Remembering Japanese cars from the past
As promised: some more pictures from HaCHiRoCK Festa 2012 and this time the pictures from which I thought they were beautiful in one or another way…
First of all this picture showed you in one glance all the possibilities of the zenki Levin front end. Even though the one up front is not factory panda white this inverse panda actually does look good!
Then this picture is similar to the one I posted up yesterday: Continue reading
Last Sunday there was a big party in Sagamiko and unfortunately for the fourth time I was not able to be there… If you are unfamiliar with the date and place: it hosts the biggest hachi-roku gathering in the world called HaCHiRoCK Festa!
This year the festival was down from 270 cars to 200 cars due to renovations of the Sagamiko Resort Pleasure Forest but nevertheless the festival was better than last year!
Even Speedhunters did make it this year: Continue reading
About ten years ago it was very hard to find a panda white Sprinter Trueno AE86 at all and nowadays it is more or less a challenge to find one that was originally delivered in panda white!
The owner of this panda red Levin AE86 must have thought his car was just the opposite of the panda white Trueno:
The writing says Maeda Tomato Shop (private) and what is the opposite of tofu-white panda? Right: tomato red panda!
Found at Morningcoffee
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
I have three words for this video: only in Japan…
So far I counted the following:
2 x Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86s
1 x Toyota Celica RA28
1 x Nissan Cefiro A31
2 x Nissan Skyline K(P)GC10
1 x Toyota Sprinter Trueno Black Limited
(Video on the next page) Continue reading
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
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