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With a little help from our friends…
Even though we’ve only been going for a week so (and going strong!), grandJDM has proven to be an absolute blast for all of us. We’ve been pushing for daily updates, and frankly it hasn’t been a challenge. There’s … Continue reading
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JP Blog 01: Private Tune / Murata Team
We thought it might be a neat idea to provide weekly links to some Japanese blogs. After all, blogging is not a phenomenon to be found strictly in the west! And with so many excellent English language blogs devoted to … Continue reading
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Toyota Trueno TE27 Levin GT
Probably one of the more distinctively recognised and admirably styled models among the Trueno/Corolla range, the TE27 Trueno Levin GT was built from the E20 series – the second generation of the Trueno. Read on for a little more info, … Continue reading
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We love a little bit o’ swag.
One of grandJDM’s valued contributors and go-to guys for those (many) moments when we can’t figure out what model JDM we’re looking at, recently took a trip to Japan, ostensibly for work, but you can be sure he got in … Continue reading
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Restored – specialists in Carbon Fibre for oldschool JDM
We’d first stumbled across the website for aftermarket manufacturer/restorer “Restored” a number of months ago, but chance brought us to it again today, so we thought we should share it! Specialising in carbon fibre replacement parts for classic JDM cars, … Continue reading
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Japan’s Best Motoring Hot Version do Wangan
Two Wangan Midnight entries in a row? What the hell’s going on? What can we say, the Wangan anime is the flavour of the moment! Japan’s well known and universally admired video magazine (basically a monthly DVD) Best Motoring have … Continue reading
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Wangan Midnight
Wangan Midnight is, well, a lot of things! Starting out as a manga (Japanese comics) series in 1992, it has since spawned arcade and home console video games, audio soundtracks to buy, a range of merchandise, and now in June … Continue reading
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Our Flickr pool needs YOU!
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 … Continue reading
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Smokey Nagata’s Top Secret Celica
Japan’s popular Top Secret tuning house are best known for their top of the line work on the more modern cars, along the lines of Supras and Skylines. However, as this article at Japanese Nostalgic Car shows, boss Smokey Nagata’s … Continue reading
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KPGC10 Skyline GT-R
If there’s one thing we see a lot of when it comes to modern JDM, it’s professional photography. Whether it’s in a magazine, or simply a proud owner organising some perfect photos of his perfect car, there’s no shortage of … Continue reading
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Speak Up!
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 … Continue reading
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C110 Skyline GT-R (replica)
Here we’ve got a spankin’ hot example of what you can do when you want a C110 Skyline GT-R, but all you can get your hands on – and perhaps all you can afford! – is a Datsun 240K (although … Continue reading
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Hola, welcome to grandJDM.
Heyo. Welcome to grandJDM, a website devoted to classic (and usually modified) Japanese cars. JDM is an acronym for Japanese Domestic Market, a term which technically refers to any product sold in Japan but not elsewhere – for example, the … Continue reading
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