Remembering Japanese cars from the past
I kind of forgot about this meeting until I realized that it is already September. And September is HaCHiRoCK FESTA month, right?
Well it isn’t…
It will take another month *before* we can actually drool over all the photos of those beautiful hachis… Or actually get the hell over to Japan and visit the Sagamiko Resort Pleasure Forest on the 20th of October…
And they actually made another effort of surpassing the awesomeness of the 2012 flyer. Well done guys!
More info here: HaCHiRoCK 2013
This eagle white MR2 AW11 is not Allard van Grafhorst’s old AW11 but another white one:
It looks equally great and certainly drew my attention.
At the rear you can clearly see the car is in perfect condition: Continue reading
At the JAF this note on a 1983 Mitsubishi Cordia drew my attention:
For the non-Dutchies: it states the car has been in a barn for 28 years and now after 29 years and 5 months it had 2 MOTs and 3500 kilometers on the odometer! Yes, that’s for real!
This is what the car looks like: Continue reading
It is a shame Nissan’s competitor of the Toyota Celsior (Lexus LS series) never made it to anywhere else than Japan and the US. Of course this Nissan Cima Y33 escaped Japan and fled to Europe, but it will always be an alien around here…
I’m happy it was a Cima that escaped and not an Infinity Q45 as the Cima is much better looking than its USDM twin-sister. If you squint your eyes you can even see it as a bigger Toyota Chaser JZX100 that was from the exact same era.
Of course the Chaser never met the luxury of the Cima, let alone the Grand Touring package: Continue reading
Walking together with the group we slowly approached this white Shuttle. I already had seen it but still the chanting of “shuttle-shuttle-shuttle” surprised me. Yes I had joined a group of Honda enthusiasts. ;)
The shuttle itself was basically bone-stock, apart from (oversized) rims.
I also took a picture up front: Continue reading
I remember meetings where once a Nissan Skyline entered the place it immediately drew all attention because seeing one was so rare! Nowadays it is actually the opposite: nobody turns their heads anymore and “exotics” like a Silvia S15 tend to gather crowds of people.
It is actually a bit of a shame as this Skyline was rather interesting:
It looks like your average Skyline R33 GTST with a ridiculously oversized intercooler, but if you get closer…
…you will spot this interesting tuner badge: Continue reading
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