RWB Founder Akira Nakai Highlights His Favorite Porsches

Brazil’s Bufalos TV ventured all the way to Chiba in Tokyo to speak to Akira Nakai about his rare

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Brazil’s Bufalos TV ventured all the way to Chiba in Tokyo to speak to Akira Nakai about his rare Porsche collection. For those outside of the know, Nakai is the founder of RWB, a rare, Porsche-specific tuning shop in Japan. As the founder, of course Nakai knows his way around vintage cars from Porsche’s canon. Here, the master mechanic and designer walks viewers through an enthusiast’s dream, including a look at a stripped-down, wide-bodied 911. After activating the English subtitles via YouTube’s ‘captions’ function, enjoy the video above.

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