This Carina Sighting is actually half a family album treasure: it is exactly how Bunta Fujiwara (or Shuichi Shigeno) would have made the Fujirara Tofu special if it were a four door car! Carina AA63 Fujiwara Tofu special It is all there: the Ciebie yellow foglights, gunmetal grey RS Watanabe rims and a panda paintscheme!…
I thought this was a bit of a sad video: This okay looking Toyota Chaser hardtop MX41 could have saved, but apparently nobody was interested enough to save it… First they remove all reusable parts, like the RS Wantanabes, exhaust, engine and drivetrain, and within 50 minutes the car is ready for the crusher. Bye-bye…
Came across this nice advertisement of the RS Wantanabe on Youtube: It features a Nissan (Datsun) Bluebird 910 coupe driving a rally and the wheels are the famous 8 spoke RS (Racing Service) Wantanabe rims, which we all know from Initial D. 😉 Nice to see those rims being advertised back in the 80s!
Impulse just finished their Sprinter Trueno rebuild and took a picture of it in front of the Akashi Kaikyo bridge (over the Seto Inland Sea): Perfect Initial D Sprinter Trueno AE86 replica in front of the Akashi Kaikyo bridge To me it looks like it is the perfect Initial D AE86 replica: it is a…
Aah, I still remember having the Initial D game on the GBA emulator… I tried and tried to remember all options, figure out what the best option per corner would be. But I sucked soooo hard at this game I gave up after trying it for a day or something. It’s great to see some…
I thought I finally made up my mind, but unfortunately I’m doubting again… The story started when I just bought my TA60 Carina and The Doctor (user on AEU86) offered me some retro 13 inch OZ wheels. They looked fantastic, however when I put them under the Carina I noticed that the only way they…