Puerto Rico Import Zone!!!!

[Barbo]

Hey...ismaelg, I was just going to say that....not only they look a like , they even have the same passion of cuting down the plastic, and that is not easy......Barbo

[Mad Slammer]

Hey...ismaelg, I was just going to say that....not only they look a like , they even have the same passion of cuting down the plastic, and that is not easy......Barbo

[Lownslow]

my dad owned one like this and a Toyostang. i killed the toyostang learning to drive it my dad killed the 85 a few years before i moved to the states. when i went back he gave me his 87 sr5 that got stolen the day i registered it. my brother got me another 87 but i was too depressed to try again in 04 that one got stolen without the engine. my dad right now has a Cuchillo 1.8(chopped 4 door wagon) and a Mitsubishi Technica

replica of my godmothers celica GT

[Nick F40]

Nice Celica. Do you realize how much I want an 86 Corolla?

Chris, the orange one with the black stripes is an RX3 but the orange one with the black left front fender is a Corolla

[Lownslow]

Nice Celica. Do you realize how much I want an 86 Corolla?

Chris, the orange one with the black stripes is an RX3 but the orange one with the black left front fender is a Corolla

we always were Toyota but we love Rotarys my dads shortened 1.8 has a 13b

i got 2 of them waiting for me in Barrancas P.R. under lock and key

a rare 85 Hatchback and a 87 Twin Cam. some aholes broke the glass on the hatchback before they were locked up in storage

im going there in november to check them out and figure out the logistics of shipping them to florida.

[cruz]

Hey Luis, nice looking Corolla there man, brings back lots of good memories!!!!!

[BKIN10SECS]

Never ever sleep on them guys in PR. I have seen many a car built in PR, in person, in mags and on the web and I will say they all seem to share the same trait...they have "THE LOOK". I had the pleasure of seeing Carlos Bug in person at the NNL East, it was my favorite model at the show. I found myself going back to view this car over and over again. As far as Old School Import Drag Cars are concerned no one builds them better then the guys in PR. That white first gen rx-7 is sweeeet, love the blue Corolla, I think when Fujimi put out the TE-27 Levin they declared a national holiday in PR . I was wondering....there was this model, it made many rounds in the shows got lots of coverage. I think the builder started with a Doyusha Sunny 1200 hatch, scratch built the roof and trunk and made it a notch. It was purple in color with some graphics (a drag car of course) it had something racing on the side (can't remeber the name) and it was bad a**. I was wondering if this car was ever casted or how I may get one, any info would help. Anyways I just wanted to pay mad props to the guys in PR. I look forward to seeing pics of this years show...it has become one of my favorite shows of the year. Here is my lil contribution, was built many years ago.

Edited October 5, 2008 by BKIN10SECS

[cruz]

The real reason why Bill Geary wants to visit the Island again!!!!!!

[MrObsessive]

The real reason why Bill Geary wants to visit the Island again!!!!!!

Ooooooh Yeah!! That fish and Plátanos were outta site!!

Hmmm.....now that I remember the waitress was nice lookin' too------kinda flirty IIRC!

[Lownslow]

Never ever sleep on them guys in PR. I have seen many a car built in PR, in person, in mags and on the web and I will say they all seem to share the same trait...they have "THE LOOK". I had the pleasure of seeing Carlos Bug in person at the NNL East, it was my favorite model at the show. I found myself going back to view this car over and over again. As far as Old School Import Drag Cars are concerned no one builds them better then the guys in PR. That white first gen rx-7 is sweeeet, love the blue Corolla, I think when Fujimi put out the TE-27 Levin they declared a national holiday in PR . I was wondering....there was this model, it made many rounds in the shows got lots of coverage. I think the builder started with a Doyusha Sunny 1200 hatch, scratch built the roof and trunk and made it a notch. It was purple in color with some graphics (a drag car of course) it had something racing on the side (can't remeber the name) and it was bad a**. I was wondering if this car was ever casted or how I may get one, any info would help. Anyways I just wanted to pay mad props to the guys in PR. I look forward to seeing pics of this years show...it has become one of my favorite shows of the year. Here is my lil contribution, was built many years ago.

Zucasa was know for green cars but i thin they ran a RX3 and a R100 before that they had a 210

[Nick F40]

As far as Old School Import Drag Cars are concerned no one builds them better then the guys in PR.

I agree and love that Datsun 210 i'm guessing

I dunno, those guys down unda have some wicked rotarys. Instead of US vs. PR and PR always beating us we will previal!, but have it PR against Australia and New Zealand...OH YEAH!!!

:lol: Ooooooh Yeah!! That fish and Plátanos were outta site!!

Hmmm.....now that I remember the waitress was nice lookin' too------kinda flirty IIRC!

[thomas LB808 Labanon]

I would like to have this one casted. I have just one more LEFT.

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Edited October 6, 2008 by Thomas Labanon aka LB808

[Ariel]

I was wondering....there was this model, it made many rounds in the shows got lots of coverage. I think the builder started with a Doyusha Sunny 1200 hatch, scratch built the roof and trunk and made it a notch. It was purple in color with some graphics (a drag car of course) it had something racing on the side (can't remeber the name) and it was bad a**. I was wondering if this car was ever casted or how I may get one, any info would help.

Hello Ray

about the 1200 notchback it is going to be casted as soon as I get the hatch back done.

http://public.fotki.com/modelnut/datsun1200/

The hatchback should be available by the end of Oct. That notch you talk about was made my

Carlos De Jesus also he made it for some guy in PR. Carlos is also the guy that made the master

for the hatchback that I am bringing out.

[BKIN10SECS]

Thanks Nick and it is the Bluebird 1600 or as we call it here a 510...and yes LB808 I wish some one would cast that car too.....wanna sell it? Hey Ariel...the hatch looks smokin Bro....put me on the list when its done.....and please get to the notch Below is a pic of the car I am talking about.

Edited October 6, 2008 by BKIN10SECS

[Bluzboy66]

Here's a pic of Carlos de Jesus (sitting) at a little get together we had in Puerto Rico a couple years ago. In the pic is Rogelio (can't remember his last name ) Miguel Barbosa (green shirt), and myself holding the 'Vette.

You can see his Bug and some of his other builds that were there............

Carlos does fantastic work and he's also very humble about it!

I think Roberto Fanfan took this pic as it came originally from his Fotki.............he brought some fantastic models that day too!

Now, hold on........take a look at the table. I know you guys probably didn't mean to, but you created an awesome 1:24/25 scale car show! Imagine pulling into the local shopping center, and seeing that sick display of classic muscle sitting there! NICE.

Mike

[Bluzboy66]

Cruz, that Bug is sick......just sick. And I'd forgotten how good looking those old Toyotas, Mazdas and Datsuns were. Hmmmmm, might have to find me one of those kits. Sure gets the creative juices flowing.

Thanks for sharing,

Mike

Edited October 6, 2008 by Bluzboy66

[cruz]

Cruz, that Bug is sick......just sick. And I'd forgotten how good looking those old Toyotas, Mazdas and Datsuns were. Hmmmmm, might have to find me one of those kits. Sure gets the creative juices flowing.

Thanks for sharing,

Mike

Good to hear from you Mike, the bug is from the Tamiya VW, best VW kit out in the market. Carlos de Jesus is an incredibly talented individual, very creative. I call him the Puerto Rican Bill Geary!!! The stuff he does to his models is unreal as he is a perfectionist!!! He is the reason I started building again.......

[Nick F40]

Cruz, that Bug is sick......just sick. And I'd forgotten how good looking those old Toyotas, Mazdas and Datsuns were. Hmmmmm, might have to find me one of those kits. Sure gets the creative juices flowing.

Thanks for sharing,

Mike

I think everybody has....that's why I love these imports, I love these the most!

Good to hear from you Mike, the bug is from the Tamiya VW, best VW kit out in the market. Carlos de Jesus is an incredibly talented individual, very creative. I call him the Puerto Rican Bill Geary!!! The stuff he does to his models is unreal as he is a perfectionist!!! He is the reason I started building again.......

My dad has one to build, can't wait!

[kerc]

I have a few pics of the 3rd Caribbean Scale Auto Expo. I dunno who built what, so bear with me!

I have more scattered in my laptop computer...

[BKIN10SECS]

Hey Ariel...saw some pics of the 2008 CSAE show.....check this out....hmmmmmm,where did this come from?

And is that a RX-2 or 3 in the background....

[Ariel]

Hey Ariel...saw some pics of the 2008 CSAE show.....check this out....hmmmmmm,where did this come from?

And is that a RX-2 or 3 in the background....

Jay

the notchback is scratch built. Those are one of the ones I will be casting.

The RX-2 is from ThePartsBox from down under. Also there was a R100 wagon

in the show that was completely scratch built.

Ariel

[Ariel]

Thanks Nick and it is the Bluebird 1600 or as we call it here a 510...and yes LB808 I wish some one would cast that car too.....wanna sell it? Hey Ariel...the hatch looks smokin Bro....put me on the list when its done.....and please get to the notch Below is a pic of the car I am talking about.

Jay that was built buy Carlos De Jesus. The owner of the car made it a notchback and Carlos painted.

The ABV on the side is airbrushed on.

I will have the Datsun Hatchback done soon. The notch will come as soon as I get the body.

Everything else is pretty much the same as the hatchback.

Edited October 7, 2008 by Ariel

[Nick F40]

Jay

the notchback is scratch built. Those are one of the ones I will be casting.

The RX-2 is from ThePartsBox from down under. Also there was a R100 wagon

in the show that was completely scratch built.

Ariel

I like them along with that REPU?

Jay that was built buy Carlos De Jesus. The owner of the car made it a notchback and Carlos painted.

The ABV on the side is airbrushed on.

I will have the Datsun Hatchback done soon. The notch will come as soon as I get the body.

Everything else is pretty much the same as the hatchback.

[Ariel]

I agree and love that Datsun 210 i'm guessing

I dunno, those guys down unda have some wicked rotarys. Instead of US vs. PR and PR always beating us we will previal!, but have it PR against Australia and New Zealand...OH YEAH!!!

Well Nick

This year in the PanAm Nationals held in ATCO NJ every July.

PR has always walk away with the gold. Except for this past July

the US team took the Gold. Some guy from Florida.

Of course the car was built and tuned by a guy from PR.

PR has been to Australia for a race and walked away with the gold.

Rotorys in Australia are adapted to anything. I have seen even BMW

with rotary power drag racing down under.

[Ariel]

Hey next year we can make it a class trip to PR for the show. We will do what we did with Jairus and Gregg.

After a great day of tourist attractions. We head down to the south of the Island to Salinas Raceway.

You will see a RX-8 do 6.87 sec down the 1/4 and be as amazed as Gregg and Jairus was.

So lets get together down their. Save your pennies up. If we get a group large enough the organizer

of the show can get a really good deal on hotel rooms. Next year it will be on its usual date in Nov.

It was moved up because of the elections in Nov. this year.