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NZ Outlaws Stretch

March 24, 2010

So, the latest little ramblings and whispers over the last few months seemed to indicate that there was legislation en-route that would stab right to the heart of those that love stretching their rubber (oh mai!).   Well, this is the document that’s doing the rounds at the moment and it most certainly puts pay to anyone who thought they could get certification/legalise their slim rubber on wide wheels.   I would imagine that New Zealand may well be the first country to kill a trend that has foundings in everything from European to Japanese, to Lowrider culture.

It will be interesting to see how things pan out.  Though I have a feeling that the ink hitting the paper already means a repeal is unlikely.

-Michael

American Steel in Japan, it must look a monster on the roads compared to the Japanese cars of the era.

-Michael

Doing a bit of browsing this afternoon I stumbled across this painting place in Osaka, Japan.  They have a blog that shows some of their skills off as well as photographs from shows and the like, I would suggest you check it out.  Even if you can’t read Japanese, clicking the links is pretty simple stuff.

Blog; http://blog.paintartfab.com/

Website; http://paintartfab.com/

-Michael

Retro RC

March 19, 2010

RC standing for Radio-Controlled, in this instance.  Many Japanese classic enthusiasts will have come across the ABCHobby range of RC Shells.  Well, it seems that HPI is joining the game and providing some scale classics shells of their own.

You can scope them out in more detail by clicking the picture, and if you’re unfamiliar with the ABCHobby gear, you can check them out here;

http://www.abchobby.com/

-Michael

The best stuff always seems to pop up when you’ve got no way of getting it.  Example, these two auctions finish tonight and are the EXACT wheels I’m after for the C110.

RS-Watanabe Type-R 16x8.5" -6 offset

RS-Watanabe Type-R 16x9.5" -19 offset

Ahh well.  One day…

-Michael