Abandoned In Japan: The Schnitzer Group 5 Celica

If there’s a JDM race car’s history with a bigger hole in it than Trust’s Schnitzer Celica LB Turbo, I’d like to know what it is! Essentially we have a car that we know how it ended up, but no idea how it got there. 

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The Schnitzer Toyota Celica LB Turbo in 1977.

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Hachiroku Heartbreak

June 1, 2009 by Justin Karow  
Filed under Latest Articles, Odd Spot

I finally went back to my old neighborhood in Settsu-Motoyama in Kobe and sure enough, the old “abandoned” AE86 Toyota Sprinter Trueno was still there, only now in a different position! Yep, it’s the same car I saw behind my apartment way back in late 2003. Read more