How many of you east coasters know that you don't have to fly to out California to go to an all Japanese car show? This past September 16th, was another all Japanese Car Day - Sponsored by the DRONE (Datsun Roadster Owners of New England) at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA. Go to: http://www.mot.org/Events/lawn.html. This is a lawn show outdoors in front of the museum. There is even a small paved circular access road around the show field to cruise you car around so everyone can hear and see it the cars in motion. You could take people for rides too if you'd like. Sure beats a stationary show where the cars are silent! It's just $10 and that includes admission to the museum inside too. Food is available on site. They haven't yet announce the date for this year's event, but I'll keep this thread updated.


Anyone interested in bringing out one of your older Toyota's this September?

The All Japanese car Show was awesome this past September. This the only such event in the eastern US and it couldn't have had better weather, ot have been during a better time of year. I'm an old schooler, and as such I have to say that I was it was unfortunate that there wasn't a single early Subaru or Honda in attendance. Kind of a shame if you ask me. But Datsun, Toyota, and Mazda guys were all in luck, as there were quite a few of them on hand. I only took a few pics, [mostly video] but here is a sampling for you all.

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Check out this Late 60's Datsun Roadster.

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They had some Japanese exchange students there dressed in their native attire and they were demonstrating caligraphy for all who requested it. Many cars on the showfield had examples of their work on their windshields.

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My friend Chris brought a really neat Mazda REPU there. REPU stands for Rotary Engine Pickup Truck. These rare Mazda's were very special for their time. Unlike the standard piston engine Mazda pickups, these were the "Sport" models. They had the 13B rotary engine, wider fender flares, factory tach, wood grain dash, bucket seats, etc. Also, there were really nice examples of early RX7's, one of which had 19,000 original miles! There was a really clean Toyota SR5 Lift Back there too. The gent came all the way from Long Island [including a ferry ride] to show it.

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Then there was this car [above] that won people's choice for the show. It was a '67 Toyota Corona. It is owned by a gent named Gerry. This thing is mint and super rare.

All show participants received a goodie bag containing free samples of car waxes, polishes, an event dash plaque, coupons for a free bottle of Sta-Bil gas stabilizer, maps pens, etc. A very nice touch by the organizers.

Yes there were all sorts of great newer Japanese cars there too, but in this post I am focusing on the old school cars I saw. The organizers told me that this show is continuously growing each year. That's great news. I read in the current issue of Road and Track that the Japanese cars are finally becoming more popular and recognized in the collector car community.

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My B210. It's a '77, and originally from San Diego.


Here are a few more.....
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Alex Grabeau brought out his awesome Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II for the show. Formerly a street car, it is now used primarily for open track events. This right hand drive Evo II is a very rare automobile. No left hand drive examples were ever built, as these were strictly Japanese domestic market cars. It would be several more years before newer models of this car were imported to and sold in the US.

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Note Alex's newly added fender flares and super wide track wheel and tire combo. These were added due to the car having so much power that wheelspin was always a problem -even with the AWD! The engine has many mods including a larger turbo, bigger injectors, etc. He said the added offset does make it steer harder, but he knocked off 6 seconds per lap off of his previous best at the last track event.

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You guys might consider coming out to this next year. It's a lot closer than California!

This year's show will be on August 16, 2009. Mark your calendars!

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