BMW M6 E24 on BBS RS in Japan
BBS RS Porsche 911 Cabriolet on Barrett Jackson Auctions
I was watching a replay of the Barret Jackson Auction Scottsdale 2011 on Speed Channel the other day and spotted this 1985 Porsche 911 wearing a nice set of one of our favorite wheels: the BBS RS. This spiecimen of RS appears to be of the 16″ variety, and color coded to the Porsche’s hue of red. They also sport full height caps and look to be at around 10″ wide in the rear. This Porsche sports a Slant Nose front end and isn’t bad either. – BBS RS Porsche 911 Cabriolet on Barrett Jackson Auctions
The Porsche ended up selling for almost $35k
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Random Flick – Kid in a JDM Candy Store
The kid is saying “Hayashi Street!”
I think I had this dream before, just a whole bunch of JDM rims for me to choose from. Most of the wheels are SSR Formula Mesh and Suzuka Sangyo Longchamp XR4, but can you name the rest?
Celebrity Datsun Collector – Adam Carolla
Adam gettin’ down on the track!
Many celebrities are known for thier car collection. Jay Leno has whole warehouse full of unique cars. Tim Allen and Frankie Munoz have thier collections. Jerry Sienfeld as a nice Porsche collection. Now what sets Comedian and host of “The Car Show’s” Adam Carolla’s Car Collecion Apart? He Collects Datsuns, yes the common man’s econobox maker from Japan, Datsun. Don’t get him wrong, he does have Lambo’s and Ferrari’s, but he has some nice top notch Historical Datsuns.
What a beautifully restored s30
“Scattered throughout the room, bathed in natural light from large windows, we found a Datsun Camel GT pace car built by Bob Sharp parked next to a Paul Newman / Bob Sharp Racing IMSA 300ZX. A few feet away, sitting next to the tool cabinets with its rear wheels riding on rollers to ease movement around the shop, was a custom Datsun Roadster 1600 racer with radically-flared fenders in bright orange. (Adam hasn’t raced each of these, and he may never, but he currently participates in his share of on-track competitions in his stunning Bob Sharp Datsun 610.)”
– Michael Harley, Celebritycarsblog.com
Nickel Penny and Dime
12 Cylinders of fury in the Miura
And he even has a BMW E30 M3
Recommended Reading for Wheel Whores: Old-School JDM Vintage Wheels
Import Tuner Magazine has provided this great article for all us Wheel Whores out there. Covering some of the hot JDM
wheels from the 80’s and 90’s. Can you believe that no one even used the term “JDM” back then?
Link: http://www.importtuner.com/wtg/impp_1105_old_school_vintage_wheels/index.html
If anyone knows which issue of Import Tuner this is from please let me know, it’s a must add to my library.
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BBS RS – Old School Sightings
BBS RS’s are the “Jack of All Trades” of performance wheels. OEM on VW’s, BMW’s & Toyota’s; and fitted on everything between Corvette’s to Civic’s.
Here are a few old school sightings of BBS RS in the Media:
Check out Crockett and Tubbs posing with this Euro S Class
And Biz Markie with this MPV on RS’s
I know theres more out there, as I see them I shall ad them. Please drop me a line if you know any.