Author Archives: Ben Hsu
Japanese Classic Car Show 2010 Preview
We’ve just returned from an exhausting but incredible day at JCCS 2010. Here’s a taste for now, but we’ll have more coverage as we sort through the photos and the week goes on.
Posted in events
Tagged 310, 610, b210, datsun, japanese classic car show, japanese classic car show 2010, jccs, jccs 2010, nissan
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Friday Video: Toyota Carina Wagon vs Suzuki Crotchrocket
Finally, a video that can count a Toyota wagon among its participants! In this episode of Abunai Deka, Hiroshi Tachi (who played Tatsu in Seibu Keisatsu), pursues a Toyota Carina wagon through the streets of old Yokohama on a Suzuki bike … Continue reading
Posted in toyota, Video Games
Tagged abunai deka, carina, hiroshi tachi, japanese cop show, seibu keisatsu, toyota, yokohama
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Tomica Returns to US Market, Featured at JCCS
JNC readers of a certain age will remember pegs at Toys R Us filled with Tomy Pocket Cars, highly detailed diecast models blister packed against a denim background. They were the US brand name for Tomica, Japan’s most popular line of … Continue reading
The Slow Car Movement
You’ve heard of the slow food movement. How about the slow car movement? This article in GQ by Jamie Lincoln Kitman describes perfectly why old school is most cool. New cars are so fast and packed with electronic gizmos that driver … Continue reading
Kidney, Anyone? TRD SCCA GT5 Toyota Starlet 1 of 8
According to the seller, In 1983 Toyota Racing Development in Torrance, California built eight Toyota Starlets to compete in the SCCA GT5 National Championship races. This one is apparently the only one with a plaque bearing the names of the … Continue reading
Posted in motorsports, toyota
Tagged gt5, kp61, motoi kodaira, scca, starlet, technocraft, tom yoshida, toyota, trd, weds
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Friday Video: Mazda Cosmo Sport in Neon Genesis Evangelion 2.0
While we’re on the topic of Mazda Cosmo Sports, we have no idea what Neon Genesis Evangelion 2.0 is about, but there is a decidedly old school Cosmo in an animated cityscape leading a bunch of gigantic, futuristic military vehicles. … Continue reading
Mazda Cosmo Sport is a Chick/Dude Magnet
Oddly enough, one of Mazda‘s early successful export markets was Greece, where the three-wheeled Mazda T1500 was actually assembled locally. The above is a promotional photo for the Cosmo Sport from Mazda Greece, demonstrating clearly why nostalgics are cool.
Kidney, Anyone? Mitsubishi Canter Dekotora Tow Rig
Imagine rolling into JCCS with your nostalgic on the bed of this Mitsubishi Canter dekotora. It could be yours for ¥4,390,000 (or $52,000 American), shipping not included. More photos below the fold.
Sick Sigma
We’re not sure where we got this photo from (most likely Minkara Carview), but this triple diamond is one sick Sigma. We definitely don’t post enough slammed Mitsubishis on ‘champs.
Honda Cub CM91 Boss Roadster
Okay, so this isn’t, strictly speaking, a car, but it is Japanese, nostalgic, and I saw it in person the other day. It’s also rare.
Friday Video: Nissan Cedric vs. Isuzu Elf
How do you stop a steamrollin’ Isuzu Elf with just a standard-issue unmarked Nissan Cedric? With aviator shades, driving and bullets!
Posted in datsun, isuzu, nissan, Video Games
Tagged 230, 430, cedric, datsun, elf, gloria, isuzu, japanese cop show, nissan, seibu keisatsu
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Performance Parts Prices, Circa 1995
Bottom right corner. Brand new 11J-15 for ¥33,600, or $357. And this was during the height of the boom years, at the time the worst exchange rate in history.
Finland's 10th Annual Japanese Cars Meet, 2010
Last week we saw how Norway does old school. What about their neighbors in Finland? They have a taste for originality as well, and here are some photos from their 10th Annual Japanese Car Meet.
Posted in datsun, nissan, toyota, Uncategorized
Tagged cedric, datsun, finland, gloria, japanese car meet, nissan, prince, toyota
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Recycling Old Cars in Japan — With Fire
So you want to recycle the metal from an old Bluebird to satisfy the demand for new 510s. But you don’t want all that pesky rubber and plastic to contaminate your molten steel. What to do? Burn it off on … Continue reading
Shakotan S130
Hardcastle and McCormick would be proud. How low does a bad ass Datsun 280ZX need to do this?
Friday Video: Datsun 810 Bluebird vs Nissan 330 Cedric
In this short but action-packed chase from Seibu Keisatsu, a Bluebird 810 sedan goes head to head with a 330 Cedric. A flotilla of Nissan black-and-whites give chase, and a particularly brave yonmeri Skyline patrol car sets up a pick … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, nissan, Video Games
Tagged 330, 610, bluebird, car chase, cedric, datsun, gloria, japanese cop show, nissan, seibu keisatsu
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Meet Your New Koreisha Mark
The votes are in and Japan’s National Police Agency has just announced its new Koreisha Mark. The four-color clover, created by a 31-year-old graphic designer from Osaka, was selected as the winner among four proposed symbols. It will replace the … Continue reading
Posted in japan
Tagged beginner driver mark, elderly driver mark, koreisha mark, kourei, shoshinsha, wakaba mark
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Norwegian Nostalgics at Japan Treff 2010
It’s time once again for the Japan Treff from Norway, a classic Japanese gathering that does not boast a single tsurikawa or boso pipe in the field.
JCCS X Yokohama X Enkei Contest
Have you registered for the Japanese Classic Car Show yet? There’s less than a month till the biggest gathering of nostalgic autos in the US! And this year, the JCCS crew is teaming up with Enkei Wheels and Yokohama Tire to … Continue reading
Posted in contests, wheels
Tagged contest, enkei, japanese classic car show, jccs, yokohama
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