The July 2007 issue of Drift Tengoku is a lively snapshot of mid-2000s Japanese drift culture — cover cars that grab attention, team features that show how shops and drivers collaborate, and editorial spreads that bridge pro D1-style builds with everyday street-legal creativity.
Front Cover — S13 / 180SX / 240SX (red)
The square cover crop puts the red S13 family car front-and-center. The S13 platform’s versatility — ranging from 180SX to 240SX variants — is a great visual hook for anyone getting into drift culture.
Nissan / Datsun D21 Pickup
A pickup feature shows a D21 on the pages — a reminder that Japanese tuning culture often repurposes a wide variety of platforms, not only coupes and sedans. It’s a neat look at creative builds outside the usual drift heroes.
Page 34 — FC3S & RPS13 Team Spread
A team feature that pairs FC3S and RPS13 chassis highlights how different platforms are tuned and campaigned together. Team photography like this is useful for newcomers to see set-ups, liveries, and crew dynamics.
Page 204 — Collage: D1 & Street-Legal Builds
This collage blends D1-style competition cars with street-legal builds, showing the spectrum from trimmed race machines to legal, road-usable drift cars — great context for readers learning the scene’s range.
S15 “Funky” Silvia Feature
The S15 spread celebrates the Silvia’s adaptability — whether you’re into competition geometry or standout visual mods, the S15 remains a favorite for drifters and tuners.
Back Cover — Lowmax GIAS Ad
The back cover ad for Lowmax GIAS is a small cultural artifact: aftermarket branding that helped define the look (and sound) of many drift builds from the era.
Overall, this issue is a strong example of how Drift Tengoku balanced cover-grabbing photography with useful team and technical coverage — an approachable issue for someone new to JDM culture and a collectible for seasoned fans.
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