Boso Crown

White Knight

What??

This is a Suzuki R+ even though its not a Toyota I had to post the crazy camber. I want to know is it driven like this?? The only thing I can think is that is on air bags, either that or it has been lowered and the camber was uncorrected or majorly modified.

The Line Up

Please step forward when you hear your number called.

Boso Toyo

What is Bosozoku??

I learned something while searching for boso cars to share with you. I decided to look up the definition of Bosozoku and here is the mean in found per urban dictionary.com

bosozoku

Japanese motorcycle gangs. They can be seen wearing pilot jumpsuits and kamikaze headbands driving around roads and highways on souped up motorcycles decorated with battle flags and no mufflers meaning you can hear the full roar of their bike engines. Bosozokus mostly consist of teen aged high school drop-outs unlike their western counterparts such as the Hells Angles which consist of mostly middle aged war veterans. The more civilized car modification not associated with illegal activity is called Garuchan. Very similar to the Bosozoku cars, these cars are similar in appearance but with their owners preferring to distance themselves from the anti-social image of the Bosozoku. These cars are inspired by the Japanese Super-Silhouette racing cars of the 1980′s with over sized spoilers and wings being the order of the day. And now you know the rest of the story.

Enter the Dragon

Nose dive

Bat Van

These vans always look like bat mobiles to me.

XB Boso

Here is a cool XB With a Boso Flair.




Deep dish with every thing Please.

Boso Vans

Ok so it looks like December is shaping in to a tribute to Bosozoku. In the tradition of over done decorations on houses and shrubberies I have decided to post the most outrages Boso Toyotas I can find. Marry Bozo December!!

Here comes the vans! In the Boso Style the vans seem to be the most over the top. With bumper that extend up 6 feet of the front and back to huge bat like wing coming from the top and rear. Here are some Toyota Hiace Van (not available in the state) with a Lexus thrown in.

Bosozoku Style

A lot of people dont like these but I admire the imagination and creativity. I dont know how the heck you could drive one around but thats the price you pay for cool.

If you don’t know bosozoku is a style of customization in Japan where you exaggerate the body lines and features. Huge fender, extreme spoilers and stretched front lips are just some of the crazy thing that is done with theses cars. With how all the JDM trends so popular here make me wonder how many we will see here.

Only a Honda owner

I hate to say it but only a honda owner would have out right talent to put this together. The home made sheet metal body kit and can you really have too many many spoilers!? (note the use of the interobang). It looks like a bonzoku project gone wrong. But on the other hand you have to start some where.......I guess.

My change is going to come!

Things have been a little rocky lately; I lost my job at the end of November. So money has been a little tight. The Cressida that I sold went to the rent instead of my track car like I had planed. But I have been working here and there and I have an interview Monday.

But that’s not the point of this post. As you may or may not know I work as a Lab Assistant, I have been doing this for about 10 years off and on. It is a job that I just kind of fell into; a guy said go take this class and I’ll give you a job. But its not something that I really have a passion for and I am getting to where I want to make some changes. This brings me to the point, as of January 17, 2012 I will be starting my schooling as a Machinist. I will be attending NTMA a not for profit trade school in Ontario California.

I have always enjoyed working with my hands and making things, and due the complete shortage of aftermarket parts for older Toyotas I think this is the change. After my training and gainful (and again I state Gainful) employment I will start working on a line of after market parts for the vintage Toyota fans. Ill keep you posted.

Craigslist Ae71

Here is a cool Ae71 in my town that I found on craigslist. I am growing very fond of this model. I wish I had the Cash to pick this one up it look pretty clean.

More Photos

Photo Practice

Here are a few pictures that I have taken of late while working on my photography skills that I wanted to share.

How its done over seas.

Here are some really cool examples of how to do old school JDM. I know it made me drool.

Kart Racing Round 2

This video was taken directly after the last one, after I made sure Stephanie was ok. I looked at my time sheet and seen that my time was only 1 second off of the fastest time of the day. So of course I had to go again. This video is a lot shorter I cut out the slowest laps.

Go Kart Racing

I wanted to add some new content for the site so I took my camera and attached it to my helmet to get some action shots. Me and the Mrs. went to a new go kart track that I found on my way home from work. San Bernardino Raceway check them out at SBRaceway.com. They are a gas kart track that has the fastest karts that I have found in the area. I think they may have been a little to fast for my wife but you will have to watch it to find out why.

Looking for a new car

So over the weekend I sold my cressida, so Im on the look out for a new car. I found a track locally where they do time attack nights, sounded like fun. The cressida is not really set up for that kind of thing. I am going after work today to look at an 83 Celica coupe. I used to have an 83 hatch and it was a fun car. The  one im going to look at is in light years of better she then that one. So we will see what happens.

The Corolla part 2

The first models offered in the U.S. were subcompacts equipped with a 1.1 liter, four cylinder SOHV engine. Toyota upgraded the Corolla in 1970, adding more room and the power of 1.2 and 1.6 liter engines. In the mid-1970s, Corolla became the best selling car in the world. The five millionth Corolla rolled off the production line in June 1976.

The History of the LF-A

Here is a really cool video showing the history of the making of the LF-A, Lexus's Super car. This car has is more engineered than most air planes. The LF-A is leading the way for Toyota to start building sports cars again.

Toyota van

Here is a old 80's toyota vans I seen well I was out of harbor freight this weekend. For some reason I really really like these bands I think that's the next vehicle on my list. I always thought it was funny the toyota trucks and vans never had names they were just toyota truck and van until the ninety's. In the states that at least. My wife thinks the vans are very funny looking and she always call them the scooby doo van. But when I think scooby doo I was think order chevy cargo vans. this 1 seems to be in pretty good shape and you don't see many in good shape anymore. plus I dont forget in 1 thinks of them is collectible on the first place. but I don't care I like'em.

F-1 Toyota

Here is the 2009 F-1 Team Toyota car, this was the last year Toyota participated in the Formula 1 racing.
 

Celica from jccs 2009

Toyota Starlet

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