How wide is too wide?

[Alfadog]

No, I haven't. I was just looking at your pictures on your website actually... do you suggest I should do this myself or get a professional to do it? Keeping in mind I've never done anything like this before.

Also, are there any tricks to cutting hte rear arches?

[HS30-H]

Originally posted by JMT240KGTR

This dude in Melbourne is pretty tough to negotiate with, and he has the original Nissan Moulds for them, which I what I originally had my old ones made from.

James

James,

Call me a cynical old git ( you'd probably be right! ) but are you sure that they are indeed the "original" Nissan moulds?

I'm always sceptical when I hear stories like this. In the case of the Overfenders used on the 110 GTR I can tell you that Nissan never made them in the first place, as they farmed the job out to their specialist FRP moulding sub-contractors.

Several years ago I was chasing up a set of moulds here in the UK that were *allegedly* the "original" Works rally door moulds ( the ones used to make the doors on the 1970 & 1971 240Z rally cars, before the regulations changed and they were forced to use steel ones again ). I was told no end of times that they were the real thing. To cut a long story short, they turned out to be a set of moulds that were made ( very roughly! ) in the UK from a pair of stock steel doors, and they even had the moulding shop's name on them. So much for them being the "real thing".......

There's always the chance that the moulds this guy has COULD indeed be the real thing, but I'm at a loss to think how and why they could have ended up in Australia when you'd think that they would really be more useful in Japan.

Cynical old git signing off......:classic:

Alan T.

[JMT240KGTR]

AlanT,

I wouldn't blame you for being cynical, after all it's true when you hear stories like this you tend to think twice about their validity.

As far as I know, the guy (Rob) went to Japan back in the early '80's and apparently bought these moulds that Nissan used for the C110 series. From what I understand he paid a mint for these and was disappointed on return to Australia the demand wasn't there for them.

Only two sets have been produced from his moulds before I had mine made. I haven't seen the moulds myself, but his story sounds OK; I guess I'm not really in a position to determine whether these are genuine or not, I'm not sure what ID to look for besides Nissan!

Any idea if they are Genuine Nissan what markings/codes I should look for?

Cheers, James:

[Alfadog]

Originally posted by JMT240KGTR

As far as I know, the guy (Rob) went to Japan back in the early '80's and apparently bought these moulds that Nissan used for the C110 series. From what I understand he paid a mint for these and was disappointed on return to Australia the demand wasn't there for them.

Oh, I understood that when you said original flare moulds these moulds were made from original GT-R flares, not actually moulds bought from "Nissan", or whomever owned them.

I find it hard to believe someone would go to Japan, buy moulds (for a mint) for flares for a car which was never sold in Australia, and then be disappointed to return and find out no one wants them??? Sounds strange, but then stranger things have happened. I'll tell you what though, if I had those moulds I'd be negotiating with buyers in Japan........