Bosozoku car feature: Team Madonna Crown and Cedric
This time we feature the Toyota Crown and Nissan Cedric by Team Madonna:
Bosozoku car feature: Team Madonna Crown and Cedric
Team Madonna features five or six cars, but their most amazing cars are the Toyota Crown and Nissan Cedric. Both have been set amazingly high at the rear wheels while the front wheels have been modified with caster to keep the car drivable.
In this picture you can really compare the two cars very well. The Crown is obviously higher on its wheels and has four skyhigh tailpipes! The Cedric is a bit lower but has a more beautiful paintjob and headlight swap.
The Nissan Cedric had an extensive build history before it was in this state. In another car feature we will go into detail on this great car!
by banpei with 1 commentLast weeks poll results
The Nissan Silvia Turbo replica in last weeks Sudden Death wasn’t really loved that much… Apparently the skyline is everyone’s favorite! Well, I must admit that my favorite was the Skyline as well.
Bosozoku style Tomica Skyline RS Super Silhouette Formula replica
Winners so far:
1. Bosozoku style Skyline C210
2. Bosozoku style Fairlady 280ZX
3. Toyota Crown S130 with spread winged exhaust
4. Nissan Gloria C330 Bosozoku style
5. Kyusha styled Nissan Skyline C210 Japan
6. Toyota Mark II GX71 inside out exhaust
7. Bosozoku style Tomica Skyline RS Super Silhouette Formula replica
This week we have the last two entries of the Sudden Death! Next week we are going to battle the remaining cars in round 2!
Both cars are by the same group, Team Madonna:
Bosozoku style Team Madonna Nissan Cedric 430
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Bosozoku style Team Madonna Toyota Crown
Meeting monday
Videos from an unknown meeting at a circuit, but the footage is great:
A Skyline R30 and a Soarer MZ10:
A Soarer MZ10, Nissan Cedric/Gloria 330, some Mark IIs:
Rare Bosozoku cars: Nissan Cedric 230
This week we feature the Nissan Cedric (and Gloria) 230. In contrary of the Cedric/Gloria 330 it is a rare bosozoku car and we had a very hard time to find more than one picture!
Some time ago we featured a video of it already:
This full version shows everything about this great Cedric: it is spacious, it looks bad, got a great horn and this hardtop version doesn’t have a B pilar!
We even managed to find a picture of this beauty:
#23 Bosozoku style Nissan Cedric 230
You see, it even got the stance right!
Compared to that this kyusha styled Cedric suddenly doesn’t look that stunning anymore:
Kyusha styled Nissan Cedric 230
The Cedric and Gloria 230 did share the same floorpan and body, but in contrary of the 330 they did not share the same face: they still had their individual front ends. Only starting with the 330 Nissan finally merged the two cars fully!
Factory stock Nissan Cedric 230
Both cars were featuring several L series inline 4 and inline 6 engines, so the L20, L24 and L26 were all available.
Factory stock Nissan Cedric 230
The Nissan Cedric/Gloria 230 is a rare sight at the bosozoku meetings and we do have an idea why. First reason:
Many 70s and 80s Japanese police series used/abused the Nissan Cedrics and Glorias to make spectacular car chases. It was not uncommon to wreck up to 15 or 20 cars per chase! And the biggest problem was that the Cedric and Gloria were mostly used as policecars, so they were wrecked in masses!
Second reason: the image of a policecar is not really appealing to a bosozoku!
And the third reason: rust! There are not many Cedrics and Glorias left.
Personally I do prefer the Cedric/Gloria 330 over the 230 and that’s probably just like every bosozoku boss would!
by banpei with no comments yetShakotan: this is how low you can go with a Cedric
This video shows how low you can go with a Nissan Cedric Y31:
When you look careful to the surroundings and cars you can only conclude the car cannot be older than a few years in this video. Also the title of the video states the car was purchased in the first year of Heisei, so that’s 1989. This fits to the period: the Y31 was built from 1987 to 1991.
Thumbs up to the person who bought a brand new Cedric, slammed it to the ground and asked his buddy to put it on video in 1989 and now put it on Youtube! 🙂
by banpei with 1 comment