I didn’t get a chance to go to my first Tokyo Auto Salon event until 2013, but I’ve always wondered what the show was like years before that. With the internet came photos from the event over the years but honestly, back then, digital content was still a bit limited, […]
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I can’t put up all these Throwback photos from the late 90s without mentioning a set of taillights that forever changed the industry during that time… the iconic lights of the SXE10 Toyota Altezza/Lexus IS. The moment the car became available in the U.S. market, enthusiasts began to craft these […]
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The popular “Invader” front bumper of the late 90s was actually an adaptation of the Veilside RX7 C1 front that was also popular in Japan during their Tokyo Wangan era (hence the name “C1” derived from the highway system). Most of the bumpers of this style had the indentation above […]
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I arrived to my office yesterday with a big box waiting for me from FedEx. The contents within this box were about 5 albums of film photos from a couple of big car shows from late 1998-99. My boy Terry Suvonnarith from Trikspeed unearthed these photos that he captured back […]
Read MoreIf you were to compile a list of some of the best, utterly timeless, Civic builds of all-time, Fred Chapman’s EK from 2007 would definitely be on it. Fred, one of the original members of ATS Garage, has long been a contributor to many of the incredible projects that ATS […]
Read MoreFor this installment of THE ARCHIVES, we are going to be taking a look back at some of the Honda builds that attended the Eibach Honda Meets in 2006 and 2007. Gene Tjin was shooting for HCI Magazine back then and made an appearance at the Eibach Meets to generate […]
Read MoreToday on this Monday edition of THE ARCHIVES, we’re going to take a quick leap back into time to take a look back at Jason Deang’s Honda Civic build. This car was originally shot by Gene Tjin in late 2006 and didn’t run until February of 2007. PlusONE was a […]
Read MoreWelcome to a very special holiday edition of THE ARCHIVES Series. Today, we’re going to be doing a little something different and looking at some event coverage instead of remastered magazine features from year’s past. When I got in contact with Gene Tjin about some old photos he had locked […]
Read MoreIt’s really nice to see and hear all the positive responses I’ve been getting from the whole concept of this “ARCHIVES” series. The idea was just a little random like everything else that I do but I’m happy that it is working out. We are just one post into THE […]
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