Tag: Carina AA63 (Page 7 of 18)

Tomica Limited Vintage Neo 1/64 scale Carina AA63 GT-R

Christmas: Tomica Limited 1/64 scale Carina GT-R

December 15, 2011 / banpei / 4 Comments

A few days I go I already posted about winning the tail lights and the very same day I received a package from Japan (from a different AY source) containing a set of Soarer Z10 centercaps, Carina mudflaps, Carina brochure and this little yellow 1/64 scale Toyota Carina GT-R:

I got it for a bargain price and did not expect much from it until I read this posting last week and was very impressed by it.

I compared it against the Hotwheels Skyline KPGC110 GT-R I bought some last week and I was shocked by the difference in quality! See also this picture: Continue reading

Carina Sightings: Tomica Limited Vintage

December 7, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

A few weeks ago I bought this Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 on impulse and yesterday it finally got shipped (actually they forced shipment because it was too long in the warehouse) so I searched for it on Minkara. To my surprise I found there actually were two versions of them:

A white and a yellow Carina? I only got the yellow Carina, so now I need to find a white one as well! :(

A better shot of that lovely pair: Continue reading

Carina Sightings: Carina Firevan at FISCO

October 1, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

My heart skipped a beat or two when I opened up Youtube today! A video of the infamous Carina Firevan!
AE86lan uploaded a video of the Firevan shot earlier today at Fuji International Speedway (FISCO) and you will get a very very good insight in how amazing the Firevan actually is and how much it has been changed in the past year!

Just look at how much the van was lowered: its diff and exhaust are almost scraping the road. Its 3SGE BEAMS blacktop with ITBs is still an amazing sight under that hood. Another change is that the driver seat has been moved backwards between the front and rear door, the steeringwheel was made longer and the pedalbox have been moved back as well, I only wonder how you can shift if the shifter is still at the normal spot… It appears as if the owner either wishes to attend drag races with the Carina van or could this be a new automotive trend?

Carina Sightings: rear view catalogue

September 28, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Earlier this week I came across this photo of a Carina rear view mirror on Minkara and it reminded me of the cover of one of the Carina catalogues I own.

The setting is almost the same, but the background isn’t

This is the catalogue cover I’m referring to: Continue reading

Carina Sightings: yellow Carina AA63 in 2000

September 21, 2011 / banpei / 1 Comment

After my impulse buy I started to look for real yellow Carina GT-Rs. I did see them in the brochures, but as far as I can remember never saw any photos of them IRL.

I ended up finding this magnificent example in a family album treasure style photograph:

A Carina GT-R on a set of black SSR Longchamp XR4 rims. It was so beautiful I just had to share it

Found at: Drift car man pages

Auctions Yahoo: bought a Carina AA63 on impulse

September 19, 2011 / banpei / 1 Comment

Presumably you thought I was going nuts and bought a full size yellow Carina AA63 on impulse? Don’t worry: I’m not completely nuts and it is only 1/64th in scale…

According to the auction this Tomica Limited Vintage TLV-N59a is a yellow Carina 1600 GT-R scale model from the retro series released by Tomica back in 1999. The picture provided with the auction is not resembling the actual product, so I’m really curious what I’ll end up with.

On Google Images I found this little picture: Continue reading