old school drift cars?

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I love those ''long nose'' cars:





Please post more pics of this kind of cars that you find. I love them 👍
 
That's a new breed of Japanese tuning/customizing called "Yanky" in reference to being inspired by American IMSA "silhouette" racing of the late 70's, early 80's.

Basically this......

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inspired this........

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Though keep in mind that there was silhouette racing going on in Japan and Europe at the time. America's IMSA was just at the forefront of it early on.
 
Majority of those cars on that page are styled Bozoku, blah...
Plus the styling isn't really popular amoung drifters in general.
 
Droptop_Chick
Majority of those cars on that page are styled Bozoku, blah...
Plus the styling isn't really popular amoung drifters in general.
ok, sorry, thought it looked a bit drift style with that angle of the wheels and stuff :)
 
PuTTe_TuTTe
ok, sorry, thought it looked a bit drift style with that angle of the wheels and stuff :)
It's not a big deal. It's just a different style of tunning. Like VIP or Vanning its all preference. The massive camber and stretched tires is just to avoid rubbing fenders so they can go as low as possible. A big trend in Bozoku style not pictured much there is externally mounting your oil cooler, or mounting it visably in your front grille, and extended exhaust tips that aim up. But like VIP and Vanning, Bozoku has a mild and wild side of styling. I feel it's a shame that you see alot of the original early 70's Skyline GTR's styled Bozoku. It's such a nice car, to have it distorted to an extreme is kind of a a waste.
 
Its not called 'Bosozoku' thats reserved for the motorcycle guys, these cars are called Yankee style, not Boso, i love theese cars, and ive seen the site aleadey, i liek the 510 truck best
 
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