Great Doc on Japanese Classic Car racing and Restoration

[seaqnmac27]

So does that make my Focus Diesel a classic car? At least temporarirly at least.

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Here is a little story for you - I am a bit younger than some on this forum at a guess having been born in the 70's but one of the matchbox toys I had a kid (still have it today and my kids play with it now) was a speedkings 240z and having spent a few years living in Singapore while under the age of 5 I guess Japanese cars where the normal and what I grew up with. Other match box toys I had and still have (again the kids play with them today) are the Mercedes C111 and Lamborghini Miura. However owning such cars as the C111 and Mirua are well outside of my salary/life style but a Datsun Z car is not - much like a Escort/MG/Jag is for some.

Anyway while in Paris on business earlier this year I was walking down The Avenue des Champs-Élysées and I spied some rare cars - some Merc's other very rare Japanese Classics.

So for you guys here are some pics I took on my cell phone - I have not resized all or uploaded them to my website so there are a few samples.

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Some non Japanese cars now - but very cool and classic just like the ones above.

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Cheers
Mike Lucas

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For the Landcruiser Fans out there a FJ25




A tidy Corolla


That is all for now.
Cheers
Mike

[Steve Holmes]

The Toyota 2000GT has to be one of the best looking cars ever made. Was its designed inspired by the E Type?

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The 2000GT was a project that was done by Toyota and Yamaha. What is interesting for a Datsun Z guy like me is that before Toyota and Yamaha got together on this project - Nissan and Yamaha were working a project for the concept that was canned at the time but later taken up again with out Yamaha and the Fairlady Z/240z aka S30 (chassis code for what we know as the Datsun 240z - marketed in Japan as the Fairlady Z) came out of that. What is interesting is this earlier project between Nissan and Yamaha produced clay models that were similar to the Toyota 2000GT before Toyota and Yamaha came together.

[Spgeti]

I see today on Stuff that a 1967 Toyota 2000GT sold for $1.39 Million US.....!!!! to a collector in the States..wow