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Gettin’ Back on the Wagon
Wagons are something you don’t see a lot of in tuner circles, and even more so among the classic JDM community. Ray Garbalosa’s RX-4 wagon is a fine example of what can be done when you want something classic but … Continue reading
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Here He Comes…
He’s a demon on wheeeels. Alright, so the picture to the left of this paragraph isn’t Speed Racer, but Takumi just doesn’t have a catchy theme song. Motivemag.com have posted their top 10 cartoon cars of all time, and while … Continue reading
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Running Out of Time, Folks!
The Import Bible / grandJDM contest has been going great guns, with Kev and Lachy driving themselves to drink with all the entries they’ve been adjudicating over (sounds dirty don’t it!), but none of the entries yet have hit the … Continue reading
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The More Things Change…
If there’s one thing I always get a massive kick out of while out and about, it’s seeing a new car alongside one of its ancestors. A Z33 gliding respectably next to an S30, a new Corolla passing by one … Continue reading
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SuperStreet Features a 1974 Levin
SuperStreet have today thrown up a great little feature on a gorgeous green 190hp TE27 Levin (known as the SR5 in the US), so head over there and check it out. With so much focus on the better known classic … Continue reading
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Australians Corollaring Along
The Toyota Corolla has now been in the Australian market since 1967, and today—forty years later—Toyota Australia have announced that they’ve now waved off their millionth ‘Rolla in the suburnt country. Marketing fluff aside (“Corolla has always captured the imagination … Continue reading
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Deal with the Devil Perhaps?
If you’ve got a spare US$560 floating around, you might like to head over to Yahoo! Auctions Japan and place the opening (and probably the final) bid on this customised Wangan Midnight S30Z model, which I think is 1/18 scale. … Continue reading
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For Your Perusing Pleasure
One good thing about the internet is that whenever you’ve got a hankering to sit and stare at something beautiful, you won’t have to look hard to find it. Forums are an especially good place, because someone’s already done the … Continue reading
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Tenth Anniversary of the First Crusade
The first crusade to Mazda HQ in California, that is. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Seven Stock event, wherein rotary fans from all around the US make an annual pilgrimage to California to stand around in the … Continue reading
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Classic JDM in Pop Culture and Advertising
Auto Otaku found this great advertisement for the American department store chain JCPenny, featuring a gorgeous girl standing in front of an even more stunning classic Corolla. I’ve got little to no interest in whatever the store’s selling—and I’m pretty … Continue reading
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If That Plate Could Be Read
It’d probably have the numbers 53-681. What’s the relevance? Those are the numbers on the plate of Wangan Midnight’s “Devil Z”, and frankly I’ve never seen a better replica than this one right here. It might not have been intentional … Continue reading
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The Devil Z’s in The Details
I wanted to link to this article a long time ago, but TunerZine overhauled their website, and the link I had to the article no longer worked. But hey, I’ve found it again, so here we are. I’m sure that … Continue reading
Win Stuff!
Hey folks, we’s got a prize for you! That is, if you can correctly navigate your way through our contest before any of your fellow readers—or should I say; opponents! (dun dun dun)! grandJDM have teamed up with J-style clothing … Continue reading
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So That’d Make it a… MX2000GT?
Well, this might be the weirdest thing I wasn’t expecting to see this week. Japanese outfit Roadster Garage are now offering a conversion package that transforms your MX-5 into a mutant Toyota 2000GT convertible. This is the sort of thing … Continue reading
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Dictionary Definition of Dedication
One could probably wonder how this guy finds enough hours in the day to do the crazy things he does to these models, but that’d be time wasted if you ask me. Just sit, click, scroll, and stare. That’s the … Continue reading
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This Just in From the ’80s
While grandJDM might generally be focused on the days of 60s and 70s Japanese steel, there’s no shortage of great looking boxes from the 80s that deserve a bit of a look in. The boso/garuchan/yankee style is an especially keen … Continue reading
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Got MySpace?™
Never one to dodge an opportunity for exposure and meeting new folks, grandJDM is now on MySpace! We’ve actually been on there for a while, but we didn’t want to announce the fact until we’d found the time to pull … Continue reading
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Even More S130 Loving
Looks like we’re on an S130 roll today. grandJDM’s Kev has weighed in with his opinions on this particular brand of Fairlady love, so click through to read that, and to see the photos he ransacked his own hard drive … Continue reading
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Speaking of Fine S130s
My previous post got me scanning the intarweb for other fine examples, and I came across this one on CarDomain. Very slick! The interior’s not much to my style, but the outside is brilliant. Check it out.
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Finding the Diamond in the Rough
During my weekly trawling of the various car classifieds websites here in Australia, I came across this S130 Fairlady (aka 280ZX) for sale. Two-seater S130s aren’t very common here, so it caught my eye straight away. It’s a relatively good … Continue reading
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