I found the Yakuza Vector rotting in Japan

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Moritz Hess (@autosportiva on IG) shares the story of how he found the lost Yakuza Vector hidden in Japan.
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#VINwiki #Vector #carhunting

[@thaedleinad]

I guess it explains the bathrobe, he was hiding the tatoos. You guys just meet a yakuza loan shark.

[@ksteak27]

Ask StevePOV about that.

[@mikefromspace]

Some Indonesians who invested in Gerald's company, Vector, tried stealing the company from him and failed. The court case drained him and he died recently still trying to get funding. I worked with Weigart for nearly a year. We were working on a new one. The W8 has an Oldsmobile transmission case and GM turn signal control, but all the important parts were made aircraft spec. The weight reduction should have been improved. The new Vector was going to eventually use the MYT engine made by another friend of mine, Raphial Morgado. I'd like to see it in the old W8

[@tonytheofficer]

kinda odd and unfortunate that there's so many images being shown, but half are fully censored. Why show them if they're just gonna be 100% blur?

[@Bdoserror]

I've seen this in a few other videos on other channels too. I am starting to suspect that it's some automated KZbin BS censoring, as they don't even acknowledge it in the videos.

[@NextDoorGuy]

Video was released yesterday, these blurs are applied after the video is published from the youtube editor. I assume they werent blurred yesterday and someone said to Ed that these photos shouldnt be on the video after all. Interested to know what they showed

[@ElNeroDiablo]

Privacy blurring, protect the identities of people in the photo or protect the location involved. Kinda a big thing in EU & Japan to blur out any people in pictures you take if they're passing through the background or you can't get permission from the person to include them in the image uncensored. Similar thing to protect information about locations where things are so thieves can't easily find and steal it, if you're not the owner of that location (hint: Turn Off Geo-Tagging On Your Phone When Taking Pictures).

[@aclark9869]

​@@ElNeroDiablothat was the dumbest fucking excuse ever as to why a video has half the pics blurred out. Here's a better idea that isn't a stupid excuse DON'T PUT THE PICS IN THE VIDEO.

[@NefastusJones]

Guy tells stories like Grandpa Simpson.

[@rickydspears]

And then there was the Onion!

[@edwardgreenjr167]

_Increase speed to 1.25x, then 1.5x, then 2x._ OMG it's still not fast enough!

[@1Mite1]

He speaks at least 2 languages.. that can happen sometimes... especially when the language you tell the story in isn't your native language..

[@oldschoolman1444]

He sounds just fine to me!

[@guillaumebillette4078]

Gimme five bees for a quarter.

[@jeffreyoldham55]

The Vector is a true automotive unicorn. Thanks for bringing us this great story, Moritz.

[@alexander1485]

the only car ever made with a real piece of aviation tech, F117 stealth fighter digital display

[@briankearn6991]

Unicorns never existed. The Vector did exist.

[@nevadak]

Saw one in a McDonald's parkinglot, in North Dakota 😂 when I was a kid. It was black, the owner let me sit in it and that dash was amazing.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Yeah, Gerry Wiegert was crazy about Aerospace design and gauges.....

[@jeromejaszkowiak7]

That guys owns two of them seen them when they were in for service at the local Chevy dealership not sure if they are still up here.

[@moneymikz]

You guys went away for a while, but you’ve been steadily killing it lately, very interesting finds

[@EdBolian]

Glad this car got a new lease on life

[@bradferkovich3571]

What's with the blurred out photos??

[@theonlysquirrelybird]

Yakuza man in a bathrobe, it may have been windy

[@shardsofcontent4829]

@@theonlysquirrelybird😂

[@hansvonfritz1670]

Legend say they would go missing after hearing dame da ne dame yo in their doorstep.

[@robdisner]

@@theonlysquirrelybirdI feel dirty just watching this.

[@YakuzaSaiyan-Goku]

Images of the owner. Doesnt want to be advertised to the world. Hes yakuza. Lol. Obviously. ❤❤❤ 😂😂😂❤❤❤😅😅😅😍🔥❤️ #USMC #USAF #RCAF #RCMP #NASA #INAGAWA-KAI-FACTION #YAMAGUCHI-GUMI-CLAN #HUMANITARIAN #AMNESTY

[@royaltybuiltco]

I know a guy who knows a guy, who knew a guy that knows a guy😂

[@Snowmunkee]

Title: "I found a Vector" Video starts off "a guy offered to sell me a vector he found"

[@markoz673bajen8]

Heard of Click Bait

[@toctuning]

I got tired of listening to the BS'ing about it about 2 minutes in, skipped forward repeatedly hearing the same long drawn out story, this video could have been 4 minutes long and still bored me to death. I struggle to understand why people who don't know, respect, or even seem to understand Japanese culture try to insert themselves into this sort of stuff expecting a western experience with cars coming from Japan. 99% of the time you will be treated like trash by them if you aren't invested in being cordial and kind to their traditions and attitudes. I have absolutely no reason to want a JDM car, so, I stay far away from trying to visit or even buy from that island chain in the first place. Much respect for them, but, not worth the effort just to get called the equal to the N word for stepping foot on their volcanic soil. Same goes for them here, stay out, we're full, keep your fruit loop tuner cars home or screw with the kangaroo fools or the spot of tea slurping dental hygiene avoiders.

[@JH-wd6dp]

@@markoz673bajen8 Well yes, but it ends with: we actually went out and physically located it as well as purchased it. The offer for sale was from someone who didn't actually possess it, and its exact location wasn't known/provided. Some of the video titles are click-bait, but this one at least is true because he went to Japan and did the work to locate the vehicle/make direct contact with the actual owner. Something others had attempted but were unsuccessful.

[@ixeroi]

He directly found the Vector. Lol

[@mdrlz]

German car flippin' Ben Affleck

[@jhelm9681]

I always love seeing the Vector. Thanks Ed and VinWiki for showcasing it! David Kostka is my uncle and I grew up with Vector stories. I never get tired of hearing where people find them and the history each car has.

[@Ronnybue]

That's so cool

[@Ben-uf3st]

I couldn’t wait to comment. I lived in shin Yokohama in 2005-06 and would jog/run by a shop called “Raging Bull”. For a while their showroom had a white Vector W8 with a chromed or polished motor intake.

[@zz8037]

Why use photos when you've blurred the whole image?!

[@Oliblish]

KZbin censored it at the request of the person in the photo.

[@krisanstey4228]

Wish I could have seen whatever was behind the blur

[@WillPowerRehabFlipSpecialist]

What's up with the blurs. #Annoying

[@isunamitch]

You can definitely find extremely rare and unusual stuff in Japan, believe me...

[@cletus2941]

don't they sell used panties in vending machines :)

[@firebythewater4477]

And I can find it on the internet. 😉

[@16andbraindead]

yea bro bukkake is wild

[@isunamitch]

@@firebythewater4477 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5eUZp2Bq8p1oqs

[@VF1Skullangel]

YESSSSS!!!! MORE VECTOR CONTENT!!!! YES!!!!!! I know of that Vector! its a very interesting story!

[@alecmets2011]

So the Sinaloa Cartel has a McLaren F1 and the Yakuza have a Vector. Let me guess… the Russian Mob are hiding a Toyota 2000GT somewhere?

[@sal5608]

Naw it's a low mileage Yugo😂

[@robertmontalvo597]

And the Somalian pirates have a TVR

[@austinmoore2721]

We know Ukraine has a brand new Bugatti , Zelenskyy just bought his wife one….

[@dyar22]

@@austinmoore2721 fake news

[@TheCyberMantis]

@@austinmoore2721 With money from Blackrock via the C👁A.

[@YippeeKiYayMrFalcon]

The "I directly" guy!!

[@jbearchief]

Appreciate his effort to make it an interesting story while translating it all in his head.

[@lukegrimes20]

What’s up with all the pics being blurred out?

[@bluelightningnz]

So Yakuza owning a Vector isn't just a minor point in the plot of Rising Sun?

[@firebythewater4477]

Wonder why they repainted it? Lol

[@TheCyberMantis]

Eddie Sakamura. He is a regular... meat and potatoes man. ( He's not into "squeeze the neck". )

[@MrRock-ww9uj]

What's a jacuzza

[@1104Tea]

I feel like there was a lot of rambling about unimportant info in this story. I appreciate detail but his quick pivoting into something else then pivoting back made some things hard to follow at times. Perhaps it was his accent that made it more difficult because I couldn't detect verbal ques as easily. I don't know. Nice story over all just a little weird trying to keep up with it.

[@ItsNick7R]

Yeah he‘s from Germany and I wondered how he got here to VINwiki because he and his brother do own a nice car shop with endless Countaches and so on so I guess they got many international customers. But yeah he is from Germany but I think he did more then well telling this story!

[@HotMetalVideos]

The image at 7:41 is not the same car. This is car 15 owned by @VectorW8015. The car the video is about is the ex Michael Lajtay car taken to Japan after Michael restored the vehicle. The car in the video is car 08. Key differences: Pearl orange flake in 08, and pearl blue flake in 15. Mirror air intakes in 15 and none in 08.

[@marshallfarthingproject4ag282]

Came here to say the same thing. Using Chassis 15 photos instead of 08

[@Ronnybue]

Didn't know there are two white ones ( or forgot about it because 015 is more famous)

[@joshuadoliveiro]

this genre of car stories and Ficcarra are the reasons why VinWiki goes HARD

[@bdjm8595]

Fantastic story, I remember as a kid the Vector would pop up in various car mags but no one was sure if they were actually in production !!

[@jeep2003]

Yes they made every kid want one. Then you find out they only made a handfull and there is no chance you will ever get one or even see one.

[@kellyscars]

David Kostka would like to have a word with you... Edit: Ed, you need David on here. He's got great vector stories!

[@HeHe_Official1]

he truly does.

[@jayrsr]

Let's find the only yellow Vector W8 of my uncle, this car used to be in California 15 years ago. Now i don't know where is it, i heard some people said it located in Asia and don't have more info. I hope the new owner keep it and maintain and drive it like my uncle did.

[@jjtoxik]

showing pictures is really effective when they are fully blurred out, just make an ai fake picture or something ffs.

[@mushiriderchannel9087]

Absolutely… like who decided, ya that’s good put up images then blurr them 🤔

[@22Epic]

@@mushiriderchannel9087 It was probably not blurred in the first version of the video, but the photos may have made someone angry 🤣🤣

[@iaian001]

Yes, wonder what happened

[@bicyclist2]

Vectors have mostly GM parts. Very suspicious that most of the photos are blurred out. Thank you.

[@Smilingpolitely553]

I love how these stories are always like "and so I positioned myself between the buyer and seller after someone else tipped me off about the car" " the owner is very difficult and will only talk to me even though we just met" " I just kept thinking it would be really cool to be part of this deal (and make a lot of money for doing almost nothing)"

[@Drgoldthumb]

The Jakuza Wector

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

Someone's gonna come knockin' to get their car back.

[@VincentVader]

Some videos need to be shorter. This is one of them.

[@FrodeAltink]

I disagree. The length of the story and video matched. The guy is German and does tell it a bit awkwardly. But that’s part of this story.

[@FNmono224]

Nah it’s good. You just got a short attention span for being on your phone too much. ☕️

[@user-rc3iu8hg8s]

Idk. I typically only watch certain people like Ed or Chris when it's a long video but I'll give everyone a chance.

[@mikicharlie9618]

Yeah story drifts a lot. Just stay on the topic. Story went went long they ran out of photos to show had to start again haha

[@mandukate]

Remember this Guy's Brain Software is set-up in German. Hes sharing his story & translating it to English, for us to enjoy.

[@Conway7]

Why make a video if your going to blur parts out?? Sorry this one gets a dislike

[@wheelstandr]

The Vector was my Dream Car when it came out my Sr. Year of high school. Especially because it was chevy powered. Glad to hear this story, and know that its existence is being recognized.

[@JohnnyAFG81]

Great video! Vector’s were so eclectic when I was a kid! That K-Car climate control module is unmistakable

[@ejkrakowiak6905]

Is this a Vector Victor?

[@billgoodwin8742]

Roger, Roger.

[@HeHe_Official1]

major major major major

[@FlyingSpur99]

What's the Clearance Clarence

[@Happymali10]

Why all the full-screen blurred images? Just edit those out.

[@firebythewater4477]

It's a normal Japanese thing. Blurring portions of imagery.

[@aaronaaronsen3360]

​@@firebythewater4477it should.have been pixelated then 😅

[@dougshaw2944]

love a Vector story

[@markk3453]

vector story sounds like a good movie plot lol. thanks for sharing

[@edwardtalbott1939]

What is with all the Blurred out panels

[@TheCyberMantis]

Yakuza.

[@petrolheads6328]

why are the pictures blurred out????

[@vladansretenovic1952]

Great story, always enjoying Moritz stories…

[@douglaspouliot637]

Yakuza Vector is an insane pairing of things.

[@bodibmf]

Why the blurry photos?

[@PaulaOwen-wk1rg]

Always entertained by your content, it's awesome!

[@billhooper85]

We need more vector videos pls. these are classic sports cars we don't hardly hear about anymore!!

[@corylee83]

Why put the pics in the video if you're just gonna blur them out later? Dumb.

[@tylertheotaku9270]

One of my dream cars - Vector W8 TT

[@tmilker]

When the thumbnail/title is more exciting than the video.

[@g.w.customcreations3534]

I dont reckon shouting about the previous owner's vocation is a grwat idea, given how easy such a rare car will be to trace. 😂

[@noahsexton612]

“Jakuza”

[@Foxbodyfx]

Great video Bud

[@williamparker2922]

May have missed it, but what happened to the original owner that put the car up for collateral, for the loan from the yakuza loan shark? Is he sleeping with the fishes?

[@hardwurkindaddy]

Cool story but I think you left the audio on repeat in places...lol

[@18spd4Life]

Wow KZbin is really clamping down what we’re allowed to see and hear, if I wanted a story without pics or blurry images I’d use kindle 🙄

[@etmccaus]

Two days old and you've redacted this already? Damn, the Yakuza works quickly...

[@rj.reliable]

Wonderful story and what a car 💯☄️😎 thanks all the way from London Uk

[@adamcameron4814]

Love the car but why show photos when you blur them out it defeats the purpose of the photos

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Sadly soon all gas cars will be forbidden!

[@Ledshot]

Why is there an influx of porn bots in your comments Ed?

[@EDV8ZR1]

I agree with you 100%

[@Bob_Smith19]

Is this your first time using KZbin? They are all over everyone’s channels.

[@VectorW8015]

Hi Ed, your going to need to contact me regarding this video.

[@drunkdenny]

Jacuzza😂🤣

[@mountainmandale1587]

I was fortunate enough to ride in one of the original Vectors. I was a stockbroker working for the company that brought them public. That would have been the spring of 1988.

[@HotMetalVideos]

A lot of missing information about the ownership period by Michael Lejtay.

[@jeremycairns6355]

I wouldn’t buy a match box car from this guy

[@x3mperformace]

That's a great story. 🙂 Great video, story told by a true passionate.

[@tony_25or6to4]

I lost $4k on Vector Aeromotive in the 90s. I bought and exercised options in the 80s when there were only prototypes. The right car at the wrong time, run by a genius engineer, but really bad businessman. One of his biggest asset is also his worst liability... he's a perfectionist.

[@lvthud]

So very true.

[@andywillis9701]

as much as i enjoyed the story, i have to say i think i had multiple strokes trying to follow what has been said in this 15 minute video. still, cool car, cool story, thanks for sharing!

[@rhinosaur77]

i had a poster and trapper keeper folder with a picture of these cars. i loved the design

[@olikat8]

Vector- looks cool, in operation? Seem very questionable...Andre Agassi has some stories!

[@alexander1485]

you know the story right? since of his fame/stardom, he wanted the car before it was complete so Vector let him have it but told him not to drive it for X amount of time (maybe a few days) cause the cooling system wasn't totally ready for the car, he takes a joyride at night and the car over heats and has problems and then he blames Vector for the car being shit. So...

[@briankearn6991]

He waited years for the car and it still wasn’t right.

[@kickrockstv991]

looks like a fiero, what kinda motor and drivetrain is it running

[@andrewdunbar828]

I didn't expect the worth condition either but the technique was pretty simple.

[@placasowuicho967]

Sounds like future legal issues. Best of luck to the new owner

[@gills.manjit6306]

After the long winded story imho, one question comes to mind or rather 2 /3😂. How much was the car bought, how much did you make- commission etc. And how much did the new owner spend to get it fixed by the specialist ?

[@guilhermehorta9285]

What’s the point of putting completely blurred pictures

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Most unbelievable part of the story, is that there's actually people willing to pay money for a Vector.

[@lvthud]

Most unbelievable part is that there are people who would not buy a Vector if they had the money.

[@hardcoreep]

Is that true? It's disrespectful to knock on a door in Japan? Wow.

[@juandenz2008]

It's not disrespectful to knock on the door if you are making a delivery or that kind of thing, but generally it is impolite to turn up to visit without making an appointment first.

[@Baruch-Hashem]

A beautiful car, great story.

[@Zillgian83]

Would love to hear the story, but it's just too exhausting.

[@samuelstambaugh5181]

As far as fire , just look what happened in Hawaii 🤨🇺🇸

[@Sean-John]

Thats a cool car never heard of it before. Another great story! 👍

[@codereddew1539]

what's with the blurred out sections?

[@djbrownies]

Why are there pixelated images 😅😂

[@MainelyW212]

Vector is the reason I love cars…. The cover of Road and Track Magazine with the Vector W12 on the cover was my first issue…

[@trappedinkalifornee]

I wonder it came with a golf shirt…..Jerry still owes me one. Guess I will never get it now….😟

[@nickmccallon8520]

That gas pump picture was in carmel

[@ApolloDenim69]

Only Zeventeen cars..Zeventeen 😂

[@tomkopp2115]

Great way to start the day with Moritz, thanks for all the great stories!

[@davew6637]

The commercials on youtube are terrible!

[@markst.germain9286]

My favorite car, very little content on it.

[@shitbox_diaries8689]

I can’t with this guy

[@bwofficial1776]

You can't what with this guy? You left out a word.

[@pojuh645]

A Yakuza is just a person like everyone else. Anything has onece been owned by anyone. They feel like they just got the popes personal car. There are many Yakuzas out there. Not only one or two.

[@jakefoden3036]

Am I the only one that feels like the audio is crazy low

[@nathansands71]

YAY VECTOR NOW I CAN CONTRIBUTE. ALSO MY VIRTU CANT RUN THE VINWIKI APP WTD

[@IraqVet0608]

Not the “yota” guy again!