The 2011 Japanese Classic Car Show (JCCS) was held this Saturday in Long Beach, CA. Our trip down to LA from the Bay Area included several freeway spottings including a clean Datsun 510 and 240z and this convertible Honda CVCC:
Despite some wet morning weather the show drew hundreds of spectators, some lining up 1hr before the 9am opening. We were stoked to hear that three S20-powered Nissans would be on display and it was truly a spectacular sight. You may have seen Tom’s 1971 Skyline KPGC10 GT-R from the Palo Alto Concours, but he also showed his Skyline KPGC110(Kenmeri) and a stunning Fairlady Z432!
The Z432 was impressive, check out the badging and almighty S20 with its beautiful tubular header:
The Kenmeri SKyline was also a treat to see. This body style and model is very rare, especially stateside 🙂
Still not satisfied with two Skyline GT-Rs? There were two more Skylines in the parking lot: a coupe and 4-door hakosukas both with modern engine transplants:
The great thing about JCCS is the variety of marques including Datsun, Mazda, Toyota, Honda, Mistubishi, just to name a few. We are Datsun nuts at heart but we can still appreciate other wicked JDM metal. That being said let’s start with some highlights of the show from the Datsun crowd 🙂
These two Datsun 510s that caught our eye on the freeway were very sharp in person. Both were 4-doors with ultra-clean engine bays and great wheel choice… …[read more]