Remembering Japanese cars from the past
My heart jumped a bit when I saw this CA18DET powered Carina sedan on Youtube:
I don’t understand much from the Malay language but looking at all that shine under the bonnet it surely must be an impressive Carina! :)
Judging from the two tone paint on the bumper it could be based upon a GT-R or a GT-TR.
Any Malaysian visitors know more about this Carina? :?db
I like to drool over some JDM Carinas from time to time, so when I got that urge I browse the available Carina A60s on Goo-Net. This week I found this excellent Carina GT-TR example for sale at Garage Goods:
Carina GT-TR at Garage Goods
I love that bosozoku like chin-spoiler: almost cutting up the road like a razorblade!
From the rear the car looks just as great and do notice all the available cars in the background:
Carina GT-TR at Garage Goods
Several Soarers, a Levin, a Trueno Black Limited, Skylines, Silvias, Glorias. Too many cool cars to count!
The interior of the TA63 has been modified with some gauges:
Carina GT-TR at Garage Goods
Personally I don’t like gauges and apart from the tach I think they are a bit out of place here…
Last but not least:
Carina GT-TR at Garage Goods
A set of deep dish SSR Mk IIs!
For a mere 650,000 yen (almost 8,000 US dollars) it can be yours.
On Minkara I spotted this amazing drawing of a Toyota Carina TA63:
Super deformed Carina TA63 coupe
It was drawn at the second Historic Car Jam, held in the Central Park in Tenmonkan (Kagoshima) and is a drawing given to Rough Garage. (Where did I see that name and logo in slightly different shape before… )
And this is the original:
Original of the super deformed Carina TA63 coupe
Too bad Rough Garage doesn’t own a sedan, otherwise it would have been a perfect copy of mine as well. :P
Perhaps I should start drawing Carinas like this as well. ;)
Found this videos full of old JDM taxis on Youtube. Of course it is full with Toyota Chaser taxis, Toyota Crown taxis, Nissan Laurel taxis but mostly with the Toyota Carina/Toyota Corona taxi.
Direct link to video: 昭和末期製造タクシーOnly写真集.wmv
Most of the time I when I try finding other Carinas I spend a lot of time on Google Images. This week it proved once again to not be a very good too in finding Carinas: the Finnish site Minunauto (Finnish Cardomain/Minkara) is badly indexed by Google and once I did a search on the site it proved that Finland must be next to Japan the country with the most active Carina drivers/owners! I found at least 25 new Carinas!!
This one was one of the most striking Carinas: a DX coupe AA60, powered by a 4AFE!
Finnish Toyota Carina DX AA60 (4AFE)
Most people would go for the 4AGE road, but somehow the owner of this Carina didn’t do so, Perhaps it is because the early generation of the 4AFE is carbureted and easier to swap…
In contrary of the kouki JDM GT models this car features the wheels from a limited edition 280ZX during wintertime. They may look the same in the basic design, but they are different. Also note that in the picture above the rims are a bit more exotic than these. ;)
Finnish Toyota Carina DX AA60 (4AFE)
Nevertheless they look really nice in combination with the bodykit! I really wonder what kit that actually is from…
Finnish Toyota Carina DX AA60 (4AFE)
OMP steering wheel and custom tach make the interior look like a serious racing machine…
And here is the 4AFE:
Finnish Toyota Carina DX AA60 (4AFE)
Note that the distributor has been relocated (transverse 4A engines have them located at the back) and the exhaust manifold is a custom job.
And last but not least:
Finnish Toyota Carina DX AA60 (4AFE)
This is how good a EUDM Coupe can look! ^_^
Every generation of Carinas had its GT model, including the A40 generation. The A40 generation had four flavors of GT models: the 4 door sedan and 3 door hardtop, powered by the 1588cc 2T-G and the 1968cc 18R-G engines.
This 1980 four door Carina is the kouki GT 2000 sedan, meaning it is a RA45:
Toyota Carina GT RA45
The quad headlights on the GT model really look like a predecessor of the A60 headlights.
And the taillights also look very different from the normal A40:
Toyota Carina GT RA45
They are darker and the reverse lights are now placed inside the moulding.
It also got lowered a bit:
Toyota Carina GT RA45
These old school Work Equipe reverse really fit the Kyusha Kai style!
Seeing how beautiful the kouki A40 actually can be I would trade my TA60 for one anytime! ;)
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