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New goodies: kouki Carina AA60 tail lights!

February 25, 2012 / banpei / 21 Comments

After missing out a couple of auctions on Carina AA60 tail lights, I decided I really had to get them the next time and contacted Ewan from Hayatonka. He understood the pain and difficulties, and did his best for me. After nearing the scary deadline the price rose quickly, but we managed to win the auction after all!

After being on a boat for four weeks the tail lights finally have arrived at my doorstep:

A pair of zenki Carina AA60 tail lights, mid console and some other small stuff included in the auction. The lights basically look like they are brand new, so that was a very luck win!

The difference between the Carina AA60 and AA63 tail lights is that the AA63 ones are smoked. This means the AA63 ones look a bit blackish, while the AA60 are just normal ones. I can live without that I guess. ;)

Here you can compare how different they look from the zenki ones:

Carina Sightings: AA60 at Manjung Drift

January 18, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

Just spotted a couple of videos of this Carina AA60 at the Manjung Drift event in Malaysia

And I love the big Carina banner! Where can I get one? Continue reading

Carina Sightings: winter is coming early this year!

October 12, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

At least it is in New Zealand! According to the description of these two videos it is Mattys Carina AA60 that is having fun in the snow.

For me, as a European, I will have to wait a few more months before it will be as snow covered as in this video. Or even worse: with the Dutch weather it may quite unique with that amount of snow!

In the second video there is no oncoming traffic: Continue reading

Carina Sightings: Roman’s SA60 Carina

March 16, 2011 / banpei / 4 Comments

I’ve been (slowly) watching Roman fixing up his AA60 Carina coupe. Every few months he posted another update or image on AEU86.org showing what progress he made, either a F series live axle, an engine bay spray or acquisition of a 3SGE. Two weeks ago his Carina came back from the paintshop and all he has to do now is to put that puzzle back together. :D

This is how the project looked half way in 2008:

Romans SA60 Carina coupe project

And this is how it looks now in light greige metallic:

Romans SA60 Carina coupe project
As you can see, most of the interior is already back in. Bumpers, fuelcap, fenders, headlights… A long list of (small) parts to be fitted.
BTW: those tail lights are his “spare” tail lights. Two (almost) new tail lights will be fitted when it is done!

Romans SA60 Carina coupe project
As you can see I’m very excited about his project finally coming together! Can’t wait to see the pictures of his car when its done!

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Japanese rustoseums (part seventeen)

December 20, 2010 / banpei / 1 Comment

I’ll try to post as much Carina related stuff this week as possible, so be prepared for some overload of Carina goodness! Let’s kick off with some Carina rustoseums!

For starters I found this little 3A powered SG coupe rusting away on someones blog:

Carina SG AA60 coupe rustoseum
A small detail: the Carina sits on a set of Celica A40 rims.

This Carina TA67 wagon looks like an old delivery van. With the writing on its side it looks like what the Fujiwara Tofu Carina TA67 must have looked like:

Carina SG TA67 wagon rustoseum
Of course the 2T engine did not have enough power by itself, so naturally he would have swapped it for a 2T-G or 3T-GT. :D

Speaking about rusty vans. how about another TA67?

Carina SG TA67 wagon rustoseum
It was found near Rausu. This one really looks bad and way beyond repair.

Carina Sightings: Ukrainian Carina GT

November 3, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

Two weeks ago Andrew sent me a picture of his Carina GT and asked me if I was interested in more pictures and info regarding it. Of course I am! ;)

Ukrainian Carina GT AA60
His Carina GT is a 3A-U powered GT model and was delivered originally to Krivoy Rog city in the Ukraine in 1982! I didn’t even know it was possible to buy anything else than Russian cars like the VAZ range. The 3A-U powered GT model is a bit puzzling, however the car has a GT cluster (with an oil pressure meter in the middle) and it was an export model so the designations could be different from the JDM badges.

When the first owner passed away the car remained in storage and was not abused untill his children were old enough to make some small damage at the front of the car:

Ukrainian Carina GT AA60
The car was sold and eventually Andrew bought it in 2007.

The car is in immaculate condition and almost looks as if it was new:

Ukrainian Carina GT AA60
However there is one modification made by Andrew: he moved the fender mirrors to the doors to improve visibility. I can imagine that: the fender mirrors are not well known for the area they cover to the rear. On the other hand: they are rare fender mirrors!

Here is another detail of when the car was imported:

Ukrainian Carina GT AA60
Apparently the Hyogo Toyota dealer made a deal with the USSR to import a batch of Toyotas. Nice to see this car survived that long! :)