tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451306775502674942024-03-17T08:44:56.362-07:0080sHERO1980's-specific, automotive related shenanigans.RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.comBlogger478125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-38057973436721284252023-10-21T20:18:00.000-07:002023-10-21T20:18:39.978-07:00Project JZA80sHERO wrap-up: Don't Do what Donny Don't Does.<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzmIx6o16cTsLiLXw4Mhi8UyVI1f2hnNYKLhA785Xo6P460fRe4feqkPiqVpGj8tdM3g2hyphenhyphenwx8J9pxETPMS4VgALu_y-XCGZ3c5jWoBYdiUWPU1Xhf_usJuOjavRueRTaES1jZDwQD2jKmX6aqkzLhRoStYDWdt9LBKQjH397UsGqKujpQNgfMC5pz2U/s2048/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzmIx6o16cTsLiLXw4Mhi8UyVI1f2hnNYKLhA785Xo6P460fRe4feqkPiqVpGj8tdM3g2hyphenhyphenwx8J9pxETPMS4VgALu_y-XCGZ3c5jWoBYdiUWPU1Xhf_usJuOjavRueRTaES1jZDwQD2jKmX6aqkzLhRoStYDWdt9LBKQjH397UsGqKujpQNgfMC5pz2U/w640-h360/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Donny's doubters be damned - it's done. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmU64rgssg5m3S12LUlBNxYRvU9FROv08IY1wKKBHfN32zxjabXFOiI96uQ7a6fYe8Uhpaz4zS8PHuol-ixb3xv3Xwq0fCcBhlfYG8oPgA4tELT4FP4g9g-iWjxARCHcQ27BR1hY4LtF3nFqwOR9lxw2BFenjRt7BHKRS4WQOelvcHS3KNMWM5pvon2w/s2048/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmU64rgssg5m3S12LUlBNxYRvU9FROv08IY1wKKBHfN32zxjabXFOiI96uQ7a6fYe8Uhpaz4zS8PHuol-ixb3xv3Xwq0fCcBhlfYG8oPgA4tELT4FP4g9g-iWjxARCHcQ27BR1hY4LtF3nFqwOR9lxw2BFenjRt7BHKRS4WQOelvcHS3KNMWM5pvon2w/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2065.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvHw6iER_KpOj6cw3a2cLa0-dfZJB6LXNqbP0-M5Jh7IYXpjAdH07J-Z9_EWixUZ3On7zJMwYR_RktbMTeAa4qCtulcOR2jIkqsj2BA2Esc27_UV1nQzu8aYMnAS6W17BHC0q53nbHR0EsXgdmkiDkjVLim_C59fOO_ASWZjHheZWrA9eInhkqUAqvpo/s2048/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Benjamin Buttoning its way through 40,000km and $75,000 of questionable decision-making. <br /><div><br /></div><div>The former used-up commuter, turned pretty-but-useless garage ornament, <i>finally</i> underwent the most financially-intensive step to become the car it always should have been. The one you want. The car everyone expects it to be. A <i>turbo</i>,<i> six-speed</i> Supra. </div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just as there's apparently many ways to skin a cat, I'd struggled with the scribbled shopping lists and mental maths on exactly which approach to take:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Do I build the 2JZ-GE in the car along with a modern, aftermarket drivetrain (a single turbo with the latest tech, infinitely-better manifolds, Tremec T56 Magnum and so on...), or take the punt on a complete factory-style conversion with used genuine-Toyota bits? Do I want VVTi? Could I settle on an R154? Hell, maybe I just want it to make turbo noises while skating on the thin-ice the W58 five-speed provides and call it a day? </div><div style="text-align: left;">If your dream is a big-turbo, 1000whp monster, it sure doesn't make a whole lot of sense to buy an original drivetrain only to throw 90% of it in the bin. That decades-old 2JZ-GTE you're looking at is draped in absolutely archaic vacuum lines, valves and electronics; strapped to a drivetrain that's a very expensive gamble however you look at it - one in this day and age that's likely best kept for the collector cars. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>When I put on my pessimistic hat, I'm well aware that the reality of many custom/modified/'hot-rodded' cars is not quite what it seems. The cars you see parked at shows, shared in photos, or watch in videos can often be a lot more appealing on the surface than they truly are to drive or own. That rat-rod build with the random engine conversion and super-low stance? Yeah, there's a damn good chance that thing rattles and vibrates, wanders all over the road, smells a fragrant combination of electrical fire and burning coolant, and can only be stopped if you turn the ignition to ACC while simultaneously patting the battery and jumping on one leg. Then chocked with a brick to stop it rolling away. </div><div>The difference between 'done' and 'done WELL' is often invisible from an outside perspective, despite having come at GREAT cost. It's that "Final 10%..." </div><div>Embrace the gloriously-boring attitude that IS a hazy hybrid of pessimistic and realistic full-time.. and no, let's not go down that path. Aim low and never be disappointed. Yes, OEM+ style it is. </div><div><br /></div><div>So in ~June 2022 I finally pulled my finger out and started gathering everything required to turn my peasant SZ into what'd effectively be a lightly-modded RZ-S manual. Short of looking at the build plate, if done well you would never tell; you'd have no reason to doubt; for all intents and purposes that's what it'd now BE. </div><div>And hey, it's not ALL dreary! In hunting all those original conversion components it's often cheaper (and certainly easier!) to find quality aftermarket pieces than some of the regularly replaced/binned factory parts. Like, do I <i>need</i> that plastic intake and battered old intercooler? Why not cut to the chase and create the car you'd inevitably want if you had a stocker anyway?</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The Supra's huge (although fading) aftermarket is a goddamn <i>delight</i> for someone who's experienced a less-than-popular chassis before. I remember when I first got that Lancer EVO I wrote about in the previous post; to suddenly find myself presented with a parts aftermarket that's high-quality, affordable and AVAILABLE? Oof. Boy did I buy <i>some nonsense</i>.</div><div>There's parts from brands I'd always <i>wanted</i> to buy new, as embarrassing as that sounds. It's the Recaro seat, ARC intercooler, your first set of made-to-order wheels, or in this case... that HKS <i>anything:</i> quality products from an iconic part of Japanese tuning history. Even in a day and age where the Japanese aftermarket is clearly outgunned on some of the popular older chassis (whether it's Supra parts from the USA or Skyline GT-R parts from Australia..), HKS parts are just 'cool'. And I'm certainly not alone in happily paying up for a bit of nostalgia; I damn well want to pretend this is 2002 Japan and I'm perusing a HyperRev <i>as-originally-intended</i>, alright? Shoot me... </div><div><br /></div><div>So yes. The gathering.</div><div><br /></div><div>The ball started rolling with the biggest chunk of all: a complete 2JZ-GTE. </div><div>Finding one that hasn't had a stint in some E36 drift car or a damn jetboat was beginning to take some care by 2022, so anything 'local' where an importer/reseller could have less-than-stellar sources in order to make a dollar was off the cards. It has to be Japan. I managed to snag one off Yahoo out of a late JZS161 Aristo and get it on its way.</div><div>Many eye-watering hours were then spent trawling the Toyota EPC to identify any and all differences between the SZ/SZ-R and a manual RZ-S/RZ, part numbers collected and orders placed both locally and abroad.</div><div>Then to get the orders in for the new aftermarket bits. While amazing that this stuff is still available new at all, much of it is now only available in small windows after short production runs, or simply made to order. </div><div>The HKS exhaust and nostalgic SSQV kit were ready off the shelf, but the induction kit was a few weeks wait, while the intercooler kit an excruciating 6+ <i>months</i>. I actually ordered a GReddy/Trust collection of the same parts just in case the others didn't make it in time, but ran into similar problems!</div><div>Other bits like the Koyorad radiator and Haltech ECU parts (particularly something engine-specific like the terminated harness) were in stock at the time, but no doubt vary. Best bet is to just order ANYTHING like this in advance. </div><div>A used Japanese '96+ V160 spec 3.26 ratio 200mm diff was easy enough to source from a dismantler locally, but an OS Giken (and later resorting to a Cusco..) LSD proved to be an absolute ordeal. Plenty of calls, emails and cancelled orders. The standard A-series LSD will do for now.</div><div>As for the six-speed itself? Not only long-discontinued, but JZA80-specific; the conversion was not surprisingly the rarest and single most expensive element to source. But at least they're out there I guess. Unbelievably this setup came complete out of my old Abflug Supra project (<a href="https://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/09/abflug.html">a late 1993 TT6 RZ purchased as a roller in 2016</a>), after a stint in another Supra that had since gone Tremec. Knowing the history and actual kilometres helped alleviate some stress from THAT not-insignificant purchase!</div><div><br /></div><div>Six months of Christmas as the parts roll in...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimU3bdFpsf6ZfgOLWnkpr2stHA_k3qDT0kXacw2NbVHiSAgWz6gKppiVhLzdItFd6lnNIUbfttPsiHyRu0oqYIAPCeyHEmhMXAXQJhZxWR3GFg67n7mjsP7eC-F5f3-1HqvsbaY1jOGWC6eSDot91tta2ya7IGdkA_VembOF7BLF_B5CWuI9gSpmC14l0/s1600/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimU3bdFpsf6ZfgOLWnkpr2stHA_k3qDT0kXacw2NbVHiSAgWz6gKppiVhLzdItFd6lnNIUbfttPsiHyRu0oqYIAPCeyHEmhMXAXQJhZxWR3GFg67n7mjsP7eC-F5f3-1HqvsbaY1jOGWC6eSDot91tta2ya7IGdkA_VembOF7BLF_B5CWuI9gSpmC14l0/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%205.jpg" width="640" /></a>Loading the 2JZ-GTE VVTi into my <a href="https://80shero.blogspot.com/2015/11/4runnernovember.html">trusty '84 4Runner</a> at the importers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnpr7qx2e0IPQMTTG5EuCUtJX372W43m7qCJ5HEYyztBh2YlX3LKSLskT-3UI-EAVNNn_tPM_3PIH8jCenLDtwrNpnBesE-lL_UUDTTVWUZ3_ZPyx7L5evqr2EhuDIFiCNFv0pI1kiBRaJet6mryjKZgfbnekKHqXFS49uS4_-lAY5YETb1ag4mJyOk0/s1600/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnpr7qx2e0IPQMTTG5EuCUtJX372W43m7qCJ5HEYyztBh2YlX3LKSLskT-3UI-EAVNNn_tPM_3PIH8jCenLDtwrNpnBesE-lL_UUDTTVWUZ3_ZPyx7L5evqr2EhuDIFiCNFv0pI1kiBRaJet6mryjKZgfbnekKHqXFS49uS4_-lAY5YETb1ag4mJyOk0/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Toyota Electronic Parts Catalogue, or EPC:</div><div>https://toyota.epc-data.com/</div><div>How ridiculously helpful it is to have resources like this online. Simple, fuss free and not plastered in nonsense ads. I have no idea how this is supported, but good on whoever. </div><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHY85oYGVIBIDE6eR5EW-f2kxB_6Hmiu7AsPrd5wSoIaDbXrTEm9R7LXLfO4mRqIZXmQMXA4kknnQ8F2QpNfivILCmpJCc_1sFwA7Lyp6hAaR8lLtsE6iyvYIrDYCNDlsUxo3lO9z6Or7t8i0lz7fh3OAutGbKeBNGlZ-gTY1IDXqemdqkSJSd_XBgAIE/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHY85oYGVIBIDE6eR5EW-f2kxB_6Hmiu7AsPrd5wSoIaDbXrTEm9R7LXLfO4mRqIZXmQMXA4kknnQ8F2QpNfivILCmpJCc_1sFwA7Lyp6hAaR8lLtsE6iyvYIrDYCNDlsUxo3lO9z6Or7t8i0lz7fh3OAutGbKeBNGlZ-gTY1IDXqemdqkSJSd_XBgAIE/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%207.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpgGCA-1rLG3sQuByf1Avm_eva065r8ejvvPVb-hGHJQaR8yz-3dbEUOKn805pRFA9ehJKG80NmR1aFQGTp-fZ_AAr6R7SaUene0q6Up4_BsszPG_85lBfgkf9QHUV9SCnjMTLel8xuevTZPOMBA203YAUsek_L6AmSo7r6JV_LKWaknQ_irfQ5X__lE/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_95vQS5Aay0g5TFU57nv8JDwKpKh85S9T0X8tOVUhzonI1EOOcEe9OUBX5nVf0UReu-vi4za9TpJTjalyCDSiS57uICF2jGb2AXBUsT_AUZxOlGwUKMShcEYN0WnctPOSrEC5VFOy-WYgcuq3mR577QcEvaV3j_aVESr4VweLgVs1b2TPCxumm7mE2Y/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Toyota bits still excluding the myriad of service items also required; parts both to reconfigure the 2JZ from S160 to A80 fitment, and the chassis itself from SZ/SZ-R to RZ-S/RZ spec. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5gsTogiiUiaOLCqdPA4ctPkSsWWeJoMRnvHGvJglcP5Dj0PKZm90Fkfc996OSpuZmk72p3xY13Wkgw8q-x_S_5N7dMGanxMWj3htpCvS43KDzEIbqQYvZ9AU0FP0itCrp2GrI7IYTG6JPZp8x6EjyyIJUJKZ70Aei1mILxN2hcRZzLWB94PuWwLdkjBE/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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They're just a bloody <i>classic</i>. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0f-m-988isYX1N4y_loCaA51stxbg8VnjDaHcs1xtEIblmvqHbE-RovcTtD9zHzWKKSvd7PTpibnnguz5gwrlx7okE4zo_Tf1RuapFOky8jZKKfIDE0fuN54t4-tdrIANXYtyrK4dKUEnzhRmoNPOp8-k_LLMuh4xJXjQwfG-Mt1R84xqlcvqUsRYT4/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0f-m-988isYX1N4y_loCaA51stxbg8VnjDaHcs1xtEIblmvqHbE-RovcTtD9zHzWKKSvd7PTpibnnguz5gwrlx7okE4zo_Tf1RuapFOky8jZKKfIDE0fuN54t4-tdrIANXYtyrK4dKUEnzhRmoNPOp8-k_LLMuh4xJXjQwfG-Mt1R84xqlcvqUsRYT4/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I always appreciate a logo in the casting. When you're not even planning to polish, how could you not?!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSt6a0HaPUF8GJXWvkR19niZh4VHLKSOUQOmFr16vkupAEHmmhADd_FX3n3zr9diVC6IDNf9lZ1vpAluyu5z8xHDNAg1Sp0VkUKsP9hU5ueNTqhzF72DXYloRmywXQm4D6vR_fwNPxNFbzaoFnJkDy-U6ENBa52876GbacSkatRpS5J_IEFMem_SynXZ8/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSt6a0HaPUF8GJXWvkR19niZh4VHLKSOUQOmFr16vkupAEHmmhADd_FX3n3zr9diVC6IDNf9lZ1vpAluyu5z8xHDNAg1Sp0VkUKsP9hU5ueNTqhzF72DXYloRmywXQm4D6vR_fwNPxNFbzaoFnJkDy-U6ENBa52876GbacSkatRpS5J_IEFMem_SynXZ8/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2017.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Yes, apparently people still bought these in 2022...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lPAdvLyYSyjdCMRLzJTTG3VB9re5Ul3frlREH1RWzpZKHBWwJ3jd99yl7JluAFxEiNGn5Wf5zcKNTOj1trdPUAfVEJx-8YPs4MBRcJlsdRlAlypzAjJRDjpsQEau9YEm5BeRxrTJV0Evl74Z2Gn0vpicwMw8-I7kxH-HQTifYQC971SSEts5f-agH54/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lPAdvLyYSyjdCMRLzJTTG3VB9re5Ul3frlREH1RWzpZKHBWwJ3jd99yl7JluAFxEiNGn5Wf5zcKNTOj1trdPUAfVEJx-8YPs4MBRcJlsdRlAlypzAjJRDjpsQEau9YEm5BeRxrTJV0Evl74Z2Gn0vpicwMw8-I7kxH-HQTifYQC971SSEts5f-agH54/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hpBwqSSqIHzlEOjKsxCdsYzOXHDjC36jBwcdTE915fAM28FktT4SoIomKKH1oP6QmIpz_zAWya5jdgH7-B16WPM80pLT64AZ8cd5ijx4kYr_v3dzaXG_Egjjzw5IL-A-W6V87kPUgsTxUMSTaBoQnjNTRfNaigWVVexmlvd5qrkw7L2uVpCX5N4U6pI/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hpBwqSSqIHzlEOjKsxCdsYzOXHDjC36jBwcdTE915fAM28FktT4SoIomKKH1oP6QmIpz_zAWya5jdgH7-B16WPM80pLT64AZ8cd5ijx4kYr_v3dzaXG_Egjjzw5IL-A-W6V87kPUgsTxUMSTaBoQnjNTRfNaigWVVexmlvd5qrkw7L2uVpCX5N4U6pI/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2019.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>...and again, a bit of silliness; but that's hobbies in general, no? I'm actually eager to swap the fin over with the original one off my old Evo as I'm <i>sure</i> that one sounded even more ridiculous. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeRmHGTRAZmEb2g8Y6vTW1xZyWJ0eyBdPLyrtgD1fi-ntXtosP1mjTtiqBZ8jFmGULmTW8-rMq5zICMGYa1tkHfk2cMtR1LMEhf5mszKDy-xSYSk2WTSicStgiRi9gWhCwTQuUGx8Pe49XXQgdXjSUfwDfA0HPMEQ0sc4dV6-Dm97QhAmXd2sBcGvaa0/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeRmHGTRAZmEb2g8Y6vTW1xZyWJ0eyBdPLyrtgD1fi-ntXtosP1mjTtiqBZ8jFmGULmTW8-rMq5zICMGYa1tkHfk2cMtR1LMEhf5mszKDy-xSYSk2WTSicStgiRi9gWhCwTQuUGx8Pe49XXQgdXjSUfwDfA0HPMEQ0sc4dV6-Dm97QhAmXd2sBcGvaa0/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlbjn5uSPa-ejUd3teph0qcvQQrbRAUAbotEyex89YQJRGSA3V_oCisd35wCNfHWVv8eNv2bBA0ZS5PaQkLskB71B3eLYQ3jFQOY_BcSnHXcw6JmM9WOPDe5krhV6qPL49EKu1P1DazzQdetcSBvEjaWf-AfGpFGMAjlkw5TLMH0jmc_5AAxlMyBWYpE/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlbjn5uSPa-ejUd3teph0qcvQQrbRAUAbotEyex89YQJRGSA3V_oCisd35wCNfHWVv8eNv2bBA0ZS5PaQkLskB71B3eLYQ3jFQOY_BcSnHXcw6JmM9WOPDe5krhV6qPL49EKu1P1DazzQdetcSBvEjaWf-AfGpFGMAjlkw5TLMH0jmc_5AAxlMyBWYpE/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The basic GReddy/Trust intercooler kit I ordered in case the HKS didn't arrive in time...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9f7ohlhyphenhyphenzu7cwPB8Sat6wCtgKdWRvKuz63UfwRJDNeKq5GiHmiU6Qi20nlBGJOl4DSKhTASTkeOiK89_kUK5fv4Ce4jAKcMLD_xfn6fbQfuyvIsPZKtDyptcDqbGLBtZ4KwmOwUhmb8W1lTlh3qtSOO4SG54K9dh22Z_uBZkD-Yvzn3gexP0lRtmfbfg/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9f7ohlhyphenhyphenzu7cwPB8Sat6wCtgKdWRvKuz63UfwRJDNeKq5GiHmiU6Qi20nlBGJOl4DSKhTASTkeOiK89_kUK5fv4Ce4jAKcMLD_xfn6fbQfuyvIsPZKtDyptcDqbGLBtZ4KwmOwUhmb8W1lTlh3qtSOO4SG54K9dh22Z_uBZkD-Yvzn3gexP0lRtmfbfg/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The HKS R-Type intercooler kit that thankfully rolled in at the last minute. Getting this was an ordeal (more due to the reseller), but managed to be worth the trouble in the end!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr85S61jzD6Iixe-c_FuVIWbYSAeYjdynFuSaieSl7nNPwZOXf_SZcY3Ubw1vRn_hIAIAPTRzsD-JsB0I9ip9aJJu_lqtv8VDLxrdqX5gCLzM4DMdBGfz9MnEpPtlDl3j5YA21qYqa4SylozwkKnzxtjUgrCroA1zyjaXiPzH-iIXd03z2QSBvrSyUf9c/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr85S61jzD6Iixe-c_FuVIWbYSAeYjdynFuSaieSl7nNPwZOXf_SZcY3Ubw1vRn_hIAIAPTRzsD-JsB0I9ip9aJJu_lqtv8VDLxrdqX5gCLzM4DMdBGfz9MnEpPtlDl3j5YA21qYqa4SylozwkKnzxtjUgrCroA1zyjaXiPzH-iIXd03z2QSBvrSyUf9c/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chunky. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAq9yX_7Z4yprmR1Wg7PuCtUKx9MtHttQ727kjYHNYsoMGdYgPvhUZIOeb3x_L3nQn0sURJNNxWEsCm30sg_O6LjalnZyoKXd5EOyUyOjJSbkjxDgYCjUcEw0E0vYhG1ZNoFP0PC-v8rhNCUM9O9Qfc4M7GCd9ihMC1fwOSUXU9R85NitrDxTZ9CUfos/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAq9yX_7Z4yprmR1Wg7PuCtUKx9MtHttQ727kjYHNYsoMGdYgPvhUZIOeb3x_L3nQn0sURJNNxWEsCm30sg_O6LjalnZyoKXd5EOyUyOjJSbkjxDgYCjUcEw0E0vYhG1ZNoFP0PC-v8rhNCUM9O9Qfc4M7GCd9ihMC1fwOSUXU9R85NitrDxTZ9CUfos/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Nice polished end tanks. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1hiHSTY76-jNULNtnVo0loJ8CwJ8-K5kGoahaXIyYp1Qy6SNpAKurQBi5w6mMV37_ryCOzw4DrMBDzJ-B_ZI-1X7fuLrhyG1axIUe0W1rMn9_Zrsj43heTFoEO7vqeWM8_89mF4jtoAVE3lDOUZHfSU8iM082yRSYV22RCWUflHJAwxYOszk4yBe4CU/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1hiHSTY76-jNULNtnVo0loJ8CwJ8-K5kGoahaXIyYp1Qy6SNpAKurQBi5w6mMV37_ryCOzw4DrMBDzJ-B_ZI-1X7fuLrhyG1axIUe0W1rMn9_Zrsj43heTFoEO7vqeWM8_89mF4jtoAVE3lDOUZHfSU8iM082yRSYV22RCWUflHJAwxYOszk4yBe4CU/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another logo on the cast aluminium hardpipes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Tyqs8lMdtVcQf_2taz_uYdiSHxSUkVkTR9jZ2n2vo_zsTGTj9l3xYo5DqfLBZd34CmGpsgmJZjp8jYqQjbTGwol0udJlJ1r3S5nZDrdX2Eto4QlXC0yHO5aQfJ6aVXCEOUW40tRNaWRZ59Tsh-Dclbh7AeayAwzIdGqqcF51sVX_aVW1aP30XmVxmDQ/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Tyqs8lMdtVcQf_2taz_uYdiSHxSUkVkTR9jZ2n2vo_zsTGTj9l3xYo5DqfLBZd34CmGpsgmJZjp8jYqQjbTGwol0udJlJ1r3S5nZDrdX2Eto4QlXC0yHO5aQfJ6aVXCEOUW40tRNaWRZ59Tsh-Dclbh7AeayAwzIdGqqcF51sVX_aVW1aP30XmVxmDQ/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2026.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The HKS Silent Hi-Power. A simple stainless finish for a classic look. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTKnGB9HKTEg9nK40gELGD6beXa8sLdolx2Cgsbkm4IrkwmqhBeB3eGoRbCdDhemc9jcDuYF4LyOGvn4036ZQyemQH7zEJZqmEZJ9RV0NuYzO_Pzz5KCxavWkY3Pu3r3qb6z99eCOkkULRj7R8WrXBoGtJAlWY4SRg_Ep28kXKVLuBhRbU5rWSXl4GKI/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTKnGB9HKTEg9nK40gELGD6beXa8sLdolx2Cgsbkm4IrkwmqhBeB3eGoRbCdDhemc9jcDuYF4LyOGvn4036ZQyemQH7zEJZqmEZJ9RV0NuYzO_Pzz5KCxavWkY3Pu3r3qb6z99eCOkkULRj7R8WrXBoGtJAlWY4SRg_Ep28kXKVLuBhRbU5rWSXl4GKI/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I guess it's silent if you say it is? Optimism!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTPzVPjDfYF-R2hEXQU2Qhl4gPCqwKnY2NUtWjyPEJ80ZrUU_lgLq8WmYIzEmY5dNgZQyLQ4V6qNHFKkZtcXgtALQZgzpxgjJzOyiAHOxPorwZu6QYZ5nSUj59Na8yhIDxcJZkmWo1GTsyNSoIMsDPmViLDgaGjKHVQCk7rdTA3lpWU3bwBWdORVirwE/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTPzVPjDfYF-R2hEXQU2Qhl4gPCqwKnY2NUtWjyPEJ80ZrUU_lgLq8WmYIzEmY5dNgZQyLQ4V6qNHFKkZtcXgtALQZgzpxgjJzOyiAHOxPorwZu6QYZ5nSUj59Na8yhIDxcJZkmWo1GTsyNSoIMsDPmViLDgaGjKHVQCk7rdTA3lpWU3bwBWdORVirwE/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2028.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Beautiful welds on another <i>quality</i> bit of gear. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbqlvj1KKmXz5VJKNmM3eaKkhkGEnzD2qvL-ZibCEN5LVLAs5UX9FXf1Ip2r-4HaLOLXOm7L73CNAZqNmb-K8BmnrMiI3HvxLjNQ8HrRpVtm1_XF8XY8X3mv9I8ZVn_M2yoDNxtIlDTTwTuBgmxqXIKI4akawR3GdiCzE8UGZOnnYQ1hP3wYnfxEc3dU/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbqlvj1KKmXz5VJKNmM3eaKkhkGEnzD2qvL-ZibCEN5LVLAs5UX9FXf1Ip2r-4HaLOLXOm7L73CNAZqNmb-K8BmnrMiI3HvxLjNQ8HrRpVtm1_XF8XY8X3mv9I8ZVn_M2yoDNxtIlDTTwTuBgmxqXIKI4akawR3GdiCzE8UGZOnnYQ1hP3wYnfxEc3dU/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2029.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A Whifbitz 2JZ-GTE VVTi front pipe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oddly HKS don't do front pipes for the 2JZ in stainless, so had to find something else along with a custom mid-section for future interchangeability.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrilOdniU-t2oeY4kr_DpxJ7pP2fXpdGPCBqZppK7gxtonVIJZAc6qe9BuC6Rs28KHco4lRe4L5CoNZ43zVnDMV_6gF4IdU7k58gwJP4vNG2-2U6lT6CyMGm6kzBrKJ-uQvurSk7A896sZ01XQjohpjj872SBYkR79gw0Zh9AoEIVc9tduOzdmD0Hpcg/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrilOdniU-t2oeY4kr_DpxJ7pP2fXpdGPCBqZppK7gxtonVIJZAc6qe9BuC6Rs28KHco4lRe4L5CoNZ43zVnDMV_6gF4IdU7k58gwJP4vNG2-2U6lT6CyMGm6kzBrKJ-uQvurSk7A896sZ01XQjohpjj872SBYkR79gw0Zh9AoEIVc9tduOzdmD0Hpcg/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2030.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Probably the most modern element of this project: the Haltech Elite 2500 ECU and a complete 2JZ terminated harness. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd gone with a Haltech for <a href="https://80shero.blogspot.com/2012/09/lil-rehs-motivation-toyota-4a-ge-16.html">my AW11's 4AG build over a decade ago</a>, so uhh... for the sake of consistency? No, it's quality stuff. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxyGkwvuV_0z3jE0vOGdZ0SF34zm9H4SH6ek_C2dcKzlefprEKH4qq96CdA4tn8XoZl-Kk1TdoZsEYWawVMmwSKnK6lKlpVSjwTtcDFuXQYcONq3iGfosTg250dP3GMpah3npDuOE8yMv_viPX_EseaiL34Q4u8BiiDpJsURUJQotAMUpvM_sIkeyHtQ/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxyGkwvuV_0z3jE0vOGdZ0SF34zm9H4SH6ek_C2dcKzlefprEKH4qq96CdA4tn8XoZl-Kk1TdoZsEYWawVMmwSKnK6lKlpVSjwTtcDFuXQYcONq3iGfosTg250dP3GMpah3npDuOE8yMv_viPX_EseaiL34Q4u8BiiDpJsURUJQotAMUpvM_sIkeyHtQ/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2031.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPXRMzLcIYJJKQb6aAG98cH9oeji94WrCgJ1Pvgv6hZykx0VKL4ZLVMH9eWGh-4VS_MOFo6GXktiiPbBsKyxZiLd4LGC6NJXIzkUPo-vTw19kR4fK6rBvuFcSJZ9YnzaMwwiHICpRRzNQuvdvYa5xKR37SId8INzBhanFzu0cmTk8zIN8E5eBZewFveI/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPXRMzLcIYJJKQb6aAG98cH9oeji94WrCgJ1Pvgv6hZykx0VKL4ZLVMH9eWGh-4VS_MOFo6GXktiiPbBsKyxZiLd4LGC6NJXIzkUPo-vTw19kR4fK6rBvuFcSJZ9YnzaMwwiHICpRRzNQuvdvYa5xKR37SId8INzBhanFzu0cmTk8zIN8E5eBZewFveI/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div>No crusty old clips and petrified plugs here. </div><div><br /></div><div>It wasn't till February that the car could be dropped off at the Supra-heavy workshop I'd chosen to do the conversion. And waited. And waited. I'd be lying if I said it didn't cross my mind at least once a day. </div><div>It was far from smooth sailing as extra parts required were discovered and frantically sourced, but by May 2023 it was done. May?! Yep, nil-stock on the kidding here; unfortunately the ceramic CT20 turbos hadn't survived either their 20+ years of boosted Tokyo oxygen or the journey across the ocean, so the late change to some Hypergear high-flowed steel-wheel CT20 turbos was an unexpected hurdle... not to mention sourcing a factory gasket kit that proved to be a weeks-long drama in itself. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2oL18R8LiezSnwSXSuQpybdL_iOLzdBYOgTAOWN5ZOZ9kT29nfAM5YAbkD9r51az3dm334IzPxFV4yVD4y0Bib7XQvswMRY_6gTHk5NM4heU1LBkoqh_W6M3WvHm-_1qwt3U6iOE97euWfMtH03N0NGw-S4Ufmw34OZp18nf_ZIveVdooCOKdWOVJv4/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2oL18R8LiezSnwSXSuQpybdL_iOLzdBYOgTAOWN5ZOZ9kT29nfAM5YAbkD9r51az3dm334IzPxFV4yVD4y0Bib7XQvswMRY_6gTHk5NM4heU1LBkoqh_W6M3WvHm-_1qwt3U6iOE97euWfMtH03N0NGw-S4Ufmw34OZp18nf_ZIveVdooCOKdWOVJv4/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2033.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSNUaX7L2V2Q94kzc6sYTxREuQze35e3fu8dXX6_nqSa9NSJNRU_qRkWpYlqLFG0GV9mjSws1xsBnRRIZjpOyZdApO9eUWD9U5TAIkoGKcSaKXsVgxv46NO1BSYpYvL1ae2F7qLI-3JJ4Kfxw_mIO711_nSCAaOvhyW64qp_AKmN-enH2OzBz8NxdcFM/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSNUaX7L2V2Q94kzc6sYTxREuQze35e3fu8dXX6_nqSa9NSJNRU_qRkWpYlqLFG0GV9mjSws1xsBnRRIZjpOyZdApO9eUWD9U5TAIkoGKcSaKXsVgxv46NO1BSYpYvL1ae2F7qLI-3JJ4Kfxw_mIO711_nSCAaOvhyW64qp_AKmN-enH2OzBz8NxdcFM/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2034.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EqFTP-8PtfY-BwS0McuKCFqXuHbiLxuIyL1NuBRBzE1rVhdTAC69AyTVR55G0vQkqnSCQjlDToMtZ7bdF1yrWBi2Zd-e0Z1iu1kDj3VC4A3tUifMzrQUIWjU9IUWF90QzvoqZ3WGzNRjo2B9zPuM5zIVz7ElMms2cA8fskMIBEj_-265r935RBZsI90/s1280/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EqFTP-8PtfY-BwS0McuKCFqXuHbiLxuIyL1NuBRBzE1rVhdTAC69AyTVR55G0vQkqnSCQjlDToMtZ7bdF1yrWBi2Zd-e0Z1iu1kDj3VC4A3tUifMzrQUIWjU9IUWF90QzvoqZ3WGzNRjo2B9zPuM5zIVz7ElMms2cA8fskMIBEj_-265r935RBZsI90/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2035.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div>Not much to see here, but that's a pair of Japanese-market 2JZ-GTE CT20s with upsized steel wheels in machined factory housings. </div><div><br /></div><div>But we're done. 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While I'd ordered the correct shroud along with the fan and whatever else, I'd missed the two small electric fans the prefacelift and non-turbo shrouds didn't include, and just couldn't get them in time. So something to correct later. </div><div>I also wish I'd thought to order larger injectors for a bit more headroom on the tune. Simply helping the 2JZ breathe with the free-flowing intake and exhaust has seen boost climb to ~17psi, limited only by a restrictor added to the new front-pipe. The high-flowed turbos are happy to put in a bit more effort, as is the larger 460lph Walbro pump that went in the tank, so yeah, something else to sort along with a touch-up to the tune in the future. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now was it all worth it? Jesus...</div><div><br /></div><div>If you were planning to follow in my footsteps in fast-forward from the moment of purchase? No. Don't be silly. Grit your teeth and pay up for a good one from the start. Enjoy it. You'll always be better off. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you're young, wanting a project or simply can't afford to throw a large chunk of money towards a hobby in one go? I like to take the piss out of my poor decision-making, but the truth is you can DEFINITELY do worse. Yes, you're upside-down in the end, but don't stray too far from what's generally desirable and worst-case-scenario (as of 2023 anyway) you're looking at 80c on the dollar return - unbelievable in the world of <i>I-plan-to-restore-a-1990s-Japanese-car </i>foolishness.</div><div>A hidden benefit of the latter is that it opens up your options to ALL variants on the market; as in, you might want one in a particular colour, or year, but can't get it in the spec/condition you want.</div><div>If little else, the example I started with was a desirable facelift car in a good colour with great options.. and absolutely, completely, without-exception unmodified or buggered with. The perfect base. While the drivetrain was wrong, once converted and restored it'd be just about my dream example. Sure a 6spd SZ-R or similarly-optioned RZ-S auto would've been a valuable step in the right direction, but an optionless 199 SZ auto would've been an even bigger step away from where I'd eventually want to end up.</div><div><br /></div><div>I know <i>personally</i> I should have put this same effort into getting a proper damn garage built, but whatever. It's the same projects accomplished, just in the wrong order. The stupidity of eating desert before dinner.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ultimately I'm chuffed as all heck with it, and have done over 5,000km of pointless weekend driving since May already. It's done. The car logic is screaming I should have bought from the start.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>As I wrote in the previous post, the JZA80 was <i>"...the flagship sporting chassis from one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers, designed during an epic era of Japanese vehicle engineering.",</i> and as a sucker for Japanese cars and tuning of that whole era (the money of the late 80s and the otherwise-unjustifiable automotive projects it funded through the decade that followed..), the turbo, six-speed Supra is a dream come true. The fact the over-engineering and reliability makes them so easy to own long-term is just icing on the cake. </div><div>With any luck I'll get many more years of enjoyment out of it. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UqbZWreHZ3xpISjaMgCC3qW1lfTgaJax7lS_GXFRU9LU9k2G-aIC0GCMPJWq5eLRB1jt03laTHmSLqfT7tyM9HBp2UDEVkVhyphenhyphen2y7G-M_FF42iAm1hVlArMaPeIuhmQqzSf8NVnczDYie_sR9rWfW0kbZy7LtXIwr_Lml6gDYXt3POrsUtwY_znuAinU/s1600/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UqbZWreHZ3xpISjaMgCC3qW1lfTgaJax7lS_GXFRU9LU9k2G-aIC0GCMPJWq5eLRB1jt03laTHmSLqfT7tyM9HBp2UDEVkVhyphenhyphen2y7G-M_FF42iAm1hVlArMaPeIuhmQqzSf8NVnczDYie_sR9rWfW0kbZy7LtXIwr_Lml6gDYXt3POrsUtwY_znuAinU/w640-h480/20231022JZA80TOYOTASUPRARZSCONVERSION%2060.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1024" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1F9DWc4Wp2_1O5_JYQsjxEkwCztEZtTIHrB6YwWAvtd3WBxeYSZPnaDsZhS_HJbgkH8kWf7IK1UYq8n3dHDZX8b3NdHuC5QhJkx1TM4imV7diuv1WRyM6pyO1_FYgVZVWiDipRxUfWpY/w640-h358/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+0.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><i>"I think it holds a certain... sentimental value, you know?"</i><div><br /></div><div>Or more accurately in my case: "what's that? [insert random vehicle] has been in my ownership for more than a minute now?! *pins wallet open* By all means, <i>help yourself</i>!"</div><div><br /></div><div>A trap I fall into time and time again. I get attached. A well-intentioned automotive hoarder. It has genuinely got to the point I have to be careful/selective when <i>initially shopping</i> any additional vehicle, knowing full well I'll likely slot it into that already-brimming "Oh that's a keeper!" category once again, followed by subconsciously doing my best to be financially upside-down on the damn thing! </div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, just as I rambled about in <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2018/09/an-80s-specific-automotive-related.html">the grey Supra's previous post here</a>, I originally bought this vehicle sight-unseen as a parts-car for another project - <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/09/abflug.html">the blue Abflug-kitted Supra</a>. It was a heavily-optioned facelift car, absolutely unmodified and <i>cheap</i>; back before the rapid 2018-onwards thinning of local JZA80 numbers as exporters attempted to satisfy the USA's relentless appetite for the chassis; it needed work at a time when little more would get you one that <i>didn't. </i>Ultimately the recipe for a perfect parts car, nothing more. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfwMbQyTRPSz3HugSUKSdzW1uPdW9xcId-8Wo7cl7qWwYr_0m1UKuAd3eVlXtPzW3BSNbZjYIQAyUwE6HxjNTuMaT1iZFbUGRjqSCUOPzgL-TPkpGM7WGQSYckx04mSQpqYmDrvnwyE8/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+84.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfwMbQyTRPSz3HugSUKSdzW1uPdW9xcId-8Wo7cl7qWwYr_0m1UKuAd3eVlXtPzW3BSNbZjYIQAyUwE6HxjNTuMaT1iZFbUGRjqSCUOPzgL-TPkpGM7WGQSYckx04mSQpqYmDrvnwyE8/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+84.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2t0RVLw__PWk3O-K4bdEeptcJOv1FbtIO8ZSdBZuddz_NRwEMBeMytKozzmivC1qsjyyGSGesp6K5Gr2LVoCLFFRhqg7mlr8JzLU_5ZKEso7V9msDKMdMEnmawWC1cp_OP8iO84vbXE/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+83.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2t0RVLw__PWk3O-K4bdEeptcJOv1FbtIO8ZSdBZuddz_NRwEMBeMytKozzmivC1qsjyyGSGesp6K5Gr2LVoCLFFRhqg7mlr8JzLU_5ZKEso7V9msDKMdMEnmawWC1cp_OP8iO84vbXE/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+83.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>Again though, the car hadn't even completed the trouble-free journey home before it was obvious it still had much more to give. Behind the weathered paint and years of deferred maintenance was a low-km car that still drove too damn nicely. Still too solid. </div><div>Next thing you know, the <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2014/11/auswuch.html">'84 4Runner</a> has retired from go-to daily-driver duties, replaced by the faded grey Supra that's the subject of this post.</div><div><br /></div><div>And all went well.</div><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly the next 18 months saw the Supra market evolve to where you'd be mad to strip any complete, running and driving car for parts. Whether holy-grail 8LP RZ six-speed or peasant 199 SZ auto, a Supra's a Supra; <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2018/12/90shero-twin-turbo-era.html">relatively low production</a> and increasing worldwide demand determined there was now justification to save them <i>all</i>. Every last one. </div><div>Yessir, the grey Supra had survived... but now I had <i>two</i> Supra projects. </div><div>While the blue Supra was still the one of the two I pictured owning long-term, miraculously the grey number had found itself at a point in time where I'd worst-case get a ninety-five-cents-on-the-dollar return if the money was spent objectively improving it; not just rare for anyone that's ever sunk coin into an old car, but a blindingly-bright green-light for a project if the funds are there! How am I supposed to say no to that?! I'm not made of stone!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_MRTFeSeCtso9jMqtG5NZ_JHW3T_21BNqP8A8hPXyiGGCrWjN_SaCgS7zXUWAwmG1-yMYEavxa-ZUH9OdZS9k86gOpcsEwkiq2id1L5fgfQML-SdP5XYF8ZiCzz9_vnW-1HN1rlbT78/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+94.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_MRTFeSeCtso9jMqtG5NZ_JHW3T_21BNqP8A8hPXyiGGCrWjN_SaCgS7zXUWAwmG1-yMYEavxa-ZUH9OdZS9k86gOpcsEwkiq2id1L5fgfQML-SdP5XYF8ZiCzz9_vnW-1HN1rlbT78/w640-h360/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+94.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>So parts were gathered and a full repaint organized, foolishly <i>also</i> giving me the go-ahead to buy a 'temporary' daily-driver (oh boy, <i>another</i> car..!) to fill the Supra's shoes while the work took place. </div><div><br /></div><div>Would you be surprised to know that over two years later that 'temporary' replacement is <i>still</i> my daily-driver, every day tormenting me for <i>its</i> turn at restoration and retirement? Yes, I am an idiot.. </div><div><br /></div><div>But I digress. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's time we launch into a little more detail on the grey Supra's 2019 tidy-up. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="834" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdz1c8e-IcZfZ-M0Hznx-ZB7BzaHxBSd-ZuvGfw_7tFMPMPqFbTifWNNoTTQmuTILHb6lZAXZ7pyYaap6Qs6BEaKI2Z6CljdHLersvWzb_xMT5JFEHc28d8BC4hcj3LSlURPfRquzDaE4/w522-h640/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+11.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><i><blockquote>"Plastic Gold. The last bits and bobs finally rolling in for the grey Supra's well deserved (and long overdue!) tidy up later this year. Much of it a result of falling down that Toyota Genuine Parts rabbit hole when sourcing the handful of parts actually *required* for new paint: the fixed-window seals, quarter glass, glued badging, spoiler gaskets and so on. It's certainly hard not to grab what I can, while I still can; the youngest examples are now 17 years old - those items as seemingly silly as armrests or dash buttons aren't going to sit in Toyota's warehouses forever! While it still can't help but feel a little odd for a model that's so much more recent in my mind, that grey Supra really is now every bit as old as my AW11 was when I gave it its first thorough tidy-up back in 2009. You better believe I can see this thing taking the same hilariously slow and wallet-torturing spiral from aging daily to dedicated toy over the next decade.. #noragrets #jza80shero #toyotagenuineparts #toyotagenuineaccessories #toyota #teq #トヨタ #スープラ #toyotasupra #supra #suprasz #mkiv #mkivsupra #mk4supra #supranation #supraregistry #supraculture #jza80 #2jz #2jzge #2jzgte #classictoyota #oldschooltoyota #radwood #japanesenostalgiccar #1997"</blockquote></i><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKpwVgF-_6_QSvk74enQDQ-EvJU-XyFiDEraopraTQx55g0IZHfBB0p5Cjr3croB3EEm5DUjej0rW9vL4piF_A0T1gM5dYkCmyKh8LJ0SlZT802X34T3IRJltlUHjmEGBKGZ88yO3vWUM/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKpwVgF-_6_QSvk74enQDQ-EvJU-XyFiDEraopraTQx55g0IZHfBB0p5Cjr3croB3EEm5DUjej0rW9vL4piF_A0T1gM5dYkCmyKh8LJ0SlZT802X34T3IRJltlUHjmEGBKGZ88yO3vWUM/w640-h360/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The local launch of a new Supra made for an expectedly Supra-heavy show, so here's some.. Supra: my stocker parked alongside two far wilder examples for a bit of unintentional contrast. All went well. #jza80shero #toymods #toyotafest #castlehilltoyota #nswsupraclub #toyota #teq #トヨタ #スープラ #toyotasupra #supra #suprasz #mkiv #mkivsupra #mk4supra #supranation #supraregistry #supraculture #jza80 #a80supra #2jz #2jzge #2jzgte #classictoyota #oldschooltoyota #radwood #japanesenostalgiccar #1997"</i></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pGsvKF9YobkkfjV7abH_AD7JzrwDd3jA78Z-S-I1uneVBUnndHjebpb60hnv2hGchtZk-10D4_si81qDe2vxDzb2Dmy3Ahz5I5vjqnPEaqS3WgwEst9nbtfVOaRDZIn1XNCeL-TL0-A/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pGsvKF9YobkkfjV7abH_AD7JzrwDd3jA78Z-S-I1uneVBUnndHjebpb60hnv2hGchtZk-10D4_si81qDe2vxDzb2Dmy3Ahz5I5vjqnPEaqS3WgwEst9nbtfVOaRDZIn1XNCeL-TL0-A/w640-h360/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+18.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I know, it’s not one of the older potatoes in the unintentionally-Toyota-heavy fleet, but an.. err.. ‘entertaining’ 2020 shared worldwide has meant I haven’t been to Melbourne for some of the more traditional “car shenanigans” since bloody January. So with any luck this’ll do for the minute. Other news on a coincidentally related note? I finally bit the bullet and shook off that blue Abflug Supra last week. I know, I know, again - there’s shame here, believe me! A project I’d dreamed of getting to for so damn long; but sitting untouched in storage since 2016, and *still* yet to see the end of that tunnel so much as brighten.. well yeah, it’s time to move it on. With any luck those of you around the Melbourne car scene’ll see a little more action on that front in coming months, even if that mightn’t be the case for me too - I’m just hoping I can get back down there before Classic Japan comes around again at the end of the year..! #jza80shero #mid90s #90shero #toyota #teq #トヨタ #スープラ #toyotasupra #supra #suprasz #6N0 #mkiv #mkivsupra #mk4supra #supranation #supraregistry #supraculture #jza80 #a80supra #2jz #2jzge #2jzgte #classictoyota #oldschooltoyota #radwood #japanesenostalgiccar"</i></blockquote>,..those three Instagram posts covering the parts collected by May 2019, the completed car's debut cruise in October 2019, and finally, eventually, the walkaround photoset taken in July 2020. <div><div>Also wangdangled into that last post there is the fact that 10 months into having the now-shiny grey Supra sit around as little more than a toy, I'd lost some of the drive to get to the blue Supra <i>at all.</i> It still didn't have a forever-home, and those continual years of storage weren't free; it was a serious project that needed serious money to complete. With COVID uncertainly at the time putting the final nail in that coffin, I grit my teeth and moved it on. </div><div>While it still bothers me, <i>would I</i> have done anything with it in the year since? That same 15 months hasn't seen me organize the motor build for the grey Supra either, so whether it's due to being too busy or simply too lazy, the answer is "unfortunately not". </div><div><br /></div><div>But yeah, looking back at those comparatively-motivated months in the middle of 2019, if only for my self-esteem at this point:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VJkdOb6-Je2UeabDBTWkL8nQC1R2DNE98d1tQ2Z3yw43SpdJZJLUjm1wr1knTJdzGB5_HarHcoG1O69Jy33v-EM6bIBxwfPqiqav9HHQNoVLUZTUI-_hDGXjT8qLzQGPpiBOR3DfqSw/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+61.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VJkdOb6-Je2UeabDBTWkL8nQC1R2DNE98d1tQ2Z3yw43SpdJZJLUjm1wr1knTJdzGB5_HarHcoG1O69Jy33v-EM6bIBxwfPqiqav9HHQNoVLUZTUI-_hDGXjT8qLzQGPpiBOR3DfqSw/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+61.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'd have paid a trimmer to do this had I known one locally. </div><div>Having fitted this semi-successfully, combined with a healthy splash of near-20:20 hindsight? Yep, absolutely, I'd pay a trimmer to do this if I knew one locally.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2LN-UcONZwbnrOQU94LU_eqLq8AhgajGvMOh3q-YleAbAodmYA8F01rYIAzbzYAhd8spTb5ouDFBuJ4caP4lYmRHnRxhGu7F21CHuaRDXAfYQ2JSjSLzoamegeh5UWW22vTqSzIWaNI/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+62.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2LN-UcONZwbnrOQU94LU_eqLq8AhgajGvMOh3q-YleAbAodmYA8F01rYIAzbzYAhd8spTb5ouDFBuJ4caP4lYmRHnRxhGu7F21CHuaRDXAfYQ2JSjSLzoamegeh5UWW22vTqSzIWaNI/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+62.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJy72WvjGsyCoFVuPSsG283eFdV1tewywMXw571UOHTqV5AZ2-5DRc9eUKHMVM3vjJJqvtJZD_Pu96sdeNY3JonSe4Y0NR732VyXSVxSiGDkQcUfSC1VnyAFr9NP42msGk3uPnO6x0VSA/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+63.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJy72WvjGsyCoFVuPSsG283eFdV1tewywMXw571UOHTqV5AZ2-5DRc9eUKHMVM3vjJJqvtJZD_Pu96sdeNY3JonSe4Y0NR732VyXSVxSiGDkQcUfSC1VnyAFr9NP42msGk3uPnO6x0VSA/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+63.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Those new armrests, replacing the nasty warped ones that are a given for any facelift car that's seen so much as a a pleasant winter's day.<div><br /></div><div>Then attention shifts to the dashboard electronics, wielding a butter knife... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMY6xKtMSkQ5NHKq2RxutaF6VABgcpG29uyHVEKigeddwuMkK2K1paedHOMfn19QmQmEYPbo718CwFpb2_gzDlcWn7elvHCCjUnwraXtI1LqOf3YtU8bVuUjUQdR4y3Ji5HkAnfserIw/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+54.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMY6xKtMSkQ5NHKq2RxutaF6VABgcpG29uyHVEKigeddwuMkK2K1paedHOMfn19QmQmEYPbo718CwFpb2_gzDlcWn7elvHCCjUnwraXtI1LqOf3YtU8bVuUjUQdR4y3Ji5HkAnfserIw/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+54.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wIV-awGY8OArbHkQk-WRkqEQH5uxjPYEsw8KWrLJWRpcCdLwzQjGGJjSbSOVjfZ8YDpfV6cxvB6iR0itvicU_GEw66VZFia7kdC20EOHQfwMguu2tXK1XRUIYTKpD8E_fEsEMkxoots/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+55.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wIV-awGY8OArbHkQk-WRkqEQH5uxjPYEsw8KWrLJWRpcCdLwzQjGGJjSbSOVjfZ8YDpfV6cxvB6iR0itvicU_GEw66VZFia7kdC20EOHQfwMguu2tXK1XRUIYTKpD8E_fEsEMkxoots/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+55.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjZ3eIfa8jBAB0dHUzHoygEKnsDM2XXCuOu-vT8Czx4UN9A_zXnIrkKiwOTVhFJ6N36iMloHvsIQYEWlfgyprnAcbd030b5Bfy1PYbiD2COM9cL0uDMIOMcIg8AqTTJKYnZr5XaqcKz8/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+56.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjZ3eIfa8jBAB0dHUzHoygEKnsDM2XXCuOu-vT8Czx4UN9A_zXnIrkKiwOTVhFJ6N36iMloHvsIQYEWlfgyprnAcbd030b5Bfy1PYbiD2COM9cL0uDMIOMcIg8AqTTJKYnZr5XaqcKz8/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+56.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>...I mean, are you even a A80 Supra owner if you haven't replaced your yellowing HVAC buttons with fresh new ones? While the fact it's easy, cheap and satisfying goes a long way to answering <i>why</i> this became a thing, I'm still curious as to why in the hell Toyota even bothered stockpiling <i>so damn many </i>of the buttons in the first place! It's not even as though they're failing. Just.. err.. less white.</div><div>While ordering the rest of the parts above though? Well sure, I'll grab those buttons too...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCkcKLPxGUEHAjavQvu18ruOCoIoTSr529xpxvtshIzOXppZq19GHsoMNG-0du6PQa20ofTKjOl7nVi7eaREbyP0J1hqeoB4-WEko6M1xwHHRZ0nwFJzoCsQCMn9WxWXvqxQEnWAuyVc/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+51.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCkcKLPxGUEHAjavQvu18ruOCoIoTSr529xpxvtshIzOXppZq19GHsoMNG-0du6PQa20ofTKjOl7nVi7eaREbyP0J1hqeoB4-WEko6M1xwHHRZ0nwFJzoCsQCMn9WxWXvqxQEnWAuyVc/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+51.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48Iazn5LPdjqTkL-iIJrDROOlt9ieBvEayqFhE1li8yPtVyh5dYLRH2LaYRG79FRM4Enwj5nZVDH9S6JKhEPjPtBLjK2EnAbv0bNQYD0bFl7NAJj4jZ53BzjeM4L5vfl6NsAtem7Efts/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+52.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48Iazn5LPdjqTkL-iIJrDROOlt9ieBvEayqFhE1li8yPtVyh5dYLRH2LaYRG79FRM4Enwj5nZVDH9S6JKhEPjPtBLjK2EnAbv0bNQYD0bFl7NAJj4jZ53BzjeM4L5vfl6NsAtem7Efts/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+52.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuKb53hk9RQvx_zpiD7gYQ4GqWV5dbeliRwER5NI5Y0jqegmfXVyK77Wt5g87fqtt8IKrEe9Z-HZs1eNuvt9rciNlpn93reclV4aj09rq1zczGouTutbB3osdk0wGBhurMNpaWG-XHPg/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+53.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuKb53hk9RQvx_zpiD7gYQ4GqWV5dbeliRwER5NI5Y0jqegmfXVyK77Wt5g87fqtt8IKrEe9Z-HZs1eNuvt9rciNlpn93reclV4aj09rq1zczGouTutbB3osdk0wGBhurMNpaWG-XHPg/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+53.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The interior back together, along with that nice new gear-knob and cargo blind.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4DMR7raWs3TEnNYYhcfh4QrQTaaDX-yl5Scpw9MgYGai2g34thjtkh86g0IZlN_SimTV4RwGzRm2YAdtjdulEotRv6dCiC8rY8v3FKUl4jCr3HDQx3YAJZiH4w4MehihvHmKLiUb_rc/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+68.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4DMR7raWs3TEnNYYhcfh4QrQTaaDX-yl5Scpw9MgYGai2g34thjtkh86g0IZlN_SimTV4RwGzRm2YAdtjdulEotRv6dCiC8rY8v3FKUl4jCr3HDQx3YAJZiH4w4MehihvHmKLiUb_rc/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+68.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZ4v9uTFfEqaBz-5BF0P4B8PoyikuAahBx5P9R9JgKvKSOcbSdv4IWCuOcYpApQpMiavzioGA1KGYfZW9So2kFGESAajM_WzKm2b_Okt9C3giKoZQxSAjK3-z2X-CikPXuu96FXG95DM/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+93.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="1024" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZ4v9uTFfEqaBz-5BF0P4B8PoyikuAahBx5P9R9JgKvKSOcbSdv4IWCuOcYpApQpMiavzioGA1KGYfZW9So2kFGESAajM_WzKm2b_Okt9C3giKoZQxSAjK3-z2X-CikPXuu96FXG95DM/w640-h352/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+93.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbFo17mi9Ce3gEYxM_Jnw9YrentVpxK7w4hfVEEkFRfXYFEojFxLekn3TpOcwoUgQGmx84qCbPkr1v4uHviyewm9vBrk4xmfSYS2psEsFRD32VijPcu3fxGvZGrlngWBynlux9htGdGI/s1118/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+66.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbFo17mi9Ce3gEYxM_Jnw9YrentVpxK7w4hfVEEkFRfXYFEojFxLekn3TpOcwoUgQGmx84qCbPkr1v4uHviyewm9vBrk4xmfSYS2psEsFRD32VijPcu3fxGvZGrlngWBynlux9htGdGI/w586-h640/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+66.jpg" width="586" /></a></div>At this point I also stumbled across someone looking to swap the standard side trims and plastics for the <i>far</i> rarer option skirts and pods. Genuine Toyota plastic ones, and <i>facelift-specific</i>. <div>The chance of this happening within driving distance of the automotive-enthusiast <i>desert</i> I've found myself in for the last couple years? While it wasn't something I was actively hunting prior to the repaint, I'd have been silly not to. It not only happened to be fitting for what is otherwise an already very heavily optioned car, but is a nice nod to the first Supra I tried to buy years earlier...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfnNzrb3iygvh1_xJknd6-ZpAJjLbToJutOZKBj7YBwIGMtbsRDN1pc0m7GkyQ3NfSk-rgma7RDVFha8quDIT3-QItPRcBF6PPVdj0Ghnd2Cr7DQepYUMUU9QiqnSDbf6D39fwlvL0ks/s640/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+87.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfnNzrb3iygvh1_xJknd6-ZpAJjLbToJutOZKBj7YBwIGMtbsRDN1pc0m7GkyQ3NfSk-rgma7RDVFha8quDIT3-QItPRcBF6PPVdj0Ghnd2Cr7DQepYUMUU9QiqnSDbf6D39fwlvL0ks/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+87.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKln3MlicYZQtHFtH90K7R8wawm9Z7RtKlk5WR81sXq6dZBGehrwbD-LmNPoLIb8WA67WrkQz4yHUzSjdY36su-wPX_hdDbivXUffmqYNQtT5BsG1v8yFTR-Q9hnUv_7jSgw93qHuRDw/s640/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+85.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKln3MlicYZQtHFtH90K7R8wawm9Z7RtKlk5WR81sXq6dZBGehrwbD-LmNPoLIb8WA67WrkQz4yHUzSjdY36su-wPX_hdDbivXUffmqYNQtT5BsG1v8yFTR-Q9hnUv_7jSgw93qHuRDw/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+85.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cghKDlu32Ek_50LDQ2wHu9cprBQ8O0AvFXVrDwmiSflxVxkZCaDB61TgyddGdRs-nb9X-f5XldOPsp3LCCUyLKFusHGbxjYPp_Viu5vIlovswv3Tsixg6HNOM_9Bgm94LgoWUkTqX20/s640/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+88.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cghKDlu32Ek_50LDQ2wHu9cprBQ8O0AvFXVrDwmiSflxVxkZCaDB61TgyddGdRs-nb9X-f5XldOPsp3LCCUyLKFusHGbxjYPp_Viu5vIlovswv3Tsixg6HNOM_9Bgm94LgoWUkTqX20/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+88.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjcJ_2lEuFwLfRYV4ABp1dMXO7NfRV9AH1kKQwUslmOfj0hR0VY3vhdxJC_HHmLR6BeuYkpb6GPlZYs1TuFMOWH7sXftBZ4DTZ1pIVsdGnFNXLdPrpjBKacFwntsDBtXGKP-RELh2C8M/s640/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+86.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjcJ_2lEuFwLfRYV4ABp1dMXO7NfRV9AH1kKQwUslmOfj0hR0VY3vhdxJC_HHmLR6BeuYkpb6GPlZYs1TuFMOWH7sXftBZ4DTZ1pIVsdGnFNXLdPrpjBKacFwntsDBtXGKP-RELh2C8M/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+86.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>...a similarly-loaded 1996 facelift RZ, back in 2011, that heartbreakingly sold while I was in hurried discussions with both the selling dealer and the importer I'd chosen to use. That "I have unfortunate news" email is still a kick in the guts all these years later. <div><br /><div>Still.. disheartened but <i>not deterred</i>, the continued hunt eventually ended two months later with the successful bid on a 1998 CP9A Evo 5 GSR of all things:<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_iZcwRoh3eUJuJhSF2VCL1eIKWQVTg1e3sjVVY31tmQaefRKEJlrM_7UQyRqJZVFNBGnPrWljwYnuiu1PJ8AF05bSNiLBf43CDDKSJ2wUBNLt56w-6BXd9cYjX6va4jErTYsholzNlI/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+89.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_iZcwRoh3eUJuJhSF2VCL1eIKWQVTg1e3sjVVY31tmQaefRKEJlrM_7UQyRqJZVFNBGnPrWljwYnuiu1PJ8AF05bSNiLBf43CDDKSJ2wUBNLt56w-6BXd9cYjX6va4jErTYsholzNlI/w640-h480/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+89.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu41nL8lv6N4-OV1DbqqoyWlIaqlfje5AH936j_U8Gnb3ESg4C6yGLXktIxLQFMYnbkDK7eakLpDVdKIO5YZerhx1XbltAaL2w42qVPMMkgYw1p33mlKpAfyHgex7r6jcIsrVegMc6JM/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+91.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu41nL8lv6N4-OV1DbqqoyWlIaqlfje5AH936j_U8Gnb3ESg4C6yGLXktIxLQFMYnbkDK7eakLpDVdKIO5YZerhx1XbltAaL2w42qVPMMkgYw1p33mlKpAfyHgex7r6jcIsrVegMc6JM/w640-h426/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+91.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQEWsMx5Im52WR3X1rcNmzs4grBUcKK_dgflT7iDteCKLUgXpk2PeLjiCprSAzxoKxaO0gJtoX7rRdRE4I4XIfRCud910B-S0bGI8FU6ZRaBeluNaJETy4KzF9F5SQjanOXGQQumeF54/s1024/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+90.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQEWsMx5Im52WR3X1rcNmzs4grBUcKK_dgflT7iDteCKLUgXpk2PeLjiCprSAzxoKxaO0gJtoX7rRdRE4I4XIfRCud910B-S0bGI8FU6ZRaBeluNaJETy4KzF9F5SQjanOXGQQumeF54/w640-h426/20211002JZA80TOYOTASUPRASZRESTORATION+90.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>...I mean, a good turbo six-speed Supra was hundreds of thousands of yen *cough* more. Some madmen were even parting with a million yen to buy those things! Who's got time for that?! Oh how times have changed. </div><div>While I loved my little Evo, I'm still gutted at what could have been.</div><div><br /></div><div>..aaand again, I've digressed!</div><div><br /></div><div>The Supra's paint. Yes. The long-winded and roundabout journey from tatty example to a dang hollow <i>replica</i> of one I tried to buy years earlier for a flippin' <i>fraction</i> of the price. Yep. Good. Great. Grand. 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Glass out, paint stripped and a full repaint in PPG 6N0 'Moonstone Pearl' Greyish Green Mica - a Japan-specific colour introduced with the '1997' facelift in 1996. </div></div><div>The mate that painted and oversaw disassembly/reassembly of the car did an absolutely <i>fantastic</i> job, and by late September 2019 the car was complete. 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Look like we've <i>finally</i> filled in those gaps between flaking clear and Spruce Moose! </div><div><br /></div><div>The following 15 months and ~5,000km has seen little more than continued pointless pampering in its new life as a garage-ornament. 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A near-perfect example of what's, well, an arguably-underwhelming sportscar in this trim: a stylish commuter from a time when sportscars were still the aspirational vehicle for the successful professional. </div><div>This one just happens to be the flagship sporting chassis from one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers, designed during <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2018/12/90shero-twin-turbo-era.html">an epic era of Japanese vehicle engineering</a>. These have long since traded on the <i>potential</i> I'm flat-out <i>obligated</i> to tackle next...</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Cheers to the <a href="http://mkiv.supras.org.nz/index.htm">New Zealand MKIV Supra</a> website for those great scans of the original brochures used in part above. What a goldmine.</div><div><br /></div><div>Otherwise that'll be all for now. <i>Done! </i></div>RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-24858027163282922012019-05-31T09:05:00.002-07:002019-06-23T09:55:59.392-07:00S-Pack Society of Victoria. Jokes fired wide in a delicate attempt to skirt insensitivity, as it's time for a closer look at the sports-styled variation of Ford Australia's large-car offering through the 1980s: the Falcon 'S' Pack, here based on the 1982-1984 XE Falcon GL specifically.<br />
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Kicking off with some <a href="https://www.instagram.com/80shero/">three year old Instagram posts</a> and a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/aussie-car-adverts/">scan dragged off the interwebs</a>, recycled and repackaged with a photoset from the slightly-shallower depths of my phone's absurdly deep Camera Roll, rinsed out to share in May 2019. You'd never know.<br />
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<i>"From Saturday night; a restored or well-tarted-survivor XE Ford Falcon S-Pack sedan... post-first facelift for the fourth generation of Australian Ford Falcons, and a mild sports package for the entry GL variant available on the sedan, wagon, and ute. A basic 'skirts and stickers' package that included that front spoiler, the foglamps, stripes, sporty trim, and so on. Simple, but a great looking thing.. and it's properly fantastic to see these (particularly the XE S-Pack) get a bump in popularity/appreciation in more recent years... #fordaustralia #fordfalcon #falcon #xefalcon #xespack #falconspack #1982"</i></blockquote>
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<i>"...and a close-up of the S-Pack's "S" decal; the end-point of one tremendous, near-continuous decal that works its way around the car. S for Style. S for Sophistication. S for BahamaBeigeWithRedDecalsOverBrownWool..en Sports Seats. The Ford Falcon S-Pack: a carefully positioned hypen away from an insult to the handicapped... #fordaustralia #fordfalcon #falcon #xefalcon #xespack #falconspack #1982"</i></blockquote>
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In Ford's words..?<br />
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<i>"If you're a person who is going places, and want a car that will get you there, the new Falcon 'S' Pack is the answer. It incorporates all of Falcon's practicality with a touch of individuality.<br />With its Alloy Head II engine the new 'S' Pack has more power as well as improved fuel economy.<br />It boasts a Watts Link Rear Suspension System, which features a Watts linkage, 4 trailing arms and progressive rate coil springs. This new system provides the car with a significant improvement in surefootedness and control.<br />The 'S'Pack gets its sporty appearance from a number of well chosen features. The exterior has special body striping and blackout treatment, fog lamps, black front spoiler, slotted steel road wheels, and ER70H14 steel belt radials.<br />Inside, the look is equally individualistic. Seats are faced in striped wool blend cloth, instrumentation is comprehensive; having speedometer, tachometer, fuel, temperature and oil pressure gauges, volt meter, trip meter, and an LED digital clock. An intermittent wiper setting is also provided.<br />This is the car for the Falcon driver who likes the idea of looking a little different. No matter the time of the place."</i></blockquote>
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...and as for that photoset, how deep <i>are </i>we talking? Ah, well that'd be October 2017 and the <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/11/laser-brilliant-breakthrough.html">Ford Performance Club of ACT's 2017 "Capital All Ford Day"</a> in Queanbeyan NSW, where there just so happened to be a <i>particularly </i>spectacular example of this sporty early-eighties Ford. Tidy, complete and seemingly <i>very </i>original - it was hard to miss!<br />
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The start of the 'S' Pack's fantastic (and XE-specific) body striping that works its way around the car, along with a look at the included fog lamps and black front spoiler...<br />
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...the slotted steel road wheels and ER70H14 (now 205/70 R14) steel belt radials.<br />
The "ALLOY HEAD II" badge proudly refers to the then-latest 3.3 and 4.1 litre variations of a six-cylinder that traces its roots back to the Ford US Thriftpower Six twenty years earlier; the 5speed in this particular car pinning this one as the smaller of the two capacities offered at the time.<br />
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<b>FALCONS</b>: <i>plural noun.</i> There's more than one.<br />
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Rubbish jokes aside, that <i>is </i>actually another S-Pack parked to its right!<br />
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The end of the decal that has busily made its way around 11 metres of Australian Ford sheetmetal..<br />
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Speaking of which, this "CHEATER" (often "Aunger" brand) window louvre is a classic bit of 1980s Australiana. I sure hope someone was wise enough to hold onto all these model-specific moulds, as I have no doubt these are going to become a hot item again when the 80s/90s Aussie stuff really gets into its stride in years to come...<br />
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Fantastic stripe package outside, fantastic stripe detailing inside.<br />
I know taste is subjective, but I'm honestly surprised how bloody <i>handsome </i>I find the entirety of the 'S' Pack inclusions on the 1982-1984 XE. A home run. Leaves me curious as to what else those involved may have had their hand in locally..<br />
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Fluffy-dice-cubes<i> ("...I think it's time we went for a cruuuuuiiiise...") </i>packed away for safe-keeping and instruments revealing the ~170,000km (~105,000mi) apparently traveled with great care over this Falcon's then 35 years. An absolute credit to its owner/s.<br />
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All in all, a rare sight to see out and about these days. Sadly most were thoroughly used up and binned <i>long </i>ago, just as many of their late 90s and early 2000s Falcon "XR6" equivalents are having their last laps around roads today. But time goes on, numbers thin, values of the survivors increase, restorations become justifiable, and eventually.. <i>eventually</i>.. shining examples will find their way en masse to the middle of a sports field on a sunny Sunday afternoon. <i>I'm </i>excited..!<br />
<br />RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-89921617999408480962019-04-30T09:56:00.001-07:002019-05-05T04:10:59.382-07:00PATINA LIKE YOU MEAN IT.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A November '80 RN46 Toyota HiLux exhibiting the painfully familiar classic Japanese vehicle combination of legendary mechanical reliability buttoned to sheetmetal that rusts with truly <i>breathtaking </i>enthusiasm. Usable till the doors literally fall off. Thirty nine years old and cosmetically in line for the bin decades ago; not much locally gets to exist to the point it's <i>this </i>far gone...<br />
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A bloody shame too, as it would've been a cool thing if even <i>remotely </i>salvageable.<br />
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When factory spec/options and originality can be the difference between life and death for a classic car, this chipper 541-solid-yellow single-cab 4x4 'Lux I stumbled upon at the wreckers a fortnight ago sure had plenty going for it...<br />
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...but the rust...<br />
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..by God, the rust; no, even the most naive underestimator on the hunt for their first ever project car would know better.<br />
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But that near time-warp originality makes for a fascinating photo-set if nothing else. I absolutely loved seeing those 16" split steel rims and appropriately dainty 205R16LT tyres - sitting right where Toyota had put them almost forty years earlier - along with a look at the crusty WARN manual Locking Hubs before they're surely re-purposed by somebody...<br />
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All original paint and striping around this side too. To see bodywork this far gone that's so unmolested is a treat. How had nobody attempted to patch this at any point? Where had it been for nobody to have to?! How long <i>had </i>this been off the road?!<br />
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Victoria's lack of annual inspections mean you <i>could </i>continue to pay your registration every year and fly blissfully under the radar, but living in a climate relatively gentle on bodywork (understandably, given the inspection-less system works at all in this state) there's absolutely<i> no</i> way this could go un-noticed on the road. This isn't Canada!<br />
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There's seemingly not a single spot of paint left on this chassis.<br />
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The leaf-sprung solid-axles, front and rear. A proper little four-wheel-drive.<br />
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Towbar of course, because Australian commercial vehicle. 140Nm (103 lb ft) 18R be damned!<br />
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78,582km (48,829mi) on the clock? Frighteningly, I'm thinking this <i>may actually be</i> the first time 'round. Ouch.<br />
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<i>"You put those bloody multigrips down!"</i> Absolutely loved this. Had to fight the urge to take the character-laden glovebox panel with me...<br />
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It's beautiful aging and patina that just has to be left alone. Photos taken to record and I'm on my way...<br />
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Rust in peace HiLux. Your job's done.<br />
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<br />RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-50030586981616803142019-03-31T13:28:00.001-07:002019-04-30T09:56:26.627-07:00The CONC Flying Dragon.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another one of those posts I've been meaning to make for <i>quite </i>a while now, to the somewhat-alarming point it has already been five years since I took these photos! I was definitely <i>in the process</i> at the time in any case; that counts, right?! Ha - I get there eventually...<br />
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1986 CONC Flying Dragon, by Speed Star.<br />
15" FR, 1565 ; 15 x 6.5" +19<br />
4H 114.3<br />
August 1986<br />
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Two non-directional face castings (depending on valve location) in one size only. Standard Speed Star three-piece (barrel halves welded) construction. Familiar 20 bolt pattern Reverse (15") and Full Reverse (14") barrels. Two colours. Two cap designs. Rare. <i>Rare</i>.<br />
This tall-cap "FR" 15" version is seemingly the <i>rarer </i>of those two, too; no real surprise when the advertising I've come across (some shots below) highlights the Full Reverse 14" FF version in particular. I've genuinely only seen a handful of sets on the market in years of casual wheel browsing...<br />
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Despite the relatively simple construction for a Speed Star made wheel at the time (no Electron Lock, minimal size/colour options, non-directional faces..); there's still some great detailing and an absolutely brutal design from my <i>favourite </i>era of SSR. I've banged on about it before, but I really believe ~1984-1994 Speed Star produced some of the most unique and technically interesting wheels ever made..<br />
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...the photos above showing the channel for the red pinstripe, the hollowed out spokes and a face mounted to the barrel flange on delicate cast columns for air-flow between.<br />
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Some full page Option Magazine adverts from the period:<br />
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Interesting to see the 15" FR version and the main 14" wheel don't have the "飛龍" "Flying Dragon" sticker opposite the valve...<br />
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Black face, gold fasteners, 14" FF on a fourth generation EF Honda Civic...<br />
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...and what appears to be that same Civic alongside some racing equivalents at the track!<br />
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That's all for this one anyway. We're done. Hopefully you enjoyed the closer look at this unique old wheel..!<br />
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Something a little different from the <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-last-of-big-bangers.html">National Motor Racing Museum</a> <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-furious-group-c-atcc-84-bluebird.html">in Bathurst</a>, NSW... </div>
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The utility variation of an Australian-engineered local-market model from an American manufacturer - <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2015/10/button-plan-sports-sedan.html">briefly re-badged as Japanese</a> - <i>heavily</i> modified to rocket around Mexico in the late 80s...</div>
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Oh yes, it's the 1984- Ford (Australia) XF Falcon Ute built by Australian Jim Hunter to compete in the "Presidente Sauza SCORE <i><b>Baja 1000</b></i>" in November 1987!<br />
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Not only does its existence make clear it <i>survived </i>that adventure (and the following decades!), the Australian and American driver team of Jim Hunter and Randy Salmont successfully completed the day-long ~700 mile loop from Ensenada to Ensenada and won their class (Class 6). Impressive pace and durability for the car's first attempt...<br />
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Essence-of-Falcon: while most of the bodywork <i>appears </i>as you'd find on an XF Falcon Ute, the view from the back starts to reveal there's some serious work lurking beneath...</div>
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...that's assuming you'd overlooked the stratospheric ride height (both ends good for ~15" of travel) up to this point!<br />
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No leaf-sprung solid-axle here!<br />
Chrome-moly tube space frame, rear-mounted GM TH400 and a now-independent 9" diff fitted with inboard Jaguar disc brakes...<br />
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...while the intricate rear suspension has seemingly, conveniently, been coloured in order to highlight the different components!<br />
It consists of a pair of large transverse torsion bars (in yellow) bolted to the chassis' main RHS behind the diff by a fantastic gusseted combination bracket (yellow) that <i>also </i>secures the similarly large diameter swaybar (silver/grey). The swaybar ends with links (black) sky-high above the back of each torsion arm (black), with <i>even longer</i> links (also black) running vertically down to the top of those <i>very </i>serious looking hubs.<br />
Each hubs is located by five chrome-moly tube links (all painted blue): a pair of <i>long </i>trailing links running longitudinally from the back of the cab to the 5 and 11 o'clock positions on the forward side of the hub, with a trio of transverse links - two lower and a single upper - running to the 12, 4, and 8 o'clock spots, each topped by long-travel Rancho shock (all white) tasked with ensuring there's <i>no </i>unwanted rotation or load on that hub/wheel!<br />
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Further forward, the rear-mounted 45 gallon tank fed the Falcon's ~400HP warmed-over 351ci Cleveland.<br />
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<i>On an interesting tangent, while this motor is right at home under the bonnet and here sits in its original position, the XF Falcon actually marked the point where Ford Australia stopped fitting these V8s to the Falcon! The previous XE and XD revisions of the same 1979- fourth-generation Falcon came equipped with both 302ci and 351ci Australian-manufactured variations of Ford's "Cleveland" V8..</i><br />
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The huge (particularly for a 2WD Utility based on an early-eighties passenger car!) 35x12.5R15 BF Goodrich Mud Terrains. The large diameter and chosen gearing seeing the car push ~140mph (225km/h) flat-out.<br />
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Geography humour.<br />
The "II" of "Down Under Thunder II" being Jim's second attempt at the Baja 1000 after competing the year before in a Chevy Blazer (and well, again in June 1987 in the Baja 500 in a Chev C20)...<br />
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So a step back it is; things could be worse!<br />
One thing's for sure: has inspiration been hurled into the too-hard-basket here?! It's instantly apparent that nowhere near enough X-series Falcon Utes are given the Prerunner / Trophy-truck look!<br />
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We're done anyway. Hopefully you enjoyed the brief look this potentially-forgotten piece of motorsport history as much as I did. What an awesome bit of gear...RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-85586351673169963682019-01-31T14:08:00.002-08:002019-02-24T05:27:02.433-08:00Paseona!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes. Because even Toyota's passionfruit-flavoured hypermiling<i>-chariot </i>deserves a little love; <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2018/12/90shero-twin-turbo-era.html">the not-so-flattering mention alongside the 2JZ-GTE as products of year-on-year-on-year record sales for Toyota in the previous post</a> no doubt a little insensitive.<br />
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Even as the mundane cousin to the gullwing-doored fishbowl that <i>was </i>the <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2018/05/toyotas-sera-starlet-with-style-paseo.html">Toyota Sera</a>, it'd be rude not to step back for another look at the larger picture - a manufacturer bothering to squeeze <i>yet another </i>sporty coupe (regardless of ability, an arguably unnecessary product for style-conscious buyers..) in an already packed lineup.<br />
How packed? It's staggering to remember there was a point in time Toyota could justify development of this alongside the <i>already-unnecessary </i>pairing of AE101 Corolla Levin and Sprinter Trueno coupes. It's 130mm shorter. 50mm narrower. 10mm lower. <i>Another </i>1.5litre twin-cam four' <i>again </i>driving the front wheels (the 1496cc 5E-FE and 1498cc 5A-FE in the Paseo/Cynos and Corolla Levin / Sprinter Trueno respectively)... and base prices less than 200,000yen apart? Sure these things were destined to sell in pointlessly different dealerships, but you're just adding two more slices into the same damn pie. You <i>may </i>now get to line up for piece three times, but you're not going to get yourself a whole lot more!<br />
Hell, and that's if we forget even <i>attempting </i>to get buyers stretch for the 1.5million yen Celica or 1.6million yen SERA models - that'd <i>never </i>fly! Absolute night and day to Toyota's modern day 86 sports coupe, where a one size fits all, shared development ring-in from another manufacturer is the name of the game. It was just a different time.<br />
So yes, let's swing some appreciation toward that Paseo/Cynos... if only as a shining reminder of the era it was created...<br />
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Right. So how best to celebrate the little Toyota few enthusiasts choose to hurl love and attention toward? One rarely dressed with wax and tyre-shine and paraded in front of my nose at a local car show, ripe for a flattering photoshoot?<br />
Well if there's one thing that twists <i>my </i>arm harder than a brochure, it's glossy photos strapped to a damn novel of marketing faff in an original press kit. The glossiest of brochures would have never stood a chance if the manufacturer was unable to charm the journo's first!<br />
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I'm actually sad to say that, not surprisingly, elaborate little press kits like these simply aren't a thing anymore. Like catalogues, phone books and even newspapers, the internet finally managed to stand up for the world's forests and render these things unnecessary. It's bitter sweet I guess.<br />
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I just think they're a great piece of history, almost regardless of the vehicle they're for (that's my excuse for owning these and I'm sticking to it!) - so here's two from the first generation Paseo's early days in Australia: the June 1991 launch (not long after the Japanese Cynos equivalent's introduction) and a 1993 shuffle into a two-tier lineup in an attempt to compensate for the rising Yen...<br />
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Inside you'd typically find a pack black&white photos, slides (revealing those colours!), the vehicle information in the form of a handful of press releases and information about the launch day/event itself.<br />
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Absurdly as always, the 1991 launch was a mid-week Paseo-heavy-rendevoux at a Health Retreat <i>well </i>on the way to Canberra...<br />
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What GPS?!<br />
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Some of the more interesting pages from the press kit...<br />
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The Paseo / Cynos' 5E-FE in some detail..</div>
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In all honesty I've never been one for the Paseo's styling (it's the proportions), but while styling's subjective, effort and clear direction can ALWAYS be appreciated. It's cohesive if nothing else..<br />
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...pride in the engineering and build quality is far more impressive to me anyway!<br />
Supporting my argument that there was a noticeable step up in build quality from Japanese manufacturers in this era - <i>over</i>-building that produced some <i>real </i>automotive cockroaches! I have no doubt many of the Paseos I've seen at the wreckers over the years could have driven themselves out with fuel and a battery. An absolute waste when the resulting longevity of quality and simplicity no longer exists, but building something to last 30 years when many will throw it out within 10 has <i>clearly </i>been questioned in the decades since.. <br />
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You know things aren't looking great when you've stepped into decimals for torque output...<br />
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Sunroof, air-conditioning and those smart five-spoke alloy wheels the only options; otherwise quite well equipped for a reasonably-inexpensive sportscar in 1991...<br />
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...but urgent band-aids on the Japanese economy soon saw to that. As mentioned above, by 1993 equipment was subtlety stripped out as a two-tier lineup attempted to hide the accountant's handiwork:<br />
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"BE AWARE WITH FLAIR..."<br />
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Don't worry, it goes on to explain...<br />
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"Toyota has launched a new range of its Paseo sports car and used the launch to trial a defensive driving course aimed specifically at Paseo buyers..."<br />
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"...The range (lineup adjustments) is a direct answer by Toyota to unfavourable currency exchange rates which are threatening to force up the price of imports..."<br />
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"...The Paseo Defensive Driving Course has been called: Be Aware With Flair."<br />
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...and a launch that saw those same journalists trundle along to a defensive driving course. You better believe that's a "NO" to the health retreat this time..!<br />
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The lineup adjustments saw equipment stripped out of the standard car, with a now even more heavily equipped variant added above: the Paseo <i>Alpha </i>- interestingly a variant name it now shares with the Japanese Cynos!<br />
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Four-wheel discs a welcome addition for the higher-spec variant...<br />
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A bit of a look at the Paseo's reasonably attractive front sports seats - the backrest extends right up behind the headrests, with the headrest attaching to the front like a pillow of sorts. Searching some of the seat's part numbers has confirmed, amazingly, that these seats are Paseo-specific. Quite<i> </i>surprising...<br />
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AM/FM/Cassette with component CD player - another point of pride for the Paseo it seems! A basic looking setup, but one I still need to grab from the wreckers when I get a chance...<br />
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Just like the seats, I'm surprised those sharp looking five-spoke alloys (although only a modest 14x5.5JJ) are <i>again </i>Paseo/Cynos specific.<br />
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All eyes on those economy figures!<br />
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"...performance? Oh, yeah, it has one of those.."<br />
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Launching into a dynamic shot of a Paseo pedalled in defensive-driver-training anger...<br />
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Look-out cardboard friend!<br />
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...a wet course and the speed implied by the body roll at that steering angle? Bloody well asking for trouble!<br />
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<i>"..No! No, why?! You're supposed to go faster when somebody tailgates you!"</i><br />
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Ah, tennis. Much safer.<br />
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"Squash champion Michelle Martin has joined the growing number of women who have made Toyota's Paseo 2 + 2 coupe their personal transport."</blockquote>
Okay then, <i>squash it is!</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "sbl biblit" , "sbl greek" , "athena" , "eb garamond 12" , "foulis greek" , "cardo" , "gentium plus" , "gentium" , "garamond" , "palatino linotype" , "dejavu sans" , "dejavu serif" , "freeserif" , "freesans" , "arial unicode ms" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "code2000" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"α"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "sbl biblit" , "sbl greek" , "athena" , "eb garamond 12" , "foulis greek" , "cardo" , "gentium plus" , "gentium" , "garamond" , "palatino linotype" , "dejavu sans" , "dejavu serif" , "freeserif" , "freesans" , "arial unicode ms" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "code2000" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> or </span>"Alpha" - the first letter in the Greek alphabet - now appearing on the rear garnish to identify the upper spec car. As mentioned earlier, this is a variant name it shares with the Japanese Cynos equivalent; interestingly however, while this became the upper spec car in Australia, it is the <i>base </i>Cynos in Japan - the upper spec car in <i>Japan's</i> two-tier Cynos lineup being the "<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "sbl biblit" , "sbl greek" , "athena" , "eb garamond 12" , "foulis greek" , "cardo" , "gentium plus" , "gentium" , "garamond" , "palatino linotype" , "dejavu sans" , "dejavu serif" , "freeserif" , "freesans" , "arial unicode ms" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "code2000" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">β" or "</span>Beta"...<br />
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Regardless of the badge, it seems the easiest way to pick these would be that roof spoiler. The front car here being a Paseo Alpha (likely the same one pictured in the other photos), the centre car another Alpha, this time fully optioned, with the car rounding out the photo up the back looking to be a base Paseo.<br />
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Anyway, I'd say we're just about done here!<br />
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No wrecker or car show examples unfortunately. While I <i>could</i> have a quick poke around the Japanese or Australian marketplaces for a current available example, I'd like to hope the sixty-odd images above'll do you just fine. I'm sure you get the idea.<br />
...and again, the whole point here today <i>being</i>? Well, just remembering to fling some love the humble ol' Toyota Paseona's way the next time you see one!<br />
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Fruits of an economic bubble.</div>
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Z15A/Z16A, FD3S, JCES, JZA80, JZZ30/UZZ32, NA1, CE9A/CN9A/CP9A, GC8, CZ32/GCZ32, BNR32(../BCNR33/BNR34) and the rest of the Playstation-generation dream-machines; ambitious vehicles green-lit during the spending and overconfidence at the height of Japan's late '80s economic boom.<br />
When money met well-established manufacturers, a skilled workforce, a huge home market and similarly humongous and well-established export markets; realistic production-based motorsport regulations were the standard, and there was a worrying legitimacy in over-the-top vehicles thanks to (Japanese-fuelled) worldwide collector-car interest; all in the final throws of a decade damn-well <i>notorious </i>for its celebration of flash and conspicuous consumption. It was a perfect storm. An economy-anomaly that was to be a gold-wrapped gift to automotive enthusiasts of all sorts for decades to come; the source of the finest and final (for many) iterations of long-running nameplates, mixed in with countless models that would have NEVER seen the light of day otherwise.<br />
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...and not surprisingly, if you take enough shots you're bound to hit something. As such, there's a good handful of vehicles from the era that had a <i>particularly </i>notable worldwide impact - some more positive than the 1992- GC8 Impreza WRX's effect on ram-raid robberies, or what Nissan's 1989- Skyline GT-R unintentionally then <i>did </i>to Group A Touring Car Racing!<br />
No, we're talking the improvements Honda's 1990- NSX and Toyota's 1989- Celsior/(Lexus)LS400 dragged out of the existing major players from Italy and Germany respectively; as with Mazda's revival of the traditional English sportscar with the 1989- Miata/MX-5/Roadster, it was simply revitalizing an existing concept with solid engineering and build quality; reliability and usability; forcing sleeping manufacturers the world over to lift their game.<br />
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For the enthusiast it was the engineering creativity of the late-80s aftermarket - quicker on its feet as the money appeared - maturing into a showroom reality limited only by a "gentlemen's agreement" to cap the fun at 280PS (276hp/206kW) - <i>itself </i>only driving that engineering creativity further to broaden powerbands and increase efficiency..<br />
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For a cashed-up population with confidence their pockets will be restocked tomorrow; 'on paper' that may've been, but they'll be spending. They NEED things to buy, and business will be there to relieve them of some of their new-found wealth. Toyota alone managed to squeeze 2.5 million new vehicles onto Japan's roads in 1990 - a significant jump from the 1.68million annual local vehicle sales only five years earlier. Let's thank that prosperity for the 1991- 2JZ-GTE's over-engineering.. or, well, the 1991- Tercel-based EL44 Paseo/Cynos' existence. Err.. you know, something for everyone!<br />
As whether for need or greed, necessity and opportunity will always drive; opportunity here seeing designers and engineers really let loose to create that something special for everyone; outrageous concept vehicles thrown into production for a thirsty buying public. <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2018/05/toyotas-sera-starlet-with-style-paseo.html">Exotic gullwing-doored economy cars</a>. <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-snail.html">Snail-inspired commercial vehicles</a>. <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2016/01/dangan-midnight.html">Kei commuters sporting boosted five-valve-per-cylinder triples</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDtMzJuFhIHf80ZCa12bR0fjuVZPpqzwRsnBGzdAcum65jmXGQs_ULF4WEzQTSfOiFmFpnkkXQhXYnFp721phtHRSwhWOWohfm30NRtlEGsAus7mgWIudq9Ae5TinJ9VzY7zx3wtkV3E/s1600/HONDACOLLECTIONHALL20150306+61.JPG">And mid-engined ones</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OJ3N1aIbGiYtgyx7A9nrv-Dh1YU0vUNemG_pDXV2tM8WVOYLpxvsUSroBSJrGRCkwTS0PzlURrKB8Hhv3iLRlUuD8C0Jg54vm8DOLPpPx6nEa3Z88ksegLfj4DS2NOzfgIUdDx9_Q4A/s1600/20150328H.JPG">And exotic-gullwing-doored-mid-engined ones</a>. Lexus. Infiniti. Amati. The major players each loading their showrooms with Russian Doll lineups of family sedans and sportscars; every size, drivetrain layout, engine configuration and cylinder count. "A front-driving pillarless hardtop? We <i>do </i>already offer a rear-drive one.. and a pillared version.. but hell, Nissan/Toyota/__insert-competitive-manufacturer__'s doing it - we can't <i>not</i>!"<br />
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Yep, even the automotive bread-and-butter was shining.<br />
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Along with the huge step up in bodywork (..paint, rust protection..) and plastics that gave the world bullet-proof Camrys, Accords and Capellas, it was the era that Honda decided even the Civic needed double-wishbone suspension and an exotic 8000+RPM VTEC 'four; when Toyota justified chasing the same lofty 100+PS/litre-naturally-aspirated power goals for their equivalent Corolla's mill with individual throttle bodies, five valves per cylinder, variable valve timing and 8000+ RPM limiter. When Mitsubishi figured hell, the Mirage/Lancer could use an intricate 1597cc quad-cam V6 - still the world's smallest - if only to one-up the 1845cc all-alloy equivalent Mazda had started pinning in vehicles the year earlier; BOTH manufacturers sporting full families of <2500cc quad-cam 7500+RPM screamers earmarked for a life of commuting and deferred maintenance. That'll go well.<br />
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In an era of overly ambitious technology and intricate detailing (twelve clips, two trims and a gasket which would now all be one piece..); the engineering/design costs, sheer number of unnecessarily unique parts and a market saturated with models/platforms through to every silly niche; yikes, I doubt vehicles ever 'cost' as much to build.<br />
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...which when all were largely too late to their own party, isn't ideal; the boom was a bubble, seeing these elaborate vehicles launch into an economic collapse that outlasted even the most unusually lengthy production run.<br />
Others were simply cut short: most of the wilder stuff (like the <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2016/08/pow.html">Nissan Pike cars</a> or Mazda's efforts to burn as much money as possible..) disappeared forever well before the decade was done; while the showroom decoration - the poster cars/drivetrains - lived on through a decade-long cheapening in the hope of a return on investment, the export-prohibitive exhange-rates and tightening economy/emissions standards removing them from the worldwide landscape one by one.. eventually Japan-only and finally stumbling into the guillotine in the early 2000s.<br />
To make matters worse, with the international motorsports mainstream moving back away from Group A through the decade, vehicles like the Skyline GT-R, Impreza WRX, Lancer Evolution, Celica GT-Four, Pulsar GTIR and more, essentially lost their reason-to-exist; the Group N futures for the models that survived <i>surely </i>never justification enough for that initial green light...<br />
Yet still, there are surprising positives here...<br />
...where despite price rises and costs sneakily torn out at every turn, a generation of vehicles were instead given a chance to really breathe and refine through facelifts and more incremental updates. The former racer BNR32 evolved into the BCNR33 and BNR34, the S13 into S14 and S15; the SR and RB given longer lives and development than what may've originally been intended. Mitsubishi's GTO got a handful of facelifts over a full decade. As did Nissan's FairladyZ. Toyota's tardy 1993- Supra may have 'only' ended up with a 9 year run, but the Honda NSX? It charged on for a solid decade and a half..<br />
Importantly in any case, it was their popularity locked-in as they each became the last and/or best of their kind, truly fitting<i> </i>replacements out of the question when they <i>had </i>to be cheaper to make any sense; the 3.5-4million yen twin-turbo RX-7 replaced with 2.4-2.7million yen naturally-aspirated RX-8; the 4-4.8million yen twin-turbo Z32 Fairlady Z replaced with a 3-3.8million yen naturally-aspirated Z33; leaving the now-used vehicles to pick up another generation of fans.. then another...<br />
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A sampler of some of the decade's warmer offerings. An assortment that includes everything from the absolute luxury gran-touring flagships to commuter-turned-racer homologation specials; vehicles from the height of the bubble, to their final evolutions at the tail-end of the 90s..</div>
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..as in reality, the lines between these vehicles blurred as internet/media, games and time - imaginations, imaginary bank accounts and <i>actual </i>depreciation - both broadened and levelled the playing field to include those decade-long spans of <i>entire </i>manufacturer catalogues; that 2,000,000yen Mitsubishi Lancer variation built to go rallying suddenly alongside a 9,000,000yen Honda engineered to tempt a wealthy sportscar enthusiast out of a Ferrari...</div>
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...and brand loyalists can't help but cherry-pick the fastest or flashest from their chosen manufacturer's lineup to throw into whatever the hypothetical comparison they're imagining, regardless of whether those manufacturers ever marketed those vehicles against each other, or which end of the development cycle those vehicles crossed paths. So we see a GCZ32 Fairlady Z Twin Turbo compared in a theoretical drag race against a NA1 NSX; a JZA80 Supra alongside a Skyline GT-R two generations younger in a cringeworthy shootout for affection in some Facebook meme; or racetrack comparisons that have GC8 Impreza WRX STIs and CE9A/CN9A/CP9A Lancer Evolutions running rings around their Alcyone SVX and Z15A/Z16A GTO stablemates. It paints a messy picture as to where these vehicles really sat in relation to one another...</div>
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The most sporting of each manufacturer's offerings, smack-bang in the middle of the decade; <i>"A price-list of vehicular unnecessity, Japan 1994/1995"</i>:</div>
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2,228,000 DC2 Honda Integra Type R <span style="color: #999999;">200PS B18C I4 5MT</span></div>
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2,493,000 BB1 Honda Prelude Si VTEC <span style="color: #999999;">200PS H22A I4 5MT</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;">2,980,000 KA8 Honda Legend Coupe</span><span style="color: #999999;"> 215PS C32A V6 4AT</span></span></div>
4,374,000 KA8 Honda Legend Coupe Alpha Touring<span style="color: #999999;"> 235PS C32A V6 4AT</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;">8,307,000 NA1 Honda NSX</span><span style="color: #999999;"> (standard roof) 280PS C30A V6 5MT</span></span><br />
2,043,000 BG8Z Mazda Familia GT-X<span style="color: #999999;"> 180PS BPT I4T 5MT</span><br />
2,480,000 BG8Z Mazda Familia GT-R<span style="color: #999999;"> 180PS BPT I4T 5MT</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;">2,725,000 GE5B Mazda MX-6 2500V6 4WS</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: #999999;">200PS KL-ZE V6 5MT</span></span><br />
3,285,000 FD3S Efini RX-7 Type R Bathurst <span style="color: #999999;">255PS 13B-REW 2RotorTT 5MT</span><br />
3,960,000 FD3S Efini RX-7 Type RZ <span style="color: #999999;">255PS 13B-REW 2RotorTT 5MT</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;">3,490,000 JC3S Eunos Cosmo Type-SX</span><span style="color: #999999;"> 230PS 13B-REW 2RotorTT 4AT</span></span></span><br />
3,990,000 JCES Eunos Cosmo Type-SX<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS 20B-REW 3RotorTT 4AT</span><br />
5,325,000 JCES Eunos Cosmo Type-E CCS<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS 20B-REW 3RotorTT 4AT</span><br />
2,378,000 CE9A Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution III<span style="color: #999999;"> 270PS 4G63T I4T 5MT</span><br />
2,968,000 CE9A Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Evolution III<span style="color: #999999;"> 270PS 4G63T I4T 5MT</span><br />
2,287,000 DE3A Mitsubishi FTO GPX <span style="color: #999999;">200PS 6A12 V6 5MT</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;">3,603,000 Z16A Mitsubishi GTO</span><span style="color: #999999;"> 225PS 6G72 V6 5MT</span></span><br />
3,980,000 Z15A Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo MR<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS 6G72 V6TT 6MT</span><br />
4,315,000 Z16A Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS 6G72 V6TT 6MT</span><br />
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2,190,000 RNN14 Nissan Pulsar GTI-R Base <span style="color: #999999;">230PS SR20DET I4T 5MT</span><br />
2,341,000 RNN14 Nissan Pulsar GTI-R <span style="color: #999999;">230PS SR20DET I4T 5MT</span><br />
2,136,000 RPS13 Nissan 180SX Type-R <span style="color: #999999;">205PS SR20DET I4T 5MT</span></div>
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2,549,000 KRPS13 Nissan 180SX Type-X HICAS <span style="color: #999999;">205PS SR20DET I4T 5MT</span></div>
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2,426,000 S14 Nissan Silvia K's <span style="color: #999999;">220PS SR20DET I4T 5MT</span><br />
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2,689,000 S14 Nissan Silvia K's Aero HICAS <span style="color: #999999;">220PS SR20DET I4T 5MT</span></div>
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2,798,000 ECR33 Nissan Skyline GTS25T <span style="color: #999999;">250PS RB25DET I6T 5MT</span></div>
4,545,000 BNR32 Nissan Skyline GT-R<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS RB26DETT I6TT 5MT</span><br />
5,290,000 BNR32 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS RB26DETT I6TT 5MT</span><br />
4,785,000 BCNR33 Nissan Skyline GT-R<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS RB26DETT I6TT 5MT</span><br />
5,290,000 BCNR33 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS RB26DETT I6TT 5MT</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;">3,050,000 Z32 Nissan Fairlady Z Version S</span><span style="color: #999999;"> 230PS VG30DE V6 5MT</span></span><br />
4,080,000 CZ32 Nissan Fairlady Z Version S Twin Turbo<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS VG30DETT V6TT 5MT</span><br />
4,560,000 GCZ32 Nissan Fairlady Z Twin Turbo<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS VG30DETT V6TT 5MT</span><br />
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2,590,000 SW20 Toyota MR2 GT-S <span style="color: #999999;">(standard roof) 245PS 3S-GTE I4T 5MT</span></div>
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2,829,000 SW20 Toyota MR2 GT <span style="color: #999999;">(standard roof) 245PS 3S-GTE I4T 5MT</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;">3,148,000 ST205 Toyota Celica GT-Four</span><span style="color: #999999;"> 255PS 3S-GTE I4T 5MT</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;">3,045,000 JZZ30 Toyota Soarer GT</span><span style="color: #999999;"> 225PS 2JZ-GE I6 4AT</span></span></span></div>
3,319,000 JZZ30 Toyota Soarer GT-T<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS 1JZ-GTE I6TT 5MT</span><br />
3,903,000 JZZ30 Toyota Soarer GT-T L<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS 1JZ-GTE I6TT 5MT</span><br />
7,676,000 UZZ32 Toyota Soarer 4.0GT-L<span style="color: #999999;"> 265PS 1UZ-FE V8 4AT</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;">3,150,000 JZA80 Toyota Supra SZ-R</span><span style="color: #999999;"> 225PS 2JZ-GE I6 5MT</span></span><br />
3,810,000 JZA80 Toyota Supra RZ-S<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS 2JZ-GTE I6TT 6MT</span><br />
4,360,000 JZA80 Toyota Supra RZ<span style="color: #999999;"> 280PS 2JZ-GTE I6TT 6MT</span><br />
2,728,000 GC8 Subaru WRX STI Version II Type RA<span style="color: #999999;"> 275PS EJ20 H4T 5MT</span><br />
2,748,000 GC8 Subaru WRX STI Version II<span style="color: #999999;"> 275PS EJ20 H4T 5MT</span><br />
3,166,000 CXW Subaru Alcyone SVX S4<span style="color: #999999;"> 240PS EG33 H6 4AT</span><br />
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<li>High-performance flagships; highest outputs, manual transmissions and specific style-conscious bodies. The poster vehicles and showroom drawcards.</li>
<li>Technical-showcase Grand Tourers. High outputs and again style-driven, but automatic transmissions and more luxuriously outfitted.</li>
<li>Built for motorsports. High-performance variants based on commuter/family vehicles for Group A/N homologation.</li>
<li>High-output variants of lower-tier sportscars, or low-output entry variants of the high-performance flagships above. </li>
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<li>How those Lancer Evolutions and Impreza WRX STIs are every bit as powerful as the Twin Turbo GTO, Supra and Fairlady Z. </li>
<li>Why the Skyline GT-R cuts the Fairlady Z's lunch, often taking its place in comparisons against the GTO and Supra.</li>
<li>How Subaru's outgunned 240PS Alcyone SVX actually finds a <i>far </i>better fit (in both price and performance) amongst the 225PS naturally-aspirated Soarer, 230PS twin-rotor Cosmo and 235PS Legend Coupe.</li>
<li>A reminder that you could have got both top-tier Twin Turbo Supra RZ and RX-7 Type RZ for the cost of an entry-level NSX - a vehicle absolutely in a league of its own.</li>
<li>How the Mazda/Efini RX-7 is the only vehicle popularly included in the top group to not come equipped with its manufacturer's most powerful engine; a detail that along with the power and price, begins to push the vehicle back down with the 200-280PS 2,000,000-3,000,000yen sports and racing cars (no surprise with its motorsport history) it truly is a better fit. If not for motorsport capacity/classes and a 280PS cap in its home market, would the RX7 have been given an even hotter version of the Cosmo's triple-rotor 20B?</li>
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Interestingly, for a comparison to how many of these same vehicles were positioned in the important US market (again 1995, MSRP):<br />
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$81,000 Acura NSX<span style="color: #999999;"> (sport roof) 270HP C30A V6 5MT</span></div>
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$48,700 Toyota Supra Turbo<span style="color: #999999;"> (standard roof) 320HP </span><span style="color: #999999;">2JZ-GTE I6TT 6MT</span></div>
$43,898 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 Twin Turbo<span style="color: #999999;"> 320HP 6G72 V6TT 6MT</span><br />
$37,800 Mazda RX-7 <span style="color: #999999;">255HP 13B-REW 2RotorTT 5MT</span><br />
$42,579 Nissan 300ZX Turbo<span style="color: #999999;"> </span><span style="color: #999999;">(T-Top)</span><span style="color: #999999;"> </span><span style="color: #999999;">300HP VG30DETT V6TT 5MT</span><br />
$34,800 Subaru SVX LSi AWD<span style="color: #999999;"> 230HP EG33 H6 4AT</span><br />
$29,238 Toyota MR2 Turbo T-Bar<span style="color: #999999;"> 200HP 3S-GTE I4T 5MT</span><br />
$25,620 Honda Prelude VTEC <span style="color: #999999;">187HP H22A1 I4 5MT</span><br />
$42,300 Lexus SC300 <span style="color: #999999;">225HP 2JZ-GE I6 5MT</span><br />
$50,100 Lexus SC400 <span style="color: #999999;">250HP 1UZ-FE V8 4AT</span><br />
$39,980 Acura Legend Coupe<span style="color: #999999;"> 230HP C32A V6 6MT</span><br />
$36,785 Chevrolet Corvette <span style="color: #999999;">(standard roof) 300HP LT1 V8 6MT</span><br />
$58,600 Dodge Viper RT/10 Roasdster <span style="color: #999999;">400HP V10 6MT</span><br />
$61,100 Porsche 911 Carrera <span style="color: #999999;">(standard roof) 268HP M64 H6 6MT</span><br />
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...where to confuse people's memories of the model hierarchy further:<br />
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<li>The Supra Turbo and 3000GT VR-4 have a notable increase in marketed power over the NSX and 300ZX Turbo, now a substantial 75HP and $5-10,000 premium over the Mazda RX-7.</li>
<li>A lesser-motored MR2 Turbo is not the threat to the the top-tier vehicles it is in Japan.</li>
<li>The entire lineup of similarly-threatening racers like the WRX STI, Lancer Evolution and Skyline GT-R are still nowhere to be found; while even the Celica GT-Four 'All-Trac' (although no doubt suffering the same huge power disadvantage of the MR2 Turbo) has disappeared.</li>
<li>Toyota and Honda's cheeky push up-market with the Lexus and Acura brands has put a bit of space between their SC and Legend super-coupes and Subaru's SVX.</li>
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Far stranger (particularly price-wise) is the eclectic mix we saw in Australia (again 1995, RRP):<br />
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$36,010 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 4WD<span style="color: #999999;"> 145kW 4G93T I4T 5MT</span><br />
$119,170 Mitsubishi 3000GT<span style="color: #999999;"> 210kW 6G72 V6TT 5MT</span><br />
$89,410 Mazda RX-7 <span style="color: #999999;">176kW 13B-REW 2RotorTT 5MT</span><br />
$101,515 Mazda RX-7 SP <span style="color: #999999;">204kW 13B-REW 2RotorTT 5MT</span><br />
$48,600 Toyota MR2 Bathurst<span style="color: #999999;"> T-Bar 129kW 3S-GE I4 5MT</span><br />
$81,680 Toyota Celica GT4<span style="color: #999999;"> 178kW 3S-GTE I4 5MT</span><br />
$44,490 Nissan 200SX Sports <span style="color: #999999;">147kW SR20DET I4T 5MT</span><br />
$82,500 Nissan 300ZX <span style="color: #999999;">(T-Top)</span><span style="color: #999999;"> </span><span style="color: #999999;">168kW VG30DE V6 5MT</span><br />
$53,300 Honda Prelude VTi-R <span style="color: #999999;">142kW H22A1 I4 5MT</span><br />
$91,350 Honda Legend <span style="color: #999999;">(coupe) 145kW C32A V6 4AT</span><br />
$206,790 Honda NSX <span style="color: #999999;">(standard roof) 201kW C30A V6 5MT</span><br />
$44,990 Subaru Impreza WRX<span style="color: #999999;"> 155kW EJ20T H4T 5MT</span><br />
$82,350 Subaru SVX 4WD<span style="color: #999999;"> 169kW EG33 H6 4AT</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span>...where interestingly:<br />
<ul>
<li>There's a higher-performance 204kW (274hp) version of Mazda's RX-7 </li>
<li>There's no Supra, no Soarer/SC, and the 300ZX/FairladyZ and MR2 are naturally-aspirated only. </li>
<li>Down on power and auto-only, the front-driving Legend Coupe is looking <i>very </i>pedestrian against the Subaru SVX.. <i>that </i>now seeming quite the sporting competitor for a NA-only 300ZX!</li>
</ul>
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...but when second-hand ex-Japan Supra RZs, Twin-Turbo FairladyZs, Soarers, and Skyline GT-Rs started to flood in from the late 90s, any original comparisons were absolutely <i>launched </i>(no, <i>stuffed into a cannon and fired</i>)<i> </i>out the window. The GT-Four ("GT4") and NSX so few and far between on Australian roads that they're near-enough forgotten. As was the SVX, as memories and the aftermarket blurred the line between WRX and WRX STI. Mitsubishi fans turned on the expensive and complex 3000GT/GTO for the just-as-fast Lancer Evolutions, just as undeservedly Nissan fans did on the underpowered Aus-delivered 300ZXs for Skyline GTRs - <i>so</i> loved thanks to successful local motorsport history in the early 90s..</div>
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Eventually we're left with Skyline GT-R vs. Supra RZ vs. Mazda RX7 vs. Lancer Evolution vs. Subaru WRX(/STI)... with similarly mod-happy Silvias right on the heels of those last few. The FairladyZ and GTO Twin Turbos? Sorely under-appreciated. JCES Cosmo? RNN14 Pulsar GTIR? imported, then later forgotten. All while JZS147 Aristos and UZZ3_/JZZ30 Soarers are shamefully scrapped as fast as people can get their hands on them. Yikes...</div>
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So where to from here?<br />
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Although many of the iconic vehicles covered in the post above never quite slipped from the enthusiast's radar, they're now frighteningly blossoming into <i>legitimate </i>classic cars. The US market alone has a massive appetite for vehicles they were never offered new, and at the rolling 25year anniversary, they're frantically soaking up the world's remaining supply. This fresh demand and renewed interest has seen some very quickly get collector-vehicle pricetags to match; painful for the enthusiast, but regardless, their future is bright.<br />
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For interest's sake, worldwide production numbers of some of the popular chassis':<br />
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8,800 Eunos Cosmo (JC3S/JCES)<br />
18,600 Honda/Acura NSX (NA1/NA2)<br />
24,300 Subaru Alcyone/SVX<br />
45,100 Toyota Supra (A80)<br />
68,500 Mazda/efini RX-7 (FD3S)<br />
100,000+ Mitsubishi GTO/3000GT<br />
151,400 Toyota/Lexus Soarer/SC (Z30)<br />
164,100 Nissan FairladyZ/300ZX (Z32)<br />
71,700 Nissan Skyline GT-R (BNR32/BCNR33/BNR34), along with <i>hundreds of thousands</i> of lower-spec coupes..<br />
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Compared to vehicles of similar vintage:<br />
12,700 Porsche 968<br />
30,600 BMW 8-Series (E31)<br />
60,800 Porsche 928<br />
63,700 Porsche 911 (964)<br />
65,300 Dodge Stealth<br />
68,000 Porsche 911 (993)<br />
204,900 Mercedes SL (R129)<br />
358,100 Chevrolet Corvette (C4)<br />
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..which hopefully gives you an idea on how much competition there may or may not be for some of these platforms. While there clearly was never going to be enough first-generation NSX' to go around, and far more Skyline GT-Rs (itself a variant of a <i>far </i>more ubiquitous platform) than some seem to appreciate; those 150,000 *Z30 SC/Soarers will quickly slip through the cracks if we continue to scrap them at the rate we do.<br />
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Anyway, all's interesting, and a subject I can certainly ramble on about if given half a chance..!<br />
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The rest of the world eventually caught up, but for a moment there in the early 90s these were some of the best cars in the world; a result of a perfect sequence of events sadly not soon to be repeated. The impact Japanese cars of this era had the on relatively-short history of the automobile can't be overstated...</div>
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A full five metres of caramel-filled Australiana, on display at last weekend's <i>South Coast Nationals</i> in usually-sunny Moruya, NSW...<br />
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This fundraiser-Caramello dwarfing example seemingly standard apart from a set of Weld Draglites - I guess technically a sprinkle of home for this descendant of a classic Ford USA nameplate?<br />
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As by the time this particular brown Fairlane rolled off the line in Campbellfield, Victoria in ~1981, Ford Australia's long-term commandeering of the "Fairlane" name (as with the "Falcon" upon which it was based) had already well and truly been set in motion; the 1979-1982 'ZJ' model we've got here being the start of the <i>third </i>generation of Falcon-based Fairlanes to be produced by Ford Australia, the <i>second </i>generation of which to be predominantly Australian engineered/designed for at most a handful of Ford USA's RHD markets. Continued production and multiple more generations of each over the following decades only hammered the point home...<br />
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Drive-train choices were fitting for a model near the top of Ford Australia's lineup at the time: A 4.1litre (250ci) straight six - the larger of the basic Falcon's six cylinder mills - as well as 4.9litre (302ci) and 5.8litre (351ci) V8s, each mated to an automatic trans only..</div>
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"...<i>near </i>the top..." as although at $16,000+ the Fairlane was substantially costlier than the $9,000 needed to get into the most pedestrian Falcon sedan, Ford Australia's '<span style="text-align: center;">LTD' flagship (which shared the Fairlane's long-wheelbase body) cost <i>well </i>into the mid-20,000's... </span></div>
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...and you didn't even get those ZJ-Fairlane-specific vertical bar tail-lamps?! Pah! </div>
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...and in this <i>particular </i>car? Eerily tidy leather. Either that's had bulletproof sheepskin seatcovers on it since day bloody one, or the current owner's starting a resto on the inside-out! It looks <i>fantastic </i>in here. </div>
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Interestingly my brother had grabbed me this ZJ Fairlane owner's manual from an old book store not all that long ago; a lucky/relevant find when these Fairlanes aren't exactly all that thick on the ground these days..!</div>
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March 1981...</div>
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An introduction from Henry Ford's great grandson, who according to Wikipedia ran Sales and Marketing for Ford Australia at the tail-end of the 70s....</div>
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Advertising within the Owner's Manual and a surprising invitation to crack right on into the car yourself...<br />
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<i>Finally </i>wrapping up the restoration on a set of wheels I'd bought off a good mate years ago; the 99% completed wheels actually <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2014/10/why-does-84c-really-outshine-all-other.html">making an appearance here to model some Volk Racing 84C covers</a> way back in late 2014, t<span style="text-align: center;">hen again </span><a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2015/02/ssr-ex-c-fin-28-years-later.html" style="text-align: center;">on a blogpost covering their less-mesh-more-fin EX-C sibling</a><i style="text-align: center;"> </i><span style="text-align: center;">in early 2015. </span><span style="text-align: center;">Amazingly it wasn't until just last weekend they were reunited with their completed original 'short' chrome caps, lined up for a photo and finally checked off as 'done' in my mind. Good.</span></div>
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Standard EX-C 'Reverse' mounting with early full-flange barrels. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Photo-set from August 2013; thoroughly cleaned, but exactly as they pulled up at 25 years old. Minor wear an tear aside, <i>remarkably</i> well..</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Chipped and marked faces and plates, yet the chrome on the caps? Near perfect - <i>gotta'</i> love chrome! Sadly </span><span style="text-align: center;">all four caps had the same lifting under the acrylic 'coin'...</span></div>
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The plates annoyingly-<i>specific </i>to the 14" EX-C Mesh face. The small-pattern locking collars and matching 'short' caps however are all fortunately standard SSR fare...</div>
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<i>Speed Star EX-C</i>...</div>
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...and a December 1987 casting date. More randomly, it's interesting how well the yellow zinc plating on the back of the caps has survived.</div>
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Also interesting: the flanges marked with both the PCD and offset, despite this information being marked on the standard sticker only inches away...</div>
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...which thankfully Speed Star also printed on-and-with good materials; they typically survive well, and these are no exception.</div>
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<i>Anyway,</i> since this set <i>is </i>still so tidy and original, I really wanted to do my best to freshen them up as sympathetically as possible. Not just keeping the faces with their original barrels, but the same caps, valves, fasteners and so on - <i>as much as possible</i>...</div>
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The faces were knocked out and given a light coat of silver...</div>
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The 1465 barrels (..somewhere in this lot..) went along to the polishers to get the anodizing stripped off just the lips, then polished...</div>
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All 160 original pieces of hardware were sent off for a new coat of tool black and silver zinc.</div>
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Plates sanded, painted <i>satin </i>black, letters sanded down <i>again, very </i>carefully polished. Yep, that'll do!</div>
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With the chrome on the cap bodies and locks still <i>so </i>good, they needed little more than a strip, clean, lube and polish to wind back the decades..</div>
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...but those acrylic cap coin decals were toast, so reproduction domed decals it is. These look great. </div>
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I'm not kidding here either: sticking these on was the tidied caps <i>was "</i>the last 1%". Ahh, ten-minute jobs; the "I'll just do that later"; not unlike the backwards fuel gauge wiring I've been meaning to reverse <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/10/graham-sedan.html">on the GTS </a>for the best part of a decade..!</div>
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The plan <i>had </i>always been to get them on the AW11 - they're period perfect and were quite possibly ordered when new this <i>exact </i>application - but <i>bloody hell</i> have I spoilt myself with other wheels. <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2015/10/rays-engineering-supervolk-14.html">In 2015 I restored the set of Rays Engineering SuperVolks</a> that are still on the car today, and have long worked a handful of other wheels in-front of the poor old 14" EX-C's on the path to the AW11 throne. <i>One day</i> though... their time'll come...</div>
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RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-985045393171363622018-09-30T16:29:00.002-07:002018-11-19T09:27:44.023-08:00An '80s-specific-automotive-related-shenanigan distraction....taking the blame as I casually slip away from two flawless years of a three-posts-a-month system that'd been so damn simple for me to follow. One post on the 10th, one on the 20th , one on the 30th, give or take a few days; it worked well... or.. <i>well, it worked; </i>aware that in this depressing post-forum landscape where the only outlet left for car ramblings is Facebook - an absolute train wreck - if keeping my mind and fingers on life support is the only point to any of this, then it's doing its job.<br />
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Who'd have thought there was something even <i>easier </i>than three posts a month? One!? One post?! What a concept!<br />
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So what the hell <i>was </i>it that consumed my September then anyway? Well let's jump back to an Instagram post from February last year...<br />
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<i>"JZA80sHERO... again!? Remembering looks can be *very* deceiving; here's two flattering photos of a oh-so-very-tired Supra I picked up on the weekend: a 1996 6N0 Moonstone Grey, JZA80 Toyota Supra SZ. "Uhhh, why...?" you ask? A rough non-turbo auto Supra? Well likely going hand-in-hand with being *far* from babied; this Supra is ab-so-lutely untouched... no intake, no exhaust; standard springs, shocks, mats, Japanese-frequency radio, to the damn headlight globes - all as Toyota left them almost 21years ago. To anyone who's ever had to rebuild/restore an older car; having something to use/reference with every damn clip and screw in the right place... it's golden; and will go a long way to getting the Abflug '93 RZ back on the road. Those factory-option RZ 4/2piston big brakes and 17's sure didn't hurt either...! #allgoodfun #jza80shero #recyclingjokes #fortheenvironment #toyota #teq #トヨタ #toyotasupra #supra #suprasz #toyotasuprasz #thetenminutecad #mkiv #mkivsupra #mk4supra #supranation #supraregistry #supraculture #jza80 #2jz #2jzge #2jzgte #twinturbo #suprarz #supraturbo #abflug #japanesenostalgiccar #1996"</i></blockquote>
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Remember this?<br />
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A former yard ornament that I'd nabbed as a <i>nuts-and-bolts-and-clips-and-</i> parts car for the <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/09/abflug.html">Abflug Supra</a>. A pleasant surprise that drove <i>so </i>well that it effectively took over from the 4Runner as my main runaround almost instantly...<br />
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...then becoming one of the few cars I dragged with me on a move up north a year ago.<br />
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With paint and trims <i>so </i>flogged from a decade parked in the elements, I'd never have to worry about leaving it in the sun. Or driving it in the rain. Or off-road. Or the slow-motion-demo-derby that IS a shopping centre car-park.<br />
That this care-free luxury happened to be wrapped around a chassis that allows my late-90s Gran Turismo imagination to run bloody wild? Yep, I've certainly hurled a few kilometres onto this thing!<br />
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The only trouble being what that pesky strip of numbers along the lower edge of the tachometer were already hinting at. Ten thousand otherwise-enjoyable kilometres of Supra'ing in, if the SZ's basic 2JZ-GE was to stick around, then the A340E automatic just <i>has </i>to go - regardless of my intentions for the car only 18 months earlier! I can't help myself; "no, it's a parts car.." means nothing once I get attached; the wallet is pinned open and I'm bled dry. Automobile ownership and me: I'm a willing victim. </div>
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A complete manual conversion was sourced (<i>painfully..</i>) from a local dismantler and wrestled in over a couple weekends.</div>
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I wanted to retain the original 113,914km (70,783mi) on the odometer through the change...<br />
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1996- ('1997') face-lift automatic and manual clusters opened up; moving the manual tachometer into the automatic assembly seemed to be the simplest way to do the change..</div>
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Faces wiped down, lenses polished and all back together. Perfect.</div>
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...the small pieces of insulation covering the clutch pedal assembly mount positions simply pull away, revealing a plug for the clutch master rod and three marks that need to be drilled. I've already fitted the smaller manual-specific brake pedal here, itself a 10 minute job...</div>
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*grumbles* ...well, other than being contorted head-first into the footwell to do so!</div>
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Clutch master bolts in with the clutch pedal assembly, then the hard-line is wrangled into position using clips <i>also </i>conveniently fitted from the factory...</div>
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Back together; one, two, three - yep, we're in business!</div>
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Not so simple is the tunnel area, where Toyota have had to use a completely flat tunnel insert piece to clear the A340's compact shifter assembly. Annoyingly the opening doesn't line up with the shifter position on the standard SZ W58 (5speed), while the whole piece doesn't come<i> close</i> to clearing the RZ/SZ-R's mammoth V160/V161 (6speed) Getrag. It's not a massive job to change this insert piece, but to do it properly requires spot-welding the new piece in place (although many DO just use sealant...). I'll leave <i>that </i>job for another day...</div>
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A manual tunnel cut. Since the main thing I'm wanting to do is insulate the shifter opening, there's a simpler solution that'll work for now...</div>
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Arts & Crafts: the shifter insulation mounting area trimmed from the cut. Scuffed up for a lick of paint, then slipped over some existing bolts to locate...</div>
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Removing the trans had revealed a bit of a mess down the back of the motor the cam covers had made - classic 2JZ-GE fun. Good timing while I'm grabbing the manual bits and bobs anyway; some new seals it is, along with new plugs, distributor o-rings (also leaking, <i>also </i>classic 2JZ-GE fun..) and a rear main seal while I was at it...</div>
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The 2JZ-GE's crossover intake makes this job MUCH more difficult than it needs to be; an absolute pain in the arse compared to the 2JZ-GTE...</div>
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While still underwhelming from a JZA80-Supra-according-to-the-internet point of view, it's certainly a more sprightly machine that it has ever been. The reduced drivetrain losses, minor weight reduction and extra gearing of the manual trans just help you make the most of the 2JZ-GE's 165kW/284Nm figures. A worthwhile change.</div>
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So.. who wants a Supra automatic 'box? Free to a good home. C'mon... anyone? ...anyone?</div>
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..actually, no, wait - s'quite possibly <i>rarer </i>if nothing else!<br />
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A shining example of early-eighties, front-driving Japanese commuter vanilla; spotted in-the-tin at the All Japanese Car and Bike Show at Canberra's Exhibition Park last weekend.<br />
Something <i>worth</i> waving the camera over (despite the confused looks from most, I'm sure..) with these things being so ridiculously uncommon on Australia's roads. I just don't see them.<br />
That's including a solid decade of somewhat religiously-regular trips to Melbourne's half-a-dozen self serve wreckers, Toyota Car Club Victoria meets, Japanese car events, and what's now six years of eyes-peeled for the specifically-eighties-machinery to share here; no, I'm not exactly tripping over these.<br />
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Small tangent here for a second.<br />
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I <i>did </i>actually come across one of these at a wreckers in Melbourne back in January. Now obviously when I say "I've got my eyes peeled for one of these", I'm waiting for an original and complete car <i>in particular</i>... which this.. err.. appears to be? Uhh.. I can't <i>clearly </i>remember why I didn't do a full photo-set of this, but a missed opportunity for sure. I did have a couple mates with me there at the time... so yeah, let's just blame them, okay?<br />
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All there, all original and only 117,000km (73,000mi)..<br />
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...in we get of course!<br />
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AM/FM/Cassette unit - the same part you'd find in an Australian HiLux/4Runner SR-5.<br />
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..and hey, I've got to have a spare right..?<br />
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But enough of that; let's get back to the example at hand:<br />
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..and since I've gone about this all arse-backwards, it's also about time I properly introduce what the hell I'm talking about here.<br />
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So what are we looking at exactly? And other than the similarly stunning bodywork, what the hell has this to do with an Lamborghini Huracán?!<br />
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It's a 1982- *V10 Toyota Camry; for all intents and purposes, the first generation of one the most popular mid-sized cars to ever come out of Japan.<br />
Arrival onto the Australian market was early 1983; fully imported, well equipped, and Liftback-only; they sat above the Corona and below the Cressida with pricing that kicked off at a shade under $15000 - enough to otherwise get yourself anything from the sporty A60 Celica to a 4X4 HiLux/Tercel/Landcruiser! Obviously popular enough to later justify Australian production of the wildly-successful V20 second-generation car, but surely still numbers low enough to explain why I don't bloody well see any!<br />
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A lovely crochet blanket cargo-cover, cover.<br />
<i>Speaking of which</i>, power for all Australian <i>S</i>V1<i>1 </i>Camrys - all 77kW of it - came from the 2S-EL four-cylinder. Early days for the long-running and <i>very</i>-Camry Toyota 'S' engines, here in basic single-cam form (yet still 2000cc and EFI-equipped..).<br />
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Delightful.<br />
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The original 13x5J alloys that so busily dragged everything along. Interesting to note the similarities to <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2012/08/sherwood-toning.html">the 1984- AW11's three-spoke alloys</a>...<br />
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Done.<br />
..well <i>we're</i> done; this Camry's doing fine - unlike the sadly apparently-tidy one I spotted at the wreckers earlier this year, this one's still on the road..!<br />
Not only that, this 130,000km (<81,000mi) <a href="https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Toyota-Camry-1984/SSE-AD-5567085">could be yours</a> for only $2800 Australian Dollars. As is so often the case, you couldn't make a tired one this nice for <i>many </i>multiples of that number - a truly ridiculous understatement still - and that's if you could find one at all!<br />
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<br />RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-83573788268313821692018-08-26T14:43:00.003-07:002018-08-30T09:36:23.471-07:00..Australia, 1985, and the more familiar 'sporty' Familia: the 323 SS reality. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It may be a far cry from Japan-1985's top-tier <i>FULL TIME 4WD 1600 DOHC TURBO GT-X </i>Familia; but the sportiest of Australia's early fifth-generation Familias - badged locally as the 323 - is honestly no less special to see. These are few and <i>very</i> far between.</div>
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So below, a bodgy phone-photoset of a neat enough example I stumbled upon at the wreckers almost two years ago now; as always kicking off with a little recycled Instagram-postery from the time:</div>
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<i>"...then minus colour altogether, in this silver-on-grey 1986 Mazda 323 SS 3dr. The SS' sporting pretensions mean we have a completely different - yet equally interesting - steering wheel, and ooh... electronically adjustable dampers! Pardon the rubbish; unlike the tidy red Commodore in this morning's post, It was at PickaPart I spotted this poor old Familia a couple weekends ago... #mazda #mazda323 #mazda323ss #323ss #mazdafamilia #bffamilia #fordlaser #japanesenostalgiccar #1986"</i></blockquote>
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<i>"Normal!? Pfff! *clicks 'Sport', before calmy stepping into the 1986 Mazda 323 SS hatch and closing the door*. Two hands on the wheel. Ready. "Waaaaaahhhhhh... braaaaahhhhhhhh...." ..the wildy-inaccurate sounds of the Mazda's undersquare B6F playing toward its pedestrian 6000rpm redline, echo amongst its permanently-parked neighbours. Hands fly around the wheel... the bolsters on the corduroy and dark grey velour bucket seat get a brief-yet-exciting workout. Such responsiveness. So taut. Track ready. ...But no, nope... not this little Mazda. Those adjustable dampers are long gone, and the whole car now hovers off the ground on stacks of steel wheels. Locked-in between the strange combination of Mk3 Golf and Suzuki Liana; she's done.... #robertdowneyjr #mazda #mazda323 #mazda323ss #323ss #323gtx #bf323 #mazdafamilia #bffamilia #fordlaser #electronicadjustabledampers #japanesenostalgiccar #1986"</i></blockquote>
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<i>"...because a high-speed four-wheel brake lockup would increase anyone's heartrate.<br />1987 advert for the Mazda's higher-specced, Ford-badged equivalent: the twin-cam B6T Ford Laser TX3 Turbo. #fordlaser #lasertx3 #tx3 #tx3turbo #turbo #kelaser #b6t #mazdab6 #photoshopskids #mazda323 #mazda323ss #323ss #323gtx #bf323 #mazdafamilia #bffamilia #japanesenostalgiccar #1987"</i></blockquote>
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So here we are. Near twenty-thousand late-1985/1986 Australian dollary-doos of the sportiest of Mazda Thrice Twice Thrice.<br />
Much of the appearance of its home-market big brother, but instead here motivated by a single-cam 8V B6 1600cc four, an auto trans and front-wheel-drive only. Australia wouldn't see factory boosted versions until an update in late 1987..<br />
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Importantly the double-spoiler setup remained regardless. Beautifully integrated and <i>very</i> eighties..</div>
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Subtle detailing on the upper surface of the lower spoiler.</div>
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232,000km, but heading into a decade of <i>quality</i> Mazdas (and Japanese cars in general). It has held up well.<br />
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Minimalist wiper controls on the dash.<br />
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...and ohhh... symmetry: the matching headlamp and cruise controls to the right of the wheel.<br />
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Below, the adjustable damper controls as joked about in the Instergrems post above.<br />
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Ignoring the walking-stick-turned-auto-shifter protruding from the console, that seems a nice place to be. Well, a centre armrest wouldn't have hurt..<br />
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..and manual crank windows are surprising for a high-specced Japanese car of this era.<br />
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..particularly in seeing the large electric sunroof.<br />
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I do like the fabric/vinyl combination treatment here. Looks great. Interesting to note the completely different front and rear seats to <a href="https://80shero.blogspot.com/2018/08/twin-cam-turbo-and-four-wheel-drive.html">the previous blogpost's Familia GT-X</a>.<br />
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Again, the single-cam B6 non-turbo four... and you know, a spare rear-view mirror.<br />
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It'd seem the adjustable shocks didn't quite survive the three decades since. I certainly can't say I'm surprised..<br />
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Done (and unintentional spotto four-wheel discs!)<br />
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As mentioned above, it was almost two years ago now that I came across this car at the wreckers - late 2016. Whatever this scrap metal became is probably already in landfill. Urgh. Yet again I'm glad I got a chance to give a reasonably original example a look-over before it was too late..<br />
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<br />RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-66696020865836687762018-08-26T14:43:00.001-07:002018-08-30T09:33:20.536-07:00Twin-Cam Turbo and Four Wheel Drive; Japan, 1985, and the unfamiliarly high-performance Familia. New found technology and performance for the Mazda's Corolla/Civic-sized fighter in the mid-eighties. More cams, more driven wheels; the then top-tier of the fifth-generation (BF, 1985-) Mazda Familia, this one currently for sale at a dealer in Shizuoka, Japan..<br />
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1985 BFMR Mazda Familia FULL TIME 4WD 1600 DOHC TURBO GT-X.<br />
GT<i>-X </i>making this one <i>as loaded as could be</i> at launch. As good as it got, and a solid notch above the single-cam-jam front-driver equivalent we were offered in Australia at the time.<br />
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Thirty-three years later is not too late for this one though, right? Well, that'd be if someone was willing to pony up the one-million-yen-plus asking price before shipping... for a 323. Screaming value for what's a classic performance Mazda, but perhaps just a little strong for Australia's 323/Laser market just yet!<br />
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Largely stock save for a few period bits and bobs. Those choice little directional alloys wouldn't have to go anywhere..<br />
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..while the attractive original wheel'll likely be in the boot. That'd go back on quick-smart!<br />
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Taking priority position over the headunit set below. DIN-sized Center Diff Lock and suspension height controller. They're fantastic.<br />
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..wait.. <i>height</i> control? Not just 80s-high-tech adjustable dampers? I'm listening...<br />
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~65,000km / 40,000mi.<br />
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It's a shame so few kays have taken such a toll on the original mats. They'd look brilliant with the three decades of red ink lost, carefully returned..<br />
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Large electric sunroof with ventilation grille. I suppose that means you can have it on tilt with the shade closed? Live dangerously.<br />
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All tidy, all there..<br />
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..as is the Mazda B6T turbo (<b><i>TURBO</i></b>!) four:<br />
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The wide cam cover, wrinkle black paint, machined highlights and red lettering makes this thing a pretty unit, even if nothing else. It's a motor I'd interestingly <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2013/07/flying-under-every-radar.html">find locally most easily in a Ford Capri</a> - the source of the cam cover I salvaged and refinished <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/02/wrinkles-at-32-mazda-b6t-ages.html">for a blogpost 18months ago</a>:</div>
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No rush for this Familia though it seems. Talk about backing up that odometer eh..!<br />
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Done. Cool thing. Certainly always nice to see something different...<br />
<br />RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-75515074442837655572018-07-31T14:40:00.001-07:002018-08-30T09:33:02.026-07:00787B. Nine's off the hook.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Now to blow the dust off a run through the Mazda factory in Hiroshima earlier last year; an all-too-brief moment spent with a sampler of Mazda back-catalogue highlights, and here specifically, some detail shots (although camera-phone "quality"..) of the absolutely iconic Mazda 787B - the April 1991 No.55 car that won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans. </div>
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Kicking this off now with some recycled Instagram content to save repeating myself. Unusually/shamefully I'd dabbled in this photoset in both June 2017 <i>and </i>March 2018 before I seem to have thought to share the lot here. Yep, I disappoint myself...</div>
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<i>"..speaking of iconic mid-engined Japanese machinery *cough*. From the Mazda factory museum in Hiroshima earlier this month: the Le Mans 1991 winning 787B. WHAT a livery.. #renown #mazda #mazdamuseum #mazda787b #787b #lemans #24hoursoflemans #r26b #26b #wankel #rotary #4rotor #quadrotor #raysengineering #volk #volkracing #wheelporn #wheelwhores #savethewheels #turbofans #drivetastefully #1991"</i></blockquote>
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<i>"RENOWN: "The condition of being known or talked about by many people; fame." ...and coincidentally (properly - it's a clothing brand!) the livery that ended up on one of the most known/loved racecars to ever come out of Japan. #renown #charge #mazda #mazdamuseum #mazda787b #787b #groupc #lemans #24hoursoflemans #r26b #26b #wankel #rotary #4rotor #quadrotor #raysengineering #volk #volkracing #wheelporn #wheelwhores #savethewheels #turbofans #drivetastefully #1991"</i></blockquote>
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<i>"Plastic hubcap on some old Mazda in Hiroshima last year. I was actually somewhat surprised by the lack of gutter-rash and cable-ties seeing how bald those tyres were, but whatever, they probably found a spare. A missed opportunity? Tell me about it eh! I'd have gone for those chrome numbers you get with the fake (actually totally legitimate looking and completely believable) fasteners. You know the ones.. with those dainty steelie-revealing spokes, super-lightweight plating, and one more wheel-nut than there are studs. REAL stylish... #raysengineering #volk #volkracing #superfinemag #magnesiumwheels #competitiononly #dunlopslick #mazda787b #787b #groupc #renown #charge #mazda #mazdamuseum #lemans #lemans24h #24hoursoflemans #r26b #26b #wankel #rotary #4rotor #quadrotor #wheelporn #wheelwhores #savethewheels #turbofans #aerocovers #drivetastefully #1991"</i></blockquote>
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The most flattering of angles. Not as though it has bad one, honestly; but that just looks <i>killer</i>..</div>
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A view of the steam-roller 350/710 R18 Dunlop slicks on the rear.<br />
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The centrelock Rays Engineering, Volk Racing, SUPER FINE MAG - sans cover - over what look to be four-piston Brembo calipers..</div>
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God, yet another phenomenal angle.. </div>
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..and a closeup of the skinnier of the Rays Engineering mags. No, that's certainly no 'hubcap'.</div>
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Urgh, <i>again</i>, fantastic.<br />
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The quad-rotor 2616cc R26B; good for 515kW, 608Nm, and a brilliant source of pure noise..<br />
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I'm a sucker for long intake runners / velocity stacks..<br />
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..adding a little visual appeal to a motor which, if I'm being honest<i>, </i>is far more <i>technically interesting</i> than it is <i>pretty</i>. </div>
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Regardless, it's clearly ALL business; over 500kW (and a potential maximum of 670kW/900hp out of the 2600-odd cc's!) certainly not having too much trouble shifting ~850kg or so of carbon/kevlar monocoque Mazda.<br />
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Just awesome to see. <i>Without a doubt</i> one of my absolute all-time favourite race-cars right here.<br />
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One from the 2018 <a href="http://www.tccav.org.au/category/major-events/all-toyota-winterfest/">TCCAV Toyota 'Winterfest' car show</a> held at Toyota Australia's former manufacturing plant (in Altona, VIC) earlier this month..<br />
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It's a fifth-generation Toyota Cressida (X70 Mark II, Cresta, Chaser, etc..) <i>wagon,</i> in wildcard South-African-assembled and 21R-powered 1987 <i>R</i>X70 form...!<br />
Special here today both for having an engine we never saw in this chassis locally (Toyota's R) and a body style we didn't-but-absolutely-should've had; Toyota Australia choosing to stop importing these wagons when the X60 / fourth generation cars wrapped up in 1984...<br />
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Is it sad this is the go-to detail in my mind on these cars though?<br />
Double-wipers on a rear window?! A detail Australia (..saying here with <i>some </i>confidence..?) didn't see outside of the XV10 Camry Wagon - coincidentally another Toyota of similar size. Isolated examples for obvious reasons; I'd like to know how the hell the need was justified...<br />
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Like its X70 sedan equivalent, these wagons (or "vans") are too a handsome thing. Thin pillars and a flat roof accentuating that length..<br />
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..and even further here with the good couple inches taken out of this particular car's ride-height!<br />
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Roll with your mates in the blue-velour lounge. The manual transmission and a AW11/AE82/AE86 "Twin-Cam" steering wheel adding a dash of sportiness..<br />
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..even <i>if </i>it's only wringing the guts of out a 21R-C four'!<br />
Single-cam and emission-equipped for outputs of <70kW and ~150Nm; a far cry from the 121kW and 221Nm muscled up by the twin-cam six-cylinder 5M-GE (a <i>pretty</i> engine to boot!) powering even base Cressidas locally by 1987.<br />
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The <i>Toyota South Africa Manufacturing Limite</i>d build tag, rarely seen locally.<br />
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Rosso Corsa text and a prancing horse? Oh <i>yeah!</i><br />
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JZA80? SA80? Pff! 1995 JGTC Castrol TOM'S <i>ABC</i>-A80 Supra inspired <i>pedal-car!</i><br />
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I love this thing. It's absolutely adorable.<br />
Yeah, sure.. I<i> might </i>feel like a bit of a weirdo owning it when I don't actually <i>have </i>any children.. but when my inner-child is beaming? I'll manage. Failing that, it's a convertible caricature of an iconic 90s JGTC car. An <i>inconveniently large</i> model car...<br />
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..as yeah, as far as coffee-table decorations go.. err... well this one's the size of that damn coffee-table. Since it's no doubt difficult to get a proper sense of scale from these pictures alone, I'll clunkily paint a <i>very </i>clear picture: this thing's a metre long, 550mm across, 350mm to the top of the Supra's signature wing, and not-quite-so-accurately 400mm high overall. It's one large ol' chunk o' plastic.<br />
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Those large dimensions allowing even a simplified child's toy to accurately carry across some very fun detailing..<br />
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...so despite being dressed in that JGTC Castrol TOM'S Supra livery, this is very clearly styled after a pre-facelift Japanese-market production car - complete with optional aero skirts and rear spats! <i>Yeahhhdorable.</i>..<br />
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Pedal power!<br />
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..and speaking of power; a pair of AA batteries inside that steering wheel power a bunch of goofy things. Lights flash and sounds play - fun to drive parents absolutely insane!<br />
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Pre-facelift means those mirrors are manually folding of course. The 550mm overall width dropping to a more carpark-friendly 500mm. The Barbie Jeep will do no damage today..<br />
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Safety labels, and the manufacturer or distributor revealed: Nonaka Manufacturing Co., Ltd.<br />
<a href="http://www.nonaka-world.co.jp/">Their website still shows similar toys today</a>, but unfortunately Googling revealed little more about this particular model. No surprise for what's clearly a pre-Internet mid-to-late 90s piece...<br />
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SO.. if anyone has any more info on these, well I'm all ears!<br />
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<br />RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-35547728609933851652018-06-30T09:52:00.002-07:002018-07-18T06:19:20.748-07:00One Nine Five Nine...and legitimately one nine five nine of two or three I've ever seen in person..!<br />
Too expensive and <i>far</i> too err.. <i>left-hand-drive-only</i>, saw to it that not too many ever made their way out to Australia; this particular silver '87 likely making the journey well into the permanently-parked-ornament life it was sadly always destined to have. But hey, it's better than nothing - and exactly how I came across it sharing pride of place beside a LaFerrari (a similar story there) at the Gosford Classic Car Museum late last year...<br />
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<i>"The absolute cutting-edge in supercars, 25 years apart: Ferrari's twin-turbo F40 and the hybrid Porsche 918! No, wait.. scratch that; Porsche's twin-turbo 959 and the hybrid Ferrari LaFerrari..! It's interestingly coincidenal that these manufacturers offered such competetive/comparable models three decades apart, as it's certainly not always the case.. #icantaffordanyofthesethings #gosfordclassiccarmuseum #carmuseum #porsche959 #porsche #959 #porscheclassic #porscheforumaustralia #laferrari #theferrari #drivetastefully #orbuyandputinamuseum #notmissingthepointatall"</i></blockquote>
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<i>"..followed by a crab-like side-step to the left for this shot: a look at the 959's centrelock (..hollow-spoked, magnesium..) 17" alloys and their original-fit Bridgestone RE-71s.. #becausenothingbadevercomesfromoldtyresonporschesupercars #bridgestone #bridgestonetires #bridgestonepotenza #re71 #re71r #porsche959 #porsche #959 #porscheclassic #wheelporn #rarewheels #magnesiumwheels #centerlock #carmuseum #gosfordclassiccarmuseum #drivetastefully #porscheforumaustralia #1987"</i></blockquote>
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Now seven months later? That'd be the perfect time for a desaturated look at the rest of the set..!<br />
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What a thing though eh! A damn shame Porsche didn't make more of them; dreamy logic that could've meant a less absurd value, possibly more in Australia, and the slightly better chance of ever seeing one driven enthusiastically on local roads.<br />
No, three hundred and thirty seven nine five nines was not enough..<br />
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<br />RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-23517393154206780132018-06-20T09:38:00.000-07:002018-06-27T14:37:52.662-07:00Rollin' in my 2.0, 2.0: an even crustier Sigma wagon..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
...now with a 2.<i>6 </i>litre Astron <i>II</i>. No, bugger it, I'm making this work.</div>
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Following on from <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/02/rollin-in-my-20-with-my-windows-down-so.html">the previous '83 GJ Sigma wagon post</a> with a similarly rusty, far <i>crustier</i>, example of the Australian Sigma wagon's 1985- GN final evolution - the high-roofed winged-wonder:</div>
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As always, there's no amount of rusted sheet, missing paint, or added vegetation that can detract from what is otherwise a good <i>example </i>of a rarely seen vehicle. It's complete and unmodified; what appears to be original paint (just look at those profile-inspired pinstripe decals!) and quite likely all the parts, trims and screws exactly how Mitsubishi left them 30+ years ago. We're in business.</div>
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This particular April 1986 car was spotted at a local wrecker in late 2016. Time spent sitting under a tree (or something along those lines..!) is likely the only reason it even survived <i>that</i> long. Most of these are already long gone.</div>
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Two years on, whatever this poor old Sigma was scrapped and re-imagined into (soup cans maybe?) is likely already on its way to becoming something else. Yay recycling.. </div>
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The high-roof GN Sigma Wagon's radical roof-mounted wing. High to clear the raised roof; it'd look fairly ridiculous on the earlier standard-roof cars!</div>
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The factory hot-cross-bun hubcaps almost look as though they've got colour-matched outer edges. I don't even want to look into that; I'm <i>very </i>happily going to imagine (pretend?) they were - don't ruin this for me!<br />
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..and a quick glimpse of the interior, as all was a little too festy to want to venture much further.<br />
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Anyway, <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2018/05/gm-j-body-australia.html">just like the Camira posted recently</a>, one of the typically less-loved locally-made vehicles (..than a Holden/Commodore or Falcon) that I just don't get to see much of these days. Not many care to keep them on the road, and even less are willing to make the finacially-illogical decision to restore and show one. For someone with a soft-spot for <i>anything </i>screwed-together in this country, a shame..<br />
<br />RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-79002003177280510032018-06-14T06:25:00.001-07:002018-06-20T09:28:33.153-07:00The furious Group C ATCC '84 Bluebird..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Lazily diving into a little more phone-photo-tastic detail on a couple Instagram posts from October last year..</div>
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<i>"The Group C 910 Bluebird George Fury piloted to pole position (and a lap record that stood for years) at Bathurst in '84. Just one of the awesome exhibits on display at the National Motor Racing Museum (at the base of Mount Panorama circuit, Bathurst) yesterday arvo.. #streetsweeper #groupc #georgefury #nissan #nissanaustralia #nissanmotorsport #nissansport #nismo #nissanblubird #910bluebird #bluebird #z18et #turbo #simmonswheels #mountpanorama #jameshardie1000 #nationalmotorracingmuseum #japanesenostalgiccar #1984"</i></blockquote>
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<i>"A better look at yesterday's 910 Bluebird, and the wild-aero-and-huge-Simmons essentials that helped define late Aussie Group C (CAMS) touring cars.. #groupc #atcc #australiantouringcarchampionship #georgefury #nissan #nissanaustralia #nissanmotorsport #nissansport #nismo #nissanblubird #910bluebird #bluebird #z18et #turbo #simmonswheels #simmonsv4 #simmonsmesh #wheelporn #mountpanorama #jameshardie1000 #nationalmotorracingmuseum #japanesenostalgiccar #1984"</i></blockquote>
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A quick re-visit to the National Motor Racing Museum's website shows this <i>isn't</i> actually the car it presents to be, but a replica based on an original rally car. Odd. I wonder if it has the touring car's Z18ET turbo four? I wonder how close it is to the real thing? </div>
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..so while these photos may only be a useful reference for <i>other </i>Rally-turned-ATCC replica builds out there (..uhhh, anyone..?); if we just crack out the ol' imagination... yeah, yep, this'll do.</div>
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RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-23335950354368774252018-05-31T08:17:00.000-07:002018-06-14T06:09:55.501-07:00Toyota's Sera; a Starlet with style, a Paseo with pizzazz.. the excitin' EXY10. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just one of the <i>many </i>wonderful children of the late-80s Japanese asset price bubble. A concept car for the streets, as if plucked straight from the 1987 Tokyo Motor Show.. </div>
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Almost literally. It's Toyota's 1987 Tokyo Motor Show <i>AXV-II </i>turned 1990 Toyota-showroom <i>Sera</i>.<br />
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Familiar Starlet/Tercel underpinnings wrapped up in a <i>whoooole </i>lot of unique parts. For a niche model with a line-up that peaked at less that 2 million yen <i>new</i>? That's keen, Toyota, <i>very </i>keen...<br />
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The example above represents about as much money as you could've parted with for a Sera at launch: the 1,881,000yen <i>'SUPER LIVE SOUND'</i> automatic car. 27 years and 35,000km later it's at a dealer in Japan ('Marumi Auto' in Saitama) for over 60% of it's when-new price. A strong return. Sure it's an excellent example of the model so listing at a premium.. but it's still not a whole lot of money. It really works to paint a better picture of just how cheap these were when new...<br />
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..and with ~16,000 made in the five-odd years of production, it's likely safe to assume the Sera wasn't much of a money-spinner for Toyota. Again, just one of the many absurd models - from <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2016/08/pow.html">Nissan's Pike cars</a> to the Mazda/Suzuki Autozam AZ-1 - which manage to represent the era they were developed <i>so </i>perfectly. It's silliness that doesn't come around often..<br />
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I genuinely always thought these were a good looking thing. It's certainly more of a quirky cruiser than the sporty styling suggests.. but not everything has to be fast. You want dynamic excitement? Loosen a couple wheel nuts.. </div>
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..<i>speaking </i>of which; while this example has had the two most major 'options' fitted (the elaborate Super Live Sound System and auto trans), the options list was seemingly chucked aside from there! <i>Most </i>of the Seras I've seen are sporting a pretty set of teardrop alloys very similar in style to the hubcap above. Luckily it's never too late.</div>
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...well, other than a few familiar and awfully-out-of-place pieces!</div>
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That minuscule cluster's unique though! While fairly basic functions-wise, the graphics are great and the tacho's nice to see..<br />
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An impressive amount of thought/care hiding fasteners here..<br />
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The tweeters and "center loudspeaker" components of the elaborate Fujitsu Ten "Super Live Sound System" option..<br />
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Love the shape of these seats...<br />
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..a comment that extends to these awesome divided bucket rears.<br />
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The Super Live Sound System's Rear Loudspeakers.<br />
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<i>"The speaker orientation changes from the upper to the lower position when switched from the Casual to the Funky mode. The speaker orientation is switched to give the effect of "presence" by spreading the sound reflected by the rear window or for reproducing direct sound from the speaker. This function helps the DSP have effective sound field control..."</i> </blockquote>
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..which is as good a segue as any to shove in a shot of Sera's.. urgh... errr.. <i>not a 4E-FTE</i>. Yep, while there's an extra 200cc of capacity on the side of the Sera's standard-fit 5E-FHE, it's just quite enough<i> </i>to make up for the forced induction on the EP82 Starlet GT's 4E-FTE. </div>
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..<i>interestingly</i>, I happened to stumble across an almost-identical one of these at the wreckers earlier this year! Similarly low kays, the Super Live Sound System, <i>and </i>in the same damn Dark Gray Mica Metallic paint. Yeah, I'd slip that under <i>"interestingly"</i>...<br />
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The Sera's party-trick.<br />
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..how the hell did the dealer's listing above <i>not </i>include an entire exterior set with the bloody doors open? Isn't that what you <i>do </i>when given this opportunity?!<br />
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"Toyota Sera"<br />
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"Delorean"<br />
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"Mercedes 300SL"<br />
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"Mercedes SLS"<br />
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"McLaren F1"<br />
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"Tesla Model X"<br />
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"Toyota Corolla"<br />
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"Honda Accord"<br />
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...yeah, there's a pattern there. As if to irk me as much as car shows on grass; that DMC-12 I'm strolling past at a car show? <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2015/10/roads-where-were-going-we-would.html">You better believe those doors are open</a>...<br />
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Back to the task at hand.<br />
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I don't know what hurts me the most here; that it's painfully tidy and original, that the car's a five-speed, or that I didn't get there first. Usually I wouldn't have bothered with a photoset at this point, but bloody hell there's still a nice Sera in there...<br />
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...complete with some leftovers from the original Super Live Sound System?! The high-spec AM/FM/CD/Cassette double-din unit?!? With <i>Warp</i> button?!! Don't for a second think I left that behind...<br />
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That adorable little cluster in person. In a Toyota with whisker over 40,000mi and no signs of accident damage: this had a LOT more to give...<br />
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That's right, get those faces set to EXCITEMENT. It's time for <i>Australia's</i> version of the General Motors J Platform - the blank canvas of small-medium FWD economy-car <i>potential </i>GM<i> </i>used to gift the world everything from the borderline-cool Isuzu Aska to the poster-child-of-good-decision-making-that-was the Cadillac Cimarron.</div>
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It's GM J-Body Australia; in that top-tier, final-form <i>peak</i>:</div>
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A JE Holden Camira SLE. Twenty one thousand 1988 Australian dollarydoos of <i>near</i>-grille-less, front-driving, 3/4-scale Commodore.<br />
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I came across the car above on a regular wreckers run earlier this year. They're absolutely few and far between on the roads these days, and rare to even see a complete/tidy example in the wreckers to take a photo-set! They just didn't last.<br />
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..so I certainly didn't hesitate to rip my phone out when spotting this top trim-level example (the SLE or 'SL/E') of the final 1987- JE revision of the model. It's just a bonus the blue-on-silver two-tone on this one makes it quite handsome as far as Camiras go!<br />
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...Buick Skyhawk, Cadillac Cimarron, Chevrolet Cavalier, Isuzu Aska, Oldsmobile Firenza, Pontiac 2000, Pontiac J2000, Pontiac Sunbird, Opel Ascona, Vauxhall Cavalier... </div>
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..<i>speaking</i> of handsome, that gloss grey block-o'-chocolate garnish (and matching tail-lamp treatment) was part of this final JE update, and standard across the range..<br />
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...as is rust around the rear windscreen when you don't bloody engineer in any way for water to drain! Sigh...<br />
Jokes to take my attention away from those decals. <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2018/03/built-with-pride-by-people-of-ford.html">As I rambled about in the EA Fairmont Wagon post recently</a>, these little stickers are an all too painful reminder of the now-lost Australian automotive manufacturing. Not as though many would have considered the Camira as much of a step in the right direction on that one...<br />
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Only the finest aerodynamic roof carrier systems for this high-performance <i>machine</i>. Love the U-bolts..<br />
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The Holden-built GM <i>Family II</i> engine, which had blossomed to two-litres for that final 1987 JE Camira update. The Camira's specific 20JD/LE4 variation of the fuel-injected, cross-flow, single-over-head-cammed four producing its ~85kW/114hp at over 5,000rpm... still enough to (very importantly) get your Camira airbourne, no doubt...!<br />
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..and finally, the built/trim plate, compliance plate and body number.. painfully reminding me yet again that <i>not only</i> was this Australian made, but <i>Melbourne </i>made. Aww.<br />
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It's easy to joke about this half-hearted GMH commuter; but with fewer and fewer of these things on the road, and not a whole lot of enthusiast love (that I'm aware of) there to save the ones that are.. well it's worrying to see any decent original example that makes it way into/through the wreckers. I'm sure as hell hoping <i>someone </i>out there remembers to save one!<br />
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<br />RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-71718608577896608922018-05-10T14:42:00.003-07:002018-06-04T06:57:53.498-07:00...and out of all the places that minter Supra could've turned up...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
...a post title referring to that as-new Deep Teal Metallic ("Baltic Blue") 95 RZ <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/08/jza80shero.html">I'd visited at Osaka's Glion Museum this time last year.</a> </div>
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Again, seriously, out of all the places <i>in the bloody world</i> that thing could have resurfaced...<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>"Arriving soon to Melbourne!!"</i></blockquote>
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Yep. As if it followed me home. Maybe it was meant to be?!<br />
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...well that <i>is </i>if we ignore that price! Yikes. Going hand-in-hand with my surprise it has come to Australia at all.<br />
The previous "make an offer" pricing on the car during it's long stint at the dealer/museum in Osaka, I'd estimated at five million yen or so; what was ~$80,000AUD or so <i>at a guess</i>. The chances of that coming to a market used to $5000 flogged-out Alpine Silver NAs? OH SO slim.<br />
Yet here we are.<br />
For now that'll be a pretty piece of a dealership/importer advertising. It <i>may </i>sell. But regardless... this trip to Australia will be little more than a holiday.<br />
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RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-40849385000035941312018-04-30T14:12:00.002-07:002018-05-13T07:06:13.981-07:00Snow Leopard. <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>"One of these things is not like the others.<br />Which one is different, do you know?<br />Can you tell which thing is not like the others?<br />I'll tell you if it is so..."</i></blockquote>
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...it's a collection of late '80s turbo-six-cylinder Nissan coupes, photographed here sitting outside the Glion Museum on a trip to Osaka this time last year...<br />
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...but to answer Big Bird's classic question above? It's the Leopard. The white Leopard is the different one. This is because the other three are BNR32 GTRs in black, not Leopards in white. HAD THEY BEEN white Leopards, or the white Leopard been a black GTR, well the answer mightn't have simply been 'the Leopard'.. but they're not. They're black GTRs. There's three of them. There's one Leopard. It's the one that's not like the other ones. It's the one that is different, as you know. I'm sure you could tell which Nissan is not like the others, so I'm just doing my best to confirm that for you now. Righto? Sorted.<br />
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Silliness aside though, there <i>is </i>actually a little spot-the-difference fun to be had there. Something 'off' that drives me bloody insane..<br />
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I have absolutely no idea how I've ended up with such a critical eye for this, but it's something it seems so many are just absolutely oblivious to. A beautiful detail, an extra effort, that must so often just go <i>so </i>unappreciated...</div>
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<a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2012/10/impressive-becomes-impressive-mistake.html">This.</a> Yep, that there's a left.</div>
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Actually, getting back to the Leopard at hand <i>overall </i>for a tic; what we've got here is a late-'88-onward facelift model, in the second-from-base 'XS' trim level.<br />
This gets the smaller capacity, yet turbocharged, VG<i>20DET, </i>and in reality (price-wise) sat closer to the top variants than it did the base VG20E 'XJ' variant. A happy medium in the range I guess.<br />
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I can't remember how much this car was advertised for at the time, but prices on F31 Leopards - a <i>much </i>loved model - vary somewhat wildly. This VG20DET car may've been 1 million yen or so, while a VG<i>30</i>DET <i>Ultima</i> <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2017/08/top-dollar-classic-spotless-88-leopard.html">may be over 5 million</a>!<br />
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A neat original example this was anyway, and it's <i>always </i>cool to see a model not often found at home.<br />
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<br />RdShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340716047451205530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245130677550267494.post-48073982755065526182018-04-20T16:40:00.001-07:002018-04-22T10:35:52.208-07:00A fish out of water: A Honda Motocompo in the Australian outback, 1983. It makes no sense. None. Zero.<br />
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Surely someone's having a laugh.<br />
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A tiny fold-able Honda motorcycle, designed to fit in the boot of a small hatchback - a little early-80s Honda commuter dream-team -<i> purpose-made</i> for the busy streets of Japan; in Australia, when new, registered to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory">a state in central Australia</a> that happens to have a population density not too dissimilar to the moon?<br />
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It's the minibike from <i>Dumb and Dumber</i> meets the landscape of <i>The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert</i>.<br />
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I touched on these <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2015/09/motocompo.html">in a post back in 2015</a>, but again, briefly: What we're looking at is a Honda NCZ50 Motocompo. One of 50,000+ Honda pumped out between '81 and '83 to fit <a href="http://80shero.blogspot.com/2015/12/classic-japan-2015.html">into the back of the then-new City hatchback</a>. <i>This </i>one is yellow.<br />
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..and has a matching open-face helmet that's just a <i>little bit adorable</i>.<br />
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49cc, 2.5hp, 50km/h flat-out-with-a-tail-wind, and some of the only unrestricted highway in the world. Stick to the left!<br />
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The only thing not to like is that I <i>still</i> haven't got one!<br />
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Done. Adorable..<br />
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