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MACKAY

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#120929   2017-05-01 13:49          
Thanks everyone for good words about my video :pathead: !

-✘ So yeah guys, sorry that I didn't posted any news for few days now because as you know I was doing "things" in Tokyo and basically didn't had any spare time. So I'm writing everything while at gas station, we left Tokyo early this morning and should reach Osaka by the evening. Me and Shao spent five days there because as I said we had some business to do there, he needed few things for his shop ( the same shop I keep my Z' most of the time now ) so his friends from Russia who are expanding into Japan and about to open few parts stores here managed to help him and organized a lot of things very cheap as a favor, because Shao used to work for them back in Russia. So probably the best thing about our "adventures" in Tokyo was that the whole time being there we were living in their house and were accompanied by them.. So you probably get the idea what we were doing the whole time haha :cheers: but jokes aside, we did other cool things too, also because of them I didn't went home empty handed too :woot: , will show you everything in a bit. So lets begin.

-✘ So the first thing we did when we arrived in Tokyo we went to first McDonalds we saw, because we were starving after such "long" trip..



-✘ So after that we went straight to the Russian guys garage which is about to become a full equipped workshop, but as you know I'm not going to name any places or things like that for safety reasons. When we entered their workshop I was very surprised seeing all these cars at their garage but as Shao told me those cars were only few of their cars, they have even crazier machines which completely blew my mind, sadly I can't talk or show them to you guys, maybe sometime later.. So I will only talk and show the ones they are working on now. The three cars that were there at the moment were BMW E46 M3 with a lot of custom work done like full CSL bodykit and crazy swap.. Also there were two GTR's, 2002 R34 and 2014 R35, which both of them were heavily modified.. All I can say is that both of them are already into 1XXXhp zone, those numbers ain't no joke, and the price of these toys are even more crazier because an engine of R34 alone cost about 35 grand to build, not to mention suspension and other stuff.. When we were talking about those cars I mentioned that we have seen some guys building R34's #OSAKANIGHTKIDS yo or other people with similar cars into "beasts" for less than 20k and the reaction they gave me was priceless, they said : "either those guys are stupid talking shit and boasting about their cars or using knock off parts, because it is impossible to build such car for that price", of course many laughs followed later lol. But jokes aside I 100% agree with them, because - bish please my coils cost more than your fully built RB26 lmao :ahole: So yeah enough of ranting and roasting other builders, lets get back on about their cars. All three cars already have buyers lined up and Russkies are just doing some finishing touches on them before they leave the workshop for their new home. So I guess it is time for photos.







-✘ Most of my attention went into R34, took some photos of interior too.



-✘ So after we spent some time at their garage, we drove to their main warehouse, where they keep all their parts and spare cars. And you probably know what got my attention first. It was a 1980 Toyota Cressida X30 with 18R engine. Originally this car should be called Corona Mark II but because this one was for export market it was named Cressida. Russians brought her back to Japan recently as a spare parts car, basically it was thrown in a container with a junk parts. So I guess it is kinda unique find, car which were made to be driven abroad was brought back home, I believe there is not many original Cressidas here in Japan.







-✘ The Cressida is completely dead as they said, the engine is busted, not cranking over and things like that,of course some rust. Every window apart from windscreen is smashed, interior is trashed, suspension is probably dead too. Few spare parts in the trunk, like original lights and stuff. They told me that this car is dirt cheap in Russia, the ones in decent condition and drivable goes for like 3 grand and in Japan mint Coronas goes for even higher, and this car was basically a shell with Russian documents. So jokingly I offered 900V$ for her, and within seconds I heard an instant answer - Deal. So next day after a little bit of thinking and considering my financial status I handed them the money, so within 30 minutes we had her on the wheels and out of garage. Will borrow a trailer from them and will take her with me back to Osaka.




-✘ I have already thought about what I will do to her, so I guess a lot of work will be needed. Time will show. So this was one of the good things that happened in Japan, now lets talk about the fun things. Me, Shao and Russians decided to hit the city for some driving and stuff, they wanted to show us the car culture around here. I have been in Tokyo few times already but only briefly and only at day, so it was good news for me. And guess which cars they took.. R34 and R35. You know.. "last drive" to make sure that everything is okay with cars. I took a passenger seat in R34 and Shao in R35, now thats an experience to remember. The R34 is hands down the fastest car I have ever been in, I always used to compare all cars with my uncles Audi S2 with 550hp which was crazy fast at that time, but the power of this R34 is a completely different story. We drove in city for a bit and decided to check Daikoku futo parking lot and drink some coffee there, so we took Bayshore route, this road was the place where they could show us the power of their masterpiece cars. The time we exited the tunnel we were already going over the speed limit, going more than 300 km/h passing cars, R35 had Russian plates so they were going first and we were stuck by the back of their car, so our front number plates were covered in case of speed traps. In my opinion the R34 was definitely faster and had more power than R35, but because of safety reasons driver stayed behind R35 without endangering each other. We reached the Daikoku without problems safely, another lucky day I guess.





-✘ The minute we reached the parking lot I received snapchat from Oscar.. He sent me a pic of my Z' at a gas station. He was driving her the whole time I was out of Osaka, to run in the new clutch and flywheel, he said that he already put more than 600km's, so less work for me when I get back.



-✘ So yeah we reached Daikoku parking, parked our cars, and went to buy some coffee, there were other people with cool cars too, but of course "our" beasts received most attention that night, because at that time there were only Micras and not so extravagant cars like ours, basically all the young people having good time.



-✘ So we spent like two hours there and went back to their home. Yesterday we basically spent our day preparing for our trip home, loaded all parts into our van, attached trailer with Cressida and spent the rest of the day at the city. So today early morning we left Tokyo and as I said in first paragraph we should be home by the evening. Shao was driving on the way to Tokyo, so I am driving back home.





-✘ I will update you all when I get back to Osaka and after that I will take a break for few days because I want to spent my time working on Cressida.. PEACE BOIS, NO HATE.


This post was edited by MACKAY (2017-05-01 14:17, ago)