Author Archives: Ben Hsu
Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do?
Our compadres at grandJDM have unearthed yet another JDM clothing line. They’re Kaminari69, purveyors of “Japanese Badboy Kulture,” They like hakosuka Skylines, skulls, and horns that play music. They’ve been featured in the likes of J’s Tipo, Daytona, and Ignite … Continue reading
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Silvia Successor, Maybe
Hot on the mudflaps of the recent news of an AE86 redux comes a report from Best Car via Autoblog that Nissan has a 60 percent chance of coming out with a lightweight FR sports car of their own. Expected … Continue reading
Random Pic: Dat 70s Show
We were up at our local you-pull-it junkyard today searching for a side window for one of our upcoming projects, and ran across this awesome 1970 Datsun 510. We immediately pulled a U and caught up with the owner, Nestor, … Continue reading
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Random Pic: Classic Corona
We happened upon this cool classic car dealership in Northern Maryland one day. Although it was the metallic yellow Corvette Stingray and bright orange ’67 Camaro that first caught our eye as we sped by, once we pulled a U … Continue reading
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Random Pic: Datsun Homecoming
In 1933, Datsun, or Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd. as it was called, established its headquarters in Yokohama, where Japan’s first real automobile factory would later stand. Three years later, this Datsun Model 15 roadster rolled off the assembly line. With … 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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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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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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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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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
Brunei Toyota Guy
Ok, we’re not going to complain, even though it’s taking ever fiber of our beings. We promised we wouldn’t. It’s just that in Toyota of Brunei has, to celebrate their 40th anniversary, held a contest to find the oldest and … Continue reading
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Z-Yota Races Ferrari, Receives Hate
Van from grandJDM posted this incredible video in our forum the other day of a 240Z with a 7m-GTE underhood outrunning a Ferrari F430 in a stoplight battle. Later that day, US-based Autoblog posted it and in just nine minutes … Continue reading
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Lock Down Your Speakers
This is just tragic. Initially, what caught our eye was this photo of a battered 240Z on Cardomain. Turns out, it was a post about how the 27 year old driver of this Datsun was rear ended and paralyzed as … Continue reading
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The Art of Car
If being deformed sounds bad, then super-deformed must be worse, right? Well, not if you’re in Japan. For whatever reason, the Japanese just love taking perfectly good cars and deforming their classic proportions to make cartoony illustrations or extremely cute … Continue reading
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Return of the ‘Roku, Maybe
Rumors of an AE86 successor has been spreading across the web like the blob at end of Akira in the past couple of days. One of the few cars more well known by its chassis code than it’s actual name, … Continue reading
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