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Authors’ cars: Savanna banana retro audio

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September 11, 2010
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To keep the blog going while Michael recovers from the man-flu, here is a small spiel about my planned RX-7 retro audio installation. Overly ambitious? Perhaps, but by some small stroke of luck the vehicle happened to come with vintage Pioneer speakers already installed in the boot area (I’ve always been a sucker for Pioneer gear) so it makes the next few steps even more relevant.

These vintage TS-1200s go for around US$150 on the Japanese second hand market. Crazy.

with full tweeter angle adjustment (“Tilt Axial Two-Way”) these puppies are the epitome of 80s tech… and although 10W nominal power is nothing compared to the output of modern-day speakers, it doesn’t matter because I have a cunning plan:

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Retro video: Let’s go for a long drive…

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September 7, 2010
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The inimitable Paul Newman extols the virtues of caning a HR30 sedan across the beach.

Also, I want me some of those shades!

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Random retro snap: My dish is a bit much?

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September 1, 2010
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And to answer the unasked question: 3 degrees negative camber, thank you very much.

225/50R15 Toyo T1-R, on 15x8.0J -3 Work Ewing III

Though I must admit, it’s far from practical on the average New Zealand road.

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Authors’ cars: blowing the cobwebs out

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August 23, 2010
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This little kamera thing on my iph-phod is starting to come in useful!

First run of squid in 3 months; had to put in 95 out of an old jerry can I had lying around and didn’t want to rev it due to the oil pump making a horrendous whining noise. I’m pretty sure the pickup is blocked thanks to the dent in the sump, which is a common problem on FJ20s.

Especially ones that were super-lowdown configured in Japan, as squid was.

Nevertheless, the sump shall come off and then we will see exactly what’s going on. Onward and upward as they say!

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Random retro snap: Okayama Nostalgic Race

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August 20, 2010
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More information and a bunch of videos can be found here. Nothing quite like watching a field of done-up old classics duking it out.

TE27 leading the pack

also – if you ain’t got overfenders and a front lip kit, you are NOBODY!

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