The Old School JDM picture thread.

[HR2L]

[eurotrash]

Point. This car has non.

spent alot of time cruising around in the wagon and its easily the funnest car ive ridden in. aside from the obvious looks, the sound this 1j makes is incredable and At right around 250-400hp its fun to mess with people when they try to pull away.

[Cronopoulos]

A buddy of mine just sold his 1.8 rolla to put more time into his AE86.

Awesome. Love this car so far!

[FunfGan]

I hate this thread.

You'd think I'd be sheltered from my desire for vintage japanese cars on an e30 forum, but noooooooooo.

[red_e30]

^^nice^^

[warmseth]

me with my dime that inspired my love of all things boxy and ultimately my purchase of the e30

[Jand3rson]

Hey, haven't seen this thread in a long time!

[Massimo]

Point. This car has non.

[ZekeTheSneak]

saw him at tailored tacoma. That thing is awesome

[BlackbirdM3]

You continue to astound me sir, maybe someday I'll have the pleasure of seeing your M3 in person.

Also is that SR71 #960 just on display at a park? That is just plain awesome if so!

Yes, the SR71 is Castle afb at the air museum. Its just off highway 99 in Merced California. You can walk right up to it and touch it. There are several that are on display here in California, there are two in Palmdale (one SR71 and one A12, the predecessor to the SR71), one at March Field near Los Angles, and one out side the Museum of flight in San Diego. There is the two seat trainer A12 (Known as the Titanium Goose) that is outside the California museum of science also in L.A. (I think its near the USC campus). There are also two others out at Edwards AFB, the last one to fly #980 and #955 which was one of the first 5 SR71s built and was the Palmdale test plane till about 1980 or so. I think 955 and #951 (in Tucson) are the only two origianl test planes left. #980 was flown by NASA till Oct 9, 1999 when it flew for the last time (I was there.) There is one other that is also sort of hard to get to at Beale Afb just out side Sacramento. Beale used to be the home for all the SR71s. Now only one can be found The other two that are on the west coast are at the Evergreen Air and Space museum in McMInnville Or, and the other is at Boeing field (not an SR71, started life as an A12, but was converted to an M12 as an experiment in the late '60s/early '70s. There were two built, one crashed during an experiment. The one at boeing field is the last M12.) There is also one at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson Az, and one other in Utah. The SR71 is truly an amazing feat of engineering considering it was designed with slide rules and calculators. Its even more impressive that there hasn't been anything that can fly higher, faster or further since. Its also cool that the faster it went, the better the fuel economy, and to put that into perspective, it will out run the bullet shot from a rifle for greater than 2000 miles (assuming the bullet could fly the same distance.) Or for a better understanding, L.A to London England in 3hrs 47 min and 38 seconds, that's 5645 miles in under 4 hours.

If you are ever in the Bay Area, I'd be happy to show off the M3, or the Datsun.

Will

[previasc96]

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My TE72, work in progress -

A buddy of mine just sold his 1.8 rolla to put more time into his AE86.

[Threehz]

You continue to astound me sir, maybe someday I'll have the pleasure of seeing your M3 in person.

Also is that SR71 #960 just on display at a park? That is just plain awesome if so!

[BlackbirdM3]

Blackbird you continue to be my hero!! BTW, where is your name from? Every time I see it I think of Wangan Midnight which surprisingly would make sense seeing you are such a Datsun fan.

Well this thread once again is forcing me to go turn some screws on the 280! Thank you :D

My screen name is a more obvious take on my license plates for the M3, (HABU M3) This pic should sort things out...


I am a HUGE Lockheed SR 71 fan. Since I happen to have a black M3, it kinda fits. It fits better when you understand just how bad ass the SR71 is. Since both the SR and the M3 are exotic and were designed with a very specific role, and they were both excellent at that role, the parallel works. My M3 has visited 4 different countries, on 3 continents, (Germany, US, Japan, Canada, and now back to the US) Oddly enough the SR71 was found in the skies over all of these, and was based both in the US (Beale and Edwards AFB) and Japan (Kadena Air base Okinawa). To clarify my license plates, Habu was the name given to the SR71 by the people around Kadena air base when they first saw it. A Habu happens to be a somewhat rare, black, highly poisonous snake found on Okinawa and when the people there saw the SR71 that was what they related it to. Also, after an SR71 flight crew finished their first mission the received a pair of patches, one was in the shape of a shield that read HABU, and the other was in the shape of a diamond that read 3+ (as in Mach 3+) After the flight crews learned of the name given to the SR71 they decided to call it that, as well as themselves. In other words if you flew or worked on a Habu, you were Habu. While I will never have the opportunity to work on an SR71 let alone fly one, I have a very deep respect for both the people who flew them and for the plane its self. Hence the plate, HABU M3. Oddly enough, the SR71 could still do its job better than anything else currently in use. Perhaps we should give up on the UAVs that can be hacked and remotely flown by someone else or shot down and revive the SR71 program. There still is nothing that can fly higher or faster than it, and still nothing can shoot one down.

The SR71 in the picture is #960. It was the first one to fly a mission over Vietnam, and when it was retired had the most missions and flight hours of all. It was the 10th one off the assembly line. It can be seen at Castle Air Museum near Merced.

Here are some in car videos that I shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASpZtYiPr5Q&feature=g-upl&context=G2c28512AUAAAAAAAAAA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1eC0LdYfWM&feature=context&context=G2c28512AUAAAAAAAAAA

AutoX in the rain...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inYo7FOZGQw&feature=context&context=G2c28512AUAAAAAAAAAA

VARA University at Buttonwillow last year. The guy driving the blue and white 240Z in front of me taught me how to race criteriums on my bicycle back in the mid '90s. I think he is running a Sunbelt 3.1L motor. Its fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKxilhKeF9k&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

AutoX in the dry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZB4jR7GRUc&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Sears Point on scary tires... With a passenger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZiGwtm-QLI&feature=autoplay&list=UL9ZB4jR7GRUc&lf=mfu_in_order&playnext=1

That should do it for now.

Will

[Threehz]

Blackbird you continue to be my hero!! BTW, where is your name from? Every time I see it I think of Wangan Midnight which surprisingly would make sense seeing you are such a Datsun fan.

Well this thread once again is forcing me to go turn some screws on the 280! Thank you :D

[BlackbirdM3]

Just found some more from Laguna Seca 2010.

My friend Ron's other Datsun. No this isn't the real #46 240Z, but its a very very good clone.





I'm not sure who owns the Bob Sharp #33 car.





Not quite old school, but its still bad ass.






Bob Sharp 280Z





Also not exactly old school...



Yes, the #46 BRE car is the real one John Morton drove.




The full album is here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1572436717403.2074072.1430090650&type=3&l=b85a3b0982

My friends 67.5 Datsun 2000 roadster. He recently sold the car so he could buy a race car, but he still has two others. This car was pristine.







Here is the album for some of the other pic I posted earlier.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1487542355097.2064768.1430090650&type=3&l=3baca7575c

A few more of my car at Sears Point.




And a few autoX pics





My Datsun and my ex Alfa GTV.



If you guys are interested, I can post some in car video from the HSR race at Lagua Seca. Its good quality and the sound is good as well.

Enjoy,
Will