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80′s Hot Hatch!

February 2, 2009

From looking and getting around in the last few years, you would think it was only the bad parts of the 80′s that had come back to visit us (one hopes temporarily) things like mullets and clothing infested with horrible patterns of a fluorescent nature.  The return of these alone is enough to make one want to kill themself or at least those who perpetuated this fashion nonsense.  It’s only recently that the only important part of the 80′s, the start of the turbo trend in vehicles and hilarious digitised “space-aged” dashboards has become popular again with the masses.

Of course, as with all things there’s those that appreciated and took care of these cars right from the offset.  Once such person is Ed.  Some of you might know Ed or recognize the nickname from his numberplate.  Ed is a key part of retro-classics, his dedication and love of cars was all part of the same passion that aided in retro-classics coming from a concept to a reality.  His devotion (perhaps addiction is a better word) to cars from the 80′s has lead to him having an impressive and ever growing stable of 100% awesome.   The focus of this entry however is probably his largest and longest automotive addiction, that to the Ford Laser.

1985 Ford Laser TX3 4WD Turbo (BFMRF)

1985 Ford Laser TX3 4WD Turbo (BFMRF)

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More RC & EP Wallpapers

February 1, 2009

This time I asked ElPieso for some larger shots from the “Wheels on the Waterfront” shoot, a particular few had caught my eye that I thought would make for some pretty impressive wallpapers.

retro-classics & elpieso wallpaper, number 2

retro-classics & elpieso wallpaper, number 2

Again they’re in 1600×1200, to download them just follow these simple instructions;

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JCCA Coverage

January 30, 2009

OK, so we don’t have any but I’ve been stumbling all over the web across awesome coverage and thought I’d provide a few links for you peoples.

If you’re unaware, JCCA stands for Japanese Classic Car Association.  So there’s things about at these meetings from all over the globe and not just Japan.

My favourite coverage so far is from noriyaro.com

Lotus Europa

Lotus Europa

I love the way which he’s photographed most the cars, seems to be more atomosphere to his shots thant he others I’ve seen.  Perhaps due to the lateness in his getting there and the time of day the shots were taken, regardless they’re good work.  You can view the two entries on his blog here;

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Amazing 260C

January 29, 2009

If you ever wanted to get yourself an export version of the Nissan Cedric (in this instance Datsun 260C) I think you’d be hard pressed to find yourself anything even vaguely better than this one that is on trademe.co.nz right now;

Immaculate

Immaculate

It’s cars like this that make me wish I had a job that paid a lot more so I would actually be able to save a few pennies here and there.  Fantastic car.  If you’re in the market for one make it this one, I doubt you’d ever regret it.

Click the “More” to see the rest of the pictures

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Rangiora MuscleCar Madness!

January 28, 2009

MADNESS!

With much thanks to Jon from RetroTech (RT on oldschool.co.nz) retro-classics is able to bring you some photographic coverage of the recent Muscle Car Madness show in Rangiora, it looks like it was a fairly decent day out with a fair bit on offer.  Such as the following;

Jons own car, HiPo V8 Capri

Jon's own car, HiPo V8 Capri

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