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Tag: Carina GT-R (Page 7 of 11)

Carina Sightings: Rob GTZs old red Carina GT-R


I wanted to post these two pictures of Rob GTZ’s old beautiful red Carina GT-R for a while now:
Rob GTZs red Carina GT-R AA63
Rob GTZs red Carina GT-R AA63

He put his GT-R for sale two years ago and back then I already found it a beauty! He sold the car and the new owner freshened up the car and shared the pictures with him! Marvelous job done!

Even though I love Work Equipe wheels I do think these new rims look much better on the Carina:
Rob GTZs red Carina GT-R AA63
Rob GTZs red Carina GT-R AA63

Makes me jealous I’m not living in New Zealand where all the great Japanese cars end up when they reach the Japanese retirement age…

Carina Sightings: 30000 yen Carina GT-R bargain!


I guess this is one of these bargains you always hope for: a blue Carina GT-R AA63 for only 30000 yen! That is only 370 US dollars! And (at time of posting) the auction only has 11 hours to go before it ends!My bad: it still has 12 days to go before it ends!
Carina GT-R AA63 by Garage Hana
Carina GT-R AA63 by Garage Hana

This blue GT-R is currently for sale at Auctions Yahoo with an opening bid of 30000 yen! Why? Because it is covering the recycling costs! It is of course questionable if the seller actually will sell it for that price, but he specifically states “Only the highest bid is fine because it is inclusive of charge for recycling.“.

The Carina is a 1983 model, only covered 150k kilometers and was painted Alfa Romeo 147 midnight blue a few years ago. The deep dish white SSR mesh rims really complement the whole car.
Carina GT-R AA63 by Garage Hana
Carina GT-R AA63 by Garage Hana

Apart from having a clean 4A-GE it also got (a non functioning) aircon and powersteering under the hood and powerwindows and central locking in its doors.

Not only does it have all those luxury options: it is also features a lightened AE101 flywheel, lowered with AE92 shocks and springs at the front and GAB shocks and cut springs at the rear. It also has a FRP bonnet and trunklid to save weight!
Carina GT-R AA63 by Garage Hana
Carina GT-R AA63 by Garage Hana

IMO a real bargain for that price!

If you are still not convinced, here is a gallery of the Carina!

You can find the auction here: Midnight blue Carina AA63.

Carina Sightings: Bad ass Carina GT-Rs!


I found a couple of meeting pictures of the so called Showa Meeting Vol 1 (2010) which, obviously, is a meeting focussed on all automotive cars from the Showa era. Since the emperor died in 1989 the range of cars is obviously very wide, including a couple of early 80s Carinas!
Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 at Showa Meeting Vol 1
Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 at Showa Meeting Vol 1

This white AA63 Carina GT-R has a mismatched front grille. The grille was taken from a late type car and the Road Runner II badge was taken from a lower spec Carina. Apart from that it looks awesome sitting that low on those wats!

This Carina GT-R looked a bit less awesome:
Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 at Showa Meeting Vol 1
Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 at Showa Meeting Vol 1

But nevertheless I would certainly love to have it parked with those Longchamps in front of my house! ;)

This was the group shot of the Showa Meeting crew, and guess what they chose as background vehicles?
Showa Meeting Vol 1 Crew in front of Carinas
Showa Meeting Vol 1 Crew in front of Carinas

A bunch of Carinas! \o/
Too bad I couldn’t find a picture of the yellow Carina… It looks bad ass with all its camber and rollcage! And it is the only vehicle in the lineup that is lower than that lowered Bug! :D

Carina Sightings: white Carina GT-R E-AA63 on white Volks

I’m not very fond of Volk racing rims nor led headlights on (modern) nostalgics, however I do think they suit this white Carina GT-R well:
White Carina GT-R E-AA63 with led headlights
White Carina GT-R E-AA63 with led headlights

The Carina is a five speed manual with an AE92 4AGE engine swap, controlled by a Freedom ECU. Too bad the owner did not post up more pictures, info and specs of this Carina, so it is unknown which 4AGE (smallport of bigport) it is… :(

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