Option — Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide (2000 Edition)
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180 available scans from Option — Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide (2000 Edition), 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.
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Published December 26, 1999 Price: ¥552 (before tax) Publisher: Shūki Suzuki; Editor: Tetsuya Unami Editorial staff: Kazuhisa Kobayashi, Kazuhide Shibata, Fumio Watanabe, Hiroshi Nozaki, Tamami Suzuki, Takashi Ikegami, Minamoto Kurashima Editorial assistance: Hiroki Komito, Atsushi Hiroshima, Yūki Takemoto Editing and writing: Monkey Production (Hitoshi Gotō, Masahiro Takafuji), Mamezō, Hideo Matsunobu, Kōichirō Okamoto, Michiko Sakai, Tadashi Uemura, Kōji Yoshizawa, Masaru Sakai, Takahiro Shiki, Isao Yoshida, Atsushi Miyashita Recording: Abbey Road Studio Music: Dragon Ash, Primal Scream, The Cranberries Published by Sanei Shobo Co., Ltd., 4-8-16 Kitashinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8588 Editorial: 03-3364-5427 / Advertising: 03-3364-3811 / Sales: 03-3364-3812 Motor Fan Auto Sports Co., Ltd., 5-1-1 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka 553-0003; 06-6451-0802 Printed and bound by Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd. Cover illustration: Hiroya Katō; cover design: Masashi Kusumoto Design: Design Space Zero / Masahiro Ogawa, Osamu Kosakai, Shinichi Tsuchiya, Yasuhiro Sakakura, Tadatada Yamada Art direction: Shōichi Sekiguchi Shūji Takahashi, Yūko Kubota, Kenji Oban, Miki Iwata All or part of this publication may not be reproduced without permission except as allowed by copyright law. For photocopying permission, contact the Japan Reprographic Rights Center at 03-3269-5784.
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CONTENTS
Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide
Opening declaration: “Shōwa-era cars are the best!”
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The latest end-of-century ’80s tuning: Tarzan Yamada and Manabu Orido go head-to-head in a test drive!
Special feature
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3-liter turbo Hachi-Roku; FJ-powered S13 Silvia; SR-powered S12 Silvia; FC3S built for the Metropolitan Expressway, and more.
Shōwa Cars 2000
Taking on the Lancer Evolution and WRX head-on! Four-door cars brought back to life through drifting
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Popular Shōwa-era cars: a major feature. The street racers’ perennial favorites! A world you can only see with a rotary. Muscular form and a powerful heart.
RNN14 Pulsar GTI-R
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Front-wheel drive is a delight
A31 Cefiro The GX/JZX81 Mark II trio
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As for Shōwa-era cars…
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AE92 Levin / Trueno EP82 Starlet EF3/7/8/9 Civic / CR-X
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Silvia 180SX
“The joy of mastering your car”—for you
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RPS/RS13
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AW11 MR2 Still going strong!? It’s even better than that!!
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Looking for a slightly older Shōwa-era car!
S30 / 130 / Z31 Fairlady Z R30 / 31 Skyline Stand out with an uncommon Shōwa-era car! MZ20 Soarer, a modified minor classic
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RX-7
FC3S
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…guide
A70 series
KP61
Eclipse / Starion
Carina
AA63
E38/39A Galant VR-4, and more!
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Beginners welcome!
Once you get your car, give it at least this much care!
Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide
We’ll show you how
Maintenance and refresh methods
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Shōwa-era cars
Nationwide PRO Shop Guide!! A thorough survey of trusted shops for people who work on and repair their own cars Used parts, tires, and wheels—
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Let’s go!
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Includes a nationwide shop directory
A research report on drift-car trends, seen through the cars of famous drift specialists
The love affair between “Ika-ten” and Shōwa-era cars The secrets to buying a used Shōwa-era car! A hand-picked selection of parts for Shōwa-era cars! Height-adjustable suspension makers and catalog
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