Period correct is one of those automotive terms that until relatively recently wasn’t really a common occurrence among the lexicon of the average modified Japanese car enthusiast.
It’s one of those monikers that conjures up visions of the somewhat more stuffy vibe offered up by traditional ‘classic’ car owners and their bolt-polishing pursuits.
Only a handful of years ago, you’d be forgiven for assuming the act of decking your vehicle out in both OEM and aftermarket parts of the era was reserved for tea-slurping, tsk-tsking grey haired gentlemen fussing over whether or not that knock-off hub was year specific on that leaky old Jag, or whether that Autocrat deluxe AM radio was really available the year that EH Holden came out.
Funny how times change though, isn’t it? While the cheese cutter caps and anoraks aren’t exactly prominent when strolling through your average modded car meet or show, the times, they are a’changin’!
As the platforms we know and love as the basis for creations from wild to mild age, and as such become trickier to find (not to mention pricier), there’s been a shift for some owners to recreating how these cars would’ve been pieced together in their heyday.
For some, this involves tracking down just the right kit and wheels to complete the perfect 2003-spec Silvia, something you might’ve seen hitting apexes at Gunsai on an episode of Hot Version. For Jesse Broughton though, he’s rewound the clock even further, rolling in a slammed Toyota sedan that channels the era of synthesisers, rather than the age of auto-tune.
