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Originally Posted by Mr.Eightsix
There is no one more deserving in my opinion of being part of the First 86 as Moto from Club4AG.com His website and passion for the AE86'S has created an awesome community devoted to car that has grown so much to the point that Toyota has taken notice to the point of creating the FRS.
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Thanks!!!
It has been a LONG time since this thread in late 2007, 2008.
Haraguchi-san, who was part of the team of creating the original AE86 was at the head of this team back then, and eventually selected Mr. Tada to head the initial design of the FT86. Then he became the chief engineer as Haraguchi san retired from Toyota during the conceptual stages. I think he did a wonderful job, and long before there was a term called FT86.
The following link is the original thread from way back in 2008, when Haraguchi san and Tada san, along with a team of fresh, young engineers gathered at Starbucks Coffee in Irvine to talk to us.
http://forums.club4ag.com/zerothread?id=20897