Here's something that should be a nice break from all the drift and tuner Toyotas you have been seeing here lately. There were some amazing cars at the Yokohama Custom Car and Hot Rod Show last December, but one stood out to me more than any other. Actually, it wasn't even a car, but a gasser style Toyota Stout pickup truck built by a shop in
I have a lot of work ahead of me with all my Rev Speed Time Attack photos to sort through, but before that I wanted to post up some photos from last weekend's Yokohama Hot Rod and Custom Car Show. The machine in this photo here was my personal favorite of the entire show. It's a V8-powered gasser built out of a vintage Toyota Stout pick up truck
I feel kind of strange right now. One part of me is focused tomorrow's Rev Speed Time Attack at Tsukuba Circuit, but the other part of me is still in "hot rod mode" in the wake of Sunday's Yokohama Hot Rod and Custom Car Show. This kind of variety is what I love about cars. Anyways, here's another batch of photos from this weekend's
Way back when Speedhunters launched, I wrote a brief introduction about car culture in Japan and the the diverse automotive styles that can be found here. One of my goals has been to show that there is much more to Japanese car life than just the "JDM" stuff you hear about most often in the auto media. Obviously, a large part of our audience
There are few cars that represent the Japanese rodding and custom car scene better than the '60s and early '70s Toyota Crown. These cars were available in a number of different body styles including sedan, wagon, and even the ultra cool pick up style pictured the above. It is basically a Japanese version of the Chevy El Camino or Ford Ranchero
While I may be absorbing myself in Japan's car culture right now, my automotive roots lie in classic American automobiles, so when I heard about this book that was just published, my interest was immediately sparked. Michael McCabe's new book, Kustom Japan , profiles kustom and hot rod culture here in the land of the rising sun. The book covers
In addition to being known for its automobiles, Japan is also quite famous for its fashion scene. Places like Harajuku and Shibuya in Tokyo are known worldwide for their cutting edge fashion trends. When you put cars and fashion in Japan together, you get Motor Style, a new magazine from Neko Publishing. I picked up the first issue not too long ago
As part of our goal in sharing and celebrating the love of cars, we have made plans to visit a number of specialty car builders and shops in places around the world. One of the ones that we were planning to hit was Rocky Auto, the famous builder and restorer of vintage Nissan cars located central Japan. In a response to my post about the Tokyo Nostalgic