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PRODUCT GUIDE: Koyorad TE27 Corolla Radiator
We know it can be hard to find parts for your nostalgic car, but Koyorad has always been one of the biggest supporters of the old school scene. We all know that old cars could use a bump in the … Continue reading
Posted in Product Guide, toyota
Tagged corolla, koyorad, levin, Product Guide, radiator, sprinter, te27, toyota, trueno
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EVENTS: Vintage Auto Salon, Part 02 – Light, Quick, Agile
Despite holding three shows in one year’s time, including one just three months ago, the variety of cars that come out of NorCal’s woodwork for Historic J events never disappoints. In Part 02 (Here’s Part 01 if you missed it) … Continue reading
MINICARS: 2014 Hot Wheels Toyota AE86 Corolla leaked
Just in time for 86 Day festivities, the Lamley Group has leaked that the Toyota Corolla AE86 Hot Wheels casting will be making a return to the pegs in 2014. This time around, the car will be silver with 80s-vintage … Continue reading
NEWS: Happy 86 Day from JNC
2013 is a momentous year for the compact, lively and influential car we know as the hachiroku. With Initial D perhaps getting its final curtain, along with the fact that the first AE86 rolled off the production line in Aichi … Continue reading
Posted in News, toyota
Tagged 86 Day, ae86, corolla, Klaus Frtizinger, levin, nurburgring, Per Eklund, spa francorchamps, sprinter, toyota, trueno, zandvoort
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QotW: What’s your fondest hachiroku memory?
Tomorrow, August 6, is 86 Day and cities on both sides of the Pacific are gearing up for a celebration of the last FR Corolla. It’s perhaps a special one this year, as the Initial D story has come to … Continue reading
Posted in Question of the Week
Tagged ae86, corolla, levin, QotW, Question of the Week, sprinter, toyota, trueno
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NEWS: After 18 years of touge battles, this is how Initial D ends
The final chapter of the long running manga Initial D was released yesterday in Japan. After 18 years of publication the hugely influential story that introduced touge battles and the glory of RWD Japanese cars to a whole generation of … Continue reading
NEWS: Final chapter of Initial D to be published Monday
Eighteen years after a tofu delivery Toyota AE86 drifted onto the scene, author Shuichi Shigeno has announced that the hugely popular Initial D manga will come to an end on July 29, 2013. Since 1995, the tale of a teenager with a … Continue reading
Posted in toyota, Video Games
Tagged ae86, corolla, Initial D, levin, Shuichi Shigeno, sprinter, toyota, trueno
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EVENTS: Shokuji J-Tin, Part 01 – Wangan Style
Last year a fantastic new show called the Bayline Gathering emerged on the NorCal scene. It brought out some of the best cars the region had to offer and filled a void that desperately needed filling. Last month, the organizers were … Continue reading
EVENTS: 2013 All-Toyotafest, Part 04 — The Angular Eighties
Though just the size of California, by the 1980s Japan had become the world’s premier industrial giant. With unprecedented growth and technology advancements, Nihon’s cars of this Bubble Economy, especially Toyotas, established a unique design philosophy that was on full … Continue reading
ART CORNER: Toyota 4A-GE made of Legos
In retrospect it probably wouldn’t be too difficult to build an 80s Toyota out of Legos; they’re all pretty darn boxy. But an iconic 80s Toyota engine? Well, a Lego artiste by the name of Solde has created a plastic … Continue reading
EVENTS: Formula D Round One / AE86 Nights, Part 02
In Part 01 of our coverage from last weekend’s SoCal car scene we watched the opening round of the 2013 Formula D season. After the smoke settled in Long Beach everyone booked it across the southland to El Monte for some grassroots … Continue reading
KIDNEY, ANYONE? 55,000-mile AE86 Toyota Corolla
Like the beautiful brown Datsun 510 last week, this is not that AE86, but a lesser loved 1984 Toyota Corolla SR5. Still, it’s a 55,000-mile, RWD hachiroku, probably the best preserved example in the entire country and it’s on eBay right … Continue reading
EVENTS: 2013 Nostalgic2Days, Part 01
The latest dispatch from guest writer David Lovett of Classic Car Nagoya covers Part 01 of the annual Nos2Days event, where we first encountered CCN years ago. —Ben There’s one show every year I absolutely refuse to miss. Nostalgic 2 Days happens every year … Continue reading
Posted in events, honda, isuzu, nissan, suzuki, toyota
Tagged 300zx, a70, alto, beat, bellett, contessa, corolla, crown, csp311, daihatsu, datsun, Datsun Type 16, fairlady z, hino, honda, isuzu, levin, ma71, midget, mooneyes, ms51, nissan, nos2days, Nostalgic 2 Days, nostalgic hero, os giken, publica, Publica Sports Concept, r381, s50, s600, s800, silvia, sports 800, sprinter, supra, suzuki, te27, toyota, trueno, yotahachi, z31
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Happy Valentine’s Day from JNC
A chocolate Tomica is either the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for the car lover in your life or a diabolical plan to drive die-hard collectors insane. You can’t keep this one Mint in Box, but it would sure taste good … Continue reading
MINICARS: Hot Wheels X JNC Toyota AE86 Corolla
We weren’t supposed to show you the latest Hot Wheels car featuring the JNC logo until much later. However, collector sites have leaked the car already so we might as well put up our official announcement.
EVENTS: 2013 JCCA New Year Meeting, Part 01
It’s a winter wonderland in Tokyo, but the blinding whiteness did not come from new-fallen snow. Instead, it emanated from the gleaming shiro paint jobs of rows upon rows of kyuusha. Two of JNC‘s intrepid photographers recently braved Japan’s icy … Continue reading
Posted in events, kei, minicars, mitsubishi, nissan, Prince, suzuki, toyota
Tagged 30-series Cedric, 31-series Cedric, 906, b110, butaketsu, c10, c130, Carrera 6, carry, cedric, corolla, daihatsu, Devil Japan, europa, fairlady roadster, galant gto, gc10, Hakosuka, JCCA, kgc10, kpgc10, kunimitsu takahashi, L50, laurel, levin, lotus, mira, mitsubishi, new year meeting, nissan, porsche, prince, rs watanabe, s54, shadow, skyline, sprinter, sunny, suzuki, te27, tomica, tosco, toyota, trd, trueno
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