I was invited on behalf of Tec Arts to go to a Nostalgic and AE86 car show. They had some really nice old Hako-Suka (Box Skylines) and some Toyota 2000GTs.

The full set of pics are here http://www.imagestation.com/al...nvite

Here are a few for your viewing pleasure.

This the Tec Arts (www.tecarts.com) N2 class road racing project car.


Hako Suka restorations by Ishizaka jidousha


Toyota 2000GT,


Dinner at Autobacs Cafe in Roppongi

 

man, talk about old school!

 

So I'm right in guessing thats an oil cooler on the front of that car. Do they have 0 rubbing and bumping in their series or something? I've seen that on a few cars now, from overseas and it just seems like Death to the oiling system.

 

Best Japanese car EVAR!!1!!

 

The front end of this car really looks like a Peugeot 504 to me. What is it, an old Skyline?

And I'd like to second that whole thing on the external oil cooler craze that I've seen in more than one picture from Japan. What in the **** is that about?

 

That's an early '70s Skyline GT, in something approximating Group 5 trim, I think. They had a 2-liter, DOHC engine as I recall.

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That could be the coolest car show ever. Excellent to see the good folks of Japan restoring their classics.

Soem of those AE86's were pretty ill, too.

 

this gauge mounting is an interesting idea, gets tehm out of the way and not far out of drivers FoV - i guess even show cars have some good ideas from time to time

 

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Yeah, you can see the engine in this photo:


The GT-R has a 2.0L, 24-valve inline six with three 2bbl sidedraft carbs, making 160hp in stock trim. There were also lower GT models with the familiar 2.4L, 12-valve L-series engine from the 240Z. The easy way to tell the difference from the outside, badges aside, is the rear fender. The standard GT had a rear fender that partially covered the tire, like American cars of the '60s. The GT-R had the rear fender cut out to full round and bolt-on flares added.

 

NICE!

 

Wow that is amazing! Nice pics

 

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This car was built/modified by Super Autobacs of Yokohama/Minato Mirai. It is one of the corporate show cars.

 

I love the 70's Skyline. There's a rhd 260Z 2+2 sitting at the shop I work at and I can't stop drooling over it. Something about the mirrors on the front fenders, I think makes early 70's Japanese sports cars really cool.

 

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4 shizzle

 

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From what I've heard, a famous old school GT-R race car had this, and it turned into a style thing.

 

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From what I've heard, a famous old school GT-R race car had this, and it turned into a style thing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I asked some of my kuruma otaku (car freak) friends and they pretty much agree that many followed the original GTR that did the oil cooler in the front thing.

 

Nice picn's
Was the signature on one of the cars from a famous cartoonist?
Must have been a fun day!

 

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Yutaka Katayama - better known as "Mr. K" - was a Nissan executive in the '60s and '70s. He was in a lot of ways responsible for forging Nissan/Datsun's image in the US. He was the driving force behind the Z-car, and he had a lot to do with the 510, also. He was often criticized by his peers for being "too American". He's still alive, he shows up to the big Z-car convention at Nissan USA headquarters in Torrance, CA every year.

 

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theres a really nice article this month in the new car and Driver abour the toyota 2000 gt's. anyone else catch that?

 

^ i didnt, but those cars are so damn pretty

 

thank you, thank you, thank you!