Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Toyotas were sold throughout the world, so naturally the Carina was sold globally as well. This Argentinian Carina TA40 proves that:
The Carina itself is a 2T powered late type Carina (1981) with the Japanese tail lights. In Europe we got different ones with four lights instead of the three in this model.
You can see the tail lights in action around 1:45. (video on the next page) Continue reading
We all love timelapse videos, especially if you can see something built from the ground up!
In this timelapse video an New Zealand Carina GT Turbo TA63 gets its engine bay stripped and its four cylinder 3T-GTE turbo replaced by a supercharged V8 1UZ-FE! Continue reading
Ben R managed to find me a picture of the red Carina TA63 at the JCCA New Year Meeting 2012:
I love the 63 licenseplate!
It also enabled me to track down the owner: it is the Carina GT Turbo I posted before. Apart from driving around in the Carina TA63 he is also singing a lot in his videos. You can find “his blog here
Photo originally from Flickr and hattip to Ben R!
I *still* haven’t found a photo of this red Carina TA63 at the JCCA NYM 2012 in the background of this picture:
But that doesn’t matter: there was enough other material for me!
For instance this amazing shakotan Carina RA45:
I think it pops up every year at the JCCA NYM. ;)
Also this Corona T140 taxi is a NYM regular: Continue reading
Can you still make improvements to the Tomica Limited 1/64 scale Carina GT-R? Yes you can:
It is a modded version of the diecast: some tightly fitting mesh wheels and a huge front airdam have been added. Never thought someone would come up with that!
In the overview video of the Old Car New Year 2012 Awaji Island meeting (near Kobe) I found a pair of Carinas in the background: Continue reading
Just spotted a couple of videos of this Carina AA60 at the Manjung Drift event in Malaysia
And I love the big Carina banner! Where can I get one? Continue reading
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