Tag Archives: nissan sunny

Mr. K's 100th Birthday Party at the Datsun Heritage Museum

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Ben Hsu

As we mentioned last week, the Datsun Heritage Museum observed Mr. K’s 100th birthday on September 19. A Datsun-only car show was held in Katayama-san’s honor, and here are the photos. Lest we be found guilty of portraying Zs and … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, events, museums, nissan | Tagged bluebird, bluebird p312, datsun, datsun 1200, datsun 1600 sports, datsun 320, datsun 510, datsun 620, datsun b210, datsun heritage museum, datsun nl320, datsun pickup, datsun roadster, fairlady roadster, mr k, nissan, nissan sunny, sunny b210, yutaka katayama | 9 Comments

More Vintage Wheel Ads: Techno, Yayoi, Etc.

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Ben Hsu

We posted some vintage Japanese wheel ads a while back. Here’s some more spotted on Riverside. Many have a similar theme: modified OG J-ride, night time shot, the wheel in question and a glimpse of asphalt lit dramatically. The message … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, mazda, mazda rx-7, nissan, wheels | Tagged datsun, datsun 260z, datsun 280zx, mazda, mazda rx-7, nissan, nissan fairlady z, nissan laurel, nissan laurel c130, nissan skyline, nissan skyline kgc10, nissan sunny, pasco-fame bilbo, racingforg, suzuka carol, techno phantom, techno shadow, yayoi | 18 Comments

Friday Video: Seibu Keisatsu Nissan Carnage

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Ben Hsu

We went with high art and how-to for the last two Friday Videos but this week is a return to the roots – more Seibu Keisatsu madness. The video appears to be clips from two episodes spliced together. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in nissan, seibu keisatsu, Video Games | Tagged datsun, datsun b210, nissan, nissan laurel, nissan skyline, nissan skyline r30, nissan sunny, seibu keisatsu | 7 Comments

Happy Nissan Day

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Ben Hsu

According to the internets, on July 16, 1981 Nissan execs officially changed their brand in the US market from Datsun to Nissan. The campaign to notify the public began in earnest that fall and for three years badges like the … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, nissan | Tagged datsun, datsun 210, datsun-nissan name change, nissan, nissan b310, nissan sunny | 1 Comment

TS Class Warfare: Civics, Sunnys, Starlets, RX-3s

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Ben Hsu

Here is the first of a series of vintage race videos that we’ll be posting this week. We stumbled upon this while catching up with beoneoneoh, who can always be counted on to unearth the Sunny-related. This is footage from … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, honda, mazda, motorsports, nissan, toyota | Tagged datsun 1200, honda civic sb1, mazda rx-3, mazda savanna rx-3, nissan sunny, nissan sunny 1200gx, toyota starlet, ts class, ts cup | 5 Comments

Japanese Backyard Collection of J-tin

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Ben Hsu

This backyard stash of J-tin was just sitting about on a quiet suburban side street. The owner of this trove may not want to be revealed so I won’t mention any names, but he did say that the majority of … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, honda, japan, kei, nissan, subaru, suzuki, toyota, vans, wagons | Tagged datsun b310, honda, honda n360, honda s600, honda s600 coupe, nissan caravan, nissan datsun, nissan sunny, nissan sunny b310, subaru, subaru r-2, suzuki, suzuki mighty boy, toyota, toyota celica, toyota crown, toyota sports 800, toypet crown | 6 Comments

Slidin' Sunnys and Coastin' Corollas

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Ben Hsu

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 →

Posted in datsun, nissan, toyota | Tagged datsun sunny, drifting, ke70 corolla, nissan sunny, toyota corolla | 2 Comments