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Funny how when you don’t live in a country you try and emulate that country. Example: Chev badges on Commodores in Australia, Holden badges on GTO’s in the US, JDM everything. Or this US style 510 in Japan.

More pics and articles here.

While trawling through Flickr I stumbled acroos these sweet scans of Lightning Auto, a Japanese old school magazine.

Make sure you check out the rest of the album which includes some pics of 510s in their homeland as well as pics of legendary 510 shop, Refresh60.

I’m a huge car magazine reader. I’ve been buying car magazines since the late 80′s. I used to read them to death. The older issues I have are dog-eared and falling apart. I used to be able to tell you what issue a certain car was featured and even quote the copy.

However, as I got older the amount I read dropped. I figured this can be attributed to having less time to sit and read. Now I just skim. Another reason however, is that to me the quality of writing is dropping. From spelling and grammar mistakes, to incorrect information. Makes one feel ripped off for having dropped up to $10 for a mag. It usually just annoys me, but an article in the latest issue of Fast Fours really got to me.

The article was on the latest Datsun/Nissan Nationals held in Queensland. The photos were great however the copy and captions were so wrong. Let me show you:
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Fans of Yellow Fever can find it featured in the latest New Zealand Performance Cars magazine.

As far as I know this is the only magazine feature that this car has had, which I find amazing given the net fame it has. I haven’t seen the magazine as yet, but I’m scouring the newsagents for it. I’ll let you know.