A Dream Night Drive In RWB Hachioji

Though scrolling through Speedhunters in 2011 (when I really should have been undertaking homework in its place), I came across a feature on Rough Rhythm, an RWB 993 Porsche 911. Just a day later on, there was a two-aspect write-up showcasing Nakai-san and his store, RAUH-Welt Begriff.

That was the very first time a car had at any time captivated me in these kinds of a powerful and unexplainable way. Among the loaded historical past of Nakai-san’s journey with RWB and the remarkable machines that he was creating, it’s noticeable why seeing these things left this kind of a large effects on me. Ever given that then I have been chasing that experience of inspiration with everything artistic I have accomplished in the automotive world, with IAMTHESPEEDHUNTER content articles like this becoming a prime example.

When we asked Sid Cheung if we could do a attribute on his 1988 Porsche 911 SC Targa – aka RWB Hachioji – I hardly ever expected him to hand over the keys and let myself, fellow photographer Josiah Belchior and videographer Dylan Ackimenko, take the auto and genuinely experience every little thing it had to offer.

Soon after earning that give, Sid followed up by saying that we ought to continue to keep the car or truck for the 7 days and provide it to our Checkpoint Japan pop-up shop celebration. Following I picked my jaw up off of the ground, I took the keys and headed off on a single of the most fulfilling and inspiring drives of my life.

Basically set, Sid’s car feels like an automotive fever dream. The working experience was so exhilarating that I wanted to hold on to the experience that it established for as prolonged as achievable.

Sid’s RWB is a raw and visceral working experience and one of the loudest cars I have ever pushed. Listening to the motor screaming specifically driving your head creates a wild and inspiring feeling. The sticky, wide tires and lack of energy steering make the motor vehicle chase each groove in the highway, whilst the notchy shifter evokes self confidence together with the flat-6 engine begging to be wrung out.

I can safely and securely say that this car generates an experience that would be hard (if not not possible) to replicate.

The car was originally wide-bodied by Nakai-san again in 2016 and named White Walker. In 2019, it was reimagined as Hachioji, this time with molded fenders and a retrimmed interior.

Hachioji is a town in Tokyo, Japan on the Musashino Terrace of the Saitama Hills in the western aspect of the prefecture. It is situated about 20km west of Tokyo’s central business enterprise district and lies inside of the borders of both of those Minami-rinkan District and Tama District. It’s also the metropolis Nakai-san termed home when he was an apprentice mechanic.

The Japanese characters for Hachioji (八王子) are living on the hood of the motor vehicle, hand-painted by Nakai-san himself. The literal translation for the name is ‘Prince of Eights’, which essentially has a powerful private which means for Sid. The number eight has shown up in his life in lots of unique techniques his auto remaining the eighth Canadian RWB make, his start year, the 12 months of the motor vehicle, in the Toyo Proxes R888R tires, as very well as staying the luckiest variety in Chinese lifestyle, a direct agent of infinite movement in feng shui.

1 of my favorite particulars on the car or truck is from Nakai-san’s Rough World AE86 days. The rotated, or ‘clocked’ tachometer is positioned so that the redline of the gauge sits proper at the incredibly top, generating for an remarkable visible working experience and assisting the driver time fantastic shifts.

Yet another aspect of the car that I locate hanging is the blended RWB kit, with no exposed components to noticed. With RWB’s roots in the motorsport environment, it’s virtually implied to hope hardware affixing the kits to the fortunate Porsches that adorn them. Simply because Hachioji is primarily a street motor vehicle however, Sid felt that having the package molded to the body would enhance the clear traces that the vehicle possesses with its extra-large fender package.

My want to just one day own one of Nakai-san’s RAUH-Welt Begriff creations has developed from getting a distant dream to a tangible intention. Perhaps a single day in the long run you will see me with a silver RWB 993.

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Given that turning the vital in Sid’s car my creativeness has been managing wild with tips, inspirations and the refinement of a eyesight I have been developing for a long time. I guess we all need some thing to perform to, do not we?

P.S. You can check out the online video from our time with RWB Hachioji by hitting play previously mentioned.

Alexander Turnbull
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Extra Photographs by Josiah Belchior
Instagram: yamfriess

Video clip by Dylan Ackimenko
Instagram: dylanackimenko

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