Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Okay this Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 isn’t entirely new and it surely is not for sale on Ebay (actually on Goo-net), but it only drove 36k kilometers so far! If that’s not an Ebay-treasure, I’ll eat my shoe!
This Levin was definitely cherished by its first owner and later on restored in full glory by it seller Carland86. Carland86 is famous for their immense inventory of AE86-es that all are in excellent condition!
Just look at the enginebay: Continue reading
This is a real WTF?! In my brains the words Trampio and Levin are connected like fire and smoke, so how come this Trueno is featuring the Trampio livery then?
First of all the Trampio Levin AE86 never featured the N2 flares since it never competed in the N2 series, so it can’t be the original.
Second of all there was no Trampio Trueno AE86, only the Levin… Continue reading
Back in the early 00s when I tried to convince my friend Mux to buy a hachi my idea was to buy the same one as he did. This photo reminds me a bit of that era:
Two friends buying the same car, modifying it in the exact same way.
For Mux and me it worked out a bit differently: he bought a zenki Levin in metalic blue (colorcode 8A9) and I bought a zenki Trueno in silver grey.
Found at Kosi Gaya Racing
I have been searching on the interwebs since last sunday and patiently waiting for any photo of the best yearly meeting ever: Hachi Rock Festa!
The first photos arrived this morning when Chillin and Hachiroku posted up his trip to this meeting.
As you can see from the length of the line of AE86s he wasn’t the only one attending: Continue reading
On the 23rd of August a couple of 4A-GE powered AE86s, a KE70 and a AA63 were attacking the track in Chitose, Hokkaido. Enjoy this 7 minutes of 4A-GE goodness!
The Carina AA63 is presumable the same as the one winning D1SL North two years ago.
Direct link to video: 2011.08.23 Hokkaido 新千歳 AE86 KE70 AA63 Drift ドリフト 変態86系の集い
Adding the zenki Levin AE86 bumper and lip were a very good improvement by the owner of this KE70 wagon.
Corolla KE70 wagon with zenki AE86 bumper+lip
Even the original Apex Twin Cam seats and the panda paint scheme seems to be a nice fit! :P
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