A recent post on the JNC forums reminded me of this article I had in a magazine. I spent a while trying to find the magazine amongst the pile of them that I have, eventually coming to the conclusion that I left it with ANOTHER pile at my brother’s place. In the end, I found [...]
A recent post on japanesenostalgiccar.com put me into search mode on the stack of old car magazines I have at home, sadly I am yet to find what I am after but I did come across a few interesting things which I thought I would share with you. This particular entry is a Road Test [...]
Just a few scans shared from the Parts Book I was kindly sent, the coolest thing about it was seeing the different versions that were available of the L38 360. Check ‘em out!
A little while back some of you may recall I posted an entry about a PC110 that a chap in the Ukraine owns, well.. even back then I was supposed to be sorting out getting him scans/photos of the book to aid him in his restoration. I finally got onto it a week or so [...]
Back at work again… what’s all this talk about an xmas break? Anyway, I’ve been perusing the Google Books service a bit lately and there are all sorts of interesting magazines and articles from all eras to be found (a lot of them for free), including this nice little piece titled Japanese Micro-Mini Cars from [...]
I’ve lost count of the times I have been asked whether a particular wedge Skyline is an R30 or an R31. Even amongst so-called Skyline “obsessives” there’s a lacking in ability to tell the difference. So rather than having to explain it time and time again, I figured that I would take a moment to [...]
Browsing for random things turned up for me the address of a site that I simply had to share with you all, it’s called “Moby’s Site” (the link is now on the right hand side). I thoroughly recommend checking it out. Though here’s a few samples to get inspire you further to click the link; [...]
At roughly the same time as Ford of Japan and Australia’s development of the Laser TX3 in their joint partnership with Mazda, their counterparts on the other side of the world were hard at work tooling a turbo hot hatch of their own. Developed with assistance from Ford of America’s SVE (Special Vehicle Engineering) division, [...]
It’s always interesting finding out the history of your cars. I’ve been lucky enough that all my classics of recent time have come with their original ownership papers. Where things were all… dun dun dun, HAND WRITTEN! between the owners. The latest purchase, my 1974 Daihatsu Max, to my surprise has actually been around and [...]
Now this is an odd sight – three Japanese Nostalgic Car backissues for sale on none other than Yahoo Auctions Japan. Quoth the seller: JAPANESE NOSTALGIC CAR / Japanese car / old car / Corolla / Celica / TE27 Are sold in the United States “Japanizunosutarujikkukamagajin” is a set of three books. And Japan has [...]
