Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Time for some more Japanese rustoseums? This time they were shot by RA64Freddy:
Nissan Skyline DR30 in a frozen mudfield
This Skyline looks a bit lonely in that frozen mudfield. Who would leave such a nice four door sedan in the mid of a muddy field?
Toyota Sprinter AE70 2 door hardtop
What about this Sprinter 2 door hardtop then? According to RA64Freddy it is a 1500cc 3A-U engined car, so the AE70 designation should be correct for this beauty!
Apparently I was wrong that you can only find a Mazda Cosmo down on the street in Japan!
Mazda Cosmo rustoseum
Apparently not all Cosmos have found their way to museums yet!
I found this picture here!
Time for some more rust(oseums)!
Let’s start with this Toyota Mark II Grande GX81:
Beaten up Toyota Mark II Grande GX81
It might have been stolen and dumped in the middle of nowhere after they beaten up this Mark II enough… Bit of a shame though: it is the Mark II Grande model, so it is the top of the line model…
What about this Cedric Y31?
Nissan Cedric Y31 parked in foliage
It looks like this hardtop model is still in perfectly good health! Just parked somewhere in the foliage and left there for ages… Or could it be that it was parked in an open space and the foliage just grew around it? :P
Rusty Nissan 521 pickup truck
Now even if this 1970 or 1971 Nissan 521 is quite rusty, it may still be in use! Tires aren’t flat yet and judging from headrest on the driver seat it must have been replaced some time ago. It is clear that the model is the 521 since the grille has the four horizontal bars. This did not feature on the 520 models, but only on the 521 model.
All three pictures were taken from the usual place:
?????? (life doodling)
It is time for some more rustoseums! :)
Let’s start with this four door Nissan Skyline sedan:
Nissan Skyline R32 4 door sedan
As you can see it must have had some really big fender extenders which now have been removed. Would that mean the fender extenders were considered more expensive than the Skyline?
What about a nice Toyota Mark II X7 wagon with some plants on it?
Toyota Mark II X7 wagon
Is it actually going to be used as a flowerbed? Or did the owner intend it to grow into a Crown MS120 wagon?
Somehow I always smile when I see these third generation Honda Accords:
Honda Accord Mk3
The front of the car really resembles the Trueno. Of course the bumper is a bit different, but it is styled closer to a Trueno than the Silvia S12! Sad to see this example without its eyes…
A really (c)rusty Corolla KE30:
Toyota Corolla KE30
And it has got the great looking hubcaps!
Personally I thought this was a first generation Cedric 130, but the poster of the picture says it is actually a Isuzu Bellet sedan:
Isuzu Bellet sedan
Bellet sedan? Were those actually made??
A new video by motorFIX:
It contains both their rusty AE70 wagon and an the immaculate KE70 sedan owned by one of their customers. Both cars were drifting on the YZ Circuit and they are FAST! Both cars are clearly faster than the other AE86s on the track!
The Corolla KE70 sedan should actually be called a Corolla SE70 sedan: it had a 3SGE swap from a Toyota Altezza by the motorFIX garage including its six speed gearbox. It almost got some scratches when it spun and barely missed the tirestacks. Would have been a terrible shame if that would have happened!
Time for another Down On The Street edition!
It is funny how you keep finding more and more old Japanese cars when you start looking for them and get an eye for them. I found this 1980 Honda Civic Mk. 2 during one of the cycling tours I’m doing with my two year old son.
Rusty Honda Civic Mk. 2
From far away I already spotted the big dent in the left rear door.
Rusty Honda Civic Mk. 2
When I got closer I spotted some rust on the hatch…
Rusty Honda Civic Mk. 2
And when I passed it I spotted even more rust on the whole front section of the car!
So I turned around, grabbed my camera and took some photos of this Japanese rustoseum!
Rusty Honda Civic Mk. 2
This is how bad the hatch actually is!
Rusty Honda Civic Mk. 2
And at the other corner of the rear window you can almost force your hand inside if you want to!
Rusty Honda Civic Mk. 2
And the headlight doesn’t look much better than the hatch! Weird enough the chrome surrounding outlived the hood! I really don’t want to know the amount of electrical problems with this car, you can just imagine the amount of water gushing in the headlight when driven through rain!
Rusty Honda Civic Mk. 2
Funny enough the interior looked really good compared to the outside of the car!
The car itself has still got MOT till the end of November. I don’t think it will pass the tests anymore unless someone really does a lot of work to it. For MOT it will definitely need a replacement rear door and if you want to keep the car in decent state it needs a new hatch, hood and some welding to the sills.
Rusty Honda Civic Mk. 2
And as you can see this is the Hondamatic version of the Mk. 2 Civic. Since this car is the early 1980 model it is certainly powered by the only choice of engine: a 1.3 liter EJ engine (68hp), coupled with a two speed automatic. Back then a powerful engine: my ageing 2T is only capable of doing 75hp with its 1.6 liter displacement!
All in all I consider this an unique find! Never seen that much rust on a MOT-ed car!
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