Remember the Cockroach Carina I posted two weeks ago? Well, it got crushed:
Kinloud posted the video today, so it is still fresh! Nothing beats a freshly crushed cockroach! ;)
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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
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!
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
Just look at how beautiful the paint still is: it reflects the van next to it perfectly!
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 ]
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
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
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
Kinloud just posted this video on Youtube with a very very very very rusty AA60 Carina coupe powered by a mighty 3A-U:
Apparently the 3A-U doesn’t have enough horses under the hood, so it is also helped by some cockroaches. I have no clue what HP a cockroach generates though. :D
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!
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
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! :)
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
It turns out to be a familiar Carina for me: Franz already visited AEU86 in the past!
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
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! :)
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