Young Version — August 1999
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The August 1999 issue of Young Version explores drift setups versus grip tuning through 22 shop demo cars, including S15 Silvias from Mine’s and Kazama Auto. Features cover front-wheel-drive builds taking on high-powered 4WD rivals, choosing a first drift car, and reviving a used AE86 Trueno on a ¥1 million total budget. Suspension fundamentals, engine-oil selection, rotary maintenance, new-parts tests, and reports from Hiroshima and California round out this look at Japan’s late-1990s tuning scene.
242 available scans from Young Version — August 1999, 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 47 — English draft translation
TOM'S Spirit and YV present a spectacular event: the ‘My Tuning Power Contest’ will be held on Saturday, July 24 and Sunday, July 25. It's part of the annual Summer Junk Market and a special version of YV's familiar ‘My Tune’ feature. The planned judges include Shingo Murao, racing driver Matsunaga, and YV staff. The grand prize is a TOM'S T-0-spec Levin—an incredibly generous prize! There are three award categories: (1) dress-up, (2) tuning…
The third category is a tuning award. Winners will be selected in each category, leaving three finalists; those three will then play rock-paper-scissors, and the winner takes home the T-0 Levin. Entry is at TOM'S Spirit from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the 24th, with judging from 4 to 7 p.m. that day. The announcement is listed for 3 p.m. on the 25th (the OCR also appears to show 4 p.m.). With so little cheerful news these days, an event like this is welcome…
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His tuning-power whirlwind…
TOM'S.
Event announcement.
This building is the landmark. The market itself runs both Saturday and Sunday, but contest entrants should pay attention to the check-in hours. The big junk market sells everything from serious tuning parts to clothing at bargain prices!
At the annual Summer Junk Market, July 24–25.
A rare opportunity to see coveted FF tuning treasures—this is sure to be exciting. Mark your calendar now!
TOM'S.
The junk market also has bargains at up to 90% off!
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Check-in: July 24, 10:00–15:00.
Pads.
Brake.
Parts.
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Seat
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TOM!
TOM'S.
TOM'S.
TOM'S.
TOM'S.
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Don't forget to check the event location!
About 10 minutes by car from the Ken-O Expressway's Iruma interchange; about 20 minutes from the Chuo Expressway's Hachioji interchange.
Tanashi.
TOM'S Spirit.
Bamiyan restaurant.
YV has an amazing big prize, too. I want it as well! The actual prize vehicle may differ from the car shown in the photo.
Shin-Ome Kaido.
Highway.
Kitahara intersection.
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McDonald's.
Ome Kaido
The winner's prize is a TOM'S…
McDonald's…
Bookstore.
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Ome Kaido
Toyota West Tokyo Corolla.
Inageya supermarket.
Ajino Minami restaurant.
One TOM'S T-101-spec Levin!
About 18 km.
1590 Ishihata, Mizuho-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo.
About 1 km.
TOM'S Spirit.
Tel. 042-556-0911. Regular business hours are 10:00…
Regular business hours are 10:00–19:00; closed every Tuesday.
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