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 203 — English draft translation
The American Car Festival, bringing together custom cars with American styling, was held in grand fashion on August 24 at Maishima Island in Osaka. This year the show put an even stronger emphasis on spectacle, bringing show-focused custom builds—especially sport compacts—into the spotlight. And of course, we made sure to feature plenty of beautiful women, too!
Captions and page details
Yee-haw!
Melting Pot Report 1
Festival
Car
American…
OCR reads ‘Gollen Shale’; not reliably legible.
CRUSHER
GOODYEAR
Single character ‘力’; context unclear.
Single character ‘福’; likely a graphic or OCR artifact.
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[American Car Festival 01]
When you think of edgy American customs…
Lowrider
[American Car Festival 02]
Sport Compact
A lowrider with a full-on Chicano flavor is a must. Its low-slung stance, paintwork and chrome parts give it a luxurious finish!
The cockpit is fitted with TUF’s hydraulic control…
Our sporty, eye-catching sport compact…
Sport compacts were the most popular cars at this year’s festival! They pack tuning and customization into a compact body. The striking sport compact you may not have seen before is… a Fit Aria!
Covered in mural paint—what a sight!
Tomokazu (uncertain)
…Sawa…
U.S. Accord Coupe
The mural paint and ultra-low stance give the car an overwhelming presence.
HONDA
…stands out!
The cockpit is packed with extra gauges and upgraded with Recaro seats.
The caption OCR reads ‘ワヤポクが眩 / リプルゴルド’; not reliably legible.
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Text is heavily garbled; not reliably readable.
A center-exit dual muffler and a dramatic diffuser wing were also custom-made!
American
These are Giavanna’s Barrett 18-inch wheels! The suspension is hydraulic!
[American Car Festival 03]
Custom style
Luxury
A transformation!
3
A cool, lavish custom style…
An American style. With the right choice of parts and a good eye, even a Japanese car can be given a proper luxury makeover!
Take a look at Giavanna’s Barrett wheels!
The chrome, exhaust manifold and NOS show its potential…
…tells the story.
U.S. Accord Coupe
HONDA
Yoshihiro Ibaraki (name reading uncertain)
Front-wheel-drive spirit unleashed! A U.S. street racer!?
A complete change from the lowrider above: this is a high-quality luxury build. Its single-body styling gives it a distinctive presence!
The interior has been stripped and fitted with just one full bucket seat—an extremely Spartan setup!
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