Remembering Japanese cars from the past
My heart jumped last wednesday when Alexi Smith from Nori Yaro posted this white toyota Carina GT-R AA63 drifting on a wet Suzuka:
White Carina AA63 by Nori Yaro
Did he know wednesdays is always my Carina Sighting day? Did he do that on purpose? Can’t he post up a wallpaper version of that picture? :P
Anyway, head over to Nori Yaro for more pictures of this white beauty:
white Carina GT-R AA63 at Nori Yaro
It is a bit weird to see the twin brother of my own Carina:
Blue Toyota Carina DX TA60 automatic
Yes, it looks exactly the same as mine, is an automatic, it is blue and it is located about 50 kilometers from my home! Maybe time to reunite them? :P
Blue Toyota Carina DX TA60 automatic
Not only is it blue on the outside, but it is also blue on the inside!
Trivia: the car is parked by someone not used to an automatic gearbox! The car is still in Drive! ;)
Blue Toyota Carina DX TA60 automatic
Even though it may appear as the twin brother of my Carina with the difference that it is blue (did I already mention that?) there are certainly a few other striking differences: no right side mirror (yes, not obliged in the Netherlands until 1992), no seatbelts on the back seats (clearly a Dutch model), less attrictive steel wheels (mine had gunmetal grey centercaps), front air dam and rear skirts have been painted dark, modern radio with cd player (mine still got the factory auto reverse one), no automatic antenna, 60k more kilometers (145k) and a lot of rust.
It reminds me of this blue Carina TA60 that was for sale in the Netherlands one and a half years ago: same color scheme, same options but then with a manual gearbox and 100k less kilometers.
Blue Toyota Carina DX TA60 automatic
Look at the bright side: if this car is worth 2900 euros, imagine what my less rusty Carina with more options is worth! :D
In case you are interested in the twin brother of my Carina, you can find it here:
Blue Carina DX TA60 automatic @ Autoscout24
More than two years ago I posted my wallpaper @ work:
Yes, two Carinas and a Corona doing a tandem drift!
Well, today you can see this exact picture in motion in this video:
The white Carina sedan is an AA63, the black Carina coupe is also an AA63 and the Corona is an AT142. That lovely sound is from the squealing the tires and those three 4AGEs screaming down that corner! I love it! :)
BTW: Currently I have a different wallpaper (to be precise: an orange Luxembourgh Levin), but I think this is a good reason to switch back to this one! ;)
I spotted the pictures of Davy’s Carina at first at Phils car blog, then headed over to Garage Slipway to read the whole story behind its run on Hampton Down.
Davy’s Carina TA63 at Hampton Down
Here the Carina is still running fast, but after only a couple of laps he heard a loud thudding noise and pulled up in the pits. Apparently nothing looked weird and he headed back on the track.
Had a look and couldn’t determine what it was. So what the heck I went out again. Then halfway around the track BANG, then no power. To be specific, no fuel as the line snapped and wrapped around the driveshaft which bought my car to a halt at the first hairpin.
Davy’s Carina TA63 at Hampton Down
The fuel line was probably grabbed by the driveshaft after it had some sort of in imbalance. Seen such a thing happen with Mux’s Levin AE86 and it turned out that one of the bolts on the rubber pivot was broken off. You can imagine what happens next when you are driving hard on a circuit. :o
Davy’s Carina TA63 at Hampton Down
I must say the JDM zenki Trueno AE92 bumper suits Davy’s Carina very well!
And this is how the Carina remained the rest of the session:
Davy’s Carina TA63 at Hampton Down
Parked up in the pits. A sad sight. :(
Photos were taken by Matt Malcolm.
Two years ago I posted the puppy saving Carina commercial and unfortunately it disappeared due to copyright violations… (why?!)
Lucky enough Youtube CM poster mycub posted it once again:
And once again Sonny Chiba saves the day!
I found this awful Carina Coupe on Flickr. The owner (Long Gone Silver) put some really awful 16 inch bling rims under the coupe, some vinyl flame decal, double antennas, taxi blocks stripe and the most hideous chin and boot spoiler!
Awful Carina Coupe with the most hideous chin spoiler
Awful Carina Coupe with the most hideous boot spoiler and double antenna
Funny thing is that I didn’t know some of the TA60 Coupes actually were delivered with independent rear suspension (IRS):
Carina Coupe with independent rear suspension
And, if I’m correct, there is a Carina station van in the background. ;)
It is sad to see such a waste… But then again, this car is in itself already a parody of itself. ;)
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