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Would you…

January 9, 2010

This Trademe listing gave me a bit of a chuckle over my morning coffee. Notably, the part where it says

WILL SWAP FOR EVO OR DR30 SKYLINE, NOTHING ELSE

I think owners of “oldschool” cars should stop taking the piss.

anyway it’s back to Wellington this weekend, to drop a JZX100 Tourer V off to a friend of mine (they call me the transporter, ha). In a way I’m glad, as any more time spent with this car and I might learn to love it and all its modern conveniences. Not to mention 1JZ-GTE powah… although in stock form it feels no quicker than squid. But to be fair the Chaser’s around 300kg heavier, and squid has a couple of mods. Either way, a 4-door cruiser is a nice thing to have.

Folks on another forum are trying to convince me to write a review about the JZX100, so I may link to it from here once I’m done… stay tuned!

going to wellington, brb

: Car Spotting, Cars for Sale

Decrepit Cedric

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December 30, 2009

by kyteler

Summer driving through the country-side always yields some interesting results, such as this 330-series Datsun 260C laying in what looks like it’s final resting place.

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: Car Spotting, Random Retro Snap

2600cc

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December 23, 2009

by kyteler

I had a brief visit from a few friends this morning and so decided with the small amount of time available we’d shoot down the road quickly and take a few photos of our cars together. The commonality being they’re all Inline-6, 2600cc, manufactured by Nissan. Ignore their lacking in retro or classic this time around.

BNR32, H230, BNR32

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: Authors Cars, Car Spotting, Random Retro Snap

VW Type 3 Fastback

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December 22, 2009

by kyteler

You may recall a little while back I spotted a Type3 Fasty parked not far from my work and snapped a quick shot of it. After it was posted I received a comment from Isaac, the owner of a Rat Rod, informing me of who it belonged to and where I could find the owner. In the subsequent weeks I stumbled upon the owner (Tim) one morning before I started and we got to talking about it and other things, at that point in time I had a new camera coming and I asked whether he would mind if, once my camera had arrived, I took some photos of his car. His answer was a positive one and he informed me of where is sat during the day so I could just roll on up and grab some shots where it sat. Yesterday evening I did just that and here are the resulting photos;

Authorised Vehicles Only.

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: Car Spotting, Feature Car

Teretonga Race Meeting

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December 7, 2009

by kyteler

Last weekend was the last Teretonga session of the year though obviously only one of the first of the summer racing season. I skipped out there for an hour or so to catch up with some people as well as take a few snaps. The results of which are as follows;