SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF ABANDONED D1 DRIFT CAR IN JAPAN! 

I believe that's Leons car. Yes he did the theme song for the D1 series in his band '8 Ball'. 7th Heaven is a club they used to play in and we used go to on Fridays and Saturdays out by gate 2 street behind Kadena Air Base. Good times!! I have pics of this car from way back when!

It’s cool to hear that those old drift cars are gonna be used again, they haven’t been sitting for too long

Yeah the abandoned car series would be a banger… each car you find has its own story/history. You might even find another treasure to restore. 💯

finding old japanese gems with sammit love the vids

Bro, that mini series idea is cool af. Definitely should give it more thought! Also, that whole thing with the owner of the cars and okachan going to drive in okinawa is super wholesome!

I like the abandond car idea it's sad but also cool to see all the old drift cars

Love these Okinawa abandoned car videos, so cool seeing some of these old race cars riddled around!

I remember being stationed in Okinawa and I saw that car in that exact same spot it is now back in 2014, my buddies randomly saw it on a drive somewhere around the island. I have a picture on my Instagram but I feel like the car was facing the other way. I miss it!

All of the early car videos on my channel are from Okinawa. My JZX90 was very well know until I took it off the island. 2jzgte swapped, V160, 88mm Turbo, fully caged, All the Defi Gauges, Hyper Green with Large Flake in the paint. Hood, Fenders done and Cut then pulled quarters wide body. Setup for Drag racing. I used to live Next to Chi-Chis strip club. Have you taken him to Nago Yet? The back roads past Okuma, the Mountain Roads are Amazing! The amount of amazing cars rotting away on Okinawa are Endless.

Keep up the good work, can't wait to see the s15 finished 🙌 🔥

The stories behind some of these cars are completely mind blowing. Small world indeed.

I'll be moving to Okinawa this year hopefully. Thanks for showing me someplace to buy a car on the island

Cars does connects people good to know the silvia will be drifting soon 🤗 awesome videos as always

I missed when you came through American village at the car meet. That S15 & 180 are in my old neighborhood. The owner is a pretty famous musician, who lost his license, and parked his cars. Moved on with intent to get back to them someday…

Awesome video , loving the content. Favorite RU-vidr by far 🙌🏼

8:16 I really don't think Sammit planned that😆

Crazy to think that they dont get stolen or damaged by some people. But its good to know there is some hope

Crazy how sometimes the world seems so small!!

I wanna go to Okinawa

Like the end of the vid. Getting the back stories of the cars. The how and what of the car/owners situation, memories, that kind of stuff, would seem like an awesome series.

I’d be really cool to see drivers of some of our favorite hot version / video option drive together one last time, it seems the only time you see old school folks come together when someone has passed. You never know when someone you’ve driven with will be gone. It’d be great to see more reunion videos from older people driving

MR2 spyder is the next JDM legend im telling you, get one before they get STUPID expensive. I would totally watch the MR2 content, they are a blast to drive. (personally owned a 2zz swapped mrs, can confirm)

Love seeing the videos of you checking out the abandoned cars such a cool thing to see I’m sure other will agree

Love you Sam keep up the content you've kept me sane the last few weeks

The story is cool af, good to hear that he will come back to that 180sx

Yes that series would be cool.

My god, yes. Please do abandoned Oki cars vids. That and junkyard vids are actually what brought me to Jason's channel years ago!

I lived in Oki for a few years, seeing this video brought back many memories...Enjoy your time there!

who said purple is our color? my gf wanted one like these 🤣🤣 hugs from Brasil 🇧🇷 the jdm culture here is firing has never before and you is our inspiration 💕

Thats pretty cool story. Pretty awsome they gonna get back together and drive again.

If I am not mistaken this car was in a magazine for import tuners around 2003 give or take a few. I can't remember the feature but it was one of the major magazines in the U.S. (no luck finding pics). My love for 180s is on fire!

Man this make me wanna live in japan and save the car 🔥

Loving these okinaw videos and seeing all of the car history from there keep the videos coming love seeing all the old times

That's cool you seen that car and recognized it. Hopefully the owner really does come back for them before they rust away.

Hey SAMMIT i saw you yesterday at daikoku take care bro! ❤️

Thats so dope! some guys from DriftHQ Australia just rescued an JDM Haruguchi RX7... awesome old Legend like this.

That okinawa tour sound good would love to see it when it happens. Viewing all the way from trinidad and tobago

that would be wicked content a weeks worth of looking at abandon cars something about it is so cool

8:17 LMFAO🤣😂🤣😂 There's definitely some unique rust over there. I live in the states where we use salt in the winter and I've seen pickups cruising down the road looking like they're gonna split in half at the next bump but, down over there where the salt air just rots a car sitting in one place, just boggles my mind. I also love that the theme song for D1GP that you showed sounds so much like Back in the Village from Iron Maiden, so cool. That guy is cool.

Sammit!!! You got an awesome idea to make this week long serie and check the abandoned cars of Okinawa!! Winter is probably the best time since all the vegetation may recede and it may be possible to see even more! I'd definitely be down for participating in such a series once I return/move to Japan!! Never been to Okinawa yet...

The teddy wheels would suit a NA Miata very well 😂

I would love to know what wing is on that 180sx. So awesome! I’ve always wanted that wing but I’ve never known what kind it is.

Garage Kitty rocks out a bit to 180-guy's theme music there. She's very picky. :) Also it's good to see Jason back on Okinawa, and als I'd been hoping you'd go check that place out for a while. Also I think he's responsible for me finding your channel, pretty sure I was checking out Capt26 just before RU-vid started showing me like everyone doing car content in Japan, ...and my Da was stationed on Okinawa once upon a time and told me a bit about it, so I kinda started there. Anyway, cool to see Okinawa through your eyes and all. Still seems a really cool scene, rust and all.

Found some videos of the blue s15 at d1gp round 2002 wearing more stickers than in your video !

Dude, your adventures keep sparking history! Thats gonna be dope fir old friends to get bacc to the glory days.

The series about abandoned cars sounds pretty cool, I'd watch it..

7th heaven is a old 90s soap opera a classic haha

I personally think a video series where guys go around Okinawa and search for abandon JDM cars would be sick, you should call the series gotta catch em all.

I’ve seen that s13 in a option video before. So cool!!!

I love these videos and can't wait to see more brother.

Man make sure you are there when they drive together for the channel. I need to see this video!

What you need to understsnd is that those builds were/are made for a specific person hence the cars has served their purpose as they are too epic for anyone else other than the first owner to enjoy correctly, I believe they are parked where they belong in that humble manner.

Lots of abandoned cars on Japan. My NCO used to be stationed in Japan back in the day they said then they bought 240s, hondas and Toyotas they would leave them in Japan because no would buy them back then before they left.

Yea the drift cars are nice..but show us some of those nice suzuki jimnys in the back..buddy has like 5 of them. I like the ja11 with the fresh paint job.

Such a cool find. Glad that you could find out the history of the car.

Rust is "to a minimum" 🤣🤣

I like that series idea.

I love jdm cars so I love your videos and I love japan

Them teddy bear wheels are worth some bread. Cool find.

Pretty amazing video, i'd be up for a littel video series where you drive around and see what you can find.

So awesome its so crazy to see cars like this sitting so long

That brown on brown chaser is fire

yeeaAAAAHHHHH!!!!! Evo V! Send it my way! I was going to buy one when they came under $15k. They came down to $16.5k and I almost jumped on one. Now they're $30k. FaaaaaAAAARKKK

Yes yes yes yes yes did say yes ......oh and yes do a abd/nd car series in oky.....

That was hell funny when open that car door and it fell off 😂😂😂😂

8:35 sad to see another Suzuki Kei car rotting away. I love suzuki kei cars. They are awesome and something special imo. I would love to own a Suzuki Cappucino or an alto. I love all kei vehicles from Japan. Plus I love most if not everything jdm

i realy love your shows im a car freak but the cars you show are so expensive here in south africa you can buy 2 to 3 houses here but love your shows. my favourete car is the R32 skyline or ER34 4door skyline or the Toyota Altezza 200is 6cyl. but yes you live the dream life lol

Off to Tokyo for 2 weeks tomorrow for work. In my off time I will be rockn the Sammit merch keep a eye out for a fellow Aussie crunch the PA scene.

I like that brown Suzuki samurai in the background, shit is clean

when you look at the registration dates, what do you mean? Like what does hearsay 30 mean and more info like that

This is my favourite 180 of all time

@sammit what are some of the causes and fix for no or lack of power pass 2nd gear?

Wow blue and yellow gold next to the road! Awesome find!

Collette loves those teddy bear wheels. She has atleast one set

Almost the whole A-pillar is gone; Sammit: Let me open this door real quick :')

0:33 cool hilux surf back there

so how does the abandoned vehicle process work in japan? like if there's abandoned vehicles is there a process you can go thru to obtain the car?

Buddy of mine used to work for Garrett turbine engines. Yep they make turbos and I think it was sold to Honeywell Aerospace but perhaps Garrett company stayed alive making turbos. Not too sure. I did subcontract work in a company for Honeywell Aerospace.

personally i love those olders d1 cars with the crazy paint jobs and would keep as is

It doesn't matter what you do all your content is great but yes that would be nice to see other cars it gives you ideas what to do to your car 💪👍❤️

Everyone has aspirations to *come back* and do something. I would keep an eye on some of these cars, they still may never move. Some people will never get rid of anything until they aren't here to claim it.

I would love to see sum form of videos of the cars driving

Definitely interested in that series

So that white kei car is Suzuki Alto which is also know as Maruti Suzuki Alto in India, that car model is from the year 2002 or 2003 and the dark blue one is Maruti Suzuki Versa it was the first MPV in India launched in 2005 which miserably failed.

Hell yes do that tour of Okinawa abandoned cars

Yup do it do a road trip around the island see what kind of treasures you find

I grew up on the Oregon coast and rust was always an issue for cars. The cars in Okinawa are on a whole different rust level. Geez

Loved that Gold 180 SX!!

Damn a video series like that would be epic

I found an old photo of this 180sx sitting next to a red 180sx, and it looks like they swapped two of their wheels with one another. That's why this one has two types of wheels, I guess...

Hey can you ask for the manual transmission setup for 2004 Nissan gloria y34 I wanna turn it into a drift car

Did anyone count how many times Sam touched rust in this video?

Lol @ Brisbane being a hit place to live 😂

Bret seems cool. I hope by his age I make my way out to any island in that ring. (in 10 yrs)

Sammit bro i love your vids i can t wait to see more of the ABANDONED S15'❤

Hopefully they invite you out when they pull it out. Maybe u will even get to drive it

still sounds like an amazing series to me

id watch that series for sure

the d1gp theme song is so iconic 🔥

If its a genuine Akubra hat then it may have come from Kempsey NSW bro 🤠