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2015 Japanese Classic Car Collectors Show Yen Old School Datsun, Toyota, Honda, Mazda.
Not that long ago, the idea that Japanese cars would be a highly sought collectibles day was met with raised eyebrows Yet Southern California is where Japanese cars that landed in the late Now in 1950, almost 60 years later, the price of the rarest Japanese cars are tied with the real estate in L A.
Of course, those with more modest budgets can still enjoy the hobby with cars like the rare Toyota Sports 800 above Now in its 11th year, the Japanese Classic Car Show brought together old school cars, trucks and motorcycles to a meeting following a day at the Queen Mary in long Beach, California, September 19.
In addition to the vehicles displayed by fans, automakers are happy to support the Nissan show brought several cars of its U S collection plus a couple of rare birds of Nissan Motor Company Garage heritage museum in Zama, Yokohama, Japan.
Nissan vehicles were first sold in US as the Datsun plate in 1958 the company headquarters were located just to Highway 405 where ECCP was staged this year Nissan North America, Inc. headquarters is now located in Franklin, Tennessee.
Product for one year, the truck Datsun 1960 VG223 had a compact truck dimensions It was a rare sight in the US market, with only 269 Datsun trucks imported in total, and most of these microphones being Today, looks like a classic beach cruise, so Nissan attached a pair of surfboards on the roof.
Introduced in 1968, the Datsun 510 reflects a new concept at the time an attractive sedan, economical, fuel-efficient five-passenger who was fun to drive The 510 was named by the magazine Road track as one of the most important cars 20th century Today, 510s are collected and managed by passionate owners like Paul Williamsen above giving a big boost to his runner.
Speaking of racing, the Nissan R390 GT1 in 1997 had a brief two-year racing career, including Le Mans This car engine on display Zama collection in Japan used a twin-turbo V6 engine 641 horsepower 3,495cc LB with 470 ft of torque Nissan said it was timed to 3 0 3 seconds 60 mph and 10 nine seconds to 155 mph for -Mile Two versions of road cars were built with a price tag of more than 1 million each.
Nissan legend John Morton race was on hand to sign autographs Morton is widely known to have scored two SCCA national championships in 1971- 72 in his now famous BRE 510 46 He also ran Z cars like this 1971 Datsun 240Z BRE The tribute original car was built by Peter Brock and BRE team.
Our library has a copy of a great book that chronicles the Morton racing career by Sylvia Wilkinson, his partner, called The Stainless Steel Carrot Click here to read our book review of a previous story.
Although they were not officially imported into the U S by Nissan Skyline vintage models are now very popular with collectors made famous in movies and video games, these examples of right-training are few sites in the street.
Datsun really revved up its image with the 240Z This bright yellow example with the nose G has an amazing story Its first owner was Yutaka Katayama who led the US operations of Nisan in the 1970s and is called the father of the Z current owner Jonnie yellow shirt served over as secretary of Mr. K, and continues to promote his passion and enthusiasm for the car and the Nissan brand.
Nissan and Datsun Z cars are very popular with collectors With a wide range of models to choose from, there is something for just about every taste and pleasant budget to drive and easy to modify, Z is an excellent choice for those who enter the Japanese collector car hobby.
Switching gears to Toyota, we were surprised and delighted at the strong participation of the few sports 800 model celebrates 50 years targas look like smaller versions of the Toyota 2000GT powered by a boxer engine air-cooled 2-cylinder quelques- some were made with left-hand drive and fewer still have found their way to the States.
Toyota has several vehicles in its neighboring museum in Torrance the biggest crowd pleaser, as expected, was that rare 2000GT with recent sales private auctions now exceeds 1 million copies, the 2000GT is perhaps the Japanese collector car the most coveted.
pristine examples of a vintage Toyota Corona and Corolla wagon shared the spotlight with the 2000GT and Toyota Motorsports hero with this spectacular desert race truck that was driven by the famous Ironman Ivan Stewart.
While Toyota has decided not to put the 2000GT in regular production, it did give the green light to the sport and affordable Celica Today, the Celica is an excellent way to enter collection of Toyotas with a wide range of models covering decades of production.
In the wake of Celica, Toyota AE86 models quickly appreciate the collector market This model bearing the Japanese Trueno badge was sold in the US as Corolla Sport Sections have also been known worldwide by Levin names and Sprinter it is said that this car was the inspiration for the current Scion FR-S Toyota GT86 86 or outside the U S.
Toyota trucks are also popular with collectors This rare model Stout was exposed near Cabe Toyota Long Beach, we saw examples of later first-time Toyota Land Cruiser and truck models very popular ECCP.
Meanwhile, Honda and Acura collectors were overjoyed by displaying the company that ran the gamut from race cars to the first model of the company in the tiny US 600, the first examples of the Accord and Civic .
Speaking of rare is the first Honda sold 600 U S patina of age, he will be restored to its former glory Honda invites everyone to watch the progress following the restoration HondaSerialOne.
Of course, Honda debuted in the U S with ECCP motorcycles this year was a lot of eye candy for cycling enthusiasts of all ages, including the beautifully preserved and restored models like this.
A ECCP, Mazda celebrated its heritage with Jinba Ittai theme translates horse and rider as one, a philosophy demonstrated with the construction of vehicles lighter, more agile and Defying convention to design better cars.
This magnificent 1967 Cosmo Sport 110S is one of the three Cosmos brought to the USA by Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Research for Mazda rotary engine applications says it's one of the Curtiss-Wright Cosmos yet known of exist and represents the first Mazda incursion in the construction of a rotary drive mass production.
More accessible to collectors is a wide selection of rotary engine Mazda models like the RX-2 also vintage on display and demonstrated in our video is the RX-February 1972 led by Patrick Bedard and Don Sherman's car and driver the 70 IMSA -Preparations RX-2 led to the first victory of the Mazda north American soil.
Our plan was to focus on collectibles, but we can t stop thinking about the new Mazda MX-5, which is part sold in the US For those looking for maximum smiles per mile in a brand new car, this roadster is a hard act to beat over the years and generations, Mazda has remained remarkably faithful to the spirit of the original Miata.
We enjoyed exploring every corner of the show and saw cars and tricked out trucks displayed by their enthusiastic owners Check the display sign quite fresh as the owner of that Datsun truck vintage made from a plank with wheels.
And then there is the remarkably fascinating world of Kei cars and trucks These mini-vehicles, still very popular in Japan, were represented at ECCP with a number of entries we really liked this vintage Subaru with his unusual swing doors and rear original black and yellow series California license plates.
If you're like us and aspire to get into this hobby, but your heart is bigger than your wallet, you can easily reach the Japanese collector car of your dreams in an even smaller scale suppliers kits sold models, toys and souvenirs related to cars JCCS many others were on parts and appearance accessories offering hand performance aftermarket.
Stay in touch with the Japanese Classic Car Show and make plans to attend the event next year by visiting and bookmarking their website.
ECCP thank you for providing us with media credentials and full access to the event so that we can bring you this story.
A big thank you to Paul Williamsen for his valuable insights and contributions to our coverage of the show.
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