D Car — November 2003
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250 available scans from D Car — November 2003, in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
Page 20 — English draft translation
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CURIOUS
RECARO
Goodrich
Orange body, cute and nimble sport compact
Team SOLO
City
Honda
The exterior and interior are unified around orange and white. The car was built over six months using many one-off and homemade parts, but it is still a work in progress.
www.orangecity.onlineshowoff.com
LEGAL
city.onlineshowoff.com
…this machine.
Orange City
Data
Orange City
Her husband was away on assignment at Misawa Air Base, so Kelsey came at short notice to stand in for him. Her opinions have also played a major part in building the car.
DIY Master: Andy Put… Today, his wife Kelsey Put… is here in his place
RECARO
The City has a canvas top—and that, too, was made by the owner. Just cutting the roof and fabricating rails is a major job, but it greatly increases the open-air feeling.
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CURIOUS
Orange City
D-CAR
TINT SHOP
The fun of building a new machine from the ground up
The City was stripped completely and rebuilt, with work put into every part. It was already a small-bodied car, and lowering it made it even more compact…
Because the body is orange, the car looks cute at first glance. But its full aero kit, GT wing, and 16-inch wheels can also give it a Spartan look from certain angles—a design with two sides. The materials came from the United States, and the car took six months to assemble. It still looks ready to evolve further.
VOTIRES
The rear view uses tail lamps transplanted from an EF Civic. The muffler is a one-off, center-exit design…
The cockpit appears to have been painted from the frame outward. Orange and white remain the main colors here, too. Padding wrapped around the frame gives it a race-inspired finish…
…and finish.
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The luggage area houses a large air-suspension tank and monitors. It also has a one-off center-exit muffler and tail lamps borrowed from an EF Civic…
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