Spotted on the street....

[Rezz]

On 04/12/2024 at 11:25 PM, Wazmond said:

was parked there the whole time I was in Japan for ( 1.5years ), and looking at maps, still there...

Could you post up a screen shot or link? Interested in how dilapidated it looks

[Rezz]

Spotted a Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato Competizione on the street today

[Rezz]

MZ11 Toyota Soarer in Iwata, Higashi Osaka

[Rezz]

On my daily early morning walk I take few different routes to get to the top of a locally famous hill (and park land) and on the way up there's these two rusted out - but not abandoned - Nissan Laurels. I've lived in this area for the last 10 years and always seen both of them parked there whenever I passed. But checking on Google street view it shows that both cars have been there from at least 2015, and the one on the left (reverse parked) has been there since at least 2011...

There's a sign in the back window of the car on the right that says in English (not Japanese) "Do not touch - Not for sale". So there's probably been a few people asking about them over the years. I took photos of these Laurels last year and posted them up in the Japan Scrapbook thread at the time but this time the grass has been cut and can get a better view of the cars, which also revealed a chain linking the suspension arms of both cars together as a simple anti-theft deterrent.

Edited April 27 by Rezz

[GTSBoy]

4 hours ago, Rezz said:

a chain linking the suspension arms of both cars together as an ineffective anti-theft deterrent.

FYP. Sadly.

Even bolt cutters wouldn't take 2 sec. But in the days of 18v angle grinders, nothing is safe.

[PranK]

22 hours ago, Rezz said:

They're so beautiful 😍

[Rezz]

My son saw this Porsche 904 in Yodoyabashi in Osaka, not sure if it's the plastic or fibreglass version

[niZmO_Man]

beautiful

[Rezz]

A full Veilside kitted JZA80 Supra in Meriken park in Kobe city a few weeks back

[Rezz]

Saw this replica police car based on a Mitsubishi Starion XX parked next to a 'police box' (it's literally a box) in Hirohata, Himeji City in Hyogo prefecture the other day.

It's owned by Morii-san who is a local Mitsubishi Starion enthusiast. According to a local radio station blog post, he always wanted to make a police car himself based on ones he saw in his favourite Manga comics. 
As it's illegal to modify a car to look like a police car and drive on the road, Morii-san tried many times to get permission from Aboshi police station headquarters nearby. They refused initially by after they got tired of that they granted him permission. However, the car can only be displayed on private property and obviously can't be registered as long as the police livery is present.

The car was completed at a cost of 1.5 million yen (US$ 10,000) in addition to the car cost. A location was chosen outside Hirohata Police box where the car can easily been seen from the street.
Morii-san has two other Starion road cars, both widebody GSR-VRs.