The Carchive (In Video!): The 1986 R31 Nissan Skyline

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Welcome once more to that time of the week where we blow the dust off yesterdays memories only to hurriedly find some way of forgetting them again as quickly as possible. Today we’re trying something a little different.
The Carchive contains a great many worthless priceless documents which, sadly, don’t translate too well into the format we have developed over the years, either because of sheer length (too many pages to photograph and then yammer on about in type, TL;DR) or because of language. The latter point is the case with the wealth of JDM brochures lurking in The Carchive.
So, I figured, if we can’t decipher the words, maybe we can look enjoy the pictures together? Carchive Video is very definitely still in Beta, but lets see if live action brings the pages to life a bit. Welcome to The Carchive, version 2.0.

(The Carchive features original manufacturers publicity material. All video, The Carchive device and unforgettable (unforgivable?) musical fanfare are copyright Chris Haining /  Hooniverse 2015)

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RoadworkUK

RoadworkUK

RoadworkUK is the online persona of Gianni Hirsch, a tall, awkward gentleman with a home office full of gently decomposing paper and a garage full of worthless scrap metal. He lives in the village of Moistly, which is a safe distance from London and is surrounded by enough water and scenery to be interesting. In another life, he has designed, sold, worked on and written about cars in exchange for small quantities of money.

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4 responses to “The Carchive (In Video!): The 1986 R31 Nissan Skyline”

  1. smokyburnout Avatar
    smokyburnout

    Well, surely that’s just storage for cassettes and not actually an automatic changer
    *focus catches up*
    WHOA
    http://i.gyazo.com/16072e1067bbedda743385c27796822f.gif
    https://www.google.com/patents/US4940275
    I also like the space laser sound after “a world of buttons” on the previous page

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  2. Fuhrman16 Avatar
    Fuhrman16

    A five cassette auto changer and muppet skin blue interior? Sounds fantastic!

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  3. Guest Avatar
    Guest

    I want to get a diesel woody wagon, and a top-spec GTR.

    Then I want to swap drivetrains, with diesel powered GTR in full “coal rolling” mode.

    Then I can have a JDM woody wagon that can blow everybody away, and a JDM GTR that covers lifted trucks in Black Soot.

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  4. Guest Avatar
    Guest

    I like the video style!

    Now when I read your articles, I will hear a Welsh accent, instead of my Canadian accent, eh?

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