Tag: levin ae86 (Page 6 of 8)

ITT2012: Bunta and Takumi

July 22, 2012 / banpei / 3 Comments

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

HachiRock Festa 2012

July 12, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

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!

You can find more info here

Family Album Treasures: living the hachi life!

July 10, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

Almost thirty years ago this guy bought a new Levin GTV AE86 and enjoyed it for a solid thirteen years!

Owning a hachi for such long period in time would definitely mean it has to be somewhere in the family album! I wonder if any Toyota GT86 owner would still own his/her GT86 in thirteen years time…

Found at AkabaneVisionFILM

Hilarious: AE86 surrounded by R30s

February 4, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

Now this is obviously not the best spot to show off your kouki Corolla Levin AE86 at the JCCA New Year Meeting 2012:

Completely surrounded by seven Skyline R30s!

Found at Minkara

Video: Trueno and Levin N2 cup in 1985 (round 3)

January 30, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

Remember round 2 of the Corolla/Sprinter N2 cup? Rocketpencil just uploaded part 3!
This time it is not just a 15 lap race, but a 1000 kilometer endurance race a the Fuji International Speedway!

The race is seen from the perspective of the TOM’s Sprinter N2 (number 36) which has a camera onboard: Continue reading

Fuck the 86: this Starlet is better!

December 12, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

Yesterday I posted up the Tercel AL11 I found on the street and Simon said it resembles the Starlet quite a lot. Yes it does, but it distinguishes itself with one thing, this is something the Tercel can’t do:

Apart from the Starlet I see about half of Toyota’s early 80s lineup: a lot of Levin and Trueno AE86 plus a Celica XX (called Celcia Supra outside Japan)

Direct link to video: Toyota Starlet drifting full lock