countless classics: Epic Yamaguchi Old School Car Show Roll Out
10th anniversary of the meeting of Southern California Japanese car old school.
Japanese auto nostalgia aligned to Queen Mary Park events in Long Beach, California on 27th September that hundreds of classic and old school cars and finished bikes in stock, Kaizo redecorated or running style gathered to form in 2014 Japanese classic auto show.
The annual classic Salon 10th Japanese car is a celebration for the success of what began as a vision of Koji and Terry Yamaguchi, a Japanese couple who wanted to bring the Kyu-sha Old Shu-kai school movement Japanese car meeting California's couple organized the first event in July 2005, almost fifty years after the first Japanese vehicle Toyota Crown was imported to the United States the family-oriented event was held at the Queen Mary events Park; where the legendary cruise ship of the same name has been permanently docked since December 1967.
The event received a warm welcome by passionate minded who were from Southern California as far as the east coast and beyond, it opened a place for old school Japanese cars to be appreciated and admired as American muscle cars.
Iconic cars like the Datsun Z Datsun 1600 Roadster, Honda N600, Mazdas rotary engine as the RX-4 and pick-up, Nissan Skyline Hakosuka Toyota AE86, and Toyota Celica GT were very well represented by fans and clubs.
The event this year was also supported by Japanese manufacturers Honda, Mazda, Nissan and Toyota have all come out with full screens of their classic and modern race cars.
Honda HPD Honda Performance came in full force with their car LMP1 ARX-02a with the new Acura race car, and supercharged CR-Z.
Mazda brought recently made its new MX-5 generation debut to celebrate the iconic 25th anniversary internationally renowned designer Tom Matano, considered the father of the MX-5 and RX-7, was also present to sign autographs for Mazda Cosmo Sport fans the iconic 110S 1967 was also highlighted.
Headlining the screen is the legendary Nissan Hakosuka 2000GT-R Skyline For fans, this is considered the first Nissan Skyline GT-R in Nissan has also provided modern Nissan R35 GT-R.
Toyota shows a 2000 GT, a model considered the most expensive Japanese car in a recent auction an example drawn from more 1000000 The 2000 GT hair is next to the Lexus LF-A supercar and was flanked by d other race cars based on Scion FR-S and Toyota Land Cruiser.
Legendary Brock Racing Enterprises of tuning renowned Datsun launched a new project car 240Z to the event both Peter Brock and John Morton present.
Another unique model at the show was the Phantom Z Sport Wagon, a unique concept of shooting brake by Yoshihiko Matsuo, the original designer of the 240Z It debuted at the annual meeting of Z Car Club of America last August
Japanese companies in the aftermarket as Cusco, Tein, Enkei and Yokohama were also present to show their latest offerings and modding parts for old cars of the school as well Organizers have also set up a costume contest where owners dressed in period costumes, and went their favorite cartoons.
The annual car show is a must-go for Japanese young and old car enthusiasts to reminisce or how cars have evolved over the years.
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