As you saw during my “Photo Attack” last week, the JCCA New Year Meeting is the mecca of vintage Japanese car culture. With so many amazing vehicles gathered in one place, picking favorites is nearly impossible. Even so, there were still a few cars which made a big impression on me, and one of them [...]
Divide and conquer. Sometimes that’s the best strategy. Last Sunday morning as Dino and Sean hopped in their borrowed BMW M6 and headed to Tsukuba Circuit for the Battle Evome event, I found myself bound for Honmoku in Yokohama where a very different kind of event was being held. Just after I arrived in Japan [...]
Before I continue to show you the wild drag cars I came across in the pits during the JDDA drag meet up in Hi-land back in September, I thought a post dedicated to some zeroyon action would make a nice addition to the coverage, after all… …as nice as these cars are parked up, they [...]
Drag is dead in Japan. Or at least that is what everyone assumes. The reality however, is quite different. There’s no doubt that the zeroyon scene has quietened down a lot compared to those golden years that spanned from the mid-eighties to the end of the nineties, but those that have nurtured this passion for [...]
The term ‘street driven’ is one that’s often bandied around drag racing circles. While I have the utmost respect for any production-based machine that can cut a quick quarter (and we’re talking a sub 10-second ET here), there’s extra something special about a car that can do it straight off the road. In my mind [...]
I’d wager that last Saturday the largest gathering of car enthusiasts in North America, possible the world, converged at Irwindale Speedway. For those twenty four hours the course was not only the home of the final round of Formula D, but also had a paddock full of vendors, a parking lot bursting with street sweepers [...]
As car enthusiasts, events of all types play a very important role in the petrol head eco system by providing two things which we require to sustain life – incredible cars to gawk over and like minded people who are as obsessed as we are to talk with us about them. There was no shortage [...]
While there are many car shows that take place at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California these days, the best in my opinion (by a long shot) is the Japanese Classic Car Show. In addition to Nisei, this is the only other show I have filed away under “can’t miss”. I can still remember [...]
Peter Brock and BRE made a legend out of the humble little Datsun 510 when they dominated the SCCA Trans Am series with the car in the early 1970s.
BRE’s history with the 510 actually goes back even earlier to 1969 when Brock and company put the Datsun to work in the famous Baja 1000 off-road race.
As I mentioned in the first part of my Jamboree report, I spent some time wandering the pits while the track was being prepared. While Jamboree is synonymous with drag racing, there was plenty of variety when it came to the cars on display. One of the street cars that caught my attention was this [...]
One of the other cars that peaked my interest at JCCS, earlier this month, was this 1972 Datsun 510. It's a car that almost anyone into cars can appreciate as it balances both looks, comfort and performance rather well. Speaking of visual aesthetics, the exterior body of the car has been shaved for a cleaner [...]
Let's not waste anytime getting to the spotlights from JCCS. I actually came across this Nissan 510 Bluebird Sedan in the parking lot before heading through gate, sitting a small group of 510s. At first I thought it was just a very well done Datsun 510. It took a few moments to realize it was [...]
The Datsun 510 is always a popular choice for vintage racers, but you don't see too many station wagon versions of the 510 on the track. Don't tell that to Speedhunters reader Troy Tinsley who hits the track regularly in his 510 Wagon race car. This shot of of Troy running his 510 at Buttonwillow [...]
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It's been a wihle since we've posted any retro Japanese machines, so here you go. A mean looking 510 Bluebird Coupe at a recent 510 meet on Japan's Shikoku island. Sometime we need to get out to Shikoku to check out the scene on the smallest of Japan's main islands… -Mike Garrett Source: The 510 [...]
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