I’m not a fan of the rims on this Carina, but as you can see it is an original Carina Surf:
Original Carina Surf
The Carina Surf was part of the original Carina lineup and seperate from the Van line-up. It did feature the live axle we know of the other vans (and non-IRS Carinas) but there was a major difference: it had coil springs instead of the leaf springs used on the van!
BTW: The two extra stripes are not original…
Tag: E-SA60
Just found the profile of the owner of the third Carina Van (the black one) in this picture:
So more about that black Carina Van in a later Carina sighting. ;)
I also found out all three Carinas are indeed all vans! I noticed the front bumpers having their indicator lights inside the bumper! That was only delivered to the Carina Van, so all of them must be vans! I corrected this in the other topic as well.
About the Firevan: I found in the profile of that third owner some photos and additional descriptions of the Firevan!! :)
3SG & 6-speed mission
Butterfly throttle until you rub
It is good spell of engine
Don’t mind the spelling of this Google translation, but I think the message is clear: 3SGE with ITB and 6 speed transmission.
And ever wondered how stretched those tires are? Or actually how far you can stretch tires?
That’s how it looks if you put a 155 wide tire on a 9J rim! That’s real Shakotan! ;)
Anyone got more pictures of the Firevan for Part 3? :P
I still haven’t found the owner of the famous Carina firevan, however I thought I finally should add this great car to the sightings after I found these pictures on TurboDude’s gallery at Photobucket:
As you can see these two pictures were taken individually, but both of them are stunning! You can clearly see that the car is featuring a 3S-GE with ITBs. From what I heard that engine is perfect for lightweight cars, like the AE86 or this SA60.
I suspect the car started its life as a SA60 Carina Surf and not a A67 Carina van as believed earlier. edited: The car probably started its life as a SG67 van. The front indicator lights are inside the bumper and that’s only applied to the van and not to the surf. It would be far more easier to swap the 1S for a 3S-GE. And the round lights from the Carina A67 van could be swapped just as easy later on.
Here you can see a picture I’ve posted earlier:
The firevan next to two other Surfs. Compared to them it is really low! A really nice example of a car in Shakotan style, and not too distorted to be referred as Kyusha Kai or B?s?zoku. Lovely stretched tires on the first picture, and even more stretched on the other two. :)
Second picture is courtesy of Auto-otaku.com. You can find more pictures from him here:
Anyone got an idea where to find more pictures of the set which features the first set?