Author Archives: Kev
Got a few hours to kill on JDM websites?
The Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers is a huge organisation with over 40,000 members. It’s been going for over 50yrs and if you want to join, you have to be working in the automotive field. Cruise through JSAE’s website and … Continue reading
Big Block Nissan V8 Goodness
Pop quiz! how big is the biggest engine that was available in a JDM production car? Give up? The answer: well a pretty good guess would be 6.3L for the 1966 Prince Royal.
Cool JDM Concepts: 1970 Mazda RX-500
Back in the day (waaaay back in the day…) when concept cars weren’t about hokey technology to save the planet, motor show specials were a lot more fun. A case in point is the Mazda RX-500, which was unveiled at … Continue reading
JDM Restore! Auto Service Machinaga
Now here’s something interesting…a classic car bodyshop in JDMland that keeps a pictorial blog of all the interesting cars they do. The shop in question is Auto Service Machinaga, in Kobe. Check out their blog for more detailed step by … Continue reading
Goo-Net! Hours of Fun for the Whole (JDM) Family
So. You are aware of Yahoo Auctions and you know of a few classic car dealership websites in Japan. But what if you want to cast your net even wider? What if there was a website, that was in English, … Continue reading
Fast Eddie and the Skyline
As a follow-up to Ben’s post a few days ago on Paul Newman’s passing, here’s more on his association with the Skyline. Check out Youtube (do a search for “skyline CM”) and Newman would be most visibly linked with the R30 … Continue reading
Really Cheap AMG Vehicle: $3900!
A little while ago, we profiled the short-lived dalliance between AMG and Mitsubishi on GrandJDM. And just in case you didn’t believe us that AMG would put its name on a mid 80s FWD Japanese luxobarge (that otherwise would have … Continue reading
Chocolate, Like Shaving Body Is Very Cool: JNC Contest! (Sorta)
One of the challenges (hoho pun) for the keen internet JDM-hunter who is translating all of those wonderful JDM websites using Altavista Babelfish or Google Translator. But try this, and you’ll see that there are lots of words that don’t … Continue reading
What Heaven Looks Like: Nostalgic Car Show Vids
A couple of weeks ago we travelled to Japan to take in the Tokyo Nostalgic Car Show and quite a fine event it was too. Check out our coverage in the forum here. But the event organisers haven’t been resting … Continue reading
Aaargh! We’ve been hacked!
Some of you will be able to see this huge block of spam just below the banner above. It seems we’ve been hacked, and Van will try to clean up the source code later to remove it. Apparently it’s not … Continue reading
