After yesterdays TOMs Corolla Group 5 I was searching for Group 5 cars and found this Tomica Gazelle. Wait a minute! Isn’t that supposed to read Tomica Skyline Super Silhouette replica? No, it isn’t! This is all about the Tomica Nissan Gazelle S12 Super Silhouette replica: Yes, someone made a replica of the Tomica Skyline…
One of my favorite Minkara feeds is by Restive Horse who owns a very nice Nissan Skyline DR30 and a cute little daughter and likes to post about both of them. Some time ago he posted one about his daughter with the Tomica Skyline Super Silhouette: If I was able to view the very same…
Back in 1983 the Group C races (prototypes) were the main event at the Fuji International Speedway with its smaller brother Group 5 (Super Silhouette) being the teaser for the big race. Not surprisingly the Group 5 cars were way more popular than the Group C as they were looking like the cars in real…
I was watching some old Skyline documentaries and stumbled upon this little piece of footage where Shinichiro Sakurai sits inside a wooden pre production model of the Skyline R30: You can see the lines of the coupe emerging into the real prototypes and from the prototypes to the Skyline RS Formula Silhouette. Nice! The question…
Suppose you are a big Seibu Keisatsu fan and want a comfortable daily ride, what would you choose? Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34 Minkara user Ken chose to drive his ER34 as a daily driver and turn the car into a Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS DR30 lookalike! 4Valve DOHC GT-Turbo intercooler Even the writing on the…