show'in off.

NISEI WEEK SHOWOFF CAR SHOW  

DATE: Saturday, August 13th 2011

The nation’s premiere import car show hits Southern California on the 12th Annual Nisei Week Showoff Car Show, where the import car show meets cultural experience in Downtown Los Angeles. Mainstream Productions presents the Nisei Week Showoff Car Show to be held at Little Tokyo on Saturday, August 13th, 2011.

This is the place where the top-notch show cars come out to compete and show.

 

This year the all day event features:

SHOWOFF CAR SHOW – West coast’s top show cars compete for cash prizes and trophies. This is the place where function, quality, and form counts. Overall Winner wins $1000.00 and 6ft trophy with all bragging rights. Custom Showoff (runner up) receives $500 and 5 ft trophy. We have over 350 of the finest show cars so don’t miss out!

california sunshine.

Picture this, your cruising down your favorite beach pass (Pacific Coast Hwy 1) when suddenly you decided to park on a nice stretch of ocean view and enjoy yourself a picnic. Introducing the Toyota CAL-1. Built in 1977, this concept car was Toyota's dream of fusing the fun loving, boat living life of Southern Californians. Toyota custom integrated a removable rear wooden deck on the bed, much like what you see on popular speed boats of that generation. Sadly the car never went into production probably due to the energy crisis of the late 70's. Nevertheless this is still ingenuity at its finest. Lets see what Toyota has got in store for the upcoming 2013 FT-86, the successor to the famous AE-86.

92' till Infinity.

Gone are the days when a dropped suspension, authentic Japanese wheels, and a few minor bolt-ons is all that took to turn heads on the street. During the early to mid 90's headlight and supra taillight conversions were the thing. With the advent of the internet in the late 90's the body kits and vinyl interiors were traded for cleaner, race ready modifications. Today's current standard of a well built Honda  has surpassed many expectations. Progression in the form of low offset wheels. Gold plated valve covers and crazy paint schemes is now the norm. The current recession has impacted the tuner industry severely. Most have abandoned their builds in order to purchase a more friendly "MPG" vehicle. The artist/builders of the past have now dissipated into import history. A prediction of the current import car scene will soon diminish. With no where to turn, "JDM" will eventually follow its Hot Rod, garage built inspired roots.