By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Tokyo Auto Salon often brings out stuff that makes SEMA seem tame. So how about an Eleanor based on a fourth generation Toyota Supra? The students from Saitama University’s automotive course who built this named it “Moto Supra.” More pics after the jump! Via Car Scoop

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A dealer near our offices invited me to have a go in an Eleanor Mustang. It’s pretty sweet even if it is not a real GT500! Not so sure about all the Gone in 60 Seconds badges and the £130,000 price tag, but it’s seriously good fun! Unfortunately, the car was about to head to ‘Top Gear Live’ so I had to be really, really careful!

You might remember my buddy John from the radar/laser diffuser install he did on a Veyron a while back. Well this week he got to work on one of the Eleanors used in the movie Gone in 60 Seconds. He installed a GPS tracking system with remote starter lock-out, alarm, glass break sensors and "some other security functions I will not mention." John, who is used to working on some nice stuff, was pretty impressed with the car:

When looking at cars, one always finds some kind of flaw with any vehicle, somewhere, somehow, but in all honesty, I could not find even one smudge on this car, and the quality and craftsmanship was just about the best I’ve ever seen. I guess it should be since the price was just shy of a half million bucks.

Was I nervous working on this car? No, not at all. We have worked on tons of very expensive rides, and it’s just another day at the office. But it really is a treat to work not only on one of the coolest muscle cars ever built, but one that Nicolas Cage actually drove in the movie.

Be sure to check out his ’67 Cuda ride page for all the pics and a full write up!