Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Back in 1975 when I was only seven months old and had great difficulty breaking out of the playpen this guy had his picture taken next to his pride an joy:
Apart from the coolness factor of the sweater, Slot-mags and the sea in the background, me posing next to a Hakosuka Skyline KPGC10 would definitely end up in the Family Album!
Found at Kanazawa19
In the early 70s you needed two things to be BIG in Japan: flared jeans and flared Skyline!
As this picture was taken on a sulky day in June 1980 we’ll forgive this guy for not wearing flared jeans. ;)
Found at Minkara
Not only hard tuned cars were present on the Wangan Warriors meeting, but also a lot of oldskool cars from the 80s and early 90s.
I already posted the decals of this original Suzuki Swift GTi before, but here it is in full glory:
Also this original Skyline GT-R R32 can nowadays almost be considered as a classic: Continue reading
Bombs, bombs and more bombs… WW10 was almost fully covered in stickerbombed cars. Last years latest trend is definitely going strong now!
First of all this Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R wing intrigued me:
Yes, that’s what happens if you use cheap stickers to bomb your GT-R wing. ;)
As a sidenote, it was a GT-R wing stuck to the bootlid of a GTS-25t: Continue reading
I found this video of illegal street drag races in Japan during the early 90s. What strikes me most is the enormous number of Fairlady Zs and Skyline GT-R used for this purpose.
The most amazing modification is done to a Z31 around 2:33!
Just had a big WTF?! when I found this Scuderia Nissan ad from 1971 on some historical Skyline GT-R KPGC10 related site:
Scuderia Nissan ad from 1971
Basically it offers to transform your road legal Skyline GT-R to a racing spec car.
Found at [Spirit of Skyline]
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