In the early 70s you needed two things to be BIG in Japan: flared jeans and flared Skyline!
As this picture was taken on a sulky day in June 1980 we’ll forgive this guy for not wearing flared jeans. ;)
Found at Minkara
Tag: Skyline GT-R (Page 3 of 4)
Not only hard tuned cars were present on the Wangan Warriors meeting, but also a lot of oldskool cars from the 80s and early 90s.
I already posted the decals of this original Suzuki Swift GTi before, but here it is in full glory:
Also this original Skyline GT-R R32 can nowadays almost be considered as a classic: Continue reading
Bombs, bombs and more bombs… WW10 was almost fully covered in stickerbombed cars. Last years latest trend is definitely going strong now!
First of all this Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R wing intrigued me:
Yes, that’s what happens if you use cheap stickers to bomb your GT-R wing. ;)
As a sidenote, it was a GT-R wing stuck to the bootlid of a GTS-25t: Continue reading
I found this video of illegal street drag races in Japan during the early 90s. What strikes me most is the enormous number of Fairlady Zs and Skyline GT-R used for this purpose.
The most amazing modification is done to a Z31 around 2:33!
Just had a big WTF?! when I found this Scuderia Nissan ad from 1971 on some historical Skyline GT-R KPGC10 related site:
Scuderia Nissan ad from 1971
Basically it offers to transform your road legal Skyline GT-R to a racing spec car.
Found at [Spirit of Skyline]
I did post about a Gloria Y30 and Newman Skyline cassettes before, but non of these were exciting as this Exciting Explosion cassette tape by Calsonic:
Calsonic GT-R JTC Cassette
I wonder what the Exciting Explosion on that tape actually is… :D