Remembering Japanese cars from the past

Tag: recaro

Ugly duckling to swan (Skyline HR30)


It is always nice to see how a car progresses in time, especially if the car transforms from an ugly duckling to a swan like this Skyline R30 owned by Zeki did back in the mid nineties:
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo

You’d probably say it is nothing special and just a bone stock RS Turbo on a set of SSR Hiro V1-R wheels.

Well, consider that the car started out as this bone stock Skyline HR30:
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo

After six months a Skyline RS grille, a set of RS Watanabe rims and a PMCS sticker were added:
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo

After four more months the Watanabes were swapped for a set of Work E-WIng Fin rims, a boot spoiler and a set of smoked DR30 tail lights:
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo

He also added a Recaro seat and a pair of yellow fog lights at the same time…

Followed by a pair of white foglights, a set of Hiro V1-R rims and a RS Turbo sticker on the rear door:
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo

And finally the iron mask was applied:
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo

The only differences with a RS Turbo are the L engine under the hood and the missing rear window wiper.
The ugly duckling became a real swan!

Found at [Zeki]

DOTS: doing it wrong with a Sunny N14!


This Nissan Sunny N14 was parked right next to my house and immediately caught my attention. Made a small U-turn (I was on my bike) and took a few pictures. Can you guess what is wrong with this Nissan Sunny?
DOTS: Nissan Sunny N14
DOTS: Nissan Sunny N14

Take good notice of the position of the steering wheel (yes, LHD).

And then compare it with this close-up picture:
DOTS: Nissan Sunny N14
DOTS: Nissan Sunny N14

You probably already guessed it: there is a Recaro seat in that Sunny and it is on the passenger side!
WTF?! You are doing it wrong! The driver should sit in the Recaro and the passenger on the normal seat! :D

BTW: both pictures were shot with my Helios 44-2 lens on f2.8, hence the big amount of bokeh.

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