Ever since I saw Rod's feature on the Dandy FC3S during the Bonneville Speed week I have been meaning to drop by their shop to check out not only the RX-7 but also meet the man behind it all, Dandy Tanaka. Kindly enough Tsuyoshi Narita, a customer and follower of Dandy kindly arranged my visit during a rather warm winter Saturday afternoon. It never
Here's a couple video clips that "Sassy", the owner of the IMSA-styled SA22C RX7 sent to us. Besides the sights and sounds of the RX7, you can also catch a glimpse of many other Japanese classics running on the famous Suzuka Circuit. Thanks a lot, Sassy! -Mike Garrett
After all the stunning coverage we have seen over the last week from Bonneville, I got the itch to post something from Japan that is also related to speed. Enter the Zimax RX-7, a true modern day wangan racer! I first spotted this FD3S at the 2007 "7-7-7" meeting at Daikoku as it rolled in late at night. Among a sea of tuned RX-7s it wasn't
July 7th is a rather special day in Japan, if you are into rotaries that is. Every year on this day RX-7 owners flock to the Daikoku Parking Area under the Yokohama Bay Bridge for what has to be one of the biggest car gatherings of the year. Like most meetings of this nature it is all organized and coordinated online via various local clubs scattered
Up until this year it was always the Japanese that were going overseas to expose the world to their drift culture, but 2009 looks like it will be the year when Japanese drifters and drift fans will finally get a taste of international drifting on their home turf. We already saw Vaughn Gittin Jr. bring his all-American V8-powered madness to Japan earlier
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
Since I knew January was going to be Mazda month, I have been planning to do a post with photos of various grassroots RX7 drift cars I have shot in the USA and in Japan over the past year or two. As I hunted through my old photos trying to remember which events had cool RX7's, I realized that RX7 drift cars are actually pretty rare. Sure, there's
Photographer: Antonio Alvendia, Cipher Media Group Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Description:RE Amemiya's D1 Street Legal FD3S RX7 at Suzuka Circuit, 2007.
Photographer: Antonio Alvendia, Cipher Media Group Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Description:RE Amemiya's D1 Street Legal FD3S RX7 at Suzuka Circuit, 2007.
By popular request... the photo I took of the RE Amemiya D1SL FD3S at Suzuka Circuit D1 has been added to the Speedhunters Desktops Section . Enjoy! -Antonio Alvendia