Mike
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By the way, you can add the AT symbol (@) and it will tag a member in a conversation. If you do this, the system will send them an announcement. -
I want to know what's happened to @Kyle, @go z racer, go, @hls30.com, @beandip, @2ManyZs, @billcapp, @Ken, @SoCalZ, @ron carter, @byunique, @kmack, @Mr Camouflage, @Victor Laury, @Gav240z, @Z-point, @zfreak72, @mmagnus, @V8-240Z, @hmsports, @zztom, @Saint, @mperdue, @JLPurcell, Thomas Bond, etc etc etc... Sorry about the list, if you are or not on it... I just went through a lot of the early registrations since we moved to the very old site back in 1999. I was also trying to remember some of the very active people back in the day ~10-15 years ago. I know that Victor Laury is good, so is hls30.com. I also heard from billcapp tonight. Jerry Lynn did some excellent artwork for us, and Thomas Bond did our logo. All of these gents are MIA... hopefully they get the email from the tags I put in above and let us know they are OK. Mike
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Guys I split the new topics about others to a new thread in order to preserve this thread for Enrique.. Here's a link to the new topic.
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I have exchanged emails with him and will send another tonight to check in. Not sure where Phillip went. Bryan and I were going to check in to see if all is ok with him. Yea, Carl's passing was sudden as well, wow has it really been nearly 10 years? Yikes. He was also a very active member.
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Yea, I would love to do this with my son.
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Also keep in mind the exchange rate will fluctuate. The USD is pretty strong right now. @HLS30 have you seen this? I know you may still have some contacts in Japan.
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Ok, I did some translation using my phone and Google Translate. It's a bit of work to translate the whole site, but, I'll see what I can do. I did find an order page. The model looks like a subscription-type program. You will receive a weekly delivery consisting of a magazine and a few parts. Each delivery is 1,790 yen which is about $15.15 USD. From what I can tell so far, they have 100 deliveries. I could be wrong, but, will have to look at this more later on (some issues may be less expensive like it says for issue #1). If there are 100 deliveries, it would put the total cost just over $1,500.
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The video is a link from Youtube, so, I wouldn't expect a military system to block it. But, who knows. As far as translation, it might be more difficult than I thought because the website is compromised mostly of images. I just put it through my translator and it didn't do much.
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I stumbled across this very cool scale model kit of the fairlady Z in 1/8 scale. The website is in Japanese but there should be a way to translate using online tools. The kit looks fairly detailed and from what I can tell, also comes with magazines and a lot of great photographs. I'll do some more digging but feel free to add your findings below. I'd especially like to hear from any of our Japanese reading/speaking friends. Here's a link to the website in case you missed it in the video: http://www.fairladyz-collection.jp/
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Testing again.. using quickreply. I can see the embed show up automatically above. Now I am going to click the submit reply button.
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Some great images from this wonderful car photographer!
From the album: Diego Perri
© Diego Perri
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Whether you’re a long-time enthusiast or have never seen a historic racing car in action before, you’ll find plenty to entertain you at the Donington Historic Festival. After five very successful years the event is firmly established as a major fixture on the international historic racing calendar, attracting many thousands of spectators, hundreds of world-class historic racing cars and huge numbers of classic car club displays. Event Information: http://www.doningtonhistoric.com/the-event/ Meet the Samuri Z club at the event! Information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/409707602560742/
Brock Racing Enterprises Announces BRE Reunion & Datsun Car Show Be sure to mark your calendars and plan to attend! Febrary 20, 2016 At The Newly Remodeled Petersen Automotive Museum 606 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036 Spend the morning with the BRE Team in two separate events! This is it! It is actually happening! All The guys together at one time! Mark your calendars for this Historic Datsun Event! February 20, 2016 at the Petersen Automotive Museum It’s the BRE Reunion and Datsun Car Show! Your Datsuns will be judge for Best in Class, Awards will be handed out by the BRE Team members! Then it’s time to go inside for the Official BRE Reunion. Log onto www.nostalgicdatsun.com or you can see the flyer here: http://the-chaplain.com/bre-reunion Visit the BRE Event page here: https://ww04.elbowspace.com/secure/20141125105225142432
Some interesting information I came across about this subject. Interesting reads none the less. http://news.outdoortechnology.com/2015/03/24/winter-driving-what-are-they-putting-on-our-roads/ chemmatters-feb2006-salting-roads.pdf
Yep, here on the west they also use sand. They've been talking about spray chemicals but the environmentalists are all over their asses about it. I agree that salt makes the ice older, but it does melt. The thing I don't understand is why they continue using something that literally acts like acid on everything it touches. Have you ever seen how salt eats away at concrete ? We use it on sidewalks here and I can literally see pits and cracks caused by the stuff. I wonder if there has ever been a class action lawsuit against the highway dept from car owners. It's horrible on cars.
And, this is what causes your floor pans to rust.
Here's a video tour of this car:
Ha! Yea doing a build like this isn't likely to bring in a profit. The only real way to bring in a profit is to restore a car to exact stock specifications.
I realize this is an old thread. But, it looks like high bid ended at 43k. Anyone know if this was the winning bid? If you've ever done a full restoration, you'll agree that 30k isn't hard to accomplish. When other people do the work, there are a lot of labor costs involved. Considering all the specialty items on this car, 43k might be realistic.
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