Category Archives: events
Event Horizon for the Weekend of Apr 2, 2010
If you know of or would like to publicize an event, send us a tip at feedback(at)japanesenostalgiccar(dot)com This week: Friday, April 2 / Torrance, CA: South Bay Monthly Meet Saturday, April 3 – Sunday, April 4 / Yokohama, Japan: Nostalgic 2 Days … Continue reading
Yellow Torpedo: New Year Meeting Hino Contessa
We rarely get to post a photo of a Hino Contessa, but here’s a slick little rear-engined torpedo found at the 2010 New Year Meeting. Obligatory black Wats and a dab of drop. [Minkara]
Thai Fighters: Retro Car Meet in Bangkok
The Retro Car syndicate of Thailand has routinely given us some of the raddest nostalgics outside of Japan. Not only are there apparently massive amounts of J-tin in that country, there’s a deep appreciation of the JDM modification aesthetic as … Continue reading
South Australia's All Japan Day
The license plate on this Datsun 1600 says it all. If you have a penchant for Simmons wheels, oddball two-door wagons, and rear window blinds, then head to the JNC forums for photos from South Australia’s All Japan Day. Ta … Continue reading
Toyotafest 2010 Registration Open
Mark your calendars, Toyotaku — Toyotafest 2010 is open for registration. Come gather at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California for the biggest Toyota show in the US! Meet your fellow Toyota enthusiasts! You will not see a bigger … Continue reading
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Tagged celica, corolla, cressida, crown, land cruiser, toyota, toyotafest, toyotafest 2010
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EVENTS: 2010 New Year Meeting, Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our 2010 New Year Meeting coverage. JNC operative Derek Y. has sent us photos of Toyotas, Mazdas and Mitsubishis and a solitary Honda. We know you’re eager to get to the eye candy so let’s jump … Continue reading
Posted in events, honda, mazda, mitsubishi, toyota
Tagged 151e, 2010 new year meeting, 2tg, celica, corolla, corona, cosmo 110s, cosmo sports, cressida, fto, galant, gto, honda, levin, life, mark II, mazda, minica, mitsubishi, mx32, new year meeting, r360, roadpacer, sprinter, step van, t2000, te27, toyota, trueno
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EVENTS: 2010 New Year Meeting, Part I
So as we’re sure you all know, the biggest Japanese kyuusha show of the year took place last weekend. The 2010 New Year Meeting has come and gone, and we just received an incoming transmission beamed across the Pacific from our … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, events, honda, isuzu, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, suzuki, toyota
Tagged datsun, hino, honda, isuzu, mazda, mitsubishi, new year meeting, new year meeting 2010, nissan, suzuki, toyota
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Strong Nostalgic Showing at the Tokyo Auto Salon: This year’s TAS had more J-tin that we can remember for a long time. Check out Speedhunters’ coverage here: Old School Style @ TAS 2010. Hat tip to DegreE.
Event Horizon for the Weekend of Jan 8, 2010
If you know of or would like to publicize an event, send us a tip at feedback(at)japanesenostalgiccar.com This week: Friday, January 8 / Torrance, California: South Bay Monthly Meet Sunday, January 10 / Murrieta, California: DHM Swap Meet/Car Show
Event Horizon for the Weekend of Dec 11, 2009
If you know of or would like to publicize an event, send us a tip at feedback(at)japanesenostalgiccar.com This week: Saturday, December 12 / Grapevine, Texas: Texas Toyota Car Show Saturday, December 12 / Atlanta, Georgia: Garage Zero Holiday Open House … Continue reading
Last Monthly Torrance/South Bay Meet of 2009
The boys with the Datsun wagons held the final South Bay meet of 2009 last Friday and despite the chilly (for SoCal) temperatures we rolled in to join the festivities. We saw the Mazda R100 above at SevenStock earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in events, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, toyota
Tagged datsun, honda, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, south bay meet, toyota
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Event Horizon: Winter's Coming Edition
These days, it starts getting dark before 5pm. Many of you plugged in the Battery Tender long ago and have your nostalgic tucked away under the car cover awaiting bluer skies and warmer temps. For those of you still refusing … Continue reading
Event Horizon
If you know of or would like to publicize an event, send us a tip at feedback(at)japanesenostalgiccar.com This week: Saturday, November 14 / Corona, California: Empire Z Car Show Sunday, November 15 / San Diego, California: IMG Old School Meet … Continue reading
SoCal Roadsters Toy Drive @ Datsun Heritage Museum
The SoCal Roasters Owners Club held their annual charity toy drive at the Datsun Heritage Museum last weekend. We’re always looking for an excuse to head down to the DHM, so Dan and I hopped into the Toyota and away … Continue reading
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Tagged bre, datsun, datsun heritage museum, don devendorf, fairlady, jamie howe, john knepp, john morton, nissan, peter brock, roadster, sports 1600, sports 2000
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SEMA 2009: OS Giken TC24-B1 Twin-Cam L-Series Head
Behold what has been described as the holy grail for Datsun maniacs, the OS Giken TC24-B1! Imagine the sheer mad scientist insanity that must have flowed through Osamu Okazaki‘s brain for him to conjure up an entire bolt-on twin-cam head, … Continue reading
Event Horizon
If you know of or would like to publicize an event, send us a tip at feedback(at)japanesenostalgiccar.com This week: November 3 – 6 / Las Vegas, Nevada: SEMA Friday, November 6 / Torrance, California: South Bay Monthly Meet Saturday, November … Continue reading
SEMA 2009: Toyota’s Old School Flavor
Yesterday we showed you some genuine nostalgics from Subaru and Honda. Toyota has been known to bring old school cars to SEMA in the past, but this year they cooked up a bunch of new cars with old school flavor.
