Category Archives: datsun
Japanese Old Car Videos
Found these on good old YouTube. Seem to be copies of a DVD collection, possibly from a magazine.
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Z-Car West Coast Nationals Registation
This year’s Z-Car West Coast Nationals is coming up (April 24-26), so if you plan on entering your nostalgic in the show, don’t forget to register by April 6! Past WCN coverage: 2007, 2008 <Register Here>
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Tagged datsun, datsun 240z, nissan, nissan fairlady z, z-car west coast nationals
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A Visit to S&A Auto Create
We’re still not finished with coverage from Japan. During our visit we had the privilege of visiting Kanagawa Prefecture’s S&A Auto Create. The owner has been doing modern engine swaps in older cars and fabricating the parts needed for almost … Continue reading
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Tagged datsun 510, mitsubishi debonair, mitsubishi minica, nissan bluebird, S&A auto create, toyota ae86, toyota land cruiser, toyota soarer
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Friday Video: Mitsubishi Kei Car vs. Mustang II
Perhaps the Skyline vs. Cougar video from two weeks ago was a bit too much excitement for your delicate sensibilities. If so, this week’s video is another Japan vs. Detroit matchup that flexes considerably less muscle. In 1985’s My Lucky … Continue reading
Seibu Keisatsu's Skyline vs. Mercury Cougar
Ready for some Detroit vs. Japan action? A C210 Skyline chasing down a 1970 Mercury Cougar, perhaps? In fact, it’s the episode of Seibu Keisatsu in which the chief adds a new car to the fleet, the Super Machine-X Skyline … Continue reading
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Tagged nissan skyline, nissan skyline c210, nissan skyline japan, seibu keisatsu
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Ice Coffee & Hakosuka Skyline
Not much to report from Japanland today. I’m drinking plenty of coffee, not only because I’m busy writing articles and making appointments, but also for the awesome toys that you get free with the canned java. In this case, it’s … Continue reading
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EVENTS: Mooneyes Cruise Night in Yokohama
So despite popping awake at 4am due to ungodly jetlag and traipsing all over the Nos2Days show, I went to check out Mooneyes’ cruise night on Saturday, where I nearly passed out from a mixture of gasoline fumes and exhaustion. … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, honda, japan, jnc, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, suzuki
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Your Weekend Dose of Seibu Keisatsu
Here is your Friday video. But it’s Thursday, you say? Yes, there will be no Friday post this week because I’ll be on a plane to Japan! Hopefully the forthcoming pictures will make up for it. This clip is once … Continue reading
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Goertz Myth Watch, Part III
We opened up a can of worms last month when we questioned the conventionally held belief that Albrecht Goertz designed, among others, the Toyota 2000GT and Datsun 240Z. If you want to see yet another misinformed article about this piece, … Continue reading
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Tagged albrecht goertz, datsun 240z, nissan fairlady z, toyota 2000gt
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Billet Aluminium Hakosuka Skyline
For those of you who are looking to upgrade from Choro-Qs…here’s your chance! It’s a billet alloy KPGC10 Skyline. And if you have to ask, no you can’t afford it. Details after the jump.
Posted in datsun, minicar, nissan, Toys
Tagged nissan, nissan skyline, nissan skyline gt-r
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Some Seibu Keisatsu for Your Weekend
Whew, it’s 2:30 AM and we just got back from a ridiculously long but productive day writing articles, scoring a free desk on craigslist for the JNC office, and attending important meetings about ad sales. Just one more day until … Continue reading
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Tagged datsun, nissan, nissan cedric, seibu keisatsu
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Pitroad, Sunny Tuning House
Cheater_5, the JNC reader who introduced us to Auckland’s Tama Autos, has a another great post about Pitroad, the Chiba-based Sunny tuning house responsible for the pulse-quickening B310 TS Cup car pictured above. They make everything from suspension parts to … Continue reading
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Tama Autos of Auckland, New Zealand
We love checking out sites created by JNC readers and lately we’ve really gotten into cheater_5’s A B110 Perspective. As you can guess from the title, the man is obsessed with Sunnys, and he owns an uber-cool sanitora, or Sunny … Continue reading
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Tagged toyota, toyota corolla e70, toyota corolla ke70, toyota corolla panel van
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Nissan 370Z Designer Is an S30 Owner
Well whaddya know. Randy Rodriguez, one of the key designers of the Nissan 370Z, is an S30 fan at heart, according to this Canadian Press article. He’s owned 10 of them, in fact, and currently drives 1977 280Z that he … Continue reading
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Z Club of San Diego Sweetheart Run
Just got this email from the guys at the Z Club of San Diego. Join them this Sunday if you want to drive through Temecula Wine Country. Details below.
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Slidin' Sunnys and Coastin' Corollas
We know not all JNC readers baby their nostalgics, so here’s some examples of nostalgics behaving badly from a couple of blogs we like. Nori Yaro‘s gallery of drifting remind us of the guys from the Japanese KE70 drift team … Continue reading
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Tagged datsun sunny, drifting, ke70 corolla, nissan sunny, toyota corolla
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Grandma Hoon in a Datsun Bluebird
Australia’s fastest grandma, Barbara Colllier, age 70, co-pilots a Datsun Bluebird with her grandson John, age 14. He needed a certified passenger to compete at Toowoomba’s Charlton Speedway but his grandfather Jack failed a mandatory medical exam. That’s when Barbara … Continue reading
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