Following on from the OS Giken FJ24 post from the other day I did a bit more snooping around on YAJ to see if there was any other FJ20-related stuff worth buying.

And man, was there ever!

These items cost money.

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RR09

August 20, 2009

It’s been and gone and from all accounts was as successful as you would expect and that is, entirely so!  There’s many galleries to be seen and stories to be read, I’ll let you do all that on the RR site though.  I thought I’d share just a few of my favourite pictures seen thus far;

Caution;  This post is quite large.  Broadband or lots of waiting time may well be required after the clicking of (more…)

…when seeing this makes you happy;

The fender hides the truth.

The fender hides the truth.

Not quite as well off but not horrible

Not quite as well off but not horrible

It’s a 36 year old Nissan.  It could have been a LOT worse!

-Michael

OS GIKEN Kit Mania! FJ24

August 19, 2009

must say, I’m pretty damn tempted. But further inspection reveals it doesn’t come with any 2.4l-specific conrods, and one set of piston rings is missing. Though I suppose I could use regular FJ20 ‘rods – the seller claims his standard rods worked fine…

Might not be the best value for ¥298,000 (NZ$4665), although the crank itself is probably worth moonbeams.

whadaya think?

Guess that Car

August 18, 2009

Go on then, guess;

Do you know?  I didnt

Do you know? I didn't

Click the image to see it larger if you think that it helps.  All answers on a postcard to ; retro-classics (ie. leave a comment)

You’ve got a day or until someone guesses/knows it, whichever comes first.  The prize is a dollar that I will present to you should we ever meet.