We found the long-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz w126 pictured below stashed away in the same Tokyo-area scrap yard as the Honda Z we featured last week. 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
Rust in peace: Honda Z
After lengthy negotiations with the owner, we photographed this early-1970s Honda Z at a scrap metal yard located on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan. The place is well hidden and the only way to access it is by going under a freeway overpass. The yard was full of miscellaneous scrap metal: Old appliances, literally hundreds … 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
