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Tsuchiya’s FC

The legendary white AE86 and the NSX are just to name a few that are well known to be in Tsuchiya’s garage. However few may know that one of dori dori’s first race cars was a Mazda RX-7 FC3s. Tsuchiya campaigned the car at the JSS (Japan Super Sport Sedan championship) in the mid to late eighties. …

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Kiddie Hybrid?

As kids we all day dreamed of someday being able to drive a car. Paul Leduc is one of those  kids at heart. Taking a turbo-charged Dodge Colt,  he cut off the top and sculpted a bumper car body over the original one, using foam, steel and Fiberglas. A half-inch-thick strip of rubber was donated and became …

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Chop it up!

Throwback Thursday. Remember when 9 seconds for an import was like first stepping on the moon?  The iconic  Tanabe/Signal Auto’s Chopped Civic achieved such a feat by  beating most front wheel drive drag cars and immortalizing it in import drag racing history. The Chop Top Civic #1 ran a best of 9.97 sec. 1/4 mile. While the sibling Chop Top #2 …

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Big Wheel Stunna!

Modified big wheels that can do touge!! Looks dangerous, but so is your suicide set-up on your fixed gear bicycle. Happy skidding and please wear a helmet and shoes. From your friends at Tanabe/SSR Wheels/ More-Japan.   Related Images:

Super Gran Turismo!

Flashback, California Motor Speedway 2004. JGTC (All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship) currently known as Super GT held it’s first inaugural race in the United States reaching a domestic audience of about 60,000 spectators. From Dec. 18th-19th the race was held as an exhibition All-Star Race set aside from the actual series schedule and championship. The G’Zox SSR Hasemi Fairlady …

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