Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Almost two years ago I spotted the Restive Horse car club on the Garage Pleasure blog and I started following them since. I was a bit surprised to find this picture this morning:
That’s his daughter Miss Hasemi (yes, that’s really her name!) sitting in the best protected spot of the car enroute to the KCAR Autopolis meeting.
In case you are wondering what that insane trackmonster looks like: Continue reading
I’m still owner/admin of AEU86 where all European hachi owners end up sometime, so I was quite surprised to find this rare beast on my forum:
The car was built by Nakai-san from Rauh Welt Begriff (RWB) where he used the Run-Free kit as a basis for its styling.
It allows the Work Meisters to fit nicely under the wider arches: Continue reading
While browsing Minkara I stumbled upon Stance Nation’s Minkara account where I had this WTF?!
That’s one huge ass deep dished rim!
Found at Stance Nation @ Minkara
In 1971 at the Tokyo Motor Show Toyota revealed the Toyota RV-1:
It clearly is based upon the (back then) new Celica TA22 and got is rear extended with the gullwing windows.
At the same time the bumper, engine hood and headlights look a bit familiar: Continue reading
The first generation Toyota Hilux was a big improvement over the Toyota Stout: it was roomier, more luxurious and longer wheelbase.
The only thing it lacked was a potent engine, especially in the modern days it may look a bit archaic.
The owner of this Hilux solved that by swapping out the 12R engine for something else. Can you guess what it is? Continue reading
Today is my birthday and I was wondering what JDM car would share my birthday and started to search for it. Apparently it was quite hard to find as most release dates are only recorded on the month granularity.
So in the end I came up with the Prince Skyline ALSI-1 sharing partly my birthday:
I’m not that old to be 55 yet and it may be uncertain it actually shared my birthday on the exact date, but at least if you shuffle the year of release a bit you will find my birth-year. ;)
Happy 55th birthday ALSI-1!
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