Remembering Japanese cars from the past
I came across this badly repaired TA60 Carina van:
Of course it doesn’t look like a Carina A60 anymore, but if you look closely to the hood and roof you can clearly see that it actually is a Carina A60.
I found this picture here:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/toyota%20carina/tikka557/alldone1.jpg?o=7
Too bad it only shows one picture.
BTW: anyone got an idea from which car the repaired parts are and where this car is from?
Just found the profile of the owner of the third Carina Van (the black one) in this picture:
So more about that black Carina Van in a later Carina sighting. ;)
I also found out all three Carinas are indeed all vans! I noticed the front bumpers having their indicator lights inside the bumper! That was only delivered to the Carina Van, so all of them must be vans! I corrected this in the other topic as well.
About the Firevan: I found in the profile of that third owner some photos and additional descriptions of the Firevan!! :)
3SG & 6-speed mission
Butterfly throttle until you rub
It is good spell of engine
Don’t mind the spelling of this Google translation, but I think the message is clear: 3SGE with ITB and 6 speed transmission.
And ever wondered how stretched those tires are? Or actually how far you can stretch tires?
That’s how it looks if you put a 155 wide tire on a 9J rim! That’s real Shakotan! ;)
Anyone got more pictures of the Firevan for Part 3? :P
I still haven’t found the owner of the famous Carina firevan, however I thought I finally should add this great car to the sightings after I found these pictures on TurboDude’s gallery at Photobucket:
As you can see these two pictures were taken individually, but both of them are stunning! You can clearly see that the car is featuring a 3S-GE with ITBs. From what I heard that engine is perfect for lightweight cars, like the AE86 or this SA60.
I suspect the car started its life as a SA60 Carina Surf and not a A67 Carina van as believed earlier. edited: The car probably started its life as a SG67 van. The front indicator lights are inside the bumper and that’s only applied to the van and not to the surf. It would be far more easier to swap the 1S for a 3S-GE. And the round lights from the Carina A67 van could be swapped just as easy later on.
Here you can see a picture I’ve posted earlier:
The firevan next to two other Surfs. Compared to them it is really low! A really nice example of a car in Shakotan style, and not too distorted to be referred as Kyusha Kai or B?s?zoku. Lovely stretched tires on the first picture, and even more stretched on the other two. :)
Second picture is courtesy of Auto-otaku.com. You can find more pictures from him here:
Anyone got an idea where to find more pictures of the set which features the first set?
I’m back from holiday in Hungary and I didn’t spot any A60 Carina at all. :(
However I did spot a red A60 Celica in Szombathely and in Körmend a silver USDM AE92 Corolla GT-S (JDM version would be a Sprinter Trueno). Unfortunately both times I didn’t have my camera with me… These are the times I miss a camera on my phone. :(
I told my girlfriend that the silver AE92 would be the successor of my previous car: the good old AE86 Corolla. In fact it would be not entirely true since my good old Corolla used to be a SR5 before TE71Corolla converted it.
This is what the A60 Celica looked like:
But then a bit more shabby and used. Well, what would you expect from a 26 year old Celica. ;)
The Celica did feature normal rims, so no Celica Supra or Pizza Cutter rims. It also featured the first generation popup-lamps so I suspect it was a TA60 Celica ST.
This is what the AE92 Corolla GT-S looked like:
But then in Silver of course…
I did spot some other special rwd cars, like a Nissan S14, Lada rallycar and a Datsun 1800. Maybe I’ll spot a Carina A60 next year? Who knows…
According to the poster of this original 80s footage it should contain a Carina A6.
So, let’s spot the Carina!
It could be at 0:19 or at 0:44 or at 1:03, but IMO all three cars are the same Mark II GX61 Hardtop coupe. Taillights are definitely not Carina and match more or less this Mark II:
I must say that they look quite the same so I understand the mix up.
Video is a bit boring nowadays while back then it was supreme action. Maybe we’re getting used to all that D1 action from Jaan. Nice stock AE86 and Skyline RS-Turbo R30 though!
Speedhunters has an article about the Ebisu Spring Drift Festival in which I recognized a A6 Carina. Most probably it will be a AA63 or TA63 Carina.
This is the image I’m referring to:
I’ve posted a comment in the article, so perhaps we can get some more pics later on! :)
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