Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Last Sunday there was a big party in Sagamiko and unfortunately for the fourth time I was not able to be there… If you are unfamiliar with the date and place: it hosts the biggest hachi-roku gathering in the world called HaCHiRoCK Festa!
This year the festival was down from 270 cars to 200 cars due to renovations of the Sagamiko Resort Pleasure Forest but nevertheless the festival was better than last year!
Even Speedhunters did make it this year: Continue reading
About ten years ago it was very hard to find a panda white Sprinter Trueno AE86 at all and nowadays it is more or less a challenge to find one that was originally delivered in panda white!
The owner of this panda red Levin AE86 must have thought his car was just the opposite of the panda white Trueno:
The writing says Maeda Tomato Shop (private) and what is the opposite of tofu-white panda? Right: tomato red panda!
Found at Morningcoffee
I’m still owner/admin of AEU86 where all European hachi owners end up sometime, so I was quite surprised to find this rare beast on my forum:
The car was built by Nakai-san from Rauh Welt Begriff (RWB) where he used the Run-Free kit as a basis for its styling.
It allows the Work Meisters to fit nicely under the wider arches: Continue reading
Nori Yaro just posted this awesome video up on Youtube where about 150 AE86-es and Toyota 86-es are mixed together on a two lap parade on Fuji Speedway (FISCO) held on the 6th of August this year.
It is a good thing Alexi put a couple of fast-forwards in the video!
And at the end of the video there is a small Toyota 86 bonus: Continue reading
The Dutch Toyota importer Louwman has been neglecting their heritage and clubs for the past decade. With the launch of the Toyota GT86 (aka Toyota 86 and Scion FR-S) they decided to change that and asked the TACN if they could join in and put the Toyota GT86 on display during the festival. They also has some sort of social media contest (which IMO was rubbish and did not do) where you could “win” 4 rounds on the Midlands circuit in Lelystad. It was still a nice gesture.
Near the end of the day one of the AEU86 members went home and parked his kouki panda red Corolla GT AE86 next to its siblings:
I immediately walked over and shot a couple of pictures of father and son next to each other. ;)
Quickly popped in my 28mm lens to make the angle wider: Continue reading
Every year I’m anxiously waiting for the new HACHiRoCK flyer design because every one so far has been a real work of art! And this year is no exception to that:
Like every year the festival is held in the Sagamiko resort and this year it has been advanced one week to the 12th of September. Can’t wait till September and enjoy photos of all those 200 AE86s!
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