Category Archives: events
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
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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
Posted in datsun, events, museums
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.
Event Horizon – SEMA Edition
Toyota in 2007 had a special display outside the main hall to celebrate their half-century mark, and in 2006 a bunch of their vintage trucks. Last year, Toyo Tires displayed Roy de Guzman’s 1972 Hakosuka and House of Kolor had … 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 weekend: Saturday, October 24 / Tacoma, Washington: Pacific Northwest Detailing Demo and Pumpkin Run
Event Horizon
If you know of or would like to publicize an event, send us a tip at feedback(at)japanesenostalgiccar.com This weekend: Saturday, October 17 / Irwindale, California: JTuned Auto Gallery @ Formula Drift Sunday, October 18 / Queensland, Australia: Classic Japanese Show … Continue reading
EVENTS: JCCS Part Seven: So Hard to Say Goodbye
Well folks, we’ve come to the end of our JCCS 2009 coverage. Honestly, we’re getting a bit misty eyed just thinking about it. Organizers Koji and Terry Yamaguchi told us that out of 400-plus cars displayed, 120 were first-timers. That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged abc hobby, acura, ae86, bluebird, bluebird 210, cabe toyota, celica, corolla, crx si, datsun, datsun 1000, honda, integra, japanese classic car sh, japanese classic car show, jccs, jccs 2009, mooneyes, nissan, sports 800, sr5, sunny, sunny b10, te51, toyota
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EVENTS: JCCS Part Six: Truck, Yeah! (And Some Race Cars)
Okay guys, just a couple of more JCCS posts and we’ll be done. Today we’ll cover diametric opposites – the trucks and the race cars. The Mazda Rotary Engine Pickup is something that could almost be both. It’s the opposite … Continue reading
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Tagged at civic, bluebird, civic, corolla, datsun, datsun 320, datsun 610, datsun 620, fj40, fj45, hilux, honda, japanese classic car show, japanese classic car show 2009, jccs, jccs 2009, land cruiser, mazda, mazda repu, mazda rotary pickup, nissan, stout, tamiya, te27, toyota, wonder civic
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EVENTS: JCCS 2009 Part Five: The Mod Squad
As John is fond of saying, “Anyone can restore a car. It takes a real man to cut it up.” In Part Four of our week-long JCCS blitz we highlighted some of the faithful restorations that even Sherlock Holmes probably … Continue reading
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Tagged 200sx, accord, accord b18, b110, bluebird, corolla, corolla levin, corona mark II, cressida, datsun, datsun 1200, datsun 510, honda, kp61, mango, mx32, mx73, nissan, peanut, rt60, silvia s12, sprinter, sprinter trueno, starlet, sunny, te27, te72, toyota
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EVENTS: JCCS 2009 Part Four: Rolling Stock
We interrupt your regularly scheduled Friday Video to bring you more Japanese Classic Car Show sweetness. We love the fact that, like muscle cars, J-tin is ripe for modification. But sometimes it’s nice to see a faithfully restored example or … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979 prelude, 240z, accord, b210, capella, corona, crown, datsun, fairlady roadster, fairlady z, honda, honey bee, japanese classic car show, japanese classic car show 2009, jccs, jccs 2009, lancer celeste, luce, mazda, mazda r360, mitsubishi, ms55, ms75, n360, n600, nissan, plymouth arrow, publica, rt40, rx-2, rx-3, rx-4, rx-7, rx-7 10th anniversary, s30 z, s50 crown, savanna, sports 1600, sunny, toyota, up10, z-act, z600
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EVENTS: JCCS 2009 Part Three: The Exotics
One of the surprising things about JCCS this year was the sheer volume of Nissan Skylines. Partly, this is because there are now shops in the US dedicated to the importation and restoration of these wondrous machines. One such shop … Continue reading
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Tagged c10 skyline, c110 skyline, cosmo 110s, cosmo sports, datsun, datsun 240k, dr30, japanese classic car show, japanese classic car show 2009, jccs, jccs 2009, kgc10, kgc110, kpgc10, kpgc110, mazda, nissan, r30 skyline, skyline, toyota, toyota 2000gt, toyota century
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Event Horizon
If you know of or would like to publicize an event, send us a tip at feedback(at)japanesenostalgiccar.com This weekend, October 9-11: All Weekend, October 9-11 / Citeureup, Indonesia: Indonesian Retro Touring Car Championship Seri 3
