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Feb 18, 2012 11:22:45 GMT
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My flatmate and I have picked up a nice little addition to our retro ride collection.After both of us searching for about 4 years, we came across a rarity in the Japanese nostalgic world. After seeing one in the junkyard long ago, we vowed that one of us would get one of these. So imagine my surprise when one popped up for sale. Instead of fighting over who got to buy it, we went halves. This is such an amazing design. Up until I came across it on craigslist, I had never seen one outside of two I had seen in the junkyard. So may I introduce GunMachine's newest project, one of the few surviving S10 200SX/Silvias. The Z is my daily by the way.     |
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Neil
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Feb 18, 2012 11:30:56 GMT
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WOW! Never knew such a car existed. Awesome.
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Clement
Europe
ambitious but rubbish
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Feb 18, 2012 13:03:45 GMT
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Bookmarked! I'm not sure they were sold in France but if they are rare in California, non would have survived here... Congrats  |
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Feb 18, 2012 14:36:03 GMT
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Holy Cow Mavis!!!!!
What a design, what lines, love the sweep up after the doors.
As mentioned, never knew, and would be happy seeing that in a cartoon.
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 174
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1977 Datsun 200SXstealthstylz
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Feb 18, 2012 14:42:22 GMT
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Holy curse word that's one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen but such an awesome period design. I love it.
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Feb 18, 2012 14:48:27 GMT
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Holy curse word that's one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen but such an awesome period design. I love it. ^^^ This. Cool purchase  |
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Mark
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Feb 18, 2012 15:12:15 GMT
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Epic.
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E36 BMW 318is saloon (rare as a hens false tooth)
VW Caddy Maxi 2010 (usually full of Labradors)
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MonzaPhil
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Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought
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Feb 18, 2012 15:32:43 GMT
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Just WOW.....
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This is now a clicky linky!  |
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Feb 18, 2012 16:45:44 GMT
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Its a different car at least, but great that someone is going to save it.
Getting parts for it must be rather hard i guess ?
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34 B Ford V8 Flathead Hotrod
55 International L170 (Cummins 6BT)
65 Mustang V8 supercharged Coupe
58 Plymouth Belvedere (Christine)
05 Dodge Ram 1500 HEMI
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Feb 18, 2012 16:55:53 GMT
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Holy curse word that's one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen but such an awesome period design. I love it. this! Love it long time. |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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tenman
Part of things
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Feb 18, 2012 17:14:00 GMT
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yeah, you could get them in France, not in the UK though, Silvia S110 is the designation IIRC... I was very tempted to get a French one back to Britain a while ago...
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RWD Fanatic...
2003 BMW 320d Wagon (getting old and boring)
1996 Mini Kensington (SWMBO's)
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barrett
Part of things
Plastic cars with metal doors BEST
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Feb 18, 2012 20:51:59 GMT
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YES! I ruddy love these. I've spent ages defending the styling of these to people before but very few folks seem to 'get it'. Needless to say, don't listen to anyone who calls it ugly - they are RONG (obviously it helps if you, like myself, truly believe the 1970s were the high water mark of industrial design). First thing you need to do is track down some JDM-style bumpers, the Federal-spec jobbies are hideous and do it no favours whatsoever. The original chrome bumpers are lovely delicate things that will make it look roughly 4,000x better. Add some fender mirrors and tidy the paint and you'll have one of the coolest cars ever made: PHACT.  |
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Somebody find me a Watling. £££ waiting! (Seriously, I want a Watling. Help me plzzzzz)
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Hirst
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This avatar is inaccurate, I've never shaved that closely
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Feb 18, 2012 20:54:53 GMT
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Absolutely brilliant, these are one of my favourite cars ever - look at the back end! Fantastic save.
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japclassics
Part of things
Your trip down memory lane begins here ....
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Feb 18, 2012 20:57:23 GMT
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Now thats rare and different :-))) but kinda like it...
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1976 Colt Galant GTO GSR (project)
1984 Corolla AE86
1986Corolla AE82 GT
1987 Corolla AE92 GTI
1983 Mazda 323 GT (BD) (Project)
1998 Corolla E11 1.6 SR
1999 Corolla E11 G6R
2000 Corolla E11 1.6 SR
1997 Corolla G6 (1.3 6 Speed)
1999 Corolla E11 G6R (Project)
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Feb 18, 2012 22:22:19 GMT
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I would literally saw my face off for one of these, absolutely barmy styling. Love it!
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
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