zeki has updated his Minkara blog with more choice DR30/general OS Nissan meet photos from this weekend just been. Sometimes I wish that sort of thing happened here – but I guess that’s what the annual Auckland classic Jap meets are all about. (fake edit: Also some photos from the same event by SKYHAND, here)
take off every Zig, for great justice!
in front of the iconic Fuji Speedway entrance gates. I hope to journey there myself next year
You’ll like these tidy and entirely slammed Volkwagens; Check them out on fenstudios.com;
They’re also up on his flickr.com account which is linked to in the above fenstudios link, so check them out as well as the rest of the guy’s photography. It’s not too shabby!
I did nothing to my cars on the weekend, which I’m almost shamed by were it not for the fact that it was bitterly cold. I would have to allow the throwing of rotten produce in my direction.
Anyway, on to things of an automotive nature. I got given the link to this by El Pieso last week. It’s a flickr album of a chap with some wicked Automotive photography, Check out a few samples;
Some of you who have been reading this for a while may remember this post way back when that showed the horrible and disheartening story of an American chaps attempt to buy his dream car. A General Lee replica Charger.
Although the digging and discovery taking place in my ’73 Skyline Hardtop isn’t quite to the same scale (so far, fingers crossed) that the Doom of Hazzard was I still sympathise with the man, how could you not? Anyone who is into cars especially that of a classic or retro nature, knows the dramas involved with buying what is always a second-hand vehicle and the horrors you can find yourself in.
So it is a joy to see the completion of the mammoth task of fixing a million mistakes and I think all should take a good look through the entire thread (200 pages at current count), even if just as a warning of what you could expect. Alternatively, you could watch this summarized 6minute video on YouTube;
Huge commendation goes out to the shop involved in the restoration, the task of remedying BK Autos failures was by no means a simple one, also to the owner himself, the perseverance is commendable in and of itself. Fantastic to see it complete, I’m sure you’ll agree.
You can check out the thread, read the drama from start to finish, here;
I think I’m starting to get the hang of navigating around the Minkara carblogs – there are plenty of albums tucked away inside user profiles with sweet rides contained within. Observe thusly:
