Never one to dodge an opportunity for exposure and meeting new folks, grandJDM is now on MySpace!

We’ve actually been on there for a while, but we didn’t want to announce the fact until we’d found the time to pull the ugly stick out of its ass. So if you’re a MySpacer, why not make us your millionth friend?

Alright folks, we’re on the lookout for another one or two writers (or in my case, “guys who just link to stuff”) to join us here at grandJDM.  If you’ve been digging what we’ve been doing and want to be a part of it, now’s your chance!

But, of course, there’s a catch.  You’ll have noticed there’s no advertising on grandJDM, and we’re not planning on starting, either.  So that means that everything myself, Kev, and Lachy do here is entirely a labour of love.  We do grandJDM because we love grandJDM, simple as that.  So if you have the same zest for classic Japanese cars, get on board!

I should also ask; if you think there’s a chance you might be the type to be amazingly enthusiastic for the first week and then suddenly drop off the face of the Earth, please don’t apply.  We’re looking for genuine committed team members yo!

Shoot me an email if you’re interested.  Cheers folks.

Alright guys and girls, it’s time to pull out the stops and march into your local Blogger’s Choice Awards polling venue and… wait, you can just go to their website.  Oh how bloody convenient eh?

If you’ve been enjoying our work over the past couple of months (has it seriously been that long?), we’d love it if you could jump on over to the BCA website, register (yeah I’m sorry, but it only takes a minute!), and cast your vote for grandJDM in the Best Hobby Blog category.  We might not win it, but then again, we just might!  There’s no prize that I know of, other than the exposure and feeling of respect that winning will give us, haha.

So please, head on over to BCA and get your vote on!

Mornin’ guys and girls,

I’ve added a bunch of links to the about page, so if you’d like to jump over and check it out, feel free.

grandJDM is getting a healthy amount of traffic these days - especially when you consider that we’ve been going for about three weeks! On top of that, the online classic JDM community isn’t as big as many of the other more modern-focused communities, so I think we’re doing quite nicely.

If you run a website, forum, or blog that is relevant to the Japanese cars scene (classic or modern), please feel free to contact us here at grandJDM to arrange for a link exchange. As they say mates, you scratch our back and we’ll scratch yours!

There are thousands of beautiful old skool JDM cars out there - you only need to look at the photos from the various events  and shows around the world.  But, of course, getting in touch with the owners is another thing all together.

So, if you own a great example of a classic JDM car - whether it’s a sports car or a saloon, or even a truck! - and would like to see your car featured here at grandJDM, send us an email to discuss it.  We’re ideally looking for cars older than 1980, but we’re happy to discuss the possibilities for especially great examples of 80s JDM too.

grandJDM now has a Flickr group, so if you’ve got a Flickr account and you’re known to fill it with classic JDM - or even if you’ve only got a few shots in your album - go ahead and join our group!

grandJDM has so far been one of those things that you do because you have this massive urge to do it.  The kind of urge that strikes you suddenly, from out of nowhere.  Our plan at this point is to merely post images of sexy classic JDM, with the odd in-depth post thrown in here and there (case in point).

But we thought it’d be a good idea to ask you what you’d like to see here at grandJDM. So if you have any ideas or requests, feel free to squirt an email in our general direction, and hopefully we’ll be able to build up a good list of features and content as suggested by our readers!