Yearly Archives: 2007
Before There Was The Intarweb…
…There was the grassroots, self-published enthusiast magazine. If a car didn’t have a dinky photocopied magazine published about it (undoubtedly from some fan’s back room), it clearly wasn’t a car worth owning. Japanese Restorer is one such magazine, though it … Continue reading
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Happy Belated 8-6 Day
The night of August 5, Eight Six Day Eve, is when all the hachiroku owners go to sleep with visions of twin cams and LSDs dancing in their heads. The legendary AE86s have such a huge following that enthusiasts actually … Continue reading
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Van’s Shot of the Week, part 4
Now this is what I call a timely coincidence! Dizmine – also known by his real name, Arnel, whose TE27 we featured some weeks ago – posted a couple of photos today of his C10 next to a beautiful R34 … Continue reading
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Mazda Releases 40th Anniv RX-8
If you live in Japan, you can go down to your local Mazda or Mazda Anfini dealer today and commemorate the 40th anniversary of the rotary engine with the newly released Rotary Engine 40th Anniversary limited edition version of their … Continue reading
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Wats Going On: RS-Watanabe Gallery
We couldn’t very well mention classic JDM wheels without paying our respects to Racing Service Watanabe. Their iconic eight-spoke wheels look good on any old school cruiser. It is rumored that amongst the nostalgic tuner crowd, the phrase “Get your … Continue reading
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Wheel Bearings: Classic JDM Rims Guide
We’re trying to collect photos of old school JDM wheels in this forum thread. Please stop by and show whatcha got, or what you’ve come across while cruising the web. The most sought after classic JDM rims are the infamous … Continue reading
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Absolute Zero
Thanks to our friends at grandJDM, the biggest car news blog in the States, Autoblog, received a little lesson in Japanese supercar history today. There is absolutely no reason for us to repeat the excellent write-up that grandJDM has done … Continue reading
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SSR: Old School Wheels are New Again
Let’s say you have almost finished restoring your vintage JDM ride, you have the blueprinted motor, you have the multiple carbs, and you need wheels to suit. Sure, there are lots of second hand old school wheels available on Yahoo … Continue reading
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Nostalgic Trio
In a hilariously well conceived parody of Nostalgic Hero magazine, Craig’s website about his three classic JDM projects takes the form of a blog nestled behind that great idea for a front page. Chronicling his efforts to get not one, … Continue reading
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Keep on Truckin’
A wonderfully cliched title for this post, eh? What isn’t cliched, at all, is the other side to the classic JDM coin – trucks and utes. MiniTruckinWeb have put together an article looking at the history of Japanese trucks in … Continue reading
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Gonna Boso Like it’s 1985
Alright, so this isn’t strictly pre-1980 (in fact, I can say here and now with great confidence that 1985 was after 1980), but it’s just too damn hilariously awesome to not mention. If you’ve ever wondered how to go about … Continue reading
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Ode to Toy
Here’s a poignantly written column by Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution called “Summer Ode to a Beloved Rust Bucket” about his 1980 Toyota Corolla. The piece begins with an amusing story about how his neighbor’s kid is mystified by … Continue reading
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Gorgeous JDM Car Art, by Bow
In JDM MX5/Roadster circles, one of the coolest things is the annual “Roadster Days” calendar by Japanese artist Bow. Beautifully illustrated, they’re wonderfully evocative pictures of the MX5 in its natural settings. Being a Roadster owner myself, I just had … Continue reading
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Honda’s First Win on Four Wheels
We’ve had quite a few articles on the Honda S600 sports car lately (here and here), which reminded me that there is a great story about the S600 winning its class and coming 13th outright in the 1964 Nurburgring 500km … Continue reading
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Models! No, Made of Plastic. Of Cars, That Is
Look closely. Closer. Notice something? If you can believe it, these are not images of real cars. Their creator, known only as pcman, is one of the most talented scale model builders we have ever seen, through a glue-induced haze … Continue reading
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The Hot Olds, they like to Meet.
Earlier this year, an event called Hot Olds Meet was held at Shizuoka, in Japan – where else. I’ve spent the past hour salivating over hundreds of images, and I figure it’s my civic duty to share the booty with … Continue reading
Classics on a Budget
We all have a dream JDM classic. Perhaps yours is a beautifully restored Toyota 2000GT, or maybe something retrotech like an awesome RB-powered C10 Skyline or nutcase 20B-powered RX-3. Whatever it may be, chances are these dreams usually never eventuate … Continue reading
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Downloads
This page will feature a series of wallpapers, created both by grandJDM, as well as by others. We’ll try to give credit to the original creators when we can, but sometimes it’s hard to find out who the original creator … Continue reading
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Truck Everlasting
The popularity of old school Japanese vehicles just keeps on growing, pervading every band of the automotive spectrum. Mini Truckin’ magazine just put this seriously slammed Datsun NL320 on their September cover as part of a retrospective on the pint-sized … Continue reading
