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Morris Minor with AE86 pizzacutter wheels? What's the story behind that?

Celestial Morris Minor on AE86 pizza cutter wheels – WTF?!

May 9, 2024 / banpei / 0 Comments

Wait, what? A Morris Minor on a Japanese car-oriented blog? That’s right, but this Celestial Minor is very special as it carries a secret in its underpinnings and these AE86 pizzacutter wheels should give you a hint in the correct direction.

A Celestial 1970 Morris Minor with AE86 pizzacutter wheels

The Morris Minor was a car that was manufactured between 1948 and 1971. If you’re less familiar with the history of the British car industry, Morris merged with Austin in 1952 and became the British Motor Company, also known as BMC. In 1968 BMC merged with Leyland Motors (Triumph and Rover) and became British Leyland. Why is this important? Well, because the Minor in question was produced under British Leyland in 1970, this could have been one of the very last Minors produced.

What can you do with a digital panel inside an AE86? Tec-Art's will show you!

Tec-Art’s digital gauge panel – AE86 trivia

April 17, 2024 / banpei / 1 Comment

About two weeks ago my fellow AE86 owner Robert forwarded me a Facebook video of a very special gauge cluster. The video contained a bespoke Motec screen installed in an AE86 with software that displays the OEM Toyota gauge cluster in various generations. I found out the video was shot at Tec-Art’s but it wasn’t an official video. Now Tec-Art’s released a video of a customer car that contains this gauge cluster!

The Tec-Art's gauge cluster boots up with Dorikin! — The Tec-Art’s gauge cluster boots up with Dorikin!

You can watch the video (with English subtitles) below:

Is this AE86 heaven or hell? – Japanese Rustoseums

April 2, 2024 / banpei / 0 Comments

Seeing a rusty AE86 is always sad, but seeing five makes me wonder whether this place in Japan is AE86 heaven or hell. Welcome to another Japanese Rustoseum post!

Wrecked zenki panda three-door Sprinter Trueno GT Apex AE86

Let’s start with the first one. This is a presumably late-1984 or early-1985 white panda zenki Trueno GT Apex 3-door that has suffered from some accident damage. The front has been caved in, which means it’s probably a write-off. I think it’s a GT Apex as it does feature the bucket sports seats, and panda paint and doesn’t seem to have an areal on the right fender.

Better than JDM: German AE86 vanity license plates – Brilliant

February 3, 2024 / banpei / 0 Comments

For readers from the US, this is probably difficult to understand, but not every country has vanity plates. And even if they are allowed, most of the time they aren’t completely free form. A good example is the British plates where you often need to decypher what the buyer intended. German plates do allow a bit of freedom, but most of the format is set in stone.

VW Polo with German license plate BRB-AE-86

Epic road trip from Ireland to Poland in an AE86

Nightride to Poland in an Trueno AE86 – Friday Video

December 22, 2023 / banpei / 0 Comments

For those who aren’t subscribed to either the Juicebox and Nightride channels, the story is that Sam from Nightride wanted to buy a Trueno AE86 and asked Neil from Juicebox if there was one available in Ireland.

Nightride's Trueno AE86 at the Juicebox shed — Nightride’s Trueno AE86 at the Juicebox shed

Coincidentally a two-door Trueno just became available for sale, Sam agreed to buy it and Neil closed the deal. Neil also agreed to drive with Sam (and some other Nightride members) inside the Trueno from Ireland to Poland. That’s an epic journey of 2000 kilometres! Both Nightride and Juicebox posted their videos earlier this week, so check them out below!

Mark II my words – AE86 Wall of Shame

December 6, 2023 / banpei / 0 Comments

It has been a while since I posted an AE86 in the AE86 Wall of Shame. It’s not that I have a shortage of content, in the contrary: I have lots of AE86 photos that may raise your eyebrows. However, I have rather more other interesting things to blog and share. Luckily, earlier this week, a friend of mine sent me this AE86 with a Mark II JZX110 front crafted on it:

I hope they swapped over the 1JZ engine as well!

You may think that doesn’t look too bad, but wait until you see the rear end: