The Patrol spent nearly 30 years rusting in a Spanish museum. Continue reading
Category Archives: Nissan
Rust in peace: Nissan Micra (K10)
This first-gen Micra is on ending its days on a parking lot in a remote Swedish town. Continue reading
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The 2015 Monte-Carlo Historique rally
Step inside for a full gallery of pictures from the 2015 edition of the Historic Monte-Carlo Rally. Continue reading
A look at the 1987 Nissan Judo concept
The Nissan Judo concept was a tall two-seater that almost looked like a Porsche 914 dropped on a Jeep Wrangler chassis. Continue reading
Rust in peace: Nissan S-Cargo
Introduced at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show, the S-Cargo was inspired by the Citroën AZ/AK vans that were produced for decades. Continue reading
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Rust in peace: Ran When Parked visits Salt Lake City’s self-service junkyards
Join us as we wander around three of Salt Lake’s largest self-service junkyards. Continue reading
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Topical advertising: Under the hood
A well-trained eye can generally tell where a car is from by simply looking under the hood. For example, a lot of French cars built in the 1960s and 1970s had the spare tire mounted under the hood, and Italian valve covers are often art-like components crafted with an impressive amount of attention to detail. … Continue reading
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Time traveling: 1980s European cars at the Chicago Motor Show
The first edition of the Chicago Motor Show was held in 1901, making it one of the oldest car shows in the world. The Chicago show was once one of the nation’s largest automotive events but it is overshadowed today by bigger, more important industry trade shows held in New York, Detroit and Los Angeles. … Continue reading
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Ran When Parked visits Toyota’s History Garage museum in Tokyo
Ran When Parked recently visited Toyota’s History Garage museum in Odaiba, an entertainment-focused area of Tokyo, Japan. The museum is part of the Palette Town complex that is also home to a huge Toyota showroom, an even bigger maze-like shopping center called Venus Port, a Ferris wheel, a casino and so forth. Continue reading
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Ran When Parked visits Japan
Work recently took us to Japan, the land of Wasabi Cars, Japanese Nostalgic Car and, of course, Tomica models. Having never been to Japan before, we decided to take a couple of well-deserved days off in order to do some sight-seeing in and around Tokyo. Domestic automakers indisputably rule the market in rural areas of … Continue reading
