Young Version — April 1998

Beginners with an R33—or those who want to get into cars, modify and drive them, and find friends—let’s start an R33 touring club together! Grade, age, and gender do not matter. We’ll learn about cars together and make friends through tours, drinks, meetings, and track days. Contact us at 12-3 Yawata-naka, Tomita, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 982-0033.

The AE Levin/Trueno Owners Club is for AE-series Levin/Trueno owners, including AE92 and AE86 . All transmissions welcome. We meet twice a month and go driving. The EAM “DOOP” group is also recruiting. Drifting, grip driving, or navigation are all welcome. Let’s have fun together. Send your address and name to 190-340 Sato, Hatogaya, Saitama 334-0005 .

Autobahn Racing Yokohama Chapter is recruiting new team members. We meet Friday and Saturday nights for zero-four runs, touring, and other activities, organized into groups. We also plan events. Age, gender, vehicle type, and whether you own a car do not matter. Anyone motivated and respectful of the rules is welcome. Send your address, name, age, phone number, vehicle, and a short self-introduction to 2044 Noba-cho, Konan-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 234-0056.

“Harusame Racing” is expanding and recruiting men and women. Car lovers and spectators alike can enjoy the group. Meetings are on the third Saturday, with tours, drinks, and joint meetings with other teams. Send your vehicle type and contact information. We also welcome people who can attend headquarters meetings. Contact Kazuyuki Hoshihara, Miyagoto-cho, Konan, Aichi 483-1804 . Separately, 180SX owners are wanted: all grades, ages, genders, and transmissions welcome, from stock to tuned cars; SilEighty conversions excluded. Beginners and women welcome. Monthly meetings, tours about every two months, and events. Send your address, name, age, and phone number to 4-4-6 Iwaya-kita, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-0846.

I’m looking for friends, and I’d also like to form an all-women’s team. Any style—drifting, zero-four, or dress-up—is welcome. Let’s tour, go out for drinks or karaoke, and exchange information. I’m from Tsuchiura, Ibaraki. I have a developing 180SX (23) and would like female friends nearby who keep in touch. I love driving; any age is fine if you’re serious about friendship. If you don’t have a car, you can ride in the passenger seat of my automatic. Please include a photo-booth sticker. [ad continues with another entry from Shioya District, Tochigi]

I’m currently drifting and looking for someone to take me along in their car! I’d love to hear from a kind person who can give advice. Please write and include a photo; I promise to reply. Hachioji City, Tokyo. Griko (22) is looking for female friends in Kanagawa or nearby; please write, preferably with a photo of you and your car. Hadano City, Kanagawa.

I really love cars but don’t have friends to talk about them with. Will someone be my friend? I promise to reply; a photo-booth sticker would be nice. Fujieda City, Shizuoka. Marino (22). Also seeking male friends and a serious boyfriend: I’d like to meet someone in the prefecture who can teach me about cars. Please include a photo of you with your car. Toyota City, Aichi.

Pen pals

Team members wanted

Masaki Yamauchi

Hideyuki Sawashiro

Yoshiaki Minagawa

RE Factory “NEVER END” is forming a team and recruiting members. RX-7 owners (SA/FC/FD ) are welcome. Activities include monthly tours. Team jackets and stickers are available. Any age or gender. Send a short self-introduction, address, name, age, and phone number to 166 Tajima, Odawara, Kanagawa 256-0810 .

Entry number [form fragment]

Letter

The other person’s

573-1-7 Mikuri, Hirakata, Osaka

Monthly pen-pal section

Pen pals

Hideaki Murakami

Yoshiharu Fujita

Hiromi Ichiba

If you want to correspond with a girl, see the illustration. (1) Put your letter to her in an envelope and remember to write your own address and name. (2) On the back of the envelope, write the pen name of the girl you want to contact… [instructions continue]

Hello! If you drive a JZA70 Supra, I’d be delighted if you wrote and included a photo of you with your car. I’ll definitely reply. Ota City, Gunma.

Looking for a boyfriend and friends! I… [ad continues]

…please write; I’ll definitely reply. Feel free to contact me. Tomioka City, Gunma. Chii (19) is looking for friends to meet and call when free. I’m interested in drifting and touring, so knowledgeable people, please write. I’d love a photo of you with your car. I like 180SXs, so please teach me about them. [ad continues]

Write the pen name [instruction fragment]

The editorial office will forward the unopened letters to the girls. Please make sure you fill everything in. For administrative reasons, letters are forwarded to the girls together once a month. For the pen-pal section: (1) Write your message, postal code, address, name, and age on a postcard. (2) Be sure to stamp it.

From girls

Miki-pon (20)

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Take me for a drive!

Pink Bear (22)

I’m a 19-year-old girl who loves cars. Please take me along in your passenger seat and write to me with a photo… [ad continues]

Mail to “Pen Pals,” Young Magazine Editorial Department, Tams Publishing Co., Ltd., 2-16-1 Uchikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8524. Deadline: the release date of the next issue.

I’m waiting for letters! Ping (18), Sakado City, Saitama Prefecture.

People who ride [this car/model] are also welcome to write. Please include a photo; photo-booth stickers are okay. Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture.

I’m looking for friends and a boyfriend. Street drivers from Mie or nearby, if you’d like to hang out with me and my R32, please write. A photo would be nice. Yokkaichi City, Mie.

Seeking male and female street-driving friends. If you’re into cars and actively drive in the prefecture, any age or vehicle is fine. Anyone who knows about cars is welcome. People from here or nearby, please take me out during the day… [ad continues]

…and car lovers throughout Japan, please write. Wakes and 180SX/Silvia owners especially welcome. Tsukiyo Kurihara (18), Kōchi Prefecture, Kami District. [first sentence continuation]

Looking for friends! I love Silvias… [fragment]

Silvia lover (23)

…girls are welcome. [fragment]

White Love (23)

Terukichi (24)

Please take me for a drive! I want to ride with someone who is really good at driving… [fragment]

Fukushima [location fragment]

White EP82 (21)

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I’m looking for a girlfriend who’ll spend time with me. Let’s go to karaoke or drive together. Any age or area is fine. Please write!

Four Skyline owners (ages 22–26) are looking for women from this or nearby prefectures to join us for group dates, drives, karaoke, and other outings. Any age welcome—write to us and let’s have fun!

From boys

Looking for a girlfriend or female friends. I’d like to meet a kind local girl who’ll spend time with me; let’s go driving or for a ride together. I drive an RX-7. Any age is fine. Please write and include a photo. 14 Shimizusawa, Takeyari, Wakayanagi, Kurihara District, Miyagi 989-5508 .

For V [ad-column/layout fragment]

Junji Onodera (18)

Masami Arai (23)

Takashi Yamamoto (26)

Looking for modern, fun women from this or nearby prefectures. Let’s hang out! I have long, brown hair; please include a photo-booth sticker. 5582-7 Nagakura, Karuizawa, Kitasaku District, Nagano 389-0111 .

Looking for a girlfriend: an outgoing girl who’ll go to meets or drives with me. I have a passenger seat available. I drive a SilEighty and like drifting, so come ride along! Contact me at 1154-14 Seko, Gōdo, Anpachi District, Gifu 503-2318 .

Seeking female friends in the city or nearby. Let’s go for drives and enjoy the outdoors together. Any age is fine. I drive an Integra (not an R). Please include a photo or photo-booth sticker; I promise to reply. 50 Masadokoro-cho, Kisshoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-833 [postal code incomplete].

Looking for a girlfriend. I’m bored and have no luck meeting anyone, so please join me for drives, karaoke, and other activities. I’ll definitely reply. 1-10-26 Chihara-cho, Izumiotsu, Osaka 595-0004.

Looking for a girlfriend or friends. I drive a Z31. Let’s go driving together—write first! 115-5 Kisaichi, Katano, Osaka 576-0052.

Seeking a girlfriend and female friends, ages 14–27 . Women interested in drives, karaoke, and cars, including high-school and university students, are especially welcome. Include your pager/mobile/PHS number and a photo (photo-booth stickers are fine). I promise to reply. 96 Sakatā, Satoura, Naruto, Tokushima 772-0021 .

235-0023, 313-17-1 Mori, Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Takayuki Sampei (26)

Takayuki Akimura (25)

Tomohiro Oishi (24)

Takahiko Yamaguchi (22)

Keiji Kishibe (22)

Masato Okamoto (26)

Hiroaki Matsumoto (age OCR reads “2”; likely “22,” but verify)

Young Version — April 1998

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