Most videos on KZfaq are ones that I watch once and never really have the desire to watch again. The Chronicles videos are the exception. I can watch these videos multiple times. I feel like that's a real testament to the quality of the work and the hard work put into them by Joey. Thanks!

The more I look at Nakajima's 86 aero, the more I fall in love with it. Must've been an honor to see where the Voltex magic happens. 💮

If you come here to enjoy Joey's work, atleast leave a like and subscribe. Extremely small contribution for the extremely high quality POV, commentary and content

I love how they can park these cars outside and the cars dont get stripped like they would in any city in US.

Instant click ❤️❤️

Your videos truly are The Chronicles of Japanese car culture past and present. Great work as always. Thank you 🙏

Mugen NSX at the end 👌🏽Option2 video sticker was dope too.

the history that lies in these different communities is what i love from japan. it’s always been a dream to go out there and visit

I see joey’s uploaded, i click like and enjoy. That simple 🤝🏽

Its Amazing! Nice japan lost honda atmosphere...

i love this channel ❤️

Hell yeah let's gooo!!💯🙌

These videos are put together beautifully keep up the greatness Joey! 🔥🤝🙏

Man that hood in the window @TopFuel😮

Those Triforce Zelda wheels!!!

The cheers part did it for me 😂😂😂😂

Honda history - always appreciated

No talking allowed! Thanks for another one Joey. Love the Japan visits.

Living my dreams through you Joey. Keep the content coming

i really enjoy seeing car graveyards in japan. more of this please

That White Top Fuel CRX is a dream car of mine… hope they bring it back to glory

Not sure if it was intentional, but this video made me sad. RIP all the Top Fuel projects.

the kampai was too funny😂

Honda S660 😲 🤤 🙏

I imagine allot of the cars are possibly customer cars that just were forgotten

Joey Lee AKA the JDM Pathologist 😂😂😂

It’s pretty cool seeing these cars being rotted away in a lot or a shop with weeds and bushes around them.

Thank you Joey. ❤️💪

That NO TALKING restaurant is just straight BIZARRE . You guy's made me laugh at how you dealt with that dining MESS.

I appreciate that yet again you stopped to look at the Preludes when most people would ignore that platform. I badly want to build a 4th or 5th gen, even though I also kinda don't want another FWD car.

I still have a Top Fuel window banner from'99 with that crazily translated racing motto. I never put it on a car, because it's always been one of my most cherished items...

I fucking love Masao San. He’s a real artist.

I wonder what they plan to do with that 180, thing looks very clean still for an schassis

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I need a Top Fuel body kit for DC2 if you see one! ;)

22:37 cheer 😅😅😅😅

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Pretty sure that carbon hood is for a GR sti. Did hulk Jr smashed the hood latch?!

For those of you who keep insisting that you would save these abandoned cars and don’t understand why no one else has, let’s look at the actual logistics of this: Theoretically, based on loose estimations, this is how much it would cost you (very roughly) to “save” one of these cars from Top Fuel… We will use the blue EG shell for this example… -Top Fuel will sell you the shell for $2k. It’s not negotiable because they never wanted to sell it. You just insist on saving it. ($2,000) -it doesn’t roll or have suspension so they have to move 4 cars out of the way to get it out of their yard. They’d probably charge you but they’re generous. You do need a tow truck though. Tow to go from a port city to Suzuka, Mie and back to the port city, anywhere from 3-5 hours away, that’ll be $1,000, not including toll charges ($1,000 + $500 toll to and from) -To export, you need paperwork. Guess what? This Civic has been sitting for over 10 years, it doesn’t even have any papers. You want to fix it and drive it in your country, you need a Title. It’s not just a parts car. To leave the country, you’ll need to do a VIN swap with a car with a title. That’s not cheap, and the legalities of it vary. A body shop will charge you $2-4k for this, and that’s a low number because a VIN with paperwork is essentially having another car, so you’re paying for that plus labor. ($4,000) -Once you have a title, you’ll need someone to do all the paperwork for you. Because you don’t speak Japanese. So you have to pay for another tow to another yard where they can store the car for you until you have all your paperwork done. Let’s throw out another low number. $4k, though I’ve seen companies charge up to $10k for this type of job. ($4,000) -Paperwork is good so you have to pay for a tow from where you had it stored to the port for exportation. Maybe you have a friend who will do you a solid so I’m not going to incur that cost. To drag it onto an enclosed trailer, put it in there and ship it overseas, one way, is $4-$5,000. If you can find some other parts to put in the container to sell, you can make a few bucks. But you’re not in that business. ($5,000) Okay, so far, you haven’t even received this rusted blue EG shell yet and you’re already in $16,500. The project hasn’t even started yet, so tell me, is it worth saving? The car hasn't even touched U.S. soil yet and you're at $16k. Someone told me that the shop is famous so that’s why I don’t want to save the cars sitting out there. Okay, so say you were down to pay $16k for a rusted Civic with a Top Fuel decal on it. Why? The car never had any historical value or significance. Even if the prices and number values were all inaccurate, would you be willing to go through all that trouble and the trouble of bothering people at Top Fuel just so you can come up on a “cheap” project from a tuning shop? So many people ask if they sell the cars and why they would just leave them there. Well, it’s THEIR property. Its value is based on their worth to them. If it’s a storage bin now, it’s a storage bin. If it’s rotting outside, it’s rotting outside because that’s the choice they made. Your savior complex has nothing to do with their want or ability to fix them based on their needs. It’s not your’s to decide and they wouldn’t sell it to you just because it’s a lot of work just to make a couple bucks. On that note, thanks for watching, LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE because that's more realistic! LOL.

I have a couple Hondas, can I go with you on your next trip? ❤️🤣

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There's a kit where you can fix carbon fiber, it's strong enough to fix our bicycle frames

More moss pictures please!!!

sad to see the cars sitting there fading and would hope they bring them back to life to their glory.

We need more no talk cafes in the US

Sad that all the cars are in that state of decay

Like in advance.

wait, so Top Fuel coined the 'RR' suffix before Honda?

what wheels were those in the blue EG? bronze one

I’ll take that blue EG at Top Fuel

Bravo 👏 much ❤❤❤

Hi joey, do they sell those cars?

I'm guessing you're not allowed to fart as well in the restaurant🤣

I know you are saying these cars aren't being wasted. But would you feel the same way if these cars were in someone's yard in America in a lower socio economic part of town and belonged to some hill Holly with a beat up old Chevy truck? Or is it only considered not a waste because a famous Japanese tuning shop is letting them rot and you have a bias towards their actions?

Can we just enjoy the work Joey provides to us? He is capturing images of car culture we grew up reading/ watching. Just enjoy the content. Stop trying to save something you have no control of.

JDM is the best of the best best best¡

i love the videos man i always get a documentary vibe from you which i like , hidden gems and companies in japan (not literal hidden) it’s dope seeing so many cars and companies that build jdm cars in japan ❤️‍🩹