Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Last Sunday there was a big party in Sagamiko and unfortunately for the fourth time I was not able to be there… If you are unfamiliar with the date and place: it hosts the biggest hachi-roku gathering in the world called HaCHiRoCK Festa!
This year the festival was down from 270 cars to 200 cars due to renovations of the Sagamiko Resort Pleasure Forest but nevertheless the festival was better than last year!
Even Speedhunters did make it this year: Continue reading
Nori Yaro just posted this awesome video up on Youtube where about 150 AE86-es and Toyota 86-es are mixed together on a two lap parade on Fuji Speedway (FISCO) held on the 6th of August this year.
It is a good thing Alexi put a couple of fast-forwards in the video!
And at the end of the video there is a small Toyota 86 bonus: Continue reading
The Dutch Toyota importer Louwman has been neglecting their heritage and clubs for the past decade. With the launch of the Toyota GT86 (aka Toyota 86 and Scion FR-S) they decided to change that and asked the TACN if they could join in and put the Toyota GT86 on display during the festival. They also has some sort of social media contest (which IMO was rubbish and did not do) where you could “win” 4 rounds on the Midlands circuit in Lelystad. It was still a nice gesture.
Near the end of the day one of the AEU86 members went home and parked his kouki panda red Corolla GT AE86 next to its siblings:
I immediately walked over and shot a couple of pictures of father and son next to each other. ;)
Quickly popped in my 28mm lens to make the angle wider: Continue reading
Every year I’m anxiously waiting for the new HACHiRoCK flyer design because every one so far has been a real work of art! And this year is no exception to that:
Like every year the festival is held in the Sagamiko resort and this year it has been advanced one week to the 12th of September. Can’t wait till September and enjoy photos of all those 200 AE86s!
You can find more info here
Almost thirty years ago this guy bought a new Levin GTV AE86 and enjoyed it for a solid thirteen years!
Owning a hachi for such long period in time would definitely mean it has to be somewhere in the family album! I wonder if any Toyota GT86 owner would still own his/her GT86 in thirteen years time…
Found at AkabaneVisionFILM
Yet again did Bankakuemiko post up a junkyard stroll where he investigates several junked JDM cars:
BTW: Did you notice the Nissan Cedric Y34 has a snow setting on its automatic gearbox?
Anyway, enjoy the video with many many junked cars including a Toyota Soarer Z30, Levin AE111, Nissan Skyline R33 GTS-4 and a Cedric Y34:
Direct link to video: ? junkyard car JAPAN 5 ?????????
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