Well, during the 70's and 80's, these were the cars to have. I would go to the saturday night drags which usually happens in the vicinity of Greenhills Shopping Center.

Anyway, I saw these toy cars and had to buy each one that was popular during my youth.


RA21 Celica
TE27 Levin
A75 Lancer GSR (the very first gen Lancer GSR whivh eventually became the EVO)
KP61 Startlet
AE86 Trueno
240Z

 

Since this is a Suby forum, I also have a suby collection

 

Thats so cool!

 

HMm i'm filipino but from a younger generation. My dad should remember all these cars. I always did want a Starlet =) No 510s?

 

510 was never really available in the Philippines during the 70s. What we got were the ugly 180Bs. But, I am trying to track down a 510 Choro-Q to add to the collection.

Oh and I'm not that old (mid 30s), I just started really young with my love for cars.

 

Nice memories you bring back. I grew up with the same cars. Yep, Greenhills was the spot. I still love the "smiley" Celica and all the rest of those cars. I finally got one of my dream cars one day (over here in the US), a KP61. No AG swap though, just the stock 4KE. Sadly it's long gone.
We had a '79 Corona that I lightly modded with Nodalo's exhaust and all. I miss that car.
BTW, I have the 510 Choro-Q in orange.

 

Hehe, we had a 57 chevy bel air, a ford cortina and a mitsu galant - don't know what year - (twin side) - she was a screamer!

 

You drove in the 70's...?

What was world war one like?

 

Haha I didn't mean to call you old in anyway, but my dad is 39 =)

 

oops... i think i just called him old

 

Yup, your dad will certainly be familiar with those cars

I started driving in 1983 (12 years old). Back then, it was pretty common for teens to be driving early.

 

Did they even have cars back then?

 

Here's the only digital pic I have of this car - '73 Celica ST coupe. High School on the big island, you had to have a Toy.

 

Most drivers that learned to drive in the states would have a heart attack if they tried to drive in the Philippines. I think chicken was the game of choice.

 

hahah, reading over this and i think about my dad (48 and moved to the states in 83')

his cars here have been as follows
74 Celica ST Coupe
KP61 Starlet
AE86 Coupe

i'm only 18, but i had...
AE92 sedan...slammed on ground controls with red rota GT3s