SLIGHTLY BENT SKYLINES: JCCA 2014 New Year Meeting, Part II

February 10, 2014 11:22 pm Published by

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Don’t worry. Despite the title, there are no more crashed Hakosukas this time.

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The weather cleared up nicely in the afternoon, making it a bit nicer to walk around the pits and paddock.

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I’m pretty sure this was a real Shelby Cobra. Sounded fantastic too.

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The Cobra crew even had their own Airstream motor home! This thing would be a nightmare to drive around in Japan.

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More Sunnys getting ready to race.

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These look like a lot of fun to drive, so I’ll try and attend one of their TS Cup meetings this year and get a camera on the inside of one.

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There were a few Sanitora there as well.

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These were all drag machines.

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I think I have a thing for straight-sixes.

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This could easily have been mistaken for a rat-rodded modern kei van, but it’s a genuine Honda Life Step Van from the ’70s.

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Looks like it used to belong to the Shirakawa Paper Shop. Delivery vehicle, perhaps?

「白川紙店」って。

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Speaking of little old Hondas, here’s a Motocompo, the infamous little 50cc scooter that could fold up and fit in the back of a Honda City.

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I saw three of them at this show. Here’s one with a sports exhaust.

I actually own one of these in white. It has registration plates and everything. Might have to do a feature on it soon.

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Rocky Autos’s demo car with a six-throttle NA RB26.

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There were quite a few car clubs assembled in the parking lot, but this group caught my eye. The SA22C RX-7 is not a very common sight in Japan, and it’s even less common to see this many together.

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Oh, hey look, white on black Watanabes again!

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Fender mirrors or aero mirrors?

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One of the owners had this ancient yet pretty cool jacket.

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I love this ’70s Luce that rolled in with the RX-7s.

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Here’s how it looked like rolling back out of Fuji Speedway. King of the road or what?

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Grandma got lost and ended up at a racetrack.

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This neat Fairlady was owned by a fairly young guy.

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He was wiping the rain from it when I walked up with the camera, to which he jumped out of the way and stood off to one side with a big grin on his face as I took a couple of pics.

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This Fairlady reminded me of the one from the Yoroshiku Mechadoc manga. Regardless of that, it looks mean!

よろしくメカドックのワタナベ スーパー Zと似ているじゃないですか?

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