On Hold 1995 Ibishu Kashira (Gen 2) 3.1.2

THIS IS AWESOME! YES! MINIVAN!
You rock!!!
And based off my fav car too. I use an AWS 88 Pessima, and love it. It's my daily tester and that I always use. This will look perfect being on the new Roane County version at any one of the brand-new almost-never-seen-before fast food places Or even at the Tea Pit (diner!). Or at the LINE CITY Grocery store or Happy Sack Grocery or Spend-A-Lot ... don't forget about Sprawl-Mart. Lots of minivans there always, not always parked within the lines of the parking stalls.

--Cheers and keep up the good work. If you need testers give a shout.

 

it looks very good. the only problem i see in those crashes is a glitchy tail light

 

I can definitely see about making some cargo window covers, it shouldn’t be too difficult. Should I cover the rear window too or just the sides?

I’ll also see about including an offset plate as an option.

I’ll definitely be making armrests once I get to cleaning up the interior a bit. Should I add them to the rear seats as well? I could probably include them in the same part slot as the extra mid-row seat, so that you can either have another seat or armrests.

I’m most likely going to keep the column shifter. Most US-Spec minivans at the time had a column shifter like that, and I think it suits the van a bit better, and adds a bit more variety from the otherwise very Pessima-esque interior.

I’m not sure it’ll have that much horsepower (although I haven’t checked), but there will definitely be a sleeper variant. (^.^*)

Yeah, jbeam is still a work in progress. It’s coming along really nicely though! (*^^*)

 

I did a web search and most converted minivans I see have the rear window covered as well.

 

Id say keep the column shift. Family had a 90s Plymouth Voyager that had a column shifter, which seems fitting for an old van

 

Yes.

Yes.

Well, not in Europe.

 

Not all of them :

2nd gen Previa


Ford Galaxy


EU-spec minivans never had a column shifter

 

Those “upscaled hatchbacks” are called MPV’s. Minivans in Europe are large.

 

That previa is as ugly as the USDM first gen.........

 

well the C4 picasso actually has column shifter

 

It’s about the same size as the Pessima length-wise, which I think is about right. The first gen Odyssey was 187.2″ long, and the Accord of the same time period was 185.6“ long. Both the Odyssey and the the Kashira are fairly small minivans, (they’re both only seven seaters whereas modern minivans tend to seat eight,) which is the result of them both being based heavily on a sedan platform.

Looking at the Odyssey’s rear seats though, I think I’m going to change mine up a bit. The Odyssey’s seats fold down into the floor, so I’m going to probably move the spare tire to the interior like the Odyssey, and use the space where the tire was before to make space for folding seats.

 

Glowmaps! (*^▽^*)

 

Now, just sayin, something like Bisimoto's 1029 horsepower Honda Odyssey would be sick as ****.

Here are some pics:


(yeah its bad*** as hell)

 

time to be a soccer mom

 

hahaha

 

Lmaoooo

 

Ah...no.
Pro diversis hominibus diverso aspectu consideratam.

 

it's ugly

 

Don't know if you're taking suggestions and too lazy to read back.

I have headlight suggestions, feel free to turn them down.

Spoiler

First and second generation Saturn Vue head lights. Now I know Saturn was an American made company but they were invented by GM to compete with the Japanese market... and Saturn looked hella Japanese.


First get Honda CRV (which what the Kashira reminds me of) plus some aftermarket headlights as well


And then the 6th generation Honda Civic/Civic Type R


Finally the 5th generation Honda Civic/Civic Type R

Thanks for reading I guess?