Young Version — April 1998
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238 available scans from Young Version — April 1998, 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. Capture img018 is absent from the supplied folder; the exact missing printed pages have not been established.
Page 146 — English draft translation
This year, I’m going to do my best! Hello! I’m currently attending driving school. I’m really excited that I’ll soon be able to get my license. After that, I’m going to a car-maintenance technical school in Kitakyushu. I chose it because I heard they have a rotary engine, and I love F3 racing and want to see what the inside of a car engine looks like. I can’t wait to graduate high school and go there. I’ll get a part-time job, save up, and buy an FC. My goals are to get an FC and earn a Class 2 mechanic’s license. I don’t know how to get that license, so please tell me! Anyway, I have to work hard this year!
Hello, YV editors. I wrote to the pen-pal column in the June issue. I’m writing now to share some good news: I’m dating someone I met through that column. I buy the magazine every month, and he happened to buy that issue too, so we were able to meet. We’re both very grateful. He knows a lot about cars and teaches me. Since we started dating, I’ve learned a lot about cars. I’ve also saved up and bought my own car. I’m still practicing, but I want to get better quickly. I’ll send a photo of our cars next time. Please publish it!
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Tuning and driving, too…
RED ZONE
I hate pop-up headlights…
…that pop up!
Hello, YU editors. The S14’s “angry eyes” version was announced…
I’m really upset because my friends say the pop-up headlights look scary and laugh at me. Please send me a sticker. I don’t have a car yet, but someday I want to put it on my own S14 with pop-up headlights. P.S. The S14 I drew is for Red Zone. Pen name: “I hate pop-up headlights!”
That’s fun!
Letters
CREDZONE.
Please publish it.
Column!!
SILVIA
S14
I hate pop-up headlights!!
Matsugon: Style is a matter of personal taste. I hope you can buy an S14 soon—of course, the earlier model! I’m waiting for letters from pop-up-headlight fans to fire back!
(Caption fragment)
I’m happy with the boyfriend I met through pen-pal letters.
Bun-Boon, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
I’ll work hard at getting my license and at school!
Bun-Boon
Matsugon: You should have your license by now, right? You’ll be able to do all the tuning yourself if you study hard.
a little enviable, actually.
…work hard and you’ll be able to tune your own car.
That’s…
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This must be one of those fateful meetings! Don’t sleep with your feet pointed toward YV (just kidding). We’re looking forward to the photos!
I love the FC!
Please send me a Recaro… (OCR uncertain)