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Carina Sightings: almost mint Carina TA63 GT-TR

July 8, 2009 / / 1 Comment

It was already a long time ago that I came across this very very very very good preserved Carina TA63 Coupe shot by the Flickr user pigs.of.darkness:
Very good looking Carina Coupe TA63
Very good looking Carina Coupe TA63

It looks like it just rolled out of the factory a few days ago and the owner slapped on a set of SSR Longchamp XR4 at the rear and a set of 2 piece Watanabe RS F817 rims at the front! Then thought a lip would finish off its 80s looks!

Rear of the Carina Coupe TA63
Rear of the Carina Coupe TA63

At the rear you can spot a very very tiny dent next to the trunklid, so that actually gives away that the car is not brand new anymore.

Paint is still beautiful on this Carina TA63 Coupe
Paint is still beautiful on this Carina TA63 Coupe
Just look at how beautiful the paint still is: it reflects the van next to it perfectly!

Carina TA63 Coupe Twin cam Turbo
Carina TA63 Coupe Twin cam Turbo
3T-GTE powered Carina Twin cam turbo. What else could you wish for… Anyone wants to buy a kidney??

[ source: pigs.of.darkness’ photostream ]

Carina Sightings: Joe Manji event in New Zealand

July 4, 2009 / / 2 Comments

I read a blog posting last night at 86fighters about the Joe Manji event in New Zealand. Part II followed up later on and both parts feature Carinas. :)

First Carina is probably an AA63TA63 with the 4AGE 3T-GTE engine. Its front bumper got replaced for an AE92 front bumper:
Carina TA63 sedan at Joe Manji event
Carina TA63 sedan at Joe Manji event

The second Carina is a well known TA63 Carina with a 1UZ engine swap and a great history:
Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event
Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event

Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event
Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event

Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event
Carina sedan with 1UZ engine at Joe Manji event

The owner (Glenn) did a great job on that Carina! As you can see the 1UZ engine is a great engine to put in a Carina! Unfortunately they are very very hard to get in Europe. :(

Update: A video got posted on Youtube:

That Carina is now a very sick car! And that 1UZ sounds brutal!
Great! Now I really want a 1UZ in mine! :(

If you seek more pictures of the Joe Manji Event:
Joe Manji Event Part I @86fighters
Joe Manji Event Part II @86fighters
Joe Manji Event Part I @beeoneoneoh
Joe Manji Event Part II @beeoneoneoh

Carina Sightings: Karl Skewes Carina AA60 Coupe

June 17, 2009 / / 1 Comment

I found some old videos of Karl Skewes (Garage Dori) drifting a Carina Coupe AA60 in the D1NZ. I presume the car either once started out as an AA60 or a TA60 and got converted to a smallport 4AGE. The car itself has a solid axle (upgraded with hilux diff) so that part was not upgraded to IRS.

As you can see the Carina has great cornering abilities:

And it is powerful enough to manji on the straight:

And in this video it looks like his Carina is an easy car to drift:

Now if only my Carina would do that this easy! :o

I also found some nice pics on the Garage Dori website:
Karl Skewes's Toyota Carina AA60 with Hosinos at the rear!
Karl Skewes’s Toyota Carina AA60 with Hosinos at the rear!
Looks like a very tough car to me with those matte black Work Equips at the front and the Hoshinos at the rear!

Karl Skewes drifting with his Toyota Carina AA60
Karl Skewes drifting with his Toyota Carina AA60

From what I understood was that back then Karl’s number one car was an orange AE70 (he used that in D1NZ 2005 round 3) but for some reason he used the AA60 for the fourth round. He still managed to get 8th with the Carina during that fourth round! :)

Carina Sightings: Carina TA62 Coupe in Czech republic

June 3, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Today 86ers.org posted about the Czech duo Franz & Tonda. Franz & Tonda have a nice garage full of old JDM tin, like a Corolla TE71, a (almost deteriorated) AE86, a 280ZX, a Toyota MR2, a widebody Mitsubishi Starion and a TA62 Carina Coupe! :)

Carina Coupe TA62 owned by Franz & Tonda
Carina Coupe TA62 owned by Franz & Tonda

It turns out to be a familiar Carina for me: Franz already visited AEU86 in the past!

Carina Coupe TA62 owned by Franz & Tonda
Carina Coupe TA62 owned by Franz & Tonda

From the pictures the Carina still looks very nice, but if I understood Franz correctly the bottom is very very rusted and the interior is not too wel either. I really hope Franz and Tonda have time to restore the TA62 and stop its deterioration!

Carina Coupe TA62 owned by Franz & Tonda
Carina Coupe TA62 owned by Franz & Tonda

As you can see from the stance of the rear wheels the TA62 has the same live axle as the TA60 (and the AE86) and does not feature the IRS as found on the TA63 or AA63 (Japanese GT models). Nevertheless it would look pretty wild with some deep dish Hayashi Streets on it! :)

Single carb 3T engine
Single carb 3T engine

From the pictures of the engine I can see it has a single carburetor so it is featuring the 1.8 3T. Basically the same engine as the 2T in my Carina, but then with 0.2 liter more displacement than mine. Also a 3TC has a dual carb setup, so that difference is easy to spot. ;)

If you are curious to the other cars of their collection, you can find them here:
86ers visit to Franz and Tonda

Carina Sightings: The Assembly – Never Never

May 20, 2009 / / 0 Comments

From time to time I still look at the Internet Movie Car Database to see if there are listed new entries for the Toyota Carina. This is not a new entry, but I finally found the original video clip. ;)

The music video of Never Never by The Assembly was shot in 1983 and was a one hit wonder: Vince Clarke (ex Yazoo) formed a new band and teamed up with Fergal Sharkey (Undertones). The band only created one single album with only one single hitsong. This song also featured on Grand Theft Auto – Vice City Stories on one of the radio stations.

The clip features a windmill, some trailerpark background and Fergal Sharkey walking around. On the IMCDB I found two screenshots of Toyota different Carinas:
White Toyota Carina TA60 van
White Toyota Carina TA60 van

The first screenshot is at 1:19, but I’m unable to find the second screenshot. The child in the foreground is clearly the same as the one in the music video but I could not find this shot after watching it three times in a row… I even downloaded the flashmovie and watched the clip 6 or 7 times over and over again. I also watched the movie skipping forward and backwards around transitions.

Black Toyota Carina TA60 front
Black Toyota Carina TA60 front

Then I searched the internet for other versions of this song, but all of them have the same length and I had to give up. So after watching this music video for a total 10 times now I can’t stand that damn song anymore! :X

Anyone else volunteer to search for that frame? :D

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