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oldschool.co.nz; Nationals Video Index

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March 24, 2009
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OK, so it’s not feature week anymore but the Nationals are well enough in the past that the majority if not entirity of all videos taken have been processed and posted, so what I figured I would do is put them all in one place, using the embed YouTube feature so that they’re essentially thumb-nailed and easier to find whatever one it might be that you’re looking for.  Unfortunately, the fantastic video compilation from ‘Thousand Dollar Supercar’ is not on YouTube, but rather on Google Video/Picasa/Something else.  So I’ll just have to link to that one.

Coverage from ‘thegreatestben‘ showing X100 Chaser, Z30 Soarer, S13 SX, AE86 Corolla, Z10 Soarer, KE20 Corolla, MX5, KB110 Sunny, RA23 Celica & KP61 Starlet.

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Rare, Spotted, Blue-Breasted Prince

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March 24, 2009
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I wasn’t going to share this until I had found out more about it, but funds are extremely tight at the moment and as such I’m not sure when or if I’ll be able to do any investigating in the near or even not so near future.  Thanks to a lovely man named Eddie.  I received a PM via a UK based forum, http://www.oldjapanesecar.com/ which showed me a picture.  A picture that made me almost choke and die.  I made inquiries with Ed as to the relative date of said picture and was informed that it was a few months old at the most.  So…  “What is this wonderful picture?” I hear you ask.

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: Car Spotting

Classic Drifting

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March 23, 2009
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In reference to my previous post about wanting to see more Retro’s and Classic’s on the track, I thought I would share with you a YouTube video as proof that some older cars could most definitely mix it up with the new kids.  Although I by no means condone the place in which these shenanigans were performed, the focus is on the capabilities of the car to perform a task and perform it well which I think this video shows.

Classics. Do it.

Look, even the Americans try it…

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Potential Features

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March 23, 2009
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Well this weekend was pretty interesting.  The V8 utes were on down at Teretonga and I didn’t even attend to scout the carpark looking for worthy vehicles to photograph.  A shame I guess, but being I’ll be out there most of next weekend for another event, I’m not too worried about it all.   This coming weekend, for the first time the motorsport event of drifting is coming to the curves of Teretonga.  I know a few of the Christchurch people coming down and as a consequence I should have some fairly decent pictures to show of the event.  I know, I know, it’s not entirely retro or classic infact, very little of it is.  There might however be some retro natured cars there, so I’ll keep my eyes peeled for you all and for myself, obviously.  I’m actually really keen to see some more classics being used in the sport.  Sure, there’s the mainstay of E7 and E8 Corolla’s but it would be nice to see a bit of something else.  Maybe some well setup 70′s steel cruising the track.  All that aside, I was out in the weekend and across the room I saw a Magnum PI looking motherf*!ker.  I got his attention and proceeded to commend him on his casual 80′s styles.  He came over and we got to talking about cars.  It turns out, he owns this;

Isaacs Rat Rod

Isaac's Rat Rod

If it looks familiar to you, you may have already seen it thanks to RT’s photographs of the Rangiora MuscleCar Madness! show.  As it happens, Isaac and his old man are big classic car fans and have quite the collection.  With his old man importing cars from the states for sale over here, so currently details are being exchanged and I’ll shoot out to their abode some stage in the near future and feature the hell out of his awesome ‘rod.  So keep your eyes peeled, modified American steel coming to an RC entry near you.

-Michael

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OSFW – Europe & the rest

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March 20, 2009
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With the week closing up on me, I’m somewhat squeezed for time.  I doubt I’ll have the ability to make another post in the weekend but you never know, we’ll just assume that I won’t though and as such I’ll try and put a final minor selection of OS cars on here that fill the remaining areas not catered for in the American, Australian or Japanese posts.

This first one, is a little bitter sweet for me.  I’ve never liked the Vauxhall Chevette aesthetically, it does absolutely nothing for me.  A friend of my mother’s used to have one and I always found it horrid.  As such I never really had much to do with them.  Then… I came across this car;

1980 Vauxhall Chevette Wagon

1980 Vauxhall Chevette Wagon

I still have trouble liking the nose of the car but goddamn, it’s just such a freakin’ sweet ride.  If you could ever do a Chevette the right way.  This is it and not only does it look the part externally it’s been modified purposefully also.

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