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2006 Vero Vintage Car Rally, Pt. IV

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July 22, 2009
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Part IV of this brings it to an end, this final day involved the majority of the cars being parked in some sports grounds for the public to oggle at.  It was a good day, sadly I didn’t have the time to take photos of everything that was there but I did take as many as I could in the time I had.  I think there’s a pretty decent selection to have a squiz at.  One of my favourite, if not my favourite of the whole she-bang, I didn’t stumble upon until the show/display and that was this car…

1935 Aubern Speedster

1935 Auburn Speedster

The information on carjam.co.nz would indicate that this is in fact a Custom-built, so it’s either a replica or there was some strange dealings done in getting it onto the road.  Whatever the case, be it replica or not, it’s an amazing machine.  What’s not to like?  It’s a truly amazing machine, the whole sculpted body is just craftsmanship perfected, I’d own one in a heartbeat if I could, here’s some more shots and some of what else was on display including the link to the flickr Gallery with 95 images… (more…)

: Automotive History, Car Spotting, Events, External Projects, Random Retro Snap

2006 Datsun SFOS Meeting

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July 21, 2009
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WAAAAAAY back in 2006 (okay, so it’s not that long ago) was the last Festival of Speed meeting that I attended, I didn’t take my C110 as it had recently been involved in a crash that left it off the road for several months (mostly due to the massive delay of the Insurance side of things) so I ended up attending in my brother’s 240Z just as a regular passenger and bystander type of person.

Line-up to enter the display

Line-up to enter the display

For reasons unknown, I have no photographs of the voyage up though I did take a few of the display, yet none of the antics.  So I present to you the following photos, taken on the old Agfa camera, they’re not fantastic in quality but they are better than nothing.  We were so pleased with the size of our display, as were the organisers of the event who couldn’t believe we’d got together than many cars just to come to their meeting.

Though the display is not as diverse as it could have been if many more member’s could make the day and there are a million 510′s, it’s still an impressive collection of roadworthy cars.

Display mostly setup

Display mostly setup

Some sort of Australian car display was opposite. Insignificant by comparison.

Some sort of Australian car display was opposite. Insignificant by comparison.

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Retro-Rides, Home of the Amazing

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July 1, 2009
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In an attempt to bring another shade of things outside the Japanese spectrum, I found myself wandering over to where else but the mighty RR, safe in the knowledge that there was bound to be at least a dozen items that would catch my eye. Of course, I was correct. I shall now share with you a select few things that I thought were pretty damn special, starting with this;

1940s Diamond T-truck w. 40ft Trailer on the ¼ Mile

1940's Diamond T-truck w. 40ft Trailer on the ¼ Mile

That’s right, a truck & trailer running on the strip.  Not only is it epically cool just at that but the trailer unit is a portable American Diner!  …and the time it ran?  27seconds!   Sadly in my brief Google about it, I could find no more info, if you want to see the thread about it on RR, you can click this.

Another that almost instantly caught my eye was this… (more…)

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Skyline History, Part 8.

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June 16, 2009
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Continued from “Skyline History, Part 7.“

With the C110 having drawn to a close and the oil crisis putting an end to the more performance oriented Skyline’s, where was the range to go?  Well it would just continue it’s trend as it had done in previous years and in 1977 the 5th Generation, C210 was released.

1977.8 Nissan Skyline Hardtop 2000GT (KHGC210)

1977.8 Nissan Skyline Hardtop 2000GT (KHGC210)

Although the lineup did not include a GT-R, it still used the same formula as the previous generation, with sedan’s, coupe’s & wagons with a variety of engines all as part of the mix.  The approach to the 80′s was evident in the styling of the 5th Gen cars, the curvy lines of the 70′s had been replaced by angular, sharpened edges, the unmistakable Skyline look was still there though with the square cut over the rear arch and in domestic models, the signature round rear lamps.

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: Automotive History, External Projects, Retro Videos

British V8 – or not?

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June 12, 2009
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Alex shared this website with me a few weeks back, not really his thing he didn’t feel compelled to make a blog entry about it, I however thought it would be ideal to do so.  Despite the title, it’s essentially a site dedicated to conversion in British cars, be they 4, 6 or 8 or otherwise (there’s bound to be a rotary conversion on there somewhere, surely)  This first one I’ll show you is the one that caught my attention up front, especially being that when you think conversion into an MG or some such, you tend to think Rover V8.  Not this car though, this is a whole different tack that likely offends a lot of the MG faithful.

1962 MGA MkII

1962 MGA MkII

Externally, it appears as any other MGA, even if you take a closer look around it, you’d think that.  It’s not until you see what’s under the bonnet that you realise it isn’t your average MGA (more…)

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