Seriously, folks. If this video doesn’t make you want to get a nostalgic car of your own and tune the living crap out of it, you’re deader than Abraham Lincoln. Watch as a bunch of old school Nissan nuts shake out their Skylines, Fairladys, Bluebirds and Sunnys on Japan’s immaculate roads. The exhaust notes bouncing off JDM tunnel walls are pure auditory sex. These are definitely not trailer queens!

We think this has been posted more than once, but dsalni’s was the latest. Thanks!

We get a lot of emails here at grandJDM - especially when Kev has one of his ridiculous giveaways (when are you people gonna start working for your prizes eh? Bloody slackers!) - but I think the one I received today from a Japanese native named Makoto would surely have to be my new favourite.

Hello, I live in Japan, and there is it. I get into an old car with a couple.

The favorite car of the wife is Nissan Fairlady Z / S30Z. My favorite car is NISSAN-SKYLINE / HAKOSUKA.

Please introduce it in your site that puts an animation on youtube.

How could I possibly refuse! Makoto and I are both obviously big fans of Google Translate, haha. With such strong common interests, I feel compelled to do as the guy requests.

Without further ado, I present you with Makoto’s YouTube Japan channel. There’s some sweet, sweet classic JDM in motion over there, so be sure and take a looksee.

A nod goes out to Auto Otaku once again for yet another great find.  Here’s a couple of videos of RB-powered C10s, and while I admit I’d rather have an L28 myself, there’s definitely nothing upsetting about these swaps; especially with the ITBs they’re packing.  That sound, oh that sound.

Click through to check ‘em out.

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Yesterday we did a piece on a rarely-seen Hakosuka sharknose, and while we’re on the subject of these of lowdown/garuchan/yankee/bosozoku sharknosed cars, let’s look into the culture a little bit further.

When we see these cars parked up, it’s easy to conclude that they’re just cosmetic projects that are built for a bit of a laugh, just for the look. And it’s easy to assume that these things would fall apart if they so much as exceeded 20km/h. Well, we have some video evidence to suggest that this is not so.

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Oh hell yes. I have no idea what these cars are (Charades? 121s? My knowledge of buzzboxes is minimal), whether they’re even Japanese, or where the hell this video was filmed, but it’s just too damn awesome to leave out. Forget drifting, this is where it is at. Click through.

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I know a guy, right, with a stunning S30Z right here in my town. You might recall seeing it way back in this wallpaper post, actually. A couple of weeks ago, he and a buddy of his hit the suburban hills of ol’ Melbourne town, and got some video along a stretch of road popularly known as “the boov”. It’s pretty damn tasty, so check it out. Incidentally, I’ll be featuring his car here on grandJDM in the not too distant future. So keep an eye out for that!

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As many auto blogs reported not too long ago (and no small amount of tech blogs), Steve Wozniak—co-founder of Apple Computers—starred in a television commercial in the early 80s for the Nissan/Datsun 280ZX. Well it turns out he’s always had a soft spot for the Z, as shown not only by the fact that he presently owns a three fiddy Z, but also by the fact that—as part of his plan to sell it for charity—he’s helped to recreate that original advertisement, using the 350Z. It’s lame as hell, but funny enough to get a bit of a chuckle out of. Check it out.