Remembering Japanese cars from the past
This Honda RA272 cutaway drawing by Yoshihiro Inomoto is even more beautiful than the Nissan R382 cutaway drawing by Makoto Ouchi:
Look at all the finer details he made, small case studies on the various parts, cockpit and complete car to get the end result just right. And this is just the original line drawing he made, not even the finished end product!
This is what it looks like after painting it: Continue reading
If I had to choose one single Mitsubishi from their entire lineup as my favorite I would definitely answer the Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo. Today I got reminded of this awesome car and thought it would be nice to share a cutaway drawing of it:
Cutaway drawing found at: Tech-Racingcars.eu
Today I got reminded that the Toyota Supra MA70 is a proper classic now: the first ones were built in 1986 already which means they are already 28 years old by now. These Supras advanced cars back in the mid 80s, especially the JDM GA70 and later JZA70s were awesome cars!
The reason why I got reminded of the Supra was because of this comment on Jalopnik by CaCressida on the topic What car could have been great but wasn’t made me laugh out loud:
Toyota’s MK3 Supra sucked ass. The 7M is a total boat anchor that pops head gaskets and chews rod bearings like popcorn. The Mk2 Supra and MK4 Supra are both lighter than the Mk3 Supra and both offered better engines even though the MK2’s engine was .2 liters and 12 valves short of the 7M. The MK3 was a confused car. It didn’t know if it was a GT car or a luxury car. The turbo 7M wasn’t exactly an engine worth salivating for either. We actually call MK3 Supras Rolling box of Cressida parts in the Cressida forums. We steal the differentials, transmissions and pedals off these things and chuck the bodies in the trash.
Bring on the MK3 Supra humpers…
BTW: I don’t necessarily share this view, so if you feel attacked by the above, please leave your comments at Jalopnik and not here. ;)
Via Jalopnik
Cutaway drawing found at: MA71SupraTurbo
Just like last Subaru FF-1 1300G Super Touring cutaway drawing this Nissan R382 cutaway drawing is drawn by Makoto Ouchi:
Well, at least this pencil drawing is the basis for it…
Because this is what the drawing looks like after being paint brushed: Continue reading
I love cutaway drawings in general and this drawing by M. Ouchi of the Subaru FF-1 1300G Super Touring is one of the most detailed cutaway drawings I’ve seen so far!
You can see clearly how fast forward thinking the FF-1 was: first front wheel drive Subaru, first four cylinder boxer engined Subaru and front and rear independent suspension with torsion bars!
Found at: Vetatur Fumare@Flickr
Yesterday I posted a cutaway picture of a Suzuki Fronte Coupe LC10W and today I have an even more impressive cutaway car: a Nissan Bluebird SSS 910!
Well, actually it isn’t drawn… It has been scavenged for panels, then standing outside too long and the whole body structure collapsed some time ago. So in other words: just like a cutaway picture you can see its inner bowels very well! ;)
Sorry for the very very low res photos but the source did not feature anything better…
This proves the provenance of the shell: Continue reading
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