Tag Archives: 2000gt

KIDNEYS, ANYONE? Arizona auction roundup

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Ben Hsu

After the record prices for JNCs seen in Monterey last year, all eyes were on the gavel-pounding circus that is Arizona in early January. With no less than six auction houses competing for attention and incessant television coverage, it’s like Superbowl of car … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: 2014 Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival, Part 02

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Skorj

The annual Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival offers something few other shows can claim: the chance to see its cars driving through public streets. It’s not simply witnessing them in motion, though It’s the fact that those public streets are in Tokyo, in some of the … Continue reading →

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JNC‘s top stories of 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Ben Hsu

As we mentioned, 2014 was the Year of the JNC. As it draws to a close, let’s look back at the things that most interested JNCers over the last 365 days.

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EVENTS: 2014 Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival, Part 01

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Skorj

Unlike last year‘s clear blue skies and balmy weather, this year’s Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival was held on a cool, wet Saturday. The annual event, put on by the Toyota Automobile museum, welcomes all marques and takes place in a … Continue reading →

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ART CORNER: A Honda Z600 encounters a Toyota 2000GT space fish

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Dan Hsu

We have no idea what’s going on in this manga. All we were told is that it’s from a very short run, most likely a self-published doujinshi. In it, Honda Z600 travels through the cosmos and a Toyota 2000GT is rendered … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: 2014 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 03 — The Sixties

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Ben Hsu

The Sixties were a time of rapid growth and optimism for Japan. Automakers just built whatever they felt like with no cares given to what western markets would bear, and before the companies themselves settled into a comfortable pattern of four-year lifecycles. There is probably no … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: This is what a Toyota car show looked like 30 years ago

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Matt

30 years ago in Japan, a Toyota Sports Car Meeting was held. As you can see from the Zapruder-quality footage, it was a pretty significant affair: 1600GTs, 2000GTs, and Sports 800s of every color imaginable. According to yumejizo, who apparently filmed the … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: Monterey Historics, Part 02 — The Auctions

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Ben Hsu

We’re going to do things out of chronological order because we felt it was important to report on the auctions of four significant Japanese cars as they happened. Now that we’ve recuperated from the madness, here’s how it went down, … Continue reading →

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NEWS: Toyota 2000GTs sell for $1 million each

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Ben Hsu

The Toyota 2000GT is a million dollar car. But you already knew that. In the auction world, the rule of thumb is that a car needs to sell for a particular price three time before it’s considered legit. Two 2000GTs … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: Monterey Historics, Part 01

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Ben Hsu

So after we dropped off the hakosuka GT-R at Nissan’s garage, we set out to see what the rest of the Monterey Historics had to offer. It is the most mind-detonatingly expensive automotive festival in this hemisphere, a world we … Continue reading →

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