Right… here all those Japmeat photos are, then: flickr album
Kumeu pics will follow in a day or two once I get around to sorting and uploading those. It never ends!
What sort of insane masochist would own a DR30 anyway?
sweet B210, with lazy-eyed Z31 in background
moby dick, is that you?
Yeah yeah, I know what you guys been thinking the last few weeks: “Where the hell the Jap meet and Kumeu photos at?”
Michael actually hit me up about ‘em the other day, and my excuse was that they were on another memory card which I didn’t currently have access to at the time.
well fret no longer – I have now acquired said memory card, and will start going through the photos tonight. Expect to see ‘em on the RC (or my own personal) flickr in a day or two.
Thatsun!
Whilst I was talking to Tim the other day (owner of the Rat Type3) he told me of a recent purchase, that being the title mentioned ’58 Beetle, a week or so later he came into my work again and informed me that he’d brought the car to work and I should go check it out when I finished, so I did exactly that. This is the sight that greeted me, a pleasant one indeed;
So clean
One of the best things about Tim’s cars and indeed classics in general is that they’re such a contrast against the modern fodder that shares the parking areas and streets. They demand and deserve attention. Despite the dramatic differences between the Rat Type3 and the Mint Beetle, they achieve the same task. The Beetle is just so damn clean it’s ridiculous, as you can see…
This weekend saw more work on the 110, (oddly enough, it’s my obsession at the moment and I think it has to be exactly that in order for it to get a wriggle on). First up, after taking the advice from Craig (Vegie) in his comments and using Turpentine to remove the sound deadening residue and thus completing the passenger side, it was onto the driver’s side. Which was completed in two simple steps.
Before
All well and good that the ’80s Jap trend is starting to take off… but are dealers taking the piss?
it's red, like a fire engine.
$13,000 for an automatic HR31 GTS-X with 150,000 clicks. Also the vehicle “has not been tampered with” and yet it’s sporting a flash new “Philips Bluetooth” audio system… go figure. I should go down there in the KDR30 and ask to take it for a test drive – who knows, they might offer me $2000 minimum trade on the HR31!
this yard could learn a thing or two from this listing (been on trademe for close to 2 years with no takers) or this one (been on trademe for 18 months and is now being offered for $1 reserve) – namely, you can’t just bring anything in and list it for an exorbitant amount; most enthusiasts and/or anyone specifically looking to buy should have already done their research and have slightly more sense than that (ain’t Goo-net a wonderful thing?)
