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BRE Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X?

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Ben Hsu

So we were browsing the diecast aisle at Target the other day when the unmistakeable red/white/blue livery of Brock Racing Enterprises caught our eye. It was slathered over a big honkin’ semi rig with a matching smaller car on the … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, minicars, mitsubishi, motorsports, nissan | Tagged 240z, 510, bluebird, bre, brock racing enterprises, datsun, evo, fairlady z, john morton, lancer, maisto, mitsubishi, nissan, peter brock, s30 | 6 Comments

Kidney, Anyone? Datsun 610 Bluebird Van

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Ben Hsu

After seeing all the sexy Datsun 610s at this year’s JCCS, Matt went shopping on YJA and found this 1975 Nissan Bluebird 610 Van. These babies are rare, even in Japan, and the odo indicates it’s hauled just 62,000km (or … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, for sale, nissan | Tagged 610, bluebird, datsun, nissan, van, wagon | 6 Comments

EVENTS: SevenStock 13, Part 02

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Ben Hsu

Welcome to the second and final part of our SevenStock coverage. Even though the yearly powwow in Irvine is the largest collection of early RX cars on the continent, the number of SA22/FB RX-7s dwarfs all the R100s and RX … Continue reading →

Posted in events, mazda | Tagged 13b, 510, advan, baby grand, bluebird, capella, car & driver, datsun, fb, fc, fc3s, hayashi, imsa, luce, mazda, nissan, pat bedard, r100, racing beat, repu, rotary, rx-2, rx-3, rx-4, rx-7, sa22, savanna, sevenstock, sevenstock 13, sevenstock 2010, ssr, wagon, wankel | 4 Comments

EVENTS: SevenStock 13, Part 01

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Ben Hsu

It’s late September so that means Mazdafarians everywhere are making a pilgrimage to Irvine, California, home of Mazda North America and SevenStock! Compared to Toyotas and Datsuns, old rotaries are rarer than UFO sightings (this ain’t Oz), but somehow new … Continue reading →

Posted in events, mazda | Tagged 510, 521, ae86, b2000, bluebird, corolla, cosmo 110s, cosmo sports, datsun, familia, fc, fc3s, luce, masato miura, mazda, mazdaspeed, nissan, pickup, r100, repu, rotary, rx-2, rx-3, rx-4, rx-7, rx-8, savanna, sevenstock, sevenstock 13, sevenstock 2010, speedsource, swap, toyota, wankel | 11 Comments

EVENTS: Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 05

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Ben Hsu

We have so much coverage from JCCS that we’ve skipped the Friday Video this week and spilling the final installment into the weekend. So like a fleet of ported rotaries roaring down the 710, let’s tear right in!

Posted in datsun, events, honda, mazda, nissan, toyota | Tagged 13b, 2000gt, 240z, 280zx, 310, 510, 521, ae82, bluebird, celica, city, civic, corolla, cr-x, cressida, crown, cvcc, datsun, datsun 310, fairlady z, fairladyr, fx-16, gsl-se, gt-s, hilux, honda, levin, luce, mazda, MkII, MkIII, monster tajima, mugen, mx73, n10, nissan, panasport, pickup, PL312, pro, pulsar, r360, ra29, roadster, rs45, rx-2, rx-4, rx-7, s130, s30, s50, sb1, spl311, spl312, sprinter, sr20det, ssr, te27, te71, toyota, trueno, wagon, watanbe | 14 Comments

EVENTS: Japanese Classic Car Show 2010, Part 04

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Dan Hsu

We know Honda heads have often felt left out of the nostalgic car movement, but this year’s JCCS had more Hondas than ever. Luckily, the N600s and Z600s didn’t take up much space! It wasn’t just the kei-sized creations of Soichiro … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, honda, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, subaru, toyota | Tagged 240z, 300zx, 320, 410, 411, 510, 620, 720, accord, bluebird, civic, colt, corolla, cvcc, datsun, dodge, fairlady, fairlady z, galant, honda, ke15, L320, lancer, levin, luce, mitsubishi, n600, nissan, roadster, rx-4, s30, sambar, sb1, sienna, spl311, sprinter, sr20dett, stout, subaru, te27, trueno, tundra, van, wagon, z31, z600 | 7 Comments

EVENTS: Japanese Classic Car Show 2010, Part 02

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Ben Hsu

This year’s JCCS was so big, so popular, so insane, attendees had to wait at least one hour just to get through the gates. Some gave up and went home (their loss). Word has it that the line stretched all … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, events, honda, nissan, toyota, wheels | Tagged 240z, 410, 411, 510, 610, a3a, advan, bluebird, c10, celica, civic, corona, datsun, enkei, fairlady z, fj20, Hakosuka, honda, j-speed, japanese classic car show, japanese classic car show 2010, jccs, jccs 2010, kgc10, kpgc10, mark II, mx23, nissan, s30, sakura, sakuras, skyline, sports 800, te37v, toyota, volk, wagon, yayoi | 15 Comments

Friday Video: Datsun 810 Bluebird vs Nissan 330 Cedric

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Ben Hsu

In this short but action-packed chase from Seibu Keisatsu, a Bluebird 810 sedan goes head to head with a 330 Cedric. A flotilla of Nissan black-and-whites give chase, and a particularly brave yonmeri Skyline patrol car sets up a pick … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, nissan, Video Games | Tagged 330, 610, bluebird, car chase, cedric, datsun, gloria, japanese cop show, nissan, seibu keisatsu | 3 Comments

Norwegian Nostalgics at Japan Treff 2010

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Ben Hsu

It’s time once again for the Japan Treff from Norway, a classic Japanese gathering that does not boast a single tsurikawa or boso pipe in the field.

Posted in datsun, honda, mazda, nissan, toyota | Tagged 230, 330, 410, 510, accord, b10, b210, bluebird, c130, c230, cedric, corolla, crown, datsun, gloria, honda, japan treff, kujira, laurel, mazda, ms51, nissan, norway, s40, s50, s60, sunny, toyota | 6 Comments

1972 Nissan Sunny Calendar Found in Abandoned Yamanashi-ken House

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Skorj

On the dark-side of Fuji-san, a village with 200-year-old thatched-roof buildings was abandoned in the 1970s. In one of the remote and largely intact houses, hanging from the shredded shoji, in a living room full of bear- and tanuki-tossed futons … Continue reading →

Posted in cm, datsun, nissan | Tagged 510, b110, bluebird, calendar, datsun, datsun 1200, excellent, nissan, sunny | 10 Comments

Nostalgics at SpoCom 2010

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Ben Hsu

As you know, last weekend we teamed up with TORC and JCCS and some of SoCal’s finest nostalgics and invaded classed up the SpoCom Super Show in Long Beach. So for the first time ever, all the crazy drift machines, bagged … Continue reading →

Posted in events, nissan, toyota | Tagged 240z, 510, ae71, bluebird, celica, corolla, datsun, gc10, Hakosuka, kenmeri, kgc10, kgc110, nissan, skyline, spocom, toyota | 14 Comments

Datsun 510 Spotted on Transformers 3 Set

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Ben Hsu

There are many reasons why Michael Bay’s entire Transformers franchise should be buried under a volcano and ignored for a million years, but perhaps there is one glimmer of hope for JNCers looking for an excuse to watch this, uh, … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, Video Games | Tagged 510, bluebird, bumblebee, datsun, datsun 510, nissan, pl510, transformers, transformers 3 | 19 Comments

Unloved Cars of Tochigi

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Skorj

Location scouting North of Tokyo, we were surprised to pass a yard not filled with the usual rural kei cars — or farming implements — but one filled with an enormous range of nostalgics.

Posted in datsun, honda, kei, nissan, subaru, toyota | Tagged 240z, 430, 510, a30, b110, bluebird, butaketsu, c10, c130, datsun, datsun 1200, fairlady z, gloria, Hakosuka, honda, kei, kgc10, kpgc10, laurel, life, nissan, s30, skyline, sprinter trueno, step van, subaru, subaru 360, subaru r2, sunny, super 6, super six, te27, tochigi, toyota | 15 Comments

Friday Video: Hamanako to Haneda Airport with the Nippon Datsun Club of 1961

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Ben Hsu

Rather than showing you clips of Nissans cold catapulting over construction sites and Sgt. Daimon blasting fools in the face this week, here’s some footage of real life Nissans and Datsuns just doing what they were built to do. Recorded … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, Friday Video, nissan | Tagged bluebird, datsun, hamanako, haneda airport, nissan, P310, P311, PL310, PL311, PL312 | 6 Comments

Datsun Dealership from the 1970s

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Ben Hsu

From the age of film cameras comes these photos of Chilliwack Datsun in British Columbia.

Posted in datsun, nissan | Tagged 240z, 510, b210, bluebird, bre, chilliwack, datsun, dealership, fairlady z, nissan, peter brock, s30, sunny | 6 Comments

Nostalgic Car Shopping in Yokohama

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Skorj

The first real hot day of summer. I’m looking at a few options in buying a nostalgic car, so we took a quick drive on the Shuto to a reasonably well stocked shop near Yokohama. While I’m interested in one … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, mazda, nissan, toyota | Tagged 110s, 2000 gt-x, 510, bellett, bluebird, c10, cosmo sport, datsun, Hakosuka, isuzu, kpgc10, mazda, nissan, s20, skyline, sports 800, toyota | 5 Comments

EVENTS: 2010 Mooneyes Street Car Nationals, Part I

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Ben Hsu

You can tell by its name that the Mooneyes Street Car Nationals is an event heavily influenced by American hot rod culture. You won’t find much, if any, of the typical stuff we crave from JDM shows. Sorry, no negative … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, honda, mazda, nissan, toyota | Tagged 510, 610, 810, a10, bluebird, century, chaser, city, cressida, crown, crown eight, datsun, familia, figaro, kujira, mark II, mazda, mooneyes, ms60, ms65, nissan, odaiba, prius, r100, rotary, rx-3, s40, s60, savanna, stanza, street car nationals, violet | 9 Comments

The Abandoned Cars of Ageo Bedroom Town

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Skorj

Thirty-five kilometers north of Tokyo is Ageo. A once semi-rural area, its main inhabitants are now mostly daily commuters to Tokyo — the famous Japanese salaryman and the odd OL — trudging off via their packed trains to slave away … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, isuzu, japan, nissan | Tagged ageo, be-1, bedroom town, bedtown, bellett, bluebird, isuzu, nissan, pao, subaru, subaru 360, toyota | 8 Comments

510 Day Observed, in San Diego

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Matt De Mangos

The first ever Datsun meet put on by the San Diego 510 Crew (Ismael, Miguel & Ramon). This meet was conceived not only as a tardy 5-10 day celebration, but as a way to get any other Datsun models out … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 240z, 510, 620, bluebird, c10, datsun, event, fairlady z, Hakosuka, meet, nissan, s30, skyline, z-car | 9 Comments

Friday Video: Police vs. Datsun 810 Wagons

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Ben Hsu

This one goes out to Jorge and everyone in the Goon Squad. How often do you get to see Tokyo’s Finest chasing a pair of Nissan Bluebird/Datsun 810 Wagons? Answer: not often. But it’s business as usual in Seibu Keisatsu-land, where … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, nissan, Video Games, wagons | Tagged 810, bluebird, car chase, cedric, datsun, gloria, japanese cop show, nissan, police car, seibu keisatsu, skyline, wagon | 3 Comments