I’ll let the photos do the explaining:
From this...
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!
With the latest addition I mentioned the other day, my new rear spoiler, I am left with only a replica 110GT-R grille to get. My modified standard grille makes do for the time being but as with the previous rear spoiler, the differences between the actual look and something “close” are quite large. Given I have all these bits (aside from the grille) I figured on the weekend just been that I would move the crap around in the garage and take a photo or two of my YAJ acquired parts coupled with the 14″ XR4′s and see what the overall look was, this was the heart warming result;
Body Part Accumulation, 90% Complete
Just getting to this point would have been impossible without the help of a few people so now is as good of a time as any to just say a quick thanks to my friend Richard, for his help in retrieving the Longchamps after I bought them from the other end of New Zealand via trademe.co.nz as well as constant support in the matter, Ewan (www.hayatonka.com) who was instrumental in the purchase of most of the Japanese Market parts I have for my C110, everyone else who has offered support and assistance. I’ll try to not let you down with the end result when I can finally get around to it. Then I guess I’ll have to do the same with the S21!
Never-ending.
-Michael
So, I finally got around to getting the replacement boot/ducktail spoiler for my C110 from Yahoo! Auctions Japan (cheers Ewan! (http://www.hayatonka.com/)), not long before finding out that I need to get a new job. Probably for the better in that who the hell knows when I would have been able to afford it if I didn’t dive right in when the Yen was at horrific 60 to a single NZD woes.
Here’s a quick preview of it on it’s own, taped in place for the time being.
Quack, Quack Quack.
The difference between the appropriate spoiler and the GMH Torana GTR-XU1 version that was on there, is IMMENSE. You’d not think it would be all that bad having a slightly different one on there but having now sat the proper one on, I can safely be disgusted by myself for keeping the other on there for so long.
More pictures in the coming days, including one or two of the rest of the FRP taped in place and the SSR Longchamp XR4′s on as well. It gives a decent glimpse of what will be the temporary “end” result (until the appropriate wheels are found and bought, not to mention the oodles of rust repair that still need done). Still, it’s nice to see things somewhat taking shape, provides good motivation to continue along the replica 110GT-R route.
Again, huge thanks goes out to Ewan @ Hayatonka for all his assistance in attaining these bits and bobs for me. Now, if I can get myself another job to be able to pay for the rust and engine work, I’ll finally be living with the copious amounts of awesome that a 110GT-R replica provides.
-Michael
You know you have problems when you start buying parts for a car you don’t have…
You heard me.
DR30, Pre-Surgery 3-slat
A parts 30 Coupe came up on TM the other day, I wanted the grill, Ed wanted the FPC and given the car was in Auckland it made a lot of sense for him to pick the grill up on my behalf, stoked about that, cheers Edwardo von Tekamen.
I’ve been eyeing up R30 Coupes for years, there’s usually at least one on trademe.co.nz at any given time. Currently there’s a nice KHR30 for sale in Palmerston North, unfortunately it’s a bit of a distance and I have no money to purchase at this point in time. There’s also a couple of genuine DR30′s but they’re not really my thing, I’d prefer the L-series to the FJ-series, basically comes down to 6 vs. 4 cylinders for me. There is a couple of coupes locally that I can enquire about again when I have some money to spend.
The important part is that when I do get one, I won’t have to put up with the ugly honeycomb or two slat type grill. Yuck.
-Michael
OK, so obviously I didn’t go out to the photo-shoot (as shown yesterday) without my own camera and now that the little tiny feature has come out I figure I might as well share the shots I took that afternoon;
Just like a 70's brochure, but... not.
More after the jump
