Back in the 80s I played was a game called Test Drive that allowed you to drive a Ferrari Testarossa, Lamborghini Countach, Lotus Esprit, Porsche 911 and the Chevrolet Corvette C4 (the order is my pick order from 1987). Shortly afterwards it was was succeeded by Test Drive 2 which only had the Ferrari F40,…
In 1971 at the Tokyo Motor Show Toyota revealed the Toyota RV-1: It clearly is based upon the (back then) new Celica TA22 and got is rear extended with the gullwing windows. At the same time the bumper, engine hood and headlights look a bit familiar:…
Now imagine you are about to enter a town called Koyaguchi Nogami and you see some car wrecks hidden in the foliage: You get a bit closer and see this:…
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
A few days I go I already posted about winning the tail lights and the very same day I received a package from Japan (from a different AY source) containing a set of Soarer Z10 centercaps, Carina mudflaps, Carina brochure and this little yellow 1/64 scale Toyota Carina GT-R: I got it for a bargain…
Yesterday I was doing my Christmas shopping (actually us Dutch celebrate Sinterklaas) and had to buy some wrapping paper in a bargain store called Blokker. My eye fell on the bargain Hotwheels sale and couldn’t resist going through the bin. My heart skipped a few beats when I found the beautiful 2011 edition Skyline GT-R…