Last Sunday attended the meet for the Ausrotary Bonanza Cruise for 2008. As the first little meet this car has attended it was great to meet other Mazda fanatics and a nice range of incredible 60's and 70's classics.
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Done and dusted, now officially registered and on the road. Mission complete! Will keep updating blog of course with future plans and developments to the Kinder Surprise car :)
My heartfelt thanks go out to a lot of people who made this journey possible.
Jonathan of Japanese Restorer magazine, for his kindness and unparalleled knowledge of these vehicles, advice, and help finding the rare things along the way. I recommend J Classic followers grab his backissues as they are a great testament to these old things.
http://hometown.aol.com/japaneserestorer/index.html
Dave, for support, encouragement and wonderful advice. Good luck with the Wags mate!
Paulie, for letting me see another one of the same model and letting us rescue some of her. Hope the coupe is coming along well!
Pedders St Kilda, for willingness to help out an old car and go beyond the call of duty to find components and research viable alternatives.
http://www.pedders.com.au/storeFinder/1/store59
Wakeman Automotive, for their interest, flexibility and happiness to work on her.
http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/Wak ... e-Services
Jamax Auto Electrical, for being so happy to keep things old-school, and having the patience to get things back to original.
http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/Jam ... Electrical
Mazda Japan, for still having some things on record!
The Austrotary Forums, for all the friends and encouragement from you guys, and the endless support!
http://www.ausrotary.com
And finally Tone, I hope your cars are going well mate, and I am in debt to you for the opportunity to work on this car, the reference material, and the willingness to help out.
Long live the old Mazdas!!
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Just released a new web site!
Japanese Classic
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The Japanese Classic Cars site, a new and growing online resource for collectors, fans and appreciaters of Japanese historic and vintage cars. We aim over time to become a community for Australian and International members, and offer a friendly collective purpose; the survival of part of automotive history. Mazda, Datsun, Honda, Mitsubishi and all Japanese manufacturers vehicles made before 1985 are welcome.
Please register and help us expand a resource with features such as forums, image gallery's, technical documents, specifications and event news.
We also offer many thanks to the South East Australian Datsun community for their assimilation into the Japanese Classic site, and keeping the dream alive all these years. See you on the road!
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Waiting 2 weeks for rego appointment so having a bit of fun cleaning her up under the hood. Poo, cobwebs, spiders, leaves and general purpose muck gone! Water bottled bleached reisntalled.
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