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EVENTS: Toyotafest 2011 Part 01

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Ben

Prepare to salivate like Pavlov’s dog in a pachinko parlor. Here are photos from Toyotafest 2011! The sixteenth annual gathering of the extended Toyota family took place this weekend at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, and that means … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for Toyotafest

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Ben
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Pre-Digital Camera Kobe Kyuusha Meeting

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Ben

We here at JNC love photos taken in pre-digital days. Clearly it’s not the photo quality, it’s that these authentic time-warp photos probably lived in some Japanese bloke’s personal photo album until one fateful day when it met with a … Continue reading →

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Narusawa Village Showa Version 2 Gallery

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Ben

Reason number 4,197 why Japan is awesome. No matter how miniscule the meet, wicked metal still shows up. Here’s a small gathering called Showa Version 2 that took place at the base of Mt. Fuji last November.

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MX73 Toyota Cressida Outpaces Your Bourgeois Euro Saloons

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Ben

Nowadays nostalgists regard the MX73 Toyota Cressida as a RWD four-door Supra for the shakotan/bosozoku/drift/VIP crowd, but it spent much of its existence as an understated executive sedan, a Japanese alternative to Benzes, Bimmers and Jyaaags in the pre-Lexus days. For … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 05

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Ben

We have so much coverage from JCCS that we’ve skipped the Friday Video this week and spilling the final installment into the weekend. So like a fleet of ported rotaries roaring down the 710, let’s tear right in!

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EVENTS: 15th Annual All Toyotafest, Part II

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Dan

When everyone from Congress to late night comedians is painting your cars as deathtraps unfit for their worse enemies, follow the lead of GM, Chrysler and Alfa Romeo. Embrace your heritage. Show the haters that no matter how much the … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: 15th Annual All Toyotafest, Part I

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Ben

Given the current state of Toyota‘s public image, the 15th Annual All Toyotafest was probably the company’s last safe haven in North America. When one gazes upon the bright colors and sparkling chrome of 35-year-old Celicas and Corollas, it’s hard … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: Nos2Days 2010

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Ben

We’re getting all sorts of goodies from Nippon this week. Our Japanese operative, known only as “Turbo,” snapped these photos last weekend at Nos2Days, the two-day car show put on by Japan’s OG classic car mag, Nostalgic Hero. Onto the … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: JCCS 2009 Part Five: The Mod Squad

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Ben

As John is fond of saying, “Anyone can restore a car. It takes a real man to cut it up.” In Part Four of our week-long JCCS blitz we highlighted some of the faithful restorations that even Sherlock Holmes probably … Continue reading →

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