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Posted to Speedhunters (Weblog) by Mike Garrett on Wed, Apr 22 2009
Yesterday I was flipping through the latest issue of Drift Tengoku magazine when I came across the section that regularly features abnormal drift cars from around Japan. This month's issue had some pretty incredible one cars, one was a bitchin' VIP Y34 Gloria built by Supermade that had been swapped with an SR20 and a manual, and the other was
Posted to Speedhunters (Weblog) by Mike Garrett on Fri, Apr 3 2009
When I look back on my personal experiences with drifting, three big moments come to mind. The first of these moments would be when I was first saw video of drifting. I don't remember exactly when it was, but it had to be some time in the mid '90s when I was in junior high school. There was a short clip on television (the original Speedvision
Posted to Speedhunters (Weblog) by Mike Garrett on Fri, Feb 27 2009
When it comes to Toyota drift cars, there's basically two paths. You have the light and nimble AE86 OR the big turbocharged monsters like the Chaser and Soarer. For this post I'll be paying tribute to the latter - the "big" Toyota drift cars seen in D1 Grand Prix competition over the past few years. When I say "big" Toyotas
Posted to Speedhunters (Weblog) by Mike Garrett on Thu, Feb 26 2009
After checking out Paddy McGrath's coverage of the AE86 track day in Ireland, I came away very impressed with the quality of the cars that were on the track. These days, "JDM" is the most overused automotive term around, but lot of those Irish-built cars genuinely looked like they came straight off a Japanese racing circuit. After getting
Posted to Speedhunters (Weblog) by Mike Garrett on Tue, Feb 24 2009
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
Posted to Speedhunters (Weblog) by Mike Garrett on Thu, Feb 19 2009
And now for some more Toyota-themed material from my photo archive. This time let's take a look at Toyotas from the late 1950s through the mid '70s - a period which saw Toyota lift itself out of Japan's tough post war period and begin down the path to global domination. From the car geek's perspective, there are some fine Toyota machines
Posted to Speedhunters (Weblog) by Mike Garrett on Thu, Feb 12 2009
In my last archive post we spent some time looking at various FF and AWD Toyotas, and now I'll head in a new direction as we look at two of Toyota's high end two-door models, the Supra and the Soarer. Mechanically, these two cars share a lot with each other, so I figured putting them together makes sense. Most people consider the Supra to be
Posted to Speedhunters (Weblog) by Mike Garrett on Thu, Jan 22 2009
Hopefully you guys have been pleased with all the Roadster/Miata content we have been posting over the past couple weeks. I know I've been enjoying it (though maybe I'm a bit worried that the prices for used Miatas and parts is going to go up!). Anyways, this time I wanted to go through my archive and post up some Roadster photos that I've
Posted to Speedhunters (Weblog) by Mike Garrett on Thu, Jan 8 2009
I've been busy today making last minute preparations for Tokyo Auto Salon, but I wanted to take a quick break from that to post up some more photos from the archive. Today's theme: Track Tuned RX7's at Tsukuba Circuit . The FD3S is one of the most popular circuit cars in Japan, meaning I have an abundance of photos them and that I'm
Posted to Speedhunters (Weblog) by Mike Garrett on Wed, Jan 7 2009
I can't really believe that Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 is less than two days away now. It seems like it wasn't long ago that I was writing about the 2008 edition of the show. If you have ever been to Auto Salon, than you know just how packed the show floor can get, especially on Saturday and Sunday when the public comes. It's literally impossible
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