Once again I was down at the Daikoku Parking Area last night for the final meeting of this week, celebrating what is without a doubt the most legendary car to come out of Japan, the Skyline. Even though the all-new R35 GT-R bears no Skyline badges whatsoever, to enthusiasts the link is still very much there. Being a Friday night the PA resembled a meeting
I've dropped by the Daikoku PA four times straight this week and last night, at what could have potentially been the best meet of this Skyline week, the weather turned for the worst and spoiled everything! The rain was coming down so strong at one point I was contemplating whether to bother going or not. But I'm glad I did as a small group of
So it was back at Daikoku last night for the R33 March 3rd meeting that turned out to be pretty good compared to the previous day's R32 gathering. The line-up of cars was great and I was happy to see that not only GT-Rs had shown up but also GTSs in both 2-door and 4-door variants. Cars kept arriving and taking off throughout the night giving a
If you live in or around Tokyo the Daikoku Parking Area is the most common place to hold meets. Over the last year we have seen RX-7 owners gather on July 7th (7-7) and AE86s meet on August 6th (8-6), which obviously gets the mind wondering. How many other date-related meetings could there be? A few weeks back Rod asked me if I had heard of any possible
Here is another interesting car I spotted on my recent visit to the Daikoku PA. The Maserati Shamal is a pretty rare sight in any country, so seeing one fitted with what look like bronze Nismo LM GT4s (built by Rays Engineering ) instantly got my attention. Stance wise it was pretty spot on, it could have maybe sat a little lower but the offset was
When it comes to mean looking station wagons you really cannot go wrong with Nissan Stagea. Like most cars it does take a bit of work to get it to look just right and the owner of this yellow example didn't hold back on the modifications. The R34 GT-R front end conversion really works on the WC34 Stagea and this 260RS model has the RB26 power-plant
I dropped by Daikoku Parking Area late last night on my way home from a shoot and quite glad I did as there seemed to be a few interesting cars parked up. This lime green Toyota Vitz grabbed my attention as it was sporting the kind of stance we all like here on Speedhunters. I have decided I will be trying to get down to the world's most famous
I've been down to the Daikoku Parking Area (PA) rather often this last month. First it was the RX7 annual meeting in July, then the AE86 gathering last week, but last night it was more of a small get together with a few car -otaku friends of mine. I wasn't expecting to shoot anything as it was just our monthly meet, but I brought my camera gear
Photographer: Dino Dalle Carbonare Resolution: 1920x1200 Description: Crystal Body Yokohama AE86 at Daikoku PA
With the AE86 day coming to a close it's time to take a look at the second part of the coverage from last night's hachiroku gathering at Daikoku PA, starting with the Crystal Body Yokohama demo car which rolled in later on in the night. CBY is one of the biggest names in AE86 tuning and creates parts... ...like the rear FRP gate so many people