Yearly Archives: 2007
Suspended Admiration
Each year, the Goodwood Festival of Speed pays tribute to the featured marque by suspending an assortment of its million-dollar race cars several stories above ground on a huge piece of outdoor art. With Toyota taking the honors this year, … 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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Random Pic: Toyotas Infiltrate Honda Museum
One of the best things about car musuems in Japan, other than the fact that they’re museums, situated in Japan, and chock full of classic Japanese cars, is that they aren’t afraid to showcase vehicles made by their competitors. Case … 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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Cruiser Carnival
We know there’s nothing like a low-slung coupe with fender mirrors but one of the most sought-after nostalgics lies on the exact opposite side of the automotive spectrum. The Toyota Land Cruiser boasts one of the largest followings of any … 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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Random Pic: Jump for Toy
Remember Power Wheels, those battery-powered kid-mobiles with big plastic wheels that inevitably deformed and cracked if the car was anywhere but the kitchen floor? In the US we can recall two flavors – Jeep and Corvette – but as with … Continue reading
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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Oz Fest, Part 2
G’Day blokes and Sheilas, welcome to part two of our news from Australia. This time, we’re here to inform you of a new site called grandJDM, a new Aussie site about – what else – vintage Japanese cars! Enthusiasm for … Continue reading
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Oz Fest, Part 1
Break out the vegemite and bog in, mate. Hear that didgeridoo? It’s time for a pair of posts from the land down under. First up, a couple of weekends ago, the Gold Coast held its annual WinterSun Festival (the southern … 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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Random Pic: Speak of the Devil
We just posted about Wangan Midnight and the Devil Z a few days ago, but could this be the real thing? This downright evil-looking Fairlady Z was spotted in the Tokyo metro area, where it appears to be in cahoots … Continue reading
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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Block Party
After a long week of showcasing its corporate master’s wares, the Honda Japanese website likes to shed the work duds and have some fun. Cometh each weekend, the home page transforms into a bizarre yet beautiful and rich world of … 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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