Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Suppose you are an American, work for the airforce and (of course) move to a base in Japan somewhere in 1979, what car would you drive then?
A Nissan Skyline C110 of course!
Long haired Nissan Skyline KGC110
This long blonde haired American owned a 1974 Nissan Skyline 2000 GTX complete with a set of periodically correct Hart Racing rims back in 1982.
Found here: Pasttimes in Okinawa
When I posted part 9 (with the Celica XX, MR2 and Silvia S13) on Facebook I replied to Matti Alasaari that there were even sadder pictures than that. As promised they are going to be posted here: three Nissan Skyline GC10s!
First of all this sad KGC10 coupe is rusting away:
Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-X KGC10
This KGC10 is the coupe version of the Skyline 2000 GT-X, but it does have the tail lights of the KPGC10 GT-R. You can distinguish it from the KPGC10 by looking at the rear arches: they haven’t been cut nor flared. Of course it is a famous upgrade to flare the rear arches and sell it to some foreigner as a GT-R, so there is still potential in this car! ;)
Now it is unclear what trim this GC10 used to be:
http://www.banpei.net/blog/japanese-rustoseums-part-eleven
Nissan Skyline GC10
Way beyond sanity and it will never be restored I guess…
This one is a bit easier:
Nissan Skyline GC10
It has no flared arches, got a zenki grille and headlight surrounding, so unmistakeably this is a Skyline 1500 GC10. :)
Now even putting the lowest grade (1500) of these Skylines on a junkyard is already a shame!
The photographers eldest son is showing he is just as cool as his dad in the Yonmeri GC110 Skyline:
Family Album Treasure: Nissan Skyline GC110
Why did my dad never own a Yonmeri?? Well at least I hope my son will be as cool as this kid in the Carina! :P
[Found on Yahoo blogs]
BTW: I renamed the Shoebox gems to Family Album Treasures since that is fitting the category a bit better…
You probably thought the flared Skyline was about a Skyline with some widened arches, well you are wrong about that!
Flared Nissan Skyline GTX GC110
Yep, this Minkara user was a genuine owner of a moss green Skyline GTX back in the 70s!
Not a real shoebox gem, but certainly lives up its name:
The new Nissan Skyline GC10 1500
Yeah, this 1968 advertisement shows what the new GC10 Skyline is all about: become a 60s idol.
The last bunch Hide7031 posted so far are the commercials for the Nissan Skyline R31 series. Especially the third commercial shows its 80s brilliance: We, motor sports. That’s about everything you need to know!
The other commercials continue with this catchphrase and do we actually see the 80s Ken and Mary jumping in the fifth commercial?
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