Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Even before Suzuki released the Suzuki Fronte Coupe they already made the existing (facelifted) Suzuki Fronte LC10 II (as known as the Stingray) look more sporty with this sports kit:
I must say this Sukuki Fronte LC10 SSS really looks bad ass!
As the SSS already had a very potent 36hp engine (not bad for a 360cc air cooled engine!) so the sports kit only included exterior and interior upgrades: Continue reading
Not a very big update, just that I revived one of the older pages that got lost when my server crahsed:
Carina A60 Chronology
A bit more work than I anticipated for but most of it is good old handwork.
Next pages I need to revive are the Carina brochures and the Carina specification pages. ;)
A couple of days ago Japanese Nostalgic Car posted (yes I do read their blog occasionally) that because of their 75th anniversary Toyota created a big family tree of all models they created. Of course I immediately looked up the third generation Carina in it:
The nice thing is that they have a fairly good description on the timelines and model and it even includes what plat produced the car. The whole Carina lineup was produced in the Tsutsumi plant. They do mention the addition of the 1C diesel, 4T-GTE and 4A-GE engines but they forgot to add them to the specification sheet.
Another fun fact is that they set the release date to a specific date and in the case of the third generation Carina it was 7th of September 1981: coincidentally my dads birthday. ;)
Direct links to the model pages:
Carina A60 sedan (RA63/TA61/TA63/SA60/AA60)
Carina A60 coupe (RA63/TA61/TA63/SA60/AA60)
Carina A60 Surf (SA60)
Carina A60 van (TA67)
You can also view the original/initial catalogs, but later ones are not included. Links to the catalogs:
Carina A60 sedan and coupe (September 1981)
Carina A60 Surf (February 1982)
Carina A67 van (September 1981)
If you really want to reverse engineer you can actually access the scanned pages of the catalogs directly. These are the first page and last page of the first catalog. ;)
BTW: I just realized the old site got broken after the server upgrade a few months ago and the old content has disappeared. I’ll see if I can fix that. :)
Some time ago I aquired a JDM brochure of the Nissan Skyline VBC110 van:
Nissan Skyline VBC110 van
I spotted it on a local auction site for a cheap price. I can’t think any other way of how this brochure actually got into the Netherlands than with the help of a collector, but why it was sold for a decent price puzzles me…
Perhaps because a lot of people can’t appreciate the weird 70s lines of the Kenmeri Skyline?
Nissan Skyline VBC110 van
I just love that thick C-pillar of the wagon! Imagine how big the blind spot of this wagon must be!
Nissan Skyline VBC110 van
The interior is, of course, a lower grade than in the other C110s. Nevertheless it looks awesomely 70s!
And size matters:
Nissan Skyline VBC110 van
What about having that Nissan Anti-Pollution System?
Nissan Skyline VBC110 van
I have no idea what the NAPS anti pollution system is (probably means it got a hemi-head), but I think that became standard on all other Nissans over the years! ;)
Some time ago I saw an ad on Marktplaats selling a brochure Nissan 1965 without any picture with it. The description sounded good, it was fairly cheap (considering the age of it) and I contacted the seller. He didn’t have any possibility to send me pictures so I took the “risk”. Few days later this arrived:
Brochure Nissan 1965
It is actually a book of 50 pages and it is entirely in English. It was meant to be given away to new possible import companies and dealerships.
Brochure Nissan 1965
It shows the modernized Nissan during the early 60s: a modern car lineup, healthy figures, four modern production plants and even a test facility! Their growth is amazing during the late 50s and early 60s: between 20% and 25% growth each year!
Brochure Nissan 1965
As you can see: they have a model for almost everyone! On the front row the Fairladies on the left, the bluebird 410s in the middle and the new Silvia on the right. On the second row all the Cedrics are lined up. On the remaining rows all the utilitarian vehicles are shown.
Brochure Nissan 1965
This is the Oppama plant (????) in Yokosuka with a private pier at the Tokyo Bay and you can also see the test track on the background. The plant was considered the most modern car factory back in 1961 when it was opened and later in 1970 the first car factory to make use of robot welding. The test track is the very same as the one used in the 1960s Nissan Bluebird crashtest videos I posted some time ago.
Brochure Nissan 1965
And of course their latest product: a 1595cc two seater listening to the lovely name Silvia.
There is much much more in this book and I’m very happy I took the gamble to buy this unseen. A true gem! :)
Just found this great Japanese website who scanned all Corona and Carina catalogues ever!
Ofcourse I already downloaded all Carina A6 scans and I will most probably mirror them here. :)
You can find them here:
http://toyopetcoronadeluxe.proj.jp/catalog/
And for your interest, I have these four catalogues:
http://toyopetcoronadeluxe.proj.jp/catalog/cat06g.html
http://toyopetcoronadeluxe.proj.jp/catalog/cat06p.html
http://toyopetcoronadeluxe.proj.jp/catalog/cat06u.html
http://toyopetcoronadeluxe.proj.jp/catalog/cat06q.html
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