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Posted
Mar 05 2010, 01:23 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 14 comment(s)
New Zealand once again delivers the goods. This shot was taken by Joseph Curphey at a recent Hampton Downs drift day.
More photos on his Flickr page.
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Feb 24 2010, 10:43 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 36 comment(s)
Reader Anthony Magat from the Philippines sent us a couple photos of his two classic JDM machines for Readers Month. Retro Japanese cars, and Toyotas in general are huge in the Phillipines. In fact, it seems like the place might be home to the largest population of of old school Toyota heads in the world....
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Posted
Feb 08 2010, 01:18 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 25 comment(s)
I think I speak for the majority when I say that I can't get enough of Grant Scott's AE71 Corolla.
Here's a nice little clip of the car set to the sounds of Hendrix...
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Nov 19 2009, 01:53 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 27 comment(s)
This past August, I was invited to be a guest judge at a local drift Drift Mania West event, held at Western Speedway in Victoria BC, Canada. As you can expect at typical North American grass roots drift event, the majority of the cars competing were S chassis of various types. But one drifter chose to break the mold with his choice of car and went in a more old school direction: his name is Chris Scremin and this is his 1985 SR-86. Chris is one of the top drifters in the west coast Canadian scene...
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Posted
Sep 11 2009, 11:03 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 107 comment(s)
In the early days of Speedhunters, whenever the subject matter of Need for Speed came up, it became clear that you guys thought we suffered from bad car style. And rightly so, it was the nature of the way that the 3D car models were created in the old games, that ended up with the same basic group of kit designs being used across all the various cars, irrespective of the model. We also had a situation whereby our old "rice" style wide body kits were being recycled from year to year, even...
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Posted
Aug 31 2009, 12:00 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 39 comment(s)
Thanks to everyone who sent in their photos!... BTW We are thinking to run something similar for September's BMW month for 3 Series owners... think that will work? Are BMW owners as passionate and devoted to their cars as their AE86 contemporaries? Well we are about to find out!... In the mean time here are the last group of AE86 photo submissions from around the world....
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Posted
Aug 31 2009, 06:19 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 44 comment(s)
The whole time I was at Formula D Seattle and Bonneville Speed Week in Utah my blackberry was buzzing away with late submissions for our AE86 day community celebration posts.... We thought it would be fitting to post up all the additional photo submissions... so without further adieu here we go... more photos from the AE86 global massive!...
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Posted
Aug 06 2009, 04:27 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 25 comment(s)
The AE86s keep filling up the inbox!... I might not get to all the late submissions though as I'm now in shooting on location at Formula D Seattle... We'll see... OK let's keep going with the cars...Next up we have:...
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Posted
Aug 06 2009, 10:54 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 31 comment(s)
A lot of people have asked me about the history and story about this car. To some, it’s just an old Corolla that’s not worth more than a few hundred dollars. To those that know and are fans of the Hachi Roku, they understand and appreciate the efforts that go into resurrecting them, building them and most importantly – driving them. Some have speculated that this car was “too showy”, but it was truly designed and meant to be driven. It has seen it’s fair share...
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Posted
Aug 06 2009, 06:00 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 24 comment(s)
Ok here's another set of your cars. Fun fun fun!...
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Posted
Aug 05 2009, 05:00 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 27 comment(s)
Ok guys here we go... next set... BTW if you haven't sent in your photo by now we can't guarantee we'll have time to post it now... Sorry! Let's get started with the next set of reader's AE86s....
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Posted
Aug 05 2009, 08:45 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 48 comment(s)
This post isn't about having the right or the wrong rims. It's not about stance, offset, demon camber or wheel fitment. Nor is this post about whether or not it's right or wrong to swap your AE86 engine to another brand. No, this post is about one thing only: a celebration of the worldwide AE86 community. In compiling these photos, I'm quite amazing to me to see just how far the cult of the Hachiroku has spread... It seems like there are fans of this little car in every pocket of the globe!
I'd like to thank everyone who sent in their photos. They are still coming in as I type this blog, but I've been able to format the the first set of pics for you to check out. They are presented in no particular order; enjoy!...
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Posted
Aug 04 2009, 10:25 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 23 comment(s)
Hi guys... just a reminder that if you read Speedhunters and own an AE86 please send us a photo of your car today. We are compiling readers rides for all the Speedhunters community AE86s for August 6th and would like to gather together as many photos as we can of your cars. All AE86s will be shown so please email me a couple pictures, along with your name and location to rchong (at) ea.com. Tx! :R
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Posted
Jun 11 2009, 10:15 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 73 comment(s)
Do any of you guys read Hot Rod magazines like Rodder's Journal, Hot Rod Deluxe or Rod&Custom? One thing I like about that whole scene is that it's been around long enough to have developed a bit of self awareness. People know where Rodding comes from, the ups and downs of the styles over the years and how the current styles and trends fit into the history of the culture. Look at Rat Rods, for example. Most people who are into Rodding understand that these cars are caricatures of old...
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Posted
Jun 04 2009, 10:40 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 16 comment(s)
I was browsing through some photos on Flickr last night when I caught this pic of a very clean looking TE27 Corolla running in a drift event. My first guess was that the photo had been taken in a Toyota-crazed area like Malaysia or the Philippines, but I was wrong. The picture was actually taken in Edmonton, Canada at the DMCC opener last weekend.
Besides the vintage Toyota, it looks like there were some other interesting cars taking part in this event.
Check out more photos from DMCC round one in mschroeter140's Flickr gallery.
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Mar 20 2009, 03:20 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 27 comment(s)
What is it about classic Toyotas that have captivated people across the globe? Whether it's Japan, the USA, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Europe, Malaysia, or practically anywhere else on the planet, people are crazy about Toyotas from the '70s and '80s. This photo was sent to us by a Speedhunters reader named Amar, and the immaculate AE70 Corolla coupe pictured here belongs to one of the drivers of the Toyo Tires drift team in Malaysia....
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Posted
Feb 26 2009, 12:45 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 30 comment(s)
Ever since I borrowed a friend's Corolla at D1 New Jersey to battle Ueno in 2007, I have a special place in my heart for AE86's. I have even bought 2 of them since: one rally spec, and one street that is rotting because I can't decide what to do with it but I don't want to get rid of it and chance not finding another one in such good shape. Since it is coming to the end of Toyota month I thought I would share these pictures (I hope I am allowed) that I just got from my leprechaun...
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Posted
Feb 25 2009, 06:00 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 18 comment(s)
What could a Toyota month be without the Fensport AWD Celica? This car has seen drag strips, circuits and has even been to Tsukuba to show the Japanese how it's done in the UK. Fensport became immortal after making a 2.1l turbo 3s-gte powered Corolla that had AWD and was pushing 650bhp. But what do you make after that? Fensport wanted to make another all round car that was capable of winning quarter mile runs and hold its own during Time Attack battles. They came up with this AWD Celica with...
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Posted
Feb 24 2009, 06:36 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 16 comment(s)
I'm going to be completely honest here. Back in my high school days when I spent Friday nights cruising with my buddies in a 5.0 Mustang, if someone came up to me and said that in a few years I'd consider 1980's Toyota sedans to be "cool", I would have laughed at them. In those days, I saw cars like the Corolla and Cressida as nothing more than beaters that parents handed down to their kids......
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Posted
Feb 23 2009, 03:15 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 12 comment(s)
The rain isn't all bad. Sometimes the rain is a good thing, especially if you like conserving tires! Check out this photo, featuring an AE71, aka nana-ichi Corolla Levin from drift team NA Works. NA Works has been known for having some of the coolest looking TE71s and AE71s in Japan for quite some time. Back in the days when I was shooting for Hashiriya Battle Magazine, NA Works was in BM like every single month, with their medium gray 4AG 20v AE71! And with good reason! Awesome cars and awesome...
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