Fill the gaps 2 – 80’s FF

Fill the gaps – Japan

“Fill the gaps” is how I will be sharing the folders of images which were captured in Japan, some are related to previous posts and others are completely new.

Skyline Festival – From Prince to C210

Nostalgic cars and a super iconic track is an almost unbeatable combination. The Skyline Festival is full of awesome rigs from showroom floor restorations to race replicas.

 

C210 out of 10

More Daikoku action. This 210 rolled past, it seemed like he was going to head straight back onto the highway so I caught a few rolling shots as he passed by.

814 Style

As we all know Daikoku Futo PA is a good spot to sit for a few hours and see what rolls in. The police in the area has become quite strict and now locks down the car park around 10pm to minimise disturbance in the area.

Low Down 137

This is a good example of the refinement needed to make a car perfect. It’s not about how many JDM accessories you can add and like we see here in australia it’s not about novelties.

Obscure Corona

Joypop

 

The Joy Pop is one of the K-Tours Osaka transport vehicles. It is surprisingly fast with its ability to weave through traffic and  holding 100km/hr+ around any of the wangan bends. It made it’s debut last year when it was transformed over a few days.

Lead up to the Skyline Festival

Coming up in around a month is this years annual Skyline festival at Fuji speedway. Its a model specific version of the more famous Nismo festival and skyline lovers wet dream.

Small but not Kei?

Japanese people can avoid hefty tax bills which are calculated on the car’s size and weight, the rules restrict engine size and also the width and length.