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110-Project; Clearance Check

March 8, 2010

So after getting the gasket set earlier that day, I was motivated to at least do something on the 110. That thing was slapping the Leopard L28 into the engine bay so I could check clearances for the headers. Being they were from a Z, it’s a known issue for them to foul on at least something when they make their way into a C110 chassis. So, in the engine went. Resulting in this;

Wheels Straight

Getting pretty close with everything straight, which didn’t bode well for when the wheels turn to the right, and sure enough…

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110-Project; One Last Gift

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March 8, 2010

by kyteler

So, I finished paying for the two engines I got from the guy I bought the H230 on Friday past, I then got a call in the weekend from the chap saying he had one more thing to give me that he found when he was cleaning out the garage;

Genuine Nissan Part - A Gasket Engine?

Obviously it’s a gasket set, sweet. I have some head-gaskets and manifold gaskets but the more spares the better, right? However, this package isn’t just the headgasket, oh no… it’s much much (more…)

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Mercedes Stout? .. Wait.. Whut?!

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March 5, 2010

by kyteler

Got weird?

It’s for sale even. Listed under “Toyota Stout” … Check it out for yourself!

http://www.goo-net.com/usedcar/spread/goo/18/905010022509050861965.html

-Michael

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Not Good Enough?

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March 5, 2010

by kyteler

Recently SpeedHunters.com put out a request for people to e-mail in pictures of their Skylines for a “Skyline Week” they were doing, March 1 thru 6. (March being the 3rd Month, eg. 3-1 (R31), 3-2 (R32), etc.) There was a comment made in the post that if you were fortunate enough to own a classic Skyline, you were welcome to send through a picture of that too and that would be posted on the day of the R31. I figured, hell, I wonder if they’d bother posting mine up. So I threw together an email and fired it off. The days went by, no reply, but I figured that normal given the amount of mail they likely receive. I informed Ed (Orion) of the request for Reader’s Cars too and he also decided to fire an email off. So we waited. Then, the first came and went, being America is a day behind us, it wasn’t until the next that the March 1st offerings were posted. Good news! Ed’s two DR30′s made it in. My S21 and C110 however, did not. I can’t help but wonder whether it was because when I sent my email I linked to my site in it and a post on the front-page at that time was this one, http://blog.retro-classics.co.nz/?p=2966

Perhaps they took offence or perhaps my e-mail just got lost in the sea of e-mails. However seeing as they didn’t post them up, I might as well even though you chaps are likely to have seen it all before.