Tag Archives: subaru
EVENTS: Japanese Classic Car Show 2010, Part 04
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
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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
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Happy Fourth of July from JNC
Yes, we know, My Name is Earl has been canceled, but where else are you going to find a nostalgic car painted in the Stars and Bars? Sure, it seems a bit incongruous, but this surely remains the most famous … Continue reading →
Unloved Cars of Tochigi
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
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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
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The Abandoned Cars of Ageo Bedroom Town
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 →
Wednesday Wall(s): Vintage Subarus by BOW
Remember last week’s nostalgic Honda wallpapers by BOW? Here are some Subarus for your desktop backgrounding pleasure. [Subaru]
Posted in Art Corner, subaru, Wednesday Wall
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Tagged bow, ff-1, legacy, leone, r2, rex, subaru, subaru 1000, subaru 360, xt6
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Subaru GL Achieves Higher Consciousness with Third Eye Passing Light
A few months ago we embarked on a dusty pilgrimage to an Inland Empire junkyard. We were in search of a motor mount for a 1986 Toyota Cressida, but accidentally found enlightenment instead. After trudging through the umpteenth corridor of … Continue reading →
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Tagged brochure, junkyard, leone, passing lamp, passing light, subaru, subaru gl, third headlight
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The First Subarus to Rally in North America
Don’t let its humble physique and faded pumpkin orange paint fool you. Long before legions of metallic blue Imprezas, this was the first Fuji Heavy to rally in North America. The Subaru FF-1 took on the Baja 500, baby, and … Continue reading →
Posted in motorsports, rally, subaru
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Tagged baja 500, ff-1, leone, mexican 1000, rally, subaru, subaru 1000
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EVENTS: 2010 New Year Meeting, Part 3
Okay, okay. We can’t keep the rabid Nissan nutters at bay any more. Luckily, as with most nostalgic car shows in Japan, the New Year Meeting has heavy emphasis on Skylines with a hearty helping of Fairladies and Sunnies on … Continue reading →
Posted in datsun, events, nissan, subaru, suzuki
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Tagged 117, 2010 new year meeting, 510, alto, b110, b210, bellett, bluebird, c10, c110, c210, carry, contessa, datsun, datsun 1200, excellent, Hakosuka, hino, isuzu, kenmeri, kgc10, kgc110, kpgc10, kpgc110, new year meeting, nissan, os giken, rays, skyline, subaru, subaru 360, sunny, suzuki, te37v, tomei, violet
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Help Add A Mazda RX-3SP and Honda CR-X to Forza 3
Forza 3 is teaming up with Jalopnik for the next round of downloadable cars for the racing sim. Let’s try to stuff the ballot box with J-tin like this Mazda RX-3SP (flames not included). Other candidates include the ’84 Mazda … Continue reading →
Kidney, Anyone? 40K-Mile 1985 Subaru GL
At first, this 40,433-mile 1985 Subaru GL surprised us by popping up in Phoenix, Arizona. What does a state need with a quirky, all-wheel-drive hatchback if they don’t even know what a snowflake is? But it makes sense that such … Continue reading →
Vintage JDM Brochures Galore
We hope you have some time to kill because Kyuusha Maniacs is a Japanese blog with tons of JDM brochure scans going back to the 1950s. We stole this pic of from a 1971 Toyota Crown Sedan and Hardtop brochure, … Continue reading →
Posted in catalogs
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Tagged datsun, honda, isuzu, jdm brochures, jdm catalogs, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, subaru, suzuki, toyota
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OneDay OldCar Festival Shikoku 2009
Right. So that evil Mazda RX-3 we posted yesterday? It’s just met its match. This Toyota Mark II devours souls for breakfast. Take heed not to confuse the name of the car with the name of the wheel. Peer into … Continue reading →
Posted in events
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Tagged 510, bluebird, carol, celica, cervo, corolla, corona, cressida, crown, daihatsu, datsun, fellow max, fto, galant sigma, honda, impulse, isuzu, mark II, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, old car festival, piazza, sambar, shikoku, skyline, soarer, subaru, sunny, supra, suzuki, today, toyopet, toyota
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Red & Black Two-Tone Toyota FT-86 on Option Cover
There’s been much talk about the Lexus LFA but don’t forget about the company’s other upcoming sports car, the Toyota FT-86. The latest issue of Option Magazine shows what the resurrected AE86 would look like decked out in O.G. hachiroku … Continue reading →
Posted in toyota
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Tagged 086a, ae86, corolla, corolla gt-s, corolla levin, ft-86, rs watanabe, sprinter trueno, subaru, toyota, watanabe
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Friday Video: Bollywood Love in Tokyo
The 1966 Indian movie Love in Tokyo contains this toe-tappin’ Bollywood song and dance number that meanders through the streets of 1960s Tokyo. As a result, cameras inadvertently captured the very beginning of the era of Japanese prosperity in which … Continue reading →
Posted in nissan, toyota, Video Games
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Tagged bellel, bollywood, cedric, corona, crown, datsun, hillman minx, honda, isuzu, love in tokyo, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, prince, s30, s40, sambar, subaru, toyoace, toyopet, toyota
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Isuzu, Subaru and Daihatsu Label Liquor
The beauty of Kimi Kurasu Machi carrot shochu is that it combines three Japanese crazes — that of regional delicacies, alcohol, and limited edition products — and wraps them all in a label illustrated with nostalgic cars.
Posted in isuzu, japan, subaru
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Tagged carrot shochu, daihatsu, daihatsu midget, isuzu, isuzu 117, Kimi Kurasu Machi, kiyose, shochu, subaru, subaru 360, subaru sambar
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SEMA 2009: Nostalgics from Subaru and Honda
The floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center is much sparser than it has been in recent years, but SEMA 2009 is still several times the size of some Central American nations. We were heartened to see more and more … Continue reading →
Posted in events, honda, subaru
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Tagged civic, civic 1200, cr-x, honda, legacy, mugen, mugen cr-x, n600, s2000, s2000 cr, sambar, sema, sema 2009, subaru, subaru 360, vip
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Subaru 216A, the Uber Toyota FT-86
As if Toyotaku weren’t already miffed enough that the long-awaited return of the AE86 was packin’ a Subaru 2.0L boxer under its sloping hood, here’s a little salt for that wound: it appears that the top line version of the … Continue reading →
Friday Video: Crayon Shin-Chan’s Massive Nostalgia Tribute
There’s a fantastic discussion going on in the JNC forums right now about J-tin appearances in anime. We never knew there were so many animated nostalgics and are blown away by what readers have uncovered. One of the hidden gems … Continue reading →
Posted in datsun, mazda, nissan, toyota
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Tagged c110 skyline, celica, co10t, contessa, corolla levin, corona, corona rt40, cosmo 110 sports, cosmo 110s, cosmo sports, crayon shin-chan, crayon shin-chan: the adult empire strikes back, daihatsu, hino, kenmeri, kgc110, mazda, midget, rx-7, sa22c, seibu keisatsu, skyline, sprinter trueno, subaru, subaru 360, te27, toyota, toyota 2000gt, Yoshihito Usui
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Automaker Headquarter Hopping
We’ve mentioned this before, but if you go to Tokyo you can visit the headquarter buildings of at least three Japanese automakers. Here’s the Nissan home base in the upscale Ginza district. Naturally, the hot new car was the Fairlady … Continue reading →
Japanese Backyard Collection of J-tin
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
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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
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