Author Archives: Ben Hsu
Adam Carolla Discusses Datsuns, Toyotas and Mazdas
Purists may balk, but like it or not, Top Gear USA is coming. One of the hosts was revealed to be Adam Carolla, a comic who built his career on making jokes about STDs and hosting shows whose main feature … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity Nostalgics, datsun, JNC Theater, mazda, nissan, toyota
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Crazy Ken Band’s Isuzu Bellett 1600GT
W-W-W-Welcome baaack to WJNC, bringin’ you the best nostalgic tunes and old school jams! Hope you’re enjoying your Fridaaaay! Put on your dancing shoes and crank up the volume, because coming up next we have back-to-back tracks from the Crazy … Continue reading
Harmonizing Over the Bluebird Coupe
Another great ad from 60s Japan, this time for the Datsun Bluebird Coupe. While the song is not as catchy and seemingly of a different era as the Maruzen Oil ad, it gets the point across: “Big power, dynamic power, … Continue reading
Posted in cm, datsun, nissan
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Nostalgic T-Shirts from Lisa's Decals
We were browsing the web for images of nostalgics and stumbled upon this great series of T-shirts with pictures of our favorite cars on them. Then we realized that they were drawn by a JNCer who goes by the name … Continue reading
Posted in nostalgic gear
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Profiles: Turbo KA-Powered Datsun 510
An excellent new article about a bad-ass KA Turbo Datsun 510, by our very own Datsunfreak!
Posted in datsun, nissan, profiles
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Features: Datsun Heritage Museum
The grand opening of the Datsun Heritage Museum was this weekend. Koji Yamaguchi of the Japanese Classic Car Show was kind enough to cover it for us.
Cindy McCain, First Lady of Drift
If you haven’t been following the giant mudslinging contest known as the 2008 presidential campaign, consider yourself smart, as banging one’s head against a wall repeatedly does tend to kill off brain cells. However, we at JNC feel that its … Continue reading
Posted in nissan
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Trust Bust: GReddy Parent Company Goes Bankrupt
Note: update below the jump. A Japanese credit researching company is reported yesterday that Trust, mega Japanese tuning firm and a mainstay of the import scene, has filed for bankruptcy at a Tokyo District Court. You may know them by … Continue reading
Posted in industry, tuning shop
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Nissan 1400 Sunny Truck Put Out to Pasture
It was a relief to wake up this morning and find the planet still here, meaning we survived those wacky scientists flipping the switch on the Large Hadron Collider. Here’s another story of survival. In 1972 Nissan introduced the Sunny … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, nissan, trucks
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Things We'd Like to See Happen with J-Tin
Today we’re going to take a rare detour from news on nostalgics to comment on some things we’d like to see happen with Japanese cars. First up, a 1978 VW Golf has appeared on eBay with the selling price of … Continue reading
Posted in other marques
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Datsun Heritage Museum to Open in CA
This is the news we’ve been waiting for and we couldn’t be happier to report it. The Datsun Heritage Museum will officially hold its grand opening on September 12-14 in Murrieta, CA! Excuse us as we jump for joy, do … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, events, museums, nissan
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Gas Up and Go Go with Maruzen
What do you get when you mix the swingin’ sixties, Speed Racer, and some Marylin Monroe-style upskirt shots? A catchy 1969 ad for Maruzen Oil’s chain of gas stations, now known as Cosmo, not to be confused with the actual … Continue reading
Posted in cm, japan
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Captain James "Slow" May, Datsun Owner
Aaaand we’re back, thanks to a new hard drive. We’re still trying to assess the data loss but it’s likely everything since the last backup was destroyed, based on the drive’s horrible scratching noise, which sounded like a school of … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity Nostalgics, datsun, nissan
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Technical Difficulties
Unbelievable!! In lieu of nostalgic car news today there will instead be a rant about my Apple laptop. It’s where a good chunk of JNC’s content comes from, and it has died for the second time in just over a … Continue reading
Posted in jnc
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Peter Brock to Appear at 2008 JCCS
The Japanese Classic Car Show, scheduled for October 12, 2008 in Irvine, California, is coming. Unfortunately for Nissan enthusiasts, the company is cutting back on event sponsorship and, unlike Toyota and Mazda, it seems like they will not have an … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, events, motorsports, nissan
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Seven Stock to Feature Daytona 24hr Winners
SevenStock, the annual gathering of Mazdafarians at the company’s USA headquarters, is coming. This year the event will feature Mazda’s 24 Hours of Daytona endurance racers, including 1979’s winning RX-7 and this year’s winning RX-8. Drivers from both teams will … Continue reading
Posted in events, mazda, motorsports
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Nostalgics Under Attack Again from CA Bill
California may not have much rust, but it’s got something far, far worse: lawmakers on the constant attack against old cars. The latest culprit is Assemblyman Dave Jones, who has drafted a bill that would require all cars 15 years … Continue reading
Posted in laws
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$22,000 Crown Finds Home in Tupelo, Miss.
A couple of months ago we told you about a 1958 Toyopet Crown with a very unique history, having served as one of the cars of the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco, that sold for a record. $22,322. It’s one … Continue reading
Honda Z600 Coupe Sets Bonneville Record
Microcars are on a roll! First a duo of Subaru 360s finishes 1-2 in their class in the Liége-Brescia-Liége, and now a Honda Z600 has broken the 600cc class land speed record at Bonneville Speed Week. We first came across … Continue reading
Posted in honda, kei, motorsports
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