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    • Feb 12thSunday video: not the mother of all kaido racers

      It is always nice if new footage of a Tomica Skyline RS Turbo pops up. However this time it is not the Super Silhouette Formula car but the Group C car!
      Super Silhouette Formula racing

      It is driven in the Fuji 500km race in the 1983 Japan Endurance Championship: (video on the next page) (more…)


      by banpei with 3 comments
    • Dec 5thMeeting Monday

      Last week Take4Mickey uploaded two videos ofthe new years sunset meeting of 1994 at the Hamana pass, so here is part one:

      Note the Tomica Skyline replica at 1:25. That car has been so iconic over the past three decades!

      And here is part 2: (more…)


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    • Jun 24thFriday video: Super Silhouette up close


      The Tomica Skyline RS KDR30 Super Silhouette was put up for display at the Nostalgic Car Show in Tokyo held in May 2011. During the show the KDR30 was, obviously, protected by a couple of fences, but this guy was lending a hand during the build up of the show and he was able to shoot these two amazing close up videos of the car:

      Imagine being this close to such an icon! I would probably have serious issues to resist touching the car. 😛

      In the second video we get a good glimpse what’s normally under the hood:

      Just look at how big that intercooler is. Imagine how much air has to be pushed through that thing!


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    • Jan 25thCar feature: perfect Tomica Skyline RS immitation


      Last friday we featured a video of an almost perfect Tomica Skyline RS Super Silhouette immitation. After a wild goose chase I managed to find some pictures of this wonder:
      Perfect Tomica Skyline RS immitation
      Perfect Tomica Skyline RS immitation

      And believe it or not, this picture was actually taken at a Porsche meeting in Nagashima!!

      On this picture while unloading the car you can see its profile a bit better:
      Perfect Tomica Skyline RS immitation
      Perfect Tomica Skyline RS immitation

      If you pay good attention and compare it to this picture of the real car (posted before here) you can see that my remark was a bit off:
      The real Hashemi Tomica Skyline RS Super Silhouette
      The real Hashemi Tomica Skyline RS Super Silhouette

      I remarked that the wheels were too small, but that is not the case: the real one appears to have a much higher roofline. This was done to comply to the rules of Group 5 which required to retain the roofline of the car. Other parts were allowed to be altered as long as the silhouette remained the same. Hence the lowered bonnet, fenders and trunk.

      Another difference are obviously the headlights and lack of hoodfins:
      Perfect Tomica Skyline RS immitation
      Perfect Tomica Skyline RS immitation

      This picture was taken inside Hide’s garage.

      The rear is a copy of the early model:
      Perfect Tomica Skyline RS immitation
      Perfect Tomica Skyline RS immitation

      But since there are so little pictures of the rear of the car it can only be guessed that it is correct…

      I have no idea what is under its hood, but I don’t think you will find a LZ20R under it. Most probably a FJ20ET…

      I said it is a perfect copy in the title, but that is obviously not entirely correct. However it is definitely the closest to the real thing!

      Found at [No custom no life]
      (If you continue to read there you will find he is creating a RX7 SA22 super silhouette copy!)


      by banpei with 2 comments
    • Mar 24thWallpaper Wednesday

      This week a wallpaper with the mother of all modern zokushas: the Tomica Skyline RS KDR30 which competed in the grachan Super Silhouette Formula
      Wallpaper: Super Silhouette Tomica Skyline KDR30
      Wallpaper: Super Silhouette Tomica Skyline KDR30


      by banpei with 2 comments
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