Following Cars and Coffee this week, we headed up to Long Beach to take in the Japanese Classic Car show for pre-'85 Japanese (duh) cars.

Once more - Thanks to Don for his editing skills






















































































































































On the freeway headng back home we spotted this !




Credits:
Photo selection by Don Suiter - ErEc, Imaging - Colorado
Camera Pointing by Max, cncpics.com

 

My first car was a late 60's Toyota Corona Coupe .Went quick thru the canyons ,easy to repair ,good on gas and reliable.On cold mornings I'd have to shove a rag in the carborator to get it started .The automatic choke began to stay on to long so I replaced it with a manual .I sold it to a girl who sang with Noel Paul Stokey's when he wasnt with Mary and Peter. Then I got a VW Rabbit and had nothing but trouble ,went back to Toyota's after that for a couple of decades .

 

man, some of those cars look awesome! thanks, Max.

 

most of those cars are amazing. I love the classic JDM... all except that MR2 lol... they shoulda left the body stock

 

I forgot how big that long block straight 6 from the old Z's was. The new V6 fits in there so well! That takes me back to my Dad's 81 280ZX that he passed along to me when I was in college-some good memories!

Is the carbon 72 Honda a pikes peak runner? Looks like it's set up for that.

 

The early Mazda rotarys will always hold a special place for me. Man, would I love to get my hands on a Cosmo!

 

No Celica Supras?

 

Not sure that they made Supra's before 1985 ?

 

Before the supra was its own model it shared its platform with the celica. They had a mk1 and mk2 the supra became its own model in 1986.5. The cars were way ahead of there time. Dam hard to find them with out rust. I have had a few and they always ran 220k miles.

 

Ian - you need to take a look through the Cars and Coffee posts or the cncpics.com gallery, there is nearly always a Supra or two on display...

 

will do!!

 

That Honda 600 is all carbon fiber? That's nuts. Sure looks like a Pikes Peak contender.
Otherwise, no other Hondas?
Thanks for sharing.

 

Having owned both '71 510 and later a '72 240z, I am partial to the datsun heritage. They were great cars in their day. I haven't has as much fun with any car since... UNTIL owning my '06 JCW MCS.

 

I was going to type the same thing...figured there would be tons of them.

Also not making the list...RX7's.

 

This is what they looked like in 85



According to this, they were out in 79. Don't really recall them that far back though

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Supra

 

When my Dad was shopping for his 280ZX in 81 (which later became mine) I can remember test driving a brownish gold and black supra just the 85 above. Dad like the Datsun better and I think the dealer better-the Toyota dealer here has always been sketchy.

 

I can only guess that they do not appeal to the JDM crowd ?

I think I photographed every car there multiple times, often from many angles too

 

THANKS for all the fabulous photos!