I got a call from the Extreme Autofest folks asking me if I want to show one of my cars again at the annual
San Francisco International Auto Show at the
Moscone Center this year. The only problem was that my
FD3S RX7 was still unavailable because we were still working on getting it back from the
Brahma Light Drift Track Opening in the
Dominican Republic.
Since the FD wasn't back in San Francisco yet, I figured it would be a good chance to debut my
RHD S14 and display it at this week-long show so I could show some love to my sponsors.
Read more...Posted by: Calvin Wan | Dec 09, 2009 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 911, Auto Show, Bel Air, Brahma Light, Calvin Wan, CE28N, Chevy, Dominican Republic, Falken, Falken Tire, Graphtech, GS300, GS400, GTR, Honda, Impala, IS350, IS350C, J's Racing, Jay Pizarro, Lexus, LS1, Nissan, Plymouth, Porsche, R35, RSR, S14, S2000, San Francisco, Silvia, V8, Vertex, Volk Racing | 16 Comments »
I was on a hunt for footage of one of my favorite cars – the JZZ30 Toyota Soarer (aka the Lexus SC300/SC400) and lo and behold, what should I find but Manabu Orido drifting Honjo Circuit in Japan.
Although in this video, Orido’s driving his Project Mu/Autotech JZS161 Toyota Aristo (Lexus GS300) and not a Soarer, I thought it was worth it to post this gem just to show the interior action shots. Look at how little he has to do to control the car – his economy of motion and technique is amazing.
I know that we’re not supposed to be envious…but I just can’t help it! Who wishes, like I do, that they could plug into The Matrix (I’m talking about the movie, not the FF Toyota) and download Orido’s drifting skills like Neo, waking up suddenly, saying… “I know drifting.”
::Avon Bellamy
Posted by: Avon Bellamy | Oct 30, 2009 | Categories: Webmining | Tags: Aristo, Avon Bellamy, HKS, Honjo Circuit, Japan, JZS161, JZZ30, Manabu Orido, Soarer, Vertex | 7 Comments »
Ever since we started the Motor Mavens blog, I've been so busy that I haven't really had much time to cruise the web like I used to. However, there are a few sites that I try to check once in a while, because I really like the content.
Al's Car Stuff Blog is
one of the very few sites that I see that consistently posts up cars that I like! I don't know much about Al or his background, but seeing these photos of this
Nissan/Datsun KP510 Bluebird 1600 SSS on Al's blog brought me back to a Japan trip I took several years ago.
Back in 2004, I went to visit D1 driver
Takahiro Ueno and his shop,
Sui Vax in Yokohama, Japan. I was doing a feature photo shoot on Ueno and his shop for Modified Magazine at the time, so I spent the whole day hanging out in Yokohama. When I told him how crazy I was about Japanese nostalgic cars, he said he knew a shop that I would love, and he wanted to take me there. That shop was
Flex Auto Review - they restore and sell Japanese classic cars! Ueno was absolutely right. I flipped out when we got there! AWESOME. (I was kind of embarrassed afterwards, because I was so
obviously excited when I was walking around Flex Auto... and I didn't quite show the same level of excitement when I was hanging out at
Ueno's shop earlier that day. Oops, my bad.)
Read more...Posted by: Antonio Alvendia | Oct 29, 2009 | Categories: Webmining | Tags: 1600, 510, Al's Car Stuff, Antonio Alvendia, bluebird, Datsun, Equip 01, Flex Auto Review, Japan, KP510, Momo Prototipo, Nissan, SSS, Sui Vax, Takahiro Ueno, Vertex, work wheels, Yokohama | 11 Comments »
Shiny black paint... check. Menacing stance... check. Pink JLine wheels... check. ??? Prowling the city streets surrounding the Arizona Diamondbacks' Chase Field, we have James Parker's glorious G35 coupe. To say that this car has undergone a complete transformation over the years would be a bit of an understatement.
Read more...Posted by: Dax Rodriguez | Apr 21, 2009 | Categories: Center Stage | Tags: Buddy Club, Dax Rodriguez, G35, GReddy, HKS, Infiniti, Jim Wolf Technology, JLine, JUN, Mike Maez, Nismo, Veilside, Vertex, VQ35 | 17 Comments »
