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Isuzu R6 Spider at the 1970 Fuji International 200 miles driven by Shigeaki Asaoka
Isuzu R6 Spider at the 1970 Fuji International 200 miles driven by Shigeaki Asaoka

Isuzu R6 spider by Takashi Jufuku – Cutaway Drawings

April 4, 2024 / / 0 Comments

This Isuzu R6 Spider is one of those racing cars from the late-1960s and early-1970s that punched well above its weight! Let’s honour it with this cutaway drawing by Takashi Jufuku!

Isuzu R6 Spider cutaway drawing by Takashi Jufuku
Isuzu R6 Spider cutaway drawing by Takashi Jufuku

Powered by the same DOHC inline-4 that powered the Isuzu Bellet, it wasn’t a promising combo. The engine featured Solex PHH carburettors and had an output of 180hp in the R6 spider. Magic happened and it managed to qualify as second on the Suzuka 500km and managed to finish 4th.

The spider shouldn't be confused with the 1969 Isuzu R6 coupé
The spider shouldn’t be confused with the 1969 Isuzu R6 coupé

Even though the R6 Spider featured the same engine, it shouldn’t be confused with the 1969 Isuzu R6 coupé. The Spider was an open top development of the coupé.

Isuzu R6 Spider at the 1970 Fuji International 200 miles driven by Shigeaki Asaoka
Isuzu R6 Spider at the 1970 Fuji International 200 miles driven by Shigeaki Asaoka

The R6 Spider did compete in most other Gran Championship races in 1970 before being succeeded by the Isuzu R7 which was powered by a Chevrolet V8. The arm of GM was apparently longer than the Pacific Ocean and it’s a shame the Isuzu inline-4 was ditched in favour of the Chevy V8.

I'd wish I could draw this well...
I'd wish I could draw this well...

Timelapse video: drawing Zsolts Carina TA62 – Carina Sightings

December 18, 2023 / / 0 Comments

Last week I featured Zsolt’s Carina TA62 drifting on a track day. Today I feature the same Carina, but this time it’s a timelapse video by someone drawing it. And the drawing isn’t a screen capture of someone working in Photoshop either, but rather someone drawing everything by hand using pencils, fine liners, rulers, markers and more!

Timelapse drawing of a Carina TA62
Timelapse drawing of a Carina TA62

Enjoy the entire drawing process below:

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Picture of the Week: Nissan RB26DETT cutaway drawing

February 15, 2015 / / 0 Comments

I could stare for hours to this Nissan RB26DETT cutaway drawing and still not see every detail in it!
Picture of the Week: Nissan RB26DETT cutaway drawing
The black valve cover on this Nissan RB26DETT uncovers this engine as a R32 or R33 type and as the cutaway drawings got out of fashion in the 90s the drawing is probably made around the launch of the BNR32 in 1989.

The Nissan RB26DETT is/was one of the most awesome engines that Nissan made. The engine is an cast iron block with aluminum head, has 24 valves with double overhead cam, a parallel twin-turbo setup and six individual throttle bodies. Even though the initial power was “only” 280ps (276hp) the engine is able to output more than 1 megawatt (1,340 hp) after heavy modifications. I would say it is a good successor of the Nissan S20

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Honda-ra272 Cutaway Drawing Yoshihiro Inomoto painted

Picture of the week: Honda RA272 cutaway drawing

September 11, 2014 / / 0 Comments

This Honda RA272 cutaway drawing by Yoshihiro Inomoto is even more beautiful than the Nissan R382 cutaway drawing by Makoto Ouchi:
Honda-ra272 Cutaway Drawing Yoshihiro Inomoto linedrawing
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

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