Remembering Japanese cars from the past
The S20 engine (used in the Skyline GT-R KPGC10) is definitely Nissan’s (actually Prince’s) most beautiful engine ever:
Nissan’s most beautiful engine: S20
So if anyone could transform this picture into a nice black T-Shirt I’d definitely would buy it! :)
Found at [Spirit of Skyline]
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]
It’s Valentine’s day and what is Valentine’s day without showing some love?
? Skyline
Sometimes a picture says more than words. ;)
I still remember EK Hatch posting about his ? Honda/EG/EK version some time ago. I wonder what ever happened to him: his last posting was almost a year ago!
Found at [Masashi room @ Minkara]
BTW: don’t worry, I’ve already covered Valentine’s day regarding my wife. ;)
Between your local karate school, skateboard shop, and a crackhouse,, you see this little cherry popping out:
Nissan Skyline KPGC10
Can’t agree more with RA64Freddy! :D
Edit: Found at RA64Freddy, trough JNC and c72c
I think these three videos are about the earliest drift videos to be found on Youtube so far!
Be prepared for an overkill of Hakosuka Skylines, Corolla Levin AE86s and Sprinter Trueno AE86s, (brand new) Nissan Silvia and 180SX S13s, Mazda FCs, MR2 AW11s, Isuzu Gemini, Eunos Roadster, Lancer Turbo, Toyota Carina and even an Isuzu Piazza right at the beginning! Two of the videos are shot on the pass next to Kurume (Fukuokai) and the other one on Yz circuit in Mizunami!
In this second video it really shows how dangerous the drifts of these guys actually were: I stopped counting after the tenth near accident with oncoming traffic!
Yes, a real bunch of lunatics!
There is some serious action on the YZ circuit going on and at 4:36 you can spot an occasional zenki Carina GT twice:
Looking at all this track action I get the feeling the aftermarket for springs and shocks wasn’t as big as today! Most of the cars drift like a boat! :D
I understand why Shuichi Shigeno got inspired by his drift friends back in the early nineties! These guys really were way before drifting went from fun to pro.
All videos found at [Pipiyumio]
Some hobbies can be very expensive: for instance owning a Nissan Skyline C10 GT-R can already be very expensive, but driving one hard on a owners trackday may become even more expensive!
Expensive hobbies: Nissan Skyline GT-R owners trackday
I wonder what the total of this line of cars (without the Lambo) would be worth. I counted at least 2 genuine KPGC10s, 1 genuine KPGC110 and at least 6 GC10s. That’s probably worth at least half a million euros. :o
But there were many more cars than that line up:
Expensive hobbies: Nissan Skyline GT-R owners trackday
The trackday was not only limited to GT-R owners alone: as you can see the tekamen DR30s were welcome as well. :)
And if you look closely you can also spot a white AA63 Carina GT-R in the top right corner (next to the Silvia S13)
This shot is my favorite:
Expensive hobbies: Nissan Skyline GT-R owners trackday
Which of these three beauties would you choose?
More on this trackday here:
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