A slightly productive weekend at the shed this week. Reubens Laurel is reunited with the shed as he tries to find space to fit it next to the bus. We fix the March and paint some bits for the AE86.
We’ve been busy here the last few weeks trying to get back into a routine with the Normal Juicebox content. I’ve got behind the scenes photos to match every Vlog going forward. Here is our coverage from the BBQ. I always feel the need to add as many pictures to these articles as possible, as we hand select people we know that we have made friends with over the years to call down for the day and enjoy our passion for this stuff with like-minded individuals.
I won’t add much more to these photos, as the pictures speak for themselves, its always nice to be able to throw an event like this, and looking back at these 2019 photos, it makes us both sad but hopeful that we can do another event like this in the future. In 2019 we had no idea what was coming or how our lives would change the market and car scene. I guess it’s best not to take anything for granted and enjoy what we have while we have it.
Here’s a selection of some of Irelands best Japanese cars and more. I hope you enjoy the pics, kindly shot by my brother Stephen.
Reuben gets a one-way ticket to Sweden to drive his C33 Laurel back to Ireland in one weekend. He meets some interesting friends along the way and gets back just in time for work on Monday.
An AE86, nine years in hibernation, comes to the Juicebox BBQ and many other epic machines. Ireland packs a punch when it comes to cool cars. Our 2019 BBQ was a good one.
It’s back to the AE86 build and shed antics, we prep the bay and spray it with a coat of primer. We also get soaked at a car show.
We break down the cost of our Japan in a Van road trip, give you a few handy tips for embarking on a similar journey and explain what’s coming next for the Juicebox channel.
What a way to see Nikko, a track I’ve always wanted to see at a dream event. The “car gods’ were good to us on this trip. It was a fantastic way to sign off our car hunting in Japan. Our 18 days of travelling from the north to the south had let us meet so many people. We had seen so much stuff, from shops to cars to scenery to tracks, engaged with many interesting people.
The following morning after three hours of sleep from our night on the touge, we got up to look at just exactly where we had booked the night previous. We somehow managed to book a room in a hotel built into a cliff in a town on the outskirts of Nikko. The place was called Kinugawa Onsen, and it’s a failing hot springs town. The views were spectacular, something I didn’t expect, as we couldn’t see a thing in the dark.
Drifting Legends! We finish our Japan journey at the Battle Magazine Cup held at Nikko Circuit. We also get caught in a typhoon before heading back to Ireland! It’s been a blast making these videos and reliving the trip. Cheers for tagging along and enjoying the memories with us.
After a lovely evening at N-Style, and a rather uncomfortable afternoon, we were exhausted. We hadn’t slept much the previous night for obvious reasons, and this night was shaping up to be no different.
Hide Nagashima is a legend, he builds some of the most impressive cars, and the backdrop to his shop is hilarious, literally in the middle of nowhere surrounded by rice fields.
We wanted to head out to areas around Sendai and take a look at the coastline. We never really made it up this far on our last trip and figured it would be interesting to stop seeing how the locals have been coping with the 2011 earthquake and tsunami damage.
The guys from CSS treat us to an insane night of proper Japanese street drifting on a mountain touge. We hit the jackpot on this one. We also take a trip through the Fukushima disaster area and call into our friends at N-style custom.
After a look about power vehicles, we decided not to take the piss as the lads wanted us out of there, and we made our way up to Nihonmatsu to meet Chogo.