Registration for the 2010 Japanese Classic Car Show is now open! By popular demand, the 6th annual JCCS will be back at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California and will take place on Sunday, September 12, 2010. If you are new to the nostalgic scene or have been living in a cave for the [...]
We know you’ve been waiting patiently, and it’s finally here! JNC 04 has been sent to the printers and proofed and is being rolling off the presses as you read this. Here’s a behind-the-scenes peek at the layout process. We print each page on high-quality paper and put it up on the wall so we [...]
As the nostalgic car movement gains speed, we are making in-roads into mainstream tuner shows. Case in point: the SpoCom Super Show that takes place every summer at Long Beach has added an Old School category for the first time ever. It used to be that the only Old School categories were for the Big [...]
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Here’s something that should soothe the eyes of purists after last Friday’s Bosozoku Crackdown video. JNC operative Rene H. sent us some photos the Japaner Young und Oldtimer Treffen in Uster, Switzerland that took place on June 20. We’ve noticed that JNCers in many European nations (Switzerland, Norway, Finland) like to [...]
Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when the keisatsu put up an all-night road block and bring out the windowless paddy wagons on New Year’s Eve to clamp down on bespoilered bosozoku rides? Some tear off their aero parts and smash them right there on the spot, some leap from moving [...]
If you know of or would like to publicize an event, send us a tip at the feedback address at the bottom of this page. This week: Saturday, June 26 / Fountain Valley, CA: Saturday at Seven Saturday, June 26 / Los Angeles, CA: SoCal Datsun Roadster Club Nethercutt Fun Run Saturday, June 26 / Seattle, WA: The [...]
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. Looking like a wrecking yard from some angles, the many cars parked in tight rows were perhaps slightly unloved, but thankfully [...]
Toyota master test driver, Hiromu Naruse, was killed in a crash on Highway 410 near Germany’s Nürburgring circuit today. He was test driving a Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition and was 67 years old. Naruse has been a driver for Toyota since 1963, involved with the development of cars such as the 2000GT, Sports 800, 1600GT, [...]
Hang on to your organs. This one might cost a kidney, lung and an eyeball or two. You all know the rarity of the Toyota 2000GT, but here is one of 62 originally sold in the US. What’s more, Bellatrix Yellow is not only one of the prettiest 2000GT colors, but one of the rarest [...]
There’s a new retro wheel on the horizon. The VTO Performance Retro 4 replicates the look of the original American Racing Libre made famous by the BRE Datsuns. Right now the only two sizes available are 13×5.5 and 14×5.5, but they say more are coming. You can order them at FutoFab. UPDATE: FutoFab says, “When [...]
Forget the Black Gold, Black & Red, or even the Activision Pace Car, this must be the rarest of all the 280ZXs. We’ve been talking about the S130 chassis a lot lately, but if you can indulge us here’s one more mention. In 1983, Midori Melon Liqueur sponsored a contest in which the grand prize was a [...]
Rather than showing you clips of Nissans cold catapulting over construction sites and Sgt. Daimon blasting fools in the face this week, here’s some footage of real life Nissans and Datsuns just doing what they were built to do. Recorded on the ancient technology of 8mm film, this video shows the NDC (Nippon Datsun Club) [...]
As we reported last October, the Japanese government is changing the time-honored Koreisha Mark. Problem was, senior citizens deemed the current design — a teardrop shaped leaf in fall colors (center) — rather insulting and complained to the National Police Agency, who oversees driving symbols. Apparently, the elderly did not like to be reminded of [...]
JNCer toji004 posted this photo of his butame Cressida and theShaz’s kujira Crown with nothing but the caption “sexy pic.” Not only is it sexy, but sinister too. If these shakotan sleds don’t make all the neighborhood kids run and hide, we don’t know what will.
If you know of or would like to publicize an event, send us a tip at the feedback address at the bottom of this page. This week: Sunday, June 20 / Queensland, Australia: All Japanese Day Sunday, June 20 / Switzerland: Japanese Young and Old Timer Meet Future events: Saturday, June 26 / Fountain Valley, [...]
The Australians’ love for old Mazdas is exceeded only by their love for Venetian blinds and windscreen visors. Perhaps in the Outback it’s the only protection one has from becoming a steam-cooked dingo snack. With an oversize roof rack, JNCer Beware‘s Familia 1200 Van looks like it’s wearing one of those old timey accountant’s visors, [...]
From the age of film cameras comes these photos of Chilliwack Datsun in British Columbia. These blasts from the past were posted on Ratsun by a forum member named Walperstyle, who found them in his father’s belongings. Imagine taking your pick of all the shiny new 240Zs, 510s and B210s on the lot. This one [...]
A bad guy guns down his partners in crime in cold blood. There’s nothing standing between him and freedom except Sgt. Daimon, his gullwinged S130 Z, and his shotgun. Video below the fold, with bonus senseless Fairlady Z destruction!
Let’s pause for a moment to appreciate the S130 Z. We know the typical litany: it’s heavier, not as good-looking, and rides softer than the S30 Z, but is the second-generation Fairlady Z getting a bum rap? First of all, the Turbo L28 is a stout motor that can be easily stroked and will make [...]
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This week:
Friday, June 11 / Salem, OR: Canby 2010 Autocross
Friday, June 11 – June 14 / Victoria, Australia: [...]