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Event: RR invitational trackday

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August 10, 2010
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This guy clearly needs a haircut.

Once again Taupo put on some magnificent weather for the RR invitational trackday this past Saturday… (cue Tui ad). OS regulars Philip Weston LMVD, Tomstament and myself were fortunate enough to attend, with Phil the only one willing to brave the elements and partake in a full day of unintentional D1s around the extremely wet track (resulting in Lard developing a BHG later that afternoon… bugger!). One of my mate’s mates even showed up in an Alfa 75 TS which he proceeded to give absolute death, resulting in the diff eventually welding itself together.

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Random retro snap: The Tuck

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July 26, 2010
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Simple yet evocative.

Ken, Mary and the Holy Ghost?

But wait, there’s more!

Hatosan KenMeri Body on Yahoo! Photos Japan »

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Random retro snap: Smooth Rotary Power

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July 20, 2010
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The savanna banana is finally road legal after nearly two years of delays and frustration. I guess being patient really did pay off, as experiencing the refined performance of the 12A “Impact Turbo” never fails to put a massive grin on my face.

now I know why people constantly rave on about the incredible sorcery that is the Wankel engine!

Savanna RX-7 Onehunga '10 (by decypher the code)

Rotary Turbo

Complete writeup forthcoming, or if you don’t want to wait check out the project thread here:

1985 Savanna RX-7 turbo project thread on oldschool.co.nz »

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Ho Lee Fark, I wants this Starion

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July 14, 2010
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Came across this freakin’ awesome piece o’ kit while doing the daily Yahoo Used Car trawl… I’ll let this plaque do the talking.

Specially Tuned by Special Engine Maker!

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KDR30 progress: meshies off, telephones on

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June 28, 2010
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I’ll let the photos do the explaining:

kdr30 industrial '10 (wide) (by decypher the code)

From this...

kdr30 telephone rims (by decypher the code)

to this.

One step closer to fitting the Watanabes, although I’m strangely enamored by the standard DR30 “telephone” wheels that I could almost be tempted to leave them on the car. The only thing stopping me from doing so is the fact that all four tyres happen to be different brands (and not to mention completely rubbish).

As it stands, they’ll do the trick as temporary get around rims… for now!

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