Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Sometimes you google on something and after pressing enter you realise you actually shouldn’t have done that. One of my searches regarding the Hungarian Civic on ATS Cup rims was one of them… I ended up finding this:
USDM meets JDM meets Euro Veedub?
BTW: Now there is nothing wrong with fitting a USDM Toyota Corolla GTS AE86 with a JDM bumper and replacing the factory pizzacutters with a set dished rims! Its just that over here in Europe it is a quite strange choice of wheels…
Via Ectoyotas
I have seen a couple of topless Toyota Celica AA63 before, but never a Celica Supra mark II. That was until now…
Yes, someone chopped off the roof of this Celcia Supra MA61. Or even better: someone did this professionally!
Now the most interesting part of this car is the rear: Continue reading
I accidentally posted this as a blog post earlier this week while it was meant as a linkdump saved as a draft. Probably I pressed the publish button instead of draft…
Anyway, I had a bit WTF when I spotted the automatic gearshift lever in this picture:
Taken from the brochure of the N11 Pulsar (aka the Datsun/Nissan Cherry here in Europe) and it states something about this being a Sports-matic mechanical auto gearbox with an electro magnetically operated clutch. You are supposed to put it in L for the first (low gear), then D for drive (up to 80km/h) as the second gear and OD (overdrive) for the top gear. Do you still get it? I don’t and that’s probably also the reason this ingenious gearshifter never made it past the N11 Pulsar. ;)
This is what the N11 Pulsar looks like as a coupe: Continue reading
Almost two years ago I spotted the Restive Horse car club on the Garage Pleasure blog and I started following them since. I was a bit surprised to find this picture this morning:
That’s his daughter Miss Hasemi (yes, that’s really her name!) sitting in the best protected spot of the car enroute to the KCAR Autopolis meeting.
In case you are wondering what that insane trackmonster looks like: Continue reading
I think the picture says it all: THANKS!
A few weeks ago I posted about the Nissan Skyline music collection, well I found another one! A Nissan Gloria Y30 music cassette:
Nissan Gloria Y30 music cassette
Apparently this cassette was delivered along with a VIP Brougham edition that even featured a microphone to sing karaoke while you drive. WTF?!
Found at kpy30vip
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