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E36 Part hunting on the side out a mountain

There’s a unique camaraderie that comes with hunting for car parts in an old farm barn, perched on the side of a mountain in rural Ireland, especially in the midst of a storm. Conor’s old Corolla brought us endless entertainment that night as we managed to get it fired up for some E36 vision bits. These shared adventures are always my favourite, and perhaps the most rewarding part of chasing car parts around Ireland. The interesting guys we meet and the funny stories we share at the end of it all strengthen our bond and make these experiences even more memorable.

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We buy an abandoned E36 Project

A flash back to my time owning a BMW. From the drift car to the road car I had hoped to reshell some of the good parts from. Eventually, I made the tough decision to pull the plug on the BMW life. I was in search of a new challenge, and that’s when I stumbled upon the allure of crusty Japanese misery, which came in the form of the 180sx and the KE70. Regardless, here are some photos as a little trip down memory lane on what could have been. The E36 is in good hands now and I feel it deserves an update video over the next few months.

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The Coolest drift event outside of Japan: Final Bout

Part two of our Final bout photo dump consists of Saturday and Sunday of the event; I blended both days into the video we just did as it made for a better watch. I was surprised these videos didn’t do well on the channel, but what can you do? Either way, the drifting is nonstop all day Saturday and goes on into the night until about 11 PM, which is so cool.

Tunes are blaring through the system, and they have a best team drift event, followed by a tandem battle where the top guy battles against the Japanese driver over the ship. It’s such a cool even as you are also judged on the style of the car, which aids for points at the end of the day. Here is a sizable photo set from the two days of action. I hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions, drop a comment below. Cheers.

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A look around the Paddock at FinalBout

I’ve split the Final bout photos into two posts because there are many. I enjoy photos, and this blog has become a place for pictures and little writing, which is good as my images are better than how I construct a sentence. I will start here on Friday evening when we arrive at USAir in Shawano. Being Irish, the first thing I have to comment on is the weather; that perfect midwest summer sun was working wonders for anything I pointed the camera at. I wish we got more of those golden hour days in Ireland; regardless, please enjoy the selection of photos from the first night we got to FinalBout, as I feel some of these photos will be a good inspiration for others on how to approach a chassis, a lot of these guys have it figured out. It was great to see this stuff all packed into one venue.

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A Top secret Private Muesum : FourRunning to FinalBout

Im trying to catch up super quick, as I’ve mentioned in. a few of these articles, so the photos come out more or less at the same time as the videos as a nice compliment for those who like photos. I’ve been saying a lot less on here as I feel I cover most of it in the Videos on the YouTube channel, and im pretty sure 99% of the people who come here to see these posts are here after watching the video, so ill keep my rambling brief, maybe I should keep the blog posts for getting into more detail on cars if it allows?
Im open to suggestions as to what people want to see on here. I still have a dedicated selection of people who check the blog, so Im adamant about keeping it running as a nice archive for things, too. This visit to Redline almost didn’t happen. Colton missed the email, but he was such a nice guy and gave us the grand tour of his collection. I’ll let these legends speak for themselves in the photos below. If you have any questions, drop me a comment, and I’ll reply. Cheers for looking, as always.

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Reunited after 20 Years, Flying a Drift Legend to Ireland

Here is a selection of photos we shot when we had Yuasa over a few weeks ago; it almost feels like an utterly surreal scenario, and editing these photos made me smile from ear to ear. I’m not saying too much here, as I spoke about it in great length in the YouTube videos we did on this, but I’m so happy this worked out. We made a friend for life out of this, which I’ll cherish for the rest of my life. From looking up to this guy as a teen to having him visit the shed and see Ireland and hear his stories, it’s truly something I’ll never forget. Please enjoy this photo dump from the trip below.

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Chasing the Dream: Drifting my A86 in Japan

The post will be the final instalment from our Japan with a Plan series. There’s probably no reason to get too deep here, as I covered it in the video, but this was perhaps the best and most terrifying 24 hours I’ve ever had. As we slowly got closer to the realisation that I was going to be driving an 86 at Bihoku, my nerves were in overdrive.

The day before, we washed Robs Te37 and then went to collect the 86 and load them on the truck. It was such a surreal experience with this Levin; it still hadn’t hit me that this was mine, and we were about to go and use it. The whole trip had this cloud hanging over us because it was disaster after disaster on the 86, from Covid to the whole quarantine and then things going wrong with the car. It felt like I would wake up from a dream at any moment.

With the last few of these features, this is photo heavy; I shot as many pictures in fantastic Japanese scenarios as I could, as these would be the very photos I would save online if I found them. I hope you enjoy the pictures from this event. I didn’t shoot as much as I had hoped on the day, as I was shitting myself until it was all over. It’s a severe bucket list thing to do, a situation I could have only thought about as a fantasy a few years ago. To be honest, I’d love to go back and do it again.

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Collecting an R34 GTR from the Auctions

With the lads gone home, I got a train back to Osaka and hooked up with Alex from Circuit Soul. I was meeting up with Rob later in the evening, so I decided to make my way into Dontonbori to wait for Alex. I had a look around and somehow found the 4A-GE vending machine! This little vending machine was so incredible to see in real life. I spent about twenty euros in Yen trying to find all the engines.
Once I linked up with Alex, we made our way to Aslan to Kill and checked out their shop; there are still quite a few Honda shops in Osaka, which I haven’t had the chance to see, and this was one of them.

I love their EG time attack car; it’s incredible. The owner was busy, so we only poked him a little. We left after half an hour of looking around and buying some stickers. That night, I hooked up with Rob, and we got some grub and drove around Osaka in his TE27.

The next day, we went to the USS Tokyo Auctions to pick up a low KM R34 GTR, which was quite the experience. I took a few photos that day as we walked the auction lots, and I’ll post them below with the rest of the images from this couple of days. It was truly unique stuff that I had the chance to see, which, funnily enough, was just another day in Rob’s life.

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An AE86 only Drift Battle

I’m going to let the photos do most of the talking here. An all-AE86 4AGE event at Meihan was a severe bucket list scenario, and it was incredible to witness this. Taking the chance to stay in Japan for another week to drive my Levin and experience this day was one of the best choices I’ve made in life! It financially did a number on me but being honest I wont look back at that aspect of it in years to come. Please enjoy this sizable gallery from that event, and if you have any questions, drop them in the comments below. Most of you will have seen this episode on our YouTube channel, so these photos are for people like myself who enjoy the slower pace and look at Photos of cool cars at events in Japan. Enjoy.

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A Fluke Track Day at Nikko with Tec Arts

Here is a somewhat extensive photo dump from visiting a Fluke event at Nikko. This had a much more locals-only feel; we were the only attendees. First, we made a trip to the gigantic statue out by the Tsukuba circuit, as it is impossible to avoid if you stay near it. The statue is called Kamakura Daibutsu, and it’s a must-see if you are up in that area. The Nikko day was fantastic; I shot a few photos of Tec Arts and friends who looked to be having a day off from work. Winds Auto’s Hiromi and her husband Obata were there too. Nikko events never disappoint; there is always something to see.

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Japans Coolest Oldschool Car Event

I will only do a little talking or writing for this day; this was a lucky event that we chanced, and it turned out to be one of the most incredible days of my life. It was like a window into our future because it was related to all the cars we love and their older brothers. I love Tsukuba, too. It is my favourite track in Japan, so to have this experience, seeing all these essentially priceless cars racing around, was a lot to take in.

The JCCA meet at Tsukuba should be on your list if you go to Japan; this blew our minds. Let the rest of the photos talk for this one; I’ve left many of them in, as cutting them out is hard. One of the biggest things that drive me up the wall about old blogs is the little amount of coverage from an event like this; maybe im old school, but I want to see everything, so I’ve done the nice thing and put a gigantic amount of imagery in here for people who enjoy that sort of thing. I hope you like them.

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Buying tiny work wheels and Weld and A Tiny Drift Touge at Yokomo

The next stop on our adventure was Weld, a shop we had wanted to see for years. We had a reason to go there, as we would buy some TC stuff. Weld has a huge RC drift presence with its brand Overdose, and we wanted to check out its workshop and pick up some small parts, too. They do officially licensed wheels from work and other companies and brands like Voltex, so it was super cool to see this place in real life.

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A Juicebox Meet In Japan

Once we got back to Tokyo, the most important thing on the list was to slam the Probox for the upcoming event Andrew had organised for us. He had gathered a few people to throw the first-ever Juicebox meet in Japan, which was insane.

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Time capsule Tuning shops and Forgotten Race tracks

Day four of our journey was true freedom; we decided to stay in Gotemba, as it was getting us down the road towards Osaka, and we needed to head down to try to remedy the plan and see where to go next. We didn’t realise that Gotemba was close to Fuji Speedway, so we decided to have breakfast at Fuji as it would have been rude not to. Waking up with nothing to worry about, getting into our newly acquired profession and hitting the road were some of the best feelings we’ve ever had.

The trip was starting to feel like a proper adventure. Our first stop was Breakfast at Fuji, which we hoped wouldn’t take too long, but we got easily distracted.

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Osaka Tuning Shop: Revolver, Kakimoto and Koms

Our next adventure was to tick a few places off the list. We had never been to Revolver, and the owners seemed hesitant with foreigners. However, we decided to take a look anyway. Thankfully, we had Alex with us, whose presence was instrumental in breaking the ice and making our introduction smoother.

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