One of my personal favourites was, dare I say it, the Mazda in photo 65-67 . Plain Jane Mazda 323 from the 80's turned in to something a bit different plus a rotary shoved in it.

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Ours cars must be getting more popular. Brisbane now has 2 Japanese only car shows a year. That's 2 more than 5 years ago.