slownrusty Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Some great pics and some weird ones, none the less, some awesome machinery..... http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1364258 Enjoy - Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bastaad525 Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 When did hoses and such sticking out from the front bumper become cool over there?? How long until every ricer over here is doing the same thing? Lord help us..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
materchan Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 my only guess for those hoses is for a airwater ic. you dont show off your oil cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannji Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 WOW... that was quite the retro blast..... we had some asian students at my highschool that were doing things like that.... but they stopped taking those cars to school.... vandalism and harrassment, I believe... That was back in the early 80's tho... never imagined I would see it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 I think that they are taking the exhaust tips a bit far.....pun intended!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Just to stop the huge misunderstanding that's going on at that board from happening here. The oil coolers on the outside and pole-vault looking exhaust pipes (aka take-yari, etc) went OUT of style in the way early 80's. I still get one or two weirdos asking me if my wife wears a kimono at home and do I have a sword in the house...been watching too many samurai movies I guess (oh yeah, as an Asian, Lost in Translation sucked big time!!!! ) If you drove around like this now, people would be staring at you (from far away) as if you just got the chicken-flu on a trip back from China. He mentioned Bosouzoku, which are essentially ricers from back then who were determined to make their cars unique no matter what. More show than go, and a lot of the people were called yankees (after the term Yankee, why, I don't know....most likely everyone was trying to be James Dean, etc.) Anyway, it seems like a lot of them still have their cars, they're probably pretty old by now (the owners, I mean). I remember looking at magazines like Young Auto and Champ Road which were THE Turbo Magazines at the time These cars are museum pieces! And I bet this gathering was a nostalgic reunion. I like the yellow Z tho, modeled after Akira's Yankee Mate Z in the comic Shakotan Boogie published in the early 90s. Some of the cars at the time were built for speed, and the Yankee Mate Z was definitely one of them. Now of course, every Z owner want to be like the Wangan Midnight Z Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 So Owen....are you saing that your wife doesn't wear a Kimono, and you don't have a pair of Samurai swords......man my whole perception of you 'eastern folk' has just been obliterated!! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Well, the sword is in the back room, it's being guarded by my other wives Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Well' date=' the sword is in the back room, it's being guarded by my other wives Owen[/quote'] More than 1 wife!!! You must be a stressed out dude!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synlubes Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 More than 1 wife!!! You must be a stressed out dude!!! Or, very relaxed. Depends on how you look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gtmattz Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Too bad you can only see the yellow g-nose in 2 and a half of the pictures, and only one decent shot of it and its from straight in front.. I would have liked to see more! you can kind of see it from the side in the first 2 pictures hiding behind all the junk.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 When did hoses and such sticking out from the front bumper become cool over there?? How long until every ricer over here is doing the same thing? Lord help us..... Who on earth would'nt think this is way cool?? (just kidding) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeizm Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Those cars can't be serious. I mean the one with the huge star exhaust, come on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envmyz Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 I'd take the rims on 90% of those cars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2slo4u Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Form follows Function.....right? 81zxturbo 95slobaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Those cars can't be serious. I mean the one with the huge star exhaust, come on! Well, we don't know WHAT they're serious about (if anything). Back in the day, the idea was to stand out, looks like these guys are winners. Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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