On July 28, 2012, I checked out a vehicle of interest at the Kanazawa Classic Car Meeting held at the Japan Automobile Museum in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture. This time, we found a beautiful second-generation Toyota TE47 "Sprinter Trueno," which is rarely seen even at old car events, so we talked to the owner. It seems that maintaining this rare model is very difficult?

In the 1970s, the BRE was a Japanese car that competed in SCCA production races, and the “Raku Sho Accounting” team has created this model out of respect for the Nissan 510 “Bluebird” that accomplished such a great feat. He has reproduced realistically the paint and sponsor decals from the time when the car was active in the races, and has added originality in some places to enjoy tuning his beloved car.

The "Sera" was launched by Toyota at the end of the bubble era, and although it was a mass-market car, it had glass-top butterfly doors ("gull wing" in the official catalog of the time) like a supercar. It was a model that radiated a futuristic and one-of-a-kind individuality. Mr. Mizuguchi, who has loved the Serra for many years and has driven approximately 30 of them, spent 10 years restoring the Ikebukuro "Amlux" limited edition car, which few people know about today, and recently completed the restoration. Here is the full story of the fantastic Serra.

A two-door, rear-wheel-drive car with a high-powered V8 engine, created between 1960 and 1970, is collectively called a "muscle car" in the United States. Never mind the handling, it is simply a big power, fast, straight-line leader. The word "muscle" (muscular) is probably used to describe this muscularity and fierceness. The Plymouth "Road Runner" introduced here was the antithesis of those vehicles that were too expensive at the time and were unleashed on the world at an inexpensive price setting so that even the young could afford it.

In 1970, in the midst of the high-growth era, the Nissan “Cherry” was introduced with the hope that it would grow like the cherry blossom, a flower known to be loved by many Japanese people. Mr. Sugiyama's favorite car is a high-end 1974 first generation KPE10 Cherry Coupe X-1R. What kind of car is it?

Mr. Kamahori says the first car he purchased after getting his driver's license was a Toyota Z20" Soarer. Although he had given it up once, he repurchased the Z20 Soarer 15 years ago because it was a car that had many memories for him. He enjoys dressing up the car completely as it was in the nostalgic period, as if he were reminiscing about those days.

At the "SWAP & MEET in Myoko" event, which was held for the first time, we spotted a Toyota "Celica" with screw-on wide fenders. We talked to the owner, Mr. Kazuo Yoshikawa, and found that it was a special spec Celica equipped with the rare 152E engine.

Amidst a variety of old cars, we found an unusual car that at a glance was unidentifiable. When we spoke to the owner of the vehicle, he told us that it was an Isuzu "Gemini Coupe." The owner, Mr. Ueda, had been admiring the rally specs of the Opel "Kadett", which was sold as the sibling of this model, and he recreated the rally specs with his car, which he obtained just one year ago.