Photograph in Japan!! Kustom&Lowrider&HOROD

25th Annual MOONEYES Street Car Nationals 2011　
TOKYO JAPAN
http://www.local-hero.jp/

 

Whats broke on this thing?

 

It's a fad.. that needs to go away ASAP.

 

What great work. I live in the easiest place on earth to build a car and i can't accomplish what those guys can half way 'round the world. BTW, do you suppose there's a website in Japan that is oohing and ahhhing a bunch of Mexican guys driving tuners!!???

 

Nice!!!!

 

what are you talkin about?
If you talk about their domestics its nonsense, they ben buildin them like the US cars since day one, plus the Japanese original Bosos.
If you think that for them ownin US cars is a fad you might not be very well informed.

Toshi, thanx for the domestics btw, i kno its not hamb stuff, but whats up w/ the camber on the little toyo truck?

 

It's nice to see you guys smiling in your pictures, makes me want to move to Japan. For some reason, car culture here in America requires a scowl on your face. Can't figure out how driving around in your hor rod with your girl beside you can make you look so unhappy.

 

Much respect for those guys.

Couple locals I talked to on Okinawa related to me how difficult and expensive it is to to import and register a non-JDM vehicle in Japan.

 

says the "FNG"

it seems like you've got a lot to learn. Like Bonez pointed out, Japan has been doing this for awhile. If you are still in highschool, longer than you've been alive. For example, the Pharoah's CC & Mooneyes Japan recently celebrated a 25th year anniversary.

 

Go easy on the FNG. Given the context - his comment came right after Toshi posted the weirdly cambered Toyota, and said, "What is up with this?", the FNG is probably saying that the strange camber is a fad that needs to go away ASAP. Which, just from a safety perspective, I'd have to agree with.

 

oh ok, makes sense now. I didn't see the comment about the camber above his post, all I saw was a broken looking truck lol. And when I read Bonez's comment, I automatically thought the FNG was talking about the Japanese scene in general.

 

On another note, I really want to shave and drop a '70s Toyota....

 

something like this?

 

thats some real craftsmanship there, they really raise the bar on the finished product with some of those cars...it's nice to see a group of finished cars at a gathering & not all rust, ripped seats skulls all over the place.

 

the japanese scene was alive and well back in the late 70's early 80's when i was stationed on okinawa. probably not as many cars as the mainland had, but i saw more than a few z28's, mustangs, harleys and corvettes on that tiny little island. saw more than a few american iron sitting in their boneyards too. granted, they werent the style of rides you see posted here, but they did have a big following of anything american. most all were happy to show them off as well. some would even ask if i/we could/would order parts for them and have them shipped over since their was no duty or import fees for parts the service men had shipped thru american mail.

 

Im pretty sure its sitting like that cause its aired out, I seriously doubt its driven that way.

 

It'll have custom camber wedges to sit like that , its the boso/ VIP style getting passed onto all sorts

 

There you go! And my desire for it to include the Asian women in the schoolgirl outfits is not at all creepy...

 

Do have anymore of this Triumph? I believe it is the one Harpoon painted.

Keep up the great work!

 

Me love you long time g.i. Love the pics!

 

I knew the Japanese were crazy when it came to building cars, but that is INSANE!!! Damn good work!

 

Those guys must be richer than 2 feet up a Kobe Beefs ass to have those kind of cars over there, and of the quality they are.

 

Great Toyota Stout - if i could see more of it (less schoolgirls) i'd be grateful ... the previous is not Toyota but a Datsun Sunny/1200 - that 'fad' seems to have been around for a couple of years in Europe. They aren't afraid of engineering in some axle articulation - 2CVs & Beetles - only stateside i can think of being Caterpillar graders ...

 

Always something interesting on the local hero....

 

Yeah, a Datsun, now that you say so i see it
I think its simply the fact that it has a fwd set up and the indipendant axles can be modded to seat that way when you air out the suspension.
Plus, jap bosos have ran heavily cambered wheels since forever, that is just a hi-tek-ish appreach to a boso car.

Heres more ofthe stout.bitchen truck.i have more, but in a hard drive that i cant access right now. it has sum clean frame work.

 

Ain't this hysterical? I love it. Someone has finally built a "cartoon" car that looks like all those exaggerated T-shirt designs and over the top drawings you see on the Friday art threads. The sporty car version of a streat freak car? I can only assume it has some sort of air or hydralic suspension and when it rises from the pavement the wheels assume a normal driving allignment. Or do they drag it around on a chain like a reluctant puppy? Gary

 

^^ thats kinda of a good point. ^^^
afer all we love the crazy roth inspired design no?
Im sure it has adjust. suspension, but if not, i think its cool anyway.

 

Well why dont you and the other "so quick to be smart arses" apologise to the FNG?Rod

 

Amazing paint!! A guy with a rod & custom shop in San Diego was telling me at VLV a couple weeks ago that all the really great customs and the future of traditional rods are being built in Japan. I don't know about that--though he's more qualified to say than I, but these photos sure show some amazing rides.
Great photos, thanks for sharing!

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LOVE this thing! I shout it in Japan a few years back, soooo clean!