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Down on the Street: Nissan Sunny GTi-R N14

January 3, 2014 / banpei / 0 Comments

I found this beautiful Nissan Sunny GTi-R N14 parked in the town next to my hometown.

I actually returned to the “scene of the crime” to take photos of a Nissan Silvia S14 I spotted a half year earlier but I lacked to bring a camera back then. So I was quite surprised to find this GTi-R parked on the same spot!

I actually spotted a white Sunny GTi-R before on the Wangan Warriors 10 meeting but it is not the same car. So I was lucky to spot a second one of these great little cars!

Yes it is a genuine GTi-R: Continue reading

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2014 / banpei / 0 Comments

Happy New Year from Hilversum, the Netherlands!

Direct link to video: Hilversum vuurwerk marktterrein 2013/ 2014 / Wouter de Wild

Merry Chistmas and a happy New Year!

December 24, 2013 / banpei / 2 Comments

It almost became a unwritten tradition to post a picture of a certain Toyota Carina with my X-mas wishes and last year was a bit sad. So I decided not to get as corny as my neighbor who sends me a Christmas card including her and her dogs and decided to post this photo I took of a Silvia instead:

So merry Chistmas and a happy New Year!

Ebay treasures: The Mazda RX7 FB Wankelrossa

December 22, 2013 / banpei / 5 Comments

Back in the early 80s I managed to get my hands on a Mazda brochure that included the Mazda RX7 FB and many times I dreamed away think I would drive in one. Shortly after that the Ferrari Testarossa arrived and that literally blew away any boy-dream of owning a sportscar and I ended up solely drooling over Ferraris. I think a similar thing happened to this Mazda RX-7 FB that got some Testarossa treament:

Perhaps the owner bought the car and restyled it in Testarossa style a few years later?

Anyway, the (useless) side intake definitely looks as enormous as the one found on the Testarossa: Continue reading

Japanese Rustoseums: Nissan Silvia CSP311 (part 2)

December 20, 2013 / banpei / 3 Comments

Continuing from last weeks hunting for Nissan Silvia CSP311 rustoseums I present you the second Silvia I found:

This one is in a slightly better shape than last week and it doesn’t require a forklift to retain it from falling apart… Let’s just say it is probably still restorable… As the penguins say in Madagascar 2: With grit, spit and a whole lota of duck tape…

From the rear it looks slightly better: Continue reading

Family Album Treasures: Toyota Carina GTi16

December 19, 2013 / banpei / 0 Comments

A proper Family Album Treasure from 1986 for this whole family in their Toyota Carina GTi16 AT160!

The oldest son is giving us a double victory and wife and youngest son are enjoying the sight of daddy taking a picture of his pride! (For you to determine whether that should be the Carina or the family… ;) )

Anyway, also visible in the picture is the wooden (Nardi?) steering wheel, BBS rims and most importantly: the Twin Cam 16 grille badge that indicates this car is powered by a 4A-GE and not to be messed with!

Found at Minkara

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