Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Found this video on Youtube and it features, according to the info posted by the author, a Carina GT-R AA63 tuned by V-Factory. I tried to find info about V-Factory but I did not success so far… I did find this site, but it only mentions V-Factory to be in the Hyogo Prefecture.
This is the video featuring the AA63:
Anyone familiar with V-Factory or knows what their website is?
Last sunday I posted some Touge drifting videos from 1995. The same user also uploaded a official drift video called Tuned Drift which apparently featured each month, just like Video Option once started.
The video contains only 3 seconds footage of a Carina GT-R AA63, but since it is ancient footage I did want to post the video anyway.
As you can see, it contains mostly Nissan Silvia S13s and 180SX RPS13s, a few AE86s and incidentally a Nissan Skyline R31, FC3S, Nissan Cifero A31 and a beaten up Toyota Chaser GX81.
One of the Levin AE86s (at 25 seconds) almost 100% resembles Wataru’s Levin in Initial D. Remember that Shuichi Shigeno only started drawing Initial D in 1995, so consider this pre-Initial D.
I must say that the Sprinter Trueno AE86 at 45 seconds is very nicely done. Actually it would still be very nicely tuned nowadays so it is definitely far ahead of its time!
Found these 15 inch Carina GT-R rims (also featured on the Celica Supra and Soarer) on auctions.yahoo.co.jp which look exactly like mine:
Immaculate Carina GT-R rims on auctions.yahoo.co.jp
Details of the Carina GT-R rims on auctions.yahoo.co.jp
Clean Carina GT-R rims on auctions.yahoo.co.jp
These rims are 15 inch, ET +20 so they are actually exactly the same as mine! I took the gamble that the 15 inch Celica Supra rims would be the same size/offset as the Carina and apparently I guessed right!
They cost about 37000 yen (300 euros) so I think the price of these rims are spot on!
Some of you may already have read it, but Mike Garrett wrote about the HPI Tsukuba meeting on Speedhunters and wrote about a black Carina GT-R
Black Carina GT-R AA63 on Tsukuba circuit in the paddock
Black Carina GT-R AA63 on Tsukuba circuit drifting
As you can see the Carina is pretty bashed up and misses its front airdam, grille, side indicator lights, and a foglight and one normal light on the left side. The driver must really use the car extensively. :)
It is also very nice to see something different than the mainstream white color.
And what I like most about the report is the following comment by Mike Garrett:
This AA63 Toyota Carina was part of the drifting group. These cars are fairly unknown as far vintage rear-drive Japanese cars go. I’d love to own one someday.
I hope that as well! :)
Images are courtesy of Speedhunters.com and were posted here earlier:
HPI TSUKUBA MEETING PT.1 on Speedhunters.com
HPI TSUKUBA MEETING PT.2 on Speedhunters.com
Found this Carina GT-R AA63 on Youtube:
Looks like this New Zealand driver has a lot of fun! :)
This is the follow up:
As you can see: nicely streched tires on those SSR Longchamps! :)
Some time ago I already blogged about a Carina GT-R in Peru. I probably now found the sales adverts for it:
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.pe/MPE-4685754-vendo-gtr1985-_JM
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.pe/MPE-4685639-vendo-toyota-carina-gtr-_JM
This is how the car looked:
It states that the Carina GT-R was located in Lima and that it only drove 9000 and 10000 kilometers. Looking at the engine, diff, interior and the state of the car I doubt that the last fact could be true. Should rather be 190000 and 200000 kilometers. ;)
As you can see the diff housing is leaking:
And the engine is quite used and dirty:
And the steering wheel looks shabby, so it is quite used
According to the translation of this advertisement it is supposed to be owned by the 80 year old grandpa of the seller. Yeah right… ;)
Anyway, they asked 3999 (I assume Peru Nuevos Soles) for it which is roughly 1000 euros. Not bad! I would have bought it for that price!!
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