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RWB is legendary to car enthusiasts world-wise. But how did a drift kid from Japan redefine the Porsche? How did some carbon fiber fenders take over the desires of gamers drooling over air-cooled 911s? How can a leather arm chair, a carton of smokes, and some Mexican Cokes get you one step closer to owning your own outlaw Porsche? Today on Past Gas, we dive into the origins of the most controversial Porsche tuner to ever get his hands on a pneumatic sawzall - Akira Nakai.
00:00 Intro
00:16 Cinematic intro
2:08 RWB’s Akira Nakai: Coke, Cigarettes, and Widebody Porsches
52:50 Listener mail / Outro
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