Somewhere along the way, I acquired this, as you do...
Also known as a 929, it was imported from Japan as a used tank, only slightly battle-scarred.
I bought it off a rellie, as we simply couldn't sell the thing, and he needed the money to fund his latest amputation...
Possibly his wallet.
Anyway, I fitted it with the pictured mags, and proceeded to use it as a pimp-mobile, and loaned it to all and sundry to tour about the place.
Which they did.
Its a 3 litre V6, with electronic auto and numerous other things that mostly havn't been invented yet.
Yes - lurking in one corner of this engine bay, is a small-ish alloy V6..
Gotta say, the thing was relatively virginal in most respects..
But the mags were obviously designed for a fwd car, and had less offset than the standard steels.
As luck would have it - the touring aliens basically chewed out the tyres, so yesterday I gave the old steels the once over, and today I had possibly the cheapest ever set of slightly used Bridgestones fitted and balanced. Now it has that retro look.. ;D
As might be fitting considering its return to basics, the paint has begun to literally fall off it. The average pressure garden hose will remove at least 1.3 acres of paint per wash...
If I keep it up, we will be ready for a bare-metal respray by the 15th March - trouble is - its not really worth the cost of the paint..!
It will hopefully be granted a new wof (roadworthy) at 0900 tomorrow morning, so I will be able to continue enjoying the luxury of 'air' for the rest of our summer - but failing that - or the wof - I'm not entirely sure what will happen to it.
Thought of offering it to local taggers to mess with - perhaps Coca-Cola would like to bash their logos on it - or even my local computer store...
Now I'm intrigued.
I wonder how many commercial outlets would paint it as a rolling ad..?
I think Jo-jos massage parlour would be best suited to adorning such a ride.
What say you all..?
Also known as a 929, it was imported from Japan as a used tank, only slightly battle-scarred.
I bought it off a rellie, as we simply couldn't sell the thing, and he needed the money to fund his latest amputation...
Possibly his wallet.
Anyway, I fitted it with the pictured mags, and proceeded to use it as a pimp-mobile, and loaned it to all and sundry to tour about the place.
Which they did.
Its a 3 litre V6, with electronic auto and numerous other things that mostly havn't been invented yet.
Yes - lurking in one corner of this engine bay, is a small-ish alloy V6..
Gotta say, the thing was relatively virginal in most respects..
But the mags were obviously designed for a fwd car, and had less offset than the standard steels.
As luck would have it - the touring aliens basically chewed out the tyres, so yesterday I gave the old steels the once over, and today I had possibly the cheapest ever set of slightly used Bridgestones fitted and balanced. Now it has that retro look.. ;D
As might be fitting considering its return to basics, the paint has begun to literally fall off it. The average pressure garden hose will remove at least 1.3 acres of paint per wash...
If I keep it up, we will be ready for a bare-metal respray by the 15th March - trouble is - its not really worth the cost of the paint..!
It will hopefully be granted a new wof (roadworthy) at 0900 tomorrow morning, so I will be able to continue enjoying the luxury of 'air' for the rest of our summer - but failing that - or the wof - I'm not entirely sure what will happen to it.
Thought of offering it to local taggers to mess with - perhaps Coca-Cola would like to bash their logos on it - or even my local computer store...
Now I'm intrigued.
I wonder how many commercial outlets would paint it as a rolling ad..?
I think Jo-jos massage parlour would be best suited to adorning such a ride.
What say you all..?
