AEU86 shop.
When Mux is finally replacing his rear Konis I’ll try to see if they also fit the TA60 live axle. :)