Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Straight from a Toyota Soarer Super Gran Turismo MZ12 brochure this cutaway picture was scanned in a very high quality:
What I really like about this picture is the details in the 3 litre twin cam 6M-GE engine. Even though it was sold midst of Toyota’s twincam era it only featured two valves per cylinder. If you look close enough you can really see it clearly.
You can find the full size picture here: Toyota Soarer Super Gran Turismo MZ12 cutaway picture
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An intriguing photo: at the left you can see a sharknosed kaido racer, next to it a kyusha kai on SSR Formula Mesh, next to that it looks like an almost unmolested track toy and on the far right a shakotan with an oil cooler on its chin spoiler.
Four different styles and I’m wondering which one of these four Soarer Z10s would be your favorite?
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Yet again did Bankakuemiko post up a junkyard stroll where he investigates several junked JDM cars:
BTW: Did you notice the Nissan Cedric Y34 has a snow setting on its automatic gearbox?
Anyway, enjoy the video with many many junked cars including a Toyota Soarer Z30, Levin AE111, Nissan Skyline R33 GTS-4 and a Cedric Y34:
Direct link to video: ? junkyard car JAPAN 5 ?????????
One of the things that is typically Japanese are the lace seat (or headrest) covers that you mostly see in Japanese taxis or luxury cars. Apparently Toyota sold OEM lace covers with the Soarer griffin logo embroided on them:
This Soarer was photographed outside Gallery L who is renowned for restoring beautiful kyusha cars. The Soarer is the “lesser” 1G-GEU powered GZ10 model, so it doesn’t feature the smooth 5M or 6M engine however they did put some effort in it: it now features a five speed manual. That means you can really get the best out of that 140hp engine. :)
Here you can see embroided lace headrest covers up close: Continue reading
For some reason you don’t see too many Soarers in the Family Album Treasures. I think the average Soarer owner is just too snobbish to stand in front of their Soarer. But this one is actually exceptionally good:
I love the way the little girl on the right points out that her baby brother is just as old as dads GZ10 Soarer. ;)
Also note that this Soarer features the rare original Toyota (PIAA) foldaway foglights. The covers just fold upwards when you engage them and I seriously would loooove to get my hands on a set of them!
Found at Minkara
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