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.

December 30th, 2009 | Category: Car Spotting, Random Retro Snap | Comments (1)

Back at work again… what’s all this talk about an xmas break? Anyway, I’ve been perusing the Google Books service a bit lately and there are all sorts of interesting magazines and articles from all eras to be found (a lot of them for free), including this nice little piece titled Japanese Micro-Mini Cars from [...]

December 29th, 2009 | Category: Automotive Documentation, Automotive History | Leave a comment

December 28th, 2009 | Category: Authors Cars, Random Retro Snap | Leave a comment

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 [...]

December 23rd, 2009 | Category: Authors Cars, Car Spotting, Random Retro Snap | Comments (3)

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.  [...]

December 22nd, 2009 | Category: Car Spotting, Feature Car | Comments (3)

I’ve lost count of the times I have been asked whether a particular wedge Skyline is an R30 or an R31.  Even amongst so-called Skyline “obsessives” there’s a lacking in ability to tell the difference.  So rather than having to explain it time and time again, I figured that I would take a moment to [...]

December 21st, 2009 | Category: Automotive Documentation, Automotive History | Comments (3)

You tell me. Because whoever he is, he owes me $20 for these mirrors I just picked up (via hayatonka.com). All claims shall be made to orion at tx3nz dot com. p.s. Apologies for the lack of updates recently… I should really write something about my recent roadtrip to Wellington. Here is a photo to [...]

December 16th, 2009 | Category: YAJ - Yahoo! Auctions Japan, http://www.hayatonka.com/ | Comments (1)

Whilst scanning RR for another entry entirely, I stumbled upon this project which (for reasons beyond my comprehension) I had somehow missed previously as it has been about since August!  I was in awe from the get go and I figured I simply had to make an entry about it or I would be failing [...]

December 15th, 2009 | Category: External Projects, Inspiration | Comments (1)

So having left a lot of the rear quarter to go, on Friday afternoon after I had finished work for the day I shot home and due to the weather was resigned to wire brushing in the garage, which is annoying only for the fact that due to the previous “work” done on the C110, [...]

December 14th, 2009 | Category: 110-Project, Authors Cars, Automotive Maintenance | Comments (6)