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WTF: Monstertruck crushing a Skyline C110

banpei — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:19:45 +0000

We all know this little equation is right: Monstertruck + old cars = madness… But using (presumably) a Datsun 240K HGLC110 as crushing material equals sadness to me. ;( According to the source it is in the Netherlands or Belgium. Since I don’t think the houses and streetsigns match any generic Dutch town it must [...]

Brilliant: Pigsbutt Laurel in RS Turbo liverage

banpei — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:32:12 +0000

I already saw this one in Mike Garrett’s coverage of the JCCA NYM on Speedhunters, but nevertheless nice to see another picture of such a brilliant car: The only things missing now are the RS Turbo decals on the side of the car! Found at Minkara

Carina Sightings: red Carina TA63 @ JCCA NYM 2012

banpei — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:38:39 +0000

Ben R managed to find me a picture of the red Carina TA63 at the JCCA New Year Meeting 2012: I love the 63 licenseplate! It also enabled me to track down the owner: it is the Carina GT Turbo I posted before. Apart from driving around in the Carina TA63 he is also singing [...]

Brilliant: Moon equipped 410 wagon

banpei — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:24:16 +0000

Not at the JCCA New Year Meeting but at one of the parkinglots nearby someone found this Bluebird 410 wagon parked: And it is Moon equipped with a nice set of white walls that perfectly match with the new white leather/sky interior. Found at

Down on the Street: hot Toyopet Corona RT20

banpei — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:44:44 +0000

Okay, I’m a bit cheating here since I did not spot this Toyopet Corona RT20 myself: it was spotted at a traffic light near the JCCA New Year Meeting. The car just breathes 60s hotrod all over itself except for the 80s Enkei Focus/Focus Racing rims. Found at

Hilarious: AE86 surrounded by R30s

banpei — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:07:27 +0000

Now this is obviously not the best spot to show off your kouki Corolla Levin AE86 at the JCCA New Year Meeting 2012: Completely surrounded by seven Skyline R30s! Found at Minkara

WTF: Hello Kitty bus at JCCA NYM 2012

banpei — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:07:30 +0000

Someone shot this picture of a Hello Kitty bus in the parkinglot of the JCCA New Year Meeting 2012: Makes me shudder when I think of the people who actually travelled in it to visit the meeting. Would they be itasha fans? Found at Minkara

Car chases: Seibu Keisatsu Cedric 430 patrol car

banpei — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:32 +0000

Now that was a bit confusing: no car chase and it is even unsure if this Nissan Cedric 430 is indeed originally used in the Seibu Keisatsu series… It does state that this Cedric 430 has been fully restored in the Western Police liverage including the obvious slotmag alloys. Well at least it looks like [...]

Carina Sightings: JCCA New Year Meeting 2012

banpei — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:13:12 +0000

I *still* haven’t found a photo of this red Carina TA63 at the JCCA NYM 2012 in the background of this picture: But that doesn’t matter: there was enough other material for me! For instance this amazing shakotan Carina RA45: I think it pops up every year at the JCCA NYM. Also this Corona T140 [...]

Magazines: Honda Accord in Rozsdakupac

banpei — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:29:42 +0000

Don’t laugh, but this magazine was actually the Christmas present from my wife! When I was in Hungary during the holidays my wife bought this magazine in the Tesco because she knows I like old rusty cars. Especially the name of the magazine is an Hungarian pun and would roughly translate into rustpile. She thought [...]