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Commercial time: Nissan Caravan is a landyacht!

banpei — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:02:06 +0000

In this 1982 commercial the Nissan Caravan is portrayed as the ideal transportation for seafaring families: But when it comes to cornering it looks like it took its inspiration from the 1970s landyachts. Well at least the turbo engine and arm rests of the limousine seats keep you in the right direction! Direct link to [...]

Wrecked: red panda Sprinter Trueno GT Apex

banpei — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:56:38 +0000

On January second 1997 this almost mint red panda Sprinter Trueno GT Apex AE86 died: This zenki Trueno was built in July 1984 and featured Bilstein shocks, TRD lowering springs, TRD LSD and a Tanabe limited exhaust. The wheels are a bit difficult to identify since they are not listed, but looking at the design [...]

Carina Sightings: dark-grey panda Carina sedan

banpei — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:42:02 +0000

Earlier this week I bumped into this dark-grey panda (at least, that’s what it looks for a colorblind person) Carina AA63 sedan: I did spot a Carina GT-TR TA63 coupe in this color scheme before but never a Carina sedan, so I guess it must be quite unique. Found at Minkara

Japanese Rustoseums (part thirty five)

banpei — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:49 +0000

Suzuki SC100 owner Ron shared this rusty Suzuki Fronte LC10W racer with me in the comments of the Wangan Warriors 10 posting: The Fronte LC10W features already a lot of racing looks, but this little powerhouse certainly has been modified to race spec in the b(l)ooming 70s or 80s! From the side it becomes apparent [...]

Brilliant: Swap a Honda F20 into a Celica XX

banpei — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:03:12 +0000

I think many purists will think this is blasphemy but I think it was a genius who thought of swapping the Honda F20 engine (presumably F20C) into a Celica XX GA61: Why? Well the F20 is more powerful and has nearly the same torque as the 1G-(G)EU engine but a lot less in weight (almost [...]

Down on the Street: Datsun 260Z midget

banpei — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:57:14 +0000

The Datsun 260Z a midget? There must be some mistake, right? Nope, totally wrong! I shot this photo inside a parking garage in Santa Clara because it looked odd. Compared to the Jeep Cherokee XJ and Toyota Corolla E150 parked next to it the Datsun 260Z certainly looks like a midget! Wait a minute? Is [...]

Family Album Treasures: Slot-magged Hakosuka Skyline

banpei — Sat, 12 May 2012 06:13:45 +0000

Back in 1975 when I was only seven months old and had great difficulty breaking out of the playpen this guy had his picture taken next to his pride an joy: Apart from the coolness factor of the sweater, Slot-mags and the sea in the background, me posing next to a Hakosuka Skyline KPGC10 would [...]

Auctions Yahoo: complete Carina KA67 front for grabs!

banpei — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:33:06 +0000

It is a very rare occasion to see Carina KA67 van headlights for sale at Auctions Yahoo, or even including a matching Corona YT140 taxi grille. These headlights are the normal type headlights, so no HID replacement like the last one. Is there any difference between the YT140 grille and the KA67 grille? Almost no: [...]

Carina Sightings: Hugo Matthyssen

banpei — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:12:53 +0000

I really love this song from 1992 by the Belgian comedian Hugo Matthysen where he sings about his 1981 Toyota Carina: And 1981 makes it most probably one of the last Carina TA40s that were delivered. The song is in Flemish, so it is hardly understandable for the non-Dutch/Flemish speakers but at least I tried [...]

Japanse Autosport Festival: the odd stuff

banpei — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:48:33 +0000

I’m still not done yet with the Japanse Autosport Festival: there is still some odd stuff lying around. First of all Ibrahim and I spotted this terrific Toyota MR2 AW11 parked opposite of my Carina in the parkinglot: Only to find out a couple of hours later (when it passed by the place the S13 [...]