Tag: Silvia

Wrecked: Iketani’s Nissan Silvia S13

Not sure if anyone of these guys is called Iketani, but I thought it would be a nice fit since it looks exactly the same as the Silvia S13 Koichiro Iketani from Initial D was driving: It is also unsure if they wrecked the roof of the car manually after the accident or if it…




Commercial time: the Hoshino twins drive Silvias!

Back in 1982 Kazuyoshi Hoshino was the star of the Grand Championships around Japan: he both competed within the long distance Group C races and also in the more popular Group 5 (aka Super Silhouette) races where he drove his Hoshino Impul Silvia: Two races on the same day: isn’t that a bit too much…




Nissan Silvia BS110 240RS Restoration

Just found this page: http://www.240rs.jp/ It’s the restoration of the Nissan Silvia BS110 240RS I posted earlier about. All BS110 240RS rallycars originally were made by Blydenstein in the UK, so the car is not a factory produced rallycar, but they were produced on behalf of Nissan: that’s why they were badged Nissan and not…




Nissan Silvia BS110 240RS Rally

Yesterday Auto Otaku posted an article about the Tokyo Nostalgic Car Show 2008. IMO it’s majority was a Nissan fest showing mostly a lot of modified 70s Skylines. I found this car among the pictures: At first I couldn’t really identify it and thought of a modified Celica TA63 or TA64. However the front is…