Author Archives: Ben Hsu
Weird and Wild at the Tokyo Auto Salon
It’s Tokyo Auto Salon time again, and you know what that means. All the weird and wacky custom cars of Japan come to Makuhari Messe in Chiba to show their stuff. Reports are filtering in all over the web, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009 tokyo auto salon, honda civic, honda civic ef, mugen, nissan, nissan skyline, nissan skyline r30, tokyo auto salon, toyota, toyota 2000gt
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Honda USA Kicks Off 50th Anniversary Year
In 1959 Honda established a US subsidiary. They wouldn’t sell cars for another decade, but at the time they moved plenty of motorcycles. Now, a half century later, they’re the second best selling Japanese brand in America. On New Year’s … Continue reading
Mecha-Godzilla Attacks! Nissan GT-R SpecV
What do you do when regular pudding just isn’t enough? You get Giga Pudding. What do you do if Nissan’s AWD twin-turbo supercar that everyone is calling “Godzilla” just isn’t enough? You get the GT-R SpecV. The spiritual successor of … Continue reading
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Tagged giga pudding, nissan, nissan gt-r specv, nissan r35, nissan skyline gt-r, nissan skyline gt-r specv
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1969 Mitsubishi Colt 1100F Article
Here’s a great little article on a car that rarely gets any love, the Mitsubishi Colt. But it’s not the Colt you’re thinking of. While the US was getting Mitsus branded as Dodges and Plymouths, Australia got these exports straight … Continue reading
Old Car Disposal Programs Going National
What a way to start off the year. Politicians are at it again. Remember buybacks? These were programs offered by states like California and Texas that paid owners for their old cars. The lawmakers claimed taking these vehicles off the … Continue reading
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Kidney Deficit! 1965 Nissan Silvia CSP311
Ok, forget the pair of Bluebirds we posted on just a few hours ago. Here’s what we really want instead, a 1965 Nissan Silvia CSP311! It’s on sale at Dallas Dream Cars for a whopping $50,000 obo. Obviously this blue … Continue reading
How Old is Your Car in People Years?
Does the passing of another year make you feel old? Well look on the bright side, it’s nothing compared to how your dog feels! But what about man’s other best friend, the automobile? Here’s an amusing and easy math problem … Continue reading
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Not Enough Kidneys: Datsun PL411 Bluebird
This tip was sent to us by reader supraman215. He spotted this uber-clean 1967 Datsun Bluebird PL411 on Bring A Trailer. It lives in Hawaii, looks to be in astounding shape, and is for sale if you’ve got five grand … Continue reading
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Kidney, Anyone? Honda 1300 Coupe on eBay
Here’s a rare one for ya – a 1971 Honda 1300 Coupe! It’s one of two known to exist in the US, and it was apparently just imported not too long ago. This excellent piece by Jonny Lieberman is all … Continue reading
Posted in for sale, honda
Tagged classic honda, honda, honda 1300, honda 1300 coupe 9, vintage honda
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1970 Datsun 1600 Roadster Article by Datsunfreak
Time for some more self promotion! Check out this month’s Super Street magazine for an article by everyone’s favorite moderator, Datsunfreak! His real name is Bruce Wayne John P. Roper, and those are his words and photos schooling y’all on … Continue reading
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Hot Wheels Datsun 510 Recolor
Since Kev has gone toy crazy with JDM minicars and other assorted goods, we might as well continue the theme. Earlier this year we got all excited about how Hot Wheels was introducing a Datsun 510 in their 2009 lineup. … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, minicars, nissan
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Datsun B210 Wins LeMons, Sort Of
Congrats to Team B210 Racing for winning the Index of Effluency award at the 24 Hours of LeMons‘ Arse-Freeze-A-Palooza this past weekend. While technically not car that placed first (that honor goes to a Geo Metro powered by a Honda … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, motorsports, nissan
Tagged 24 hours of lemons, 24 hrs of lemons, datsun b210, nissan
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RS-Yasu's Nissan Sunny B122 Pickup Resto
RS-Yasu is another restoration shop out of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan that does beautiful restoration work. Their most recently completed masterpiece is a sanitora, a portmanteau of “Sunny Truck.” Despite it looking like an early 70s B110 Sunny (Datsun 1200 in … Continue reading
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Tagged datsun, datsun bakkie, nissan, nissan datsun truck, sanitora
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JNC Wishes You a Joyous Holiday Season
I think the heat may have gotten to Kev. Having Christmas in summer can do that to a bloke, so here’s a North American seasons greetings from JNC. Well, technically this photo was taken in Japan, but whatever. May you … Continue reading
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JNC Article in the Japan Times
And now for a bit of shameless self-promotion. We were recently asked by the Japan Times, the largest English-language newspaper in Japan, to write a piece about the increasing interest in Japanese classics here in the US. The short article, … Continue reading
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Newly Restored Datsun 510 in Fatal Crash
As many of us can attest to, nothing beats the feeling of taking a finished project on its maiden voyage. That’s why it’s important not to get carried away before you familiarize yourself with your car’s limits. Tragedy struck earlier … Continue reading
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Datsun 240Z & Nissan 370Z, Then and Now
Last week we posted on a Father & Son sneak preview of JNC Issue 3, in which we compare and contrast a Datsun 240Z with a Nissan 370Z. Soon after, Gregg Rogers, president of the Desert Z Association of Arizona, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009 nissan 370z, 240z, 370z, arizona, datsun, datsun 240z, greyhound park, nissan, nissan 370z, phoenix
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