OZ, it was as a schoolboy in the early sixties that I became aware of Japanese engineering in the form of m/cycles when Honda turned up and won a couple of the IOM TT races, and from then on Japanese bikes swept the Boards with their motorcycle engineering excellence, thus although very much a fan of Norton, Triumph and others of the UK bike industry, Honda were very much a part of my m/cycle upbringing. I never got round to appreciating Japanese cars until the seventies and only then as basic transport that rusted away rather too quickly in my climate. Japanese race cars did not come to the fore in my mind at a time when I was more than a little impressed with Lotus and a few years later became a fan of Porsche, more through their run of wins at LM. For sure Ferrari excited me too but they were thought to be well out of my range of possible achievement.

I was aware of the 240Z but it just did nothing for me I guess to my mind it was not much more than a failed attempt to match the beauty that was the E type, that failed to impress the likes of me. T`was not until a couple of years ago that a neighbour drove along the road with the Skyline that I learned how far Nissan had taken race design to heart, Once I saw under the bonnet of both his Skylines I was impressed, the later one had an engine signed by it`s builder, much in the Way Aston Martin used to do... So yeah those Skylines are really special cars for sure... In search of education I did try to watch Fast and Furious, I could only stick it for a few minutes it was like Top Gear on steroids, way too much tyre generated smoke to impress an old dog such as I.

I am happy to stick to the worship of the cars that played a big part in my formative years. I took a pic of my neighbours GTR`s linked below.

https://www.tm-img.com/image/FJkON