Towards 10 pm on Wednesday night Umihotaru PA had officially been declared a rotary-only zone with the a lot of people from Daikoku having successfully transferred over with their cars. The scene in the covered level of the parking area reminded me of a certain movie, although I didn't actually see anyone drift up the access ramps or any illegal races being set up. What I did see was the most stunning array of modified cars, just like these two FDs above here. If you are a long time follower of Speedhunters.com then you might recall I featured the dark blue Zimax a while back, a true wangan beast.
Reflections…
How hot is this SA! This orange beast showed up towards the end of the meet and was rather curious, not because of it's beautifully clean NA engine running on Weber carbs…
…but because it had no number plates whatsoever. I wonder where it came from? Maybe it was taken to Umihotaru on a transporter and unloaded there. I wonder. Anyway look out for a spotlight on this
A lot of you guessed right on the V36 Skyline sedan lights that were used on the black FD show car from the previous post. But I was very surprised to see Ferrari F360 Modena headlights fitted to this "long-nose" white FD.
And at there rear? Merceds Benz CL taillights and a very curious trunk conversion. Ehm, interesting.
The Video Option guys were definitely not going to miss the opportunity to cover the Umihotaru side of this event and sent their award winning undercover reporter, Ken Nomura, who was going around interviewing owners and innocent bystanders.
Rotary heaven!
Yet more cars rolling in!
Russ from RE-Xtreme getting interviewed by Nomuken. Can't wait to see the video next month!
Oh, there is that CR-Z again!
I spotted another FD running the same oldschool MazdaSpeed wheels we saw in the previous post.
We can't forget the FCs!
I managed to get a better shot of this brown example, were you can kind of get an idea of how cool this color looks under the lights of the PA.
Damn drifters and their busted up cars! LOL
Thought it was cool how the floor kind of matched the color of this RE-Amemiya Super GReddy FD.
Some more Zimax cars.
Oh look, a shy little R32 GT-R sitting in the corner all by itself!
I think this was the first type of the A-spec bumper? Maybe Russ from RE-Xtreme can shed some light on this…
This was one of my favorite FDs from the gathering. It really stood out among all the other cars and I'm sure it has plenty of power under the hood to match its exterior looks!
A few of the lower cars, too low to clear the ramp up to the Level 2 parking, stopped in the truck/bus area, the place where last year's meet was held.
This RX-8 front FD easily transformed into an entertainment station with speakers popping out from the engine bay…
…and a nice little RC car display on the roof.
That about wraps it up for this year's RX-7 meeting. I hope you guys enjoyed what again turned out to be a double gathering at two of the best-known parking areas along the Tokyo Bay.
RX7 Annual Gathering – Umihotaru Pt.1
RX7 Annual Gathering – Daikoku Pt.2
RX7 Annual Gathering – Daikoku Pt.1
- Dino Dalle Carbonare
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did the pink fc with white bodykit drifted into the carpark?!
your gonna have to do a desktop of the white a-spec rx7 and those damn drifters!!
the first A-spec rx-7 was the red rx-7 with the oldskol mazdaspeed!
:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NO COMENTS!
That orange SA22C mmmmmmmmmmmm!
that white fd with the ferrari lights looks awful.
That silver one is the Mazdaspeed GT-C Bumper.
Some cars were trailered like the BN Sports Widebody FD.
Don't expect much from the interview. It lasted all of 1 minute, I was just playing around to finish it quickly. My Japanese needs work. A lot of work.
Ps, My Videos are Up.
Russ.
Whoa, alot like wekfest but without the rift-raft and mostly RX7's. lol
what about pics of these so called "lower cars" lol
sorry but those taillights on the long-nose ferrari F360 head-lamped are from a W219 CLS.
Wow! That was a very heavy night! I did not know that 7/7 was such a huge event.
Otsukare-sama to you on the extensive coverage!
Great coverage, lots of nice cars, great stuff!
Awsome Pic's Loving the Mazda Love. Yo by the way can we get some desktops
dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i do love RXs
Rotary bliss.
the second photo is great...wallpaper material defiantly.
How I wish I had an RX-7 and had the opportunity to be in the 7/7 meeting... well, atleast we have Dino's awesome posts so we can drool all over the floor from the other side of the planet!
Are you going to release any full-res photos? Sorry if I ask this too much... but almost every photo from the Daikoku and Umihotaru PA were loaded with wet, rotary-sweetness!
I really like the long shot of the teal(?) RE-FD with the foreground, nice work!!
The white FD with the conversion looks funny.
All round nice RX7's tho.
orange beast beautifully clean NA engine running on Weber carbs <<< engine bay picture pls?
aren't they CLS taillights
I never realised how popular the Work CR KAI rims are in Japan. My R34 has a set fitted, not my cup of tea, the Work Meister S1's are soo much sexier!
I wish I lived in Japan and had an RX-7, so I could drive to this meeting... well, atleast we have Dino's awesome posts so we can drool all over the floor from the other side of the planet!
Will you release any full-res pictures? Sorry if I ask this too much, but the photos from the Daikoku and Umihotaru PA are loaded with wet, rotary-sweetness!
I wish I was in Japan and had an RX-7, so I could drive to this meeting... well, atleast we have Dino's awesome posts so we can drool all over the floor from the other side of the planet!
Will you release any full-res pictures? Sorry if I ask this too much, but the shots from the Daikoku and Umihotaru PA are loaded with wet, rotary-sweetness!
2nd pic you blurred the numberplate but its still there in the reflection
2nd pic you blurred the numberplate but its still there in the reflection
Those are CLS taillights on the white FD
Y'all forgot to edit out the reflected license plate number in the second photo...lol
beautiful Webber SA. Makes me regret selling my 1st gen. I'll have another someday!
pic #2..reflection of plate in the water
The North-West England rotary meet was cool... but this is something else!!
Alex is such a douche
Would love some wallpapers from this night! Amazing coverage, thank you!
i would have loved to b there.. the sound of "brap brap" from all the cars! esp in the car park
MORE ROTARY PICS :):):) part 3 - 7
Rotary epicness!
S500 Merco benz between lots of rotaries lol
Sorry for those multiple posts! Speedhunter's post system works pretty crappy for me.
Wow, clean RX's
Mega coverage.. i used to have a scale model just like the Orange car running on Carbs - always loved the shape.. my stand out car? love those FC's
Amazing!
Man oh man I wish we could get Rx7 meets of this quality over here! I think everyone's in agreement over that 360 headlight conversion, it looks weird with that long nose, like something's missing, the teal one with the porsche lights is the way to do it!
Other than that struggling to pic a favourite they're all beautiful
man why did you take so many pics of the same cars???