Author Archives: Ben Hsu
Motor Trend Hearts Hondas
Back when we were growing up in the late 80s and early 90s, you’d be hard pressed to find an article about classic Japanese cars in any major automotive publication. My, how times have changed. Motor Trend recently published this … Continue reading
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Electric Datsun 1200
The Wall Street Journal has turned its attention to White Zombie. Not the band, but the 1972 Datsun 1200 that can run a sub-12 in the quarter mile and smoke a whole gaggle of V8-powered muscle cars while getting terrific … Continue reading
A Long Dime Comin'
The sheer number of oddities to be found on craigslist can easily overwhelm the innocent mind. For example, this limousine. Is this an answer to a question nobody asked, the Joker’s car in the next Batman movie, a poorly constructed … Continue reading
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Master of Your CarDomain
More old school love just keeps popping up on the web. Cardomain, the social networking site for the automotively-minded, has implemented a groups feature, and the CarDomain Blog posted this Group of the Day item the day we were supposed … Continue reading
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EVENTS: Motoring J Style
We came, we saw, we covered. The San Francisco area has the most beautiful weather we have ever experienced, just about perfect for cruising in an old school Japanese car with questionable A/C, and we’re sad to be home.
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Toyotas of Puget Sound Off
Motoring J Style might have been the most publicized nostalgic car event of the weekend, but it wasn’t the only one. The Puget Sound Toyota Owners Club held their third annual Toyota Festival on Sunday, July 29. The event welcomes … Continue reading
Motoring J Style Preview
The inaugural Motoring J Style has come and gone. We’ll have a full gallery up in our Events section soon, but here’s a small preview.
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Random Pic: Supra By the Bay
Spotted on the 101 just outside of San Francisco, the big brother of the random third-gen Celica from earlier today. Specimens like the Celica are rare enough on the east coast, but smooth, cleanly modded rides like this Supra – … Continue reading
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Random Pic: Celica By the Bay
This is why we love Cali. We’re in San Francisco to attend Motoring J Style this weekend, and within seconds of picking up our rental car (alas, a Ford Focus), we exited the airport to see this mint beauty in … Continue reading
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Now Playing, JNC: The Movie
In a distant land… Strange machines prowl the streets… But now, a dying breed, they are slowly disappearing… Who will save them? Critics are already hailing Japanese Nostalgic Car: The Movie as the defining film of the twentieth century. “Two … Continue reading
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Toyota Five-O
Regular readers might know that we are pretty puzzled as to why Toyota hasn’t been making a bigger fuss about it’s 50 years in America. As the anniversary draws ever nearer, news on the company’s golden anniversary has gone from … Continue reading
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The SR5 Club Speaks
It’s a retrospective bonanza! Hot off the heels of our profile on Mike McGinnis about his days working at a Datsun dealership in th 1970s, Automotive News has published an article about Toyota’s early years and the many hardships that … Continue reading
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More Z-car Love
Autoblog has returned with their “Reader Ride of the Day” feature after a brief hiatus, and are kicking it off with a 1972 Datsun 240Z. With only 40,000 miles and some funky pinstripes, the car was undergoing a restoration when … Continue reading
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Profiles: 1978 Datsun 280Z
Our latest Profile has been posted. I’m sure those in the Z Car community have heard of Mike McGinnis, Z-car restorer and guru extraordinaire. He’s a great guy who has witnessed a lot of interesting stuff in his lifetime, including … Continue reading
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Initial Publica Offering
One of the rarest cars in the US is going up for auction on eBay: a 1965 UP10 Toyota Publica Deluxe. Only four are known to exist here, and according to its current owner, Steve Kopito of TORC, the other … Continue reading
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JNCM: Pre-Kenmeri Ken and Mary
Although we know the third-gen Skyline as the Hakosuka and its descendant fourth-gen as the Kenmeri, here we can see the happy couple wooing both each other and customers longing for a C10 GT-X Hardtop. Some of the scenes are … Continue reading
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The Toyota Crown Affair
Yes, we are totally stalking this car. Last night, our friends at Katysnest twisted and mashed potatoed the night away at the city of Torrance, CA’s Rock Around the Block festivities, a celebration of 1950s nostalgia put on by the … Continue reading
Super Heroes: Nostalgic Hero's Top 50 Japanese Classics
Don’t know how we missed this one, but we were going through the forums the other day and discovered member pecx’s post about Nostalgic Hero‘s Best 50 nostalgic cars of all time. It’s always risky ranking things in a formal … Continue reading
Old Skool in the Olde World
Blimey! There’s a new site on the web about our favorite topic, old Japanese cars, and it’s called Old Japanese Car. Can’t get much more direct that that! The site was started by a couple of chaps who go by … Continue reading
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Samuridin' Dirty
We get so absorbed by cars that we’re often rendered clueless when it comes to those swaths of fabric that drape your body…. what’s the word? Oh right, clothes. Apparently, a greasy t-shirt from the last car show you attended … Continue reading
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