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I had known about this early '83 City-R since beginning of 2021 but was trying to have some self control and not buy it. Fast forward to mid-June, the owner still hadn't touched it and it was just wasting away sitting out on the street in Mt Maunganui. Whilst dropping a car I sold to a fella over that way I decided to go and check it out. It needs a bit of work, but being an import Jdm spec car I thought it was worth saving so I worked a deal and it followed me home. I need to sort a bit of rust on it, which is pretty standard on these bloody things, and a few minor mechanical things for wof, but I'l get it up to scratch in the next little while and move it onto a new owner to enjoy. I have some 2nd gen prelude 13's for it and some super rare fender mirrors to fit as its a factory fender mirror car, plus a few other accessories.

Shit-talk for my various beaters here.

After the mission down to Wilfs place to get a bunch of parts I needed for it, I got the original rims blasted and powdercoated, and managed to find some of these sweet TEQ hubcaps off ebay. Super stoked on these as there aren't many sets around.

Had been pretty keen to own a first gen Hiace for quite some time, so when when this '68 Rh10 popped up in early 2017 I jumped on it. It needs a fair bit of love, but was saved from the crusher and pulled out of Takanini Pick-a-part by the fella who I brought it off. At some point in its life, some sicko had slammed a Holden 186 and trans in it, plus swapped put the original rear axle for the holden unit. I worked out a deal with seller, that I remove the motor/trans and return them to him to onsell, and I got it at the price I was happy with. I really havn't done bugger all with it other than collect a bunch of new old stock parts for it. Its kinda become a mobile storage shed whilst I have been focused on other builds.

I worked out a deal for this tidy old girl in mid 2017 but didn't pick up til end of the year as fella still needed it until he moved back to Singapore. I managed to pick it up a couple days before the OS drag day so @rxtoy could drive it when he flew over and he could race me in my City. Its an '86 Gsl 1800 5-speed Cordia which has only just clicked over 112000kms. (Had just over 103000 when I collected it) It was my dads life long friends, who was the 2nd owner and had it since 1990. Has been garaged most of its life as in the early days of Kens ownership, he was still on active with compulsory Singapore Military service, so 6 months of each year he was over there, then when he was in Nz he worked mostly from home. Its not perfect, but a pretty tidy survivor. I don't drive it much these days but I really should get it on the hoist soon and give it a service plus get the taillight seal issue sorted. Its a bit shit to drive around town, but its a dream on the open road. The thing cruises mint at 100-110 and just floats along the road.

I brought this '84 'tallboy' Manhattan roof City-R in November 2020 after regretting selling my red City-E earlier in the year. It was dirt cheap, and I love the odd/rare stuff so I grabbed it. Its one of 3 that I know about in Nz currently. Unfortunatly it was/still is in Christchurch and I'm in Auckland so I need to organise getting it in the next month or so. Thankfully a mate of mine has some land so has let me stash it there since I made the purchase. I have been actively buying some pretty hard to find 'cool guy' bits for it throughout the year from both Yahoo Japan and locally. It's crazy to think I've dumped easily $4k so far into rare accessories/optional parts for this thing, when I paid $350 and have only seen it once in person. I will keep collecting bits for it, but probably won't make a start on the resto til well into next year some time

Probably time I stopped being a background creeper and contributed to the forum a bit more, so here's an 'all in one' thread for some of my hoard... I kinda jump around on my builds a bit, so not really worth starting a post of thier own but heres where I am at with each.... I will start off with the build I have had the longest. Probably coming up 17 years now. Its an 85' solid axle surf, with a dirty old 2LT. Its got the period correct wastegate spacer mod so it has no problem clocking up high Egt's. Rear springs up front, Xd 'coon leafs in the rear, rear axle and hubs from an ifs (ln61) truck for slightly wider track, raised engine/trans, dual transfer cases with custom twin-stick setup and 37's to name a few of the many mods. Oh and its been made river crossing friendly by ripping all the carpet and door panels out... You may also notice its a little shorter than your average surf. I took 340mm out of the body behind rear wheel arch, removed the rear passenger sliding window, then shortened the fibreglass canopy to suit. Heaps more betterer exit angles now. Kind of over storing it now, so will be good to get it more mobile and finish a bunch of little things then decide whether its time to move it on.

Whats the deal with parking for older cars. Last year there was alot of 80s cars parked up near the starting line, rather than in the back paddocks. In the email I recieved from them it says only pre '78 or something? Planning to take Cordia along, just be nice to park a little closer.

Tickets booked for Sat, gonna take me old boy for a gawk.

Yeah I've read that in the past and struggle to believe alot of it. I don't know where that info comes from but could just be interpretation. My Ckd 55 is exactly a 55. My Ckd 67 is exactly a 67 which I have a Birth Cert for both. All my Nz assembled 60s parts cars have been rego'd to the year the body/engine/pan numbers they came with and have had the correct features to match.. So much of it does not relate to my stuff which doesn't make sense. Cool car regardless. Welcome to the world of unreliability.

Saw this at Zebra yesterday. Looks good. Curious as to why you call it a 68 though. It has 68 traits at all..

Did you find it on the side of the road in rolleston?

cheers guys for the help, just need sum spare time now

cheers guys for the help, just need sum spare time now

i just put the standard 1300 bak in the esky but put a 4 speed box, to my horror i didnt fit proply and the diff/driveshaft hav to be changed, i also thought the auto eskys already hav a hole for the clutch cable to go through but mine duznt, the auto gearbox mounts are furthur bak and wider than the manual so without to much truble what can i do there? and also the becoz the manual box in shorter what can i do about the driveshaft? i was thinkn use the manual shaft and diff and see if that works, cheers... matt

haha i had the positive terminal in my wagon touch the shell of thhe car coz the battery didnt hav a thing to fix it into place, and it melted the earth wire then went through the clutch cable and it caught fire, the car turned off and all the power went out, we probably hold the world rekord for the quickest exiting of a car...

allgud no hard feelings...

how come all the questions i post always end up in an argument between dodgy_rotors and lowlancer ??? cheers d_r ... u seem to know alot of dodgy shit that i wana do .. lowlancer u dont seem to know shit so if ya dont mind can ya not post and argue if ya not gona answer the question...if ya gona ansa the question thats fine....

what is another way to lower ya car if its got leaf springs in the bak...without getting blocks put in how do u flip the leafs and how do u add another leaf

... or what cylinder shud be closed to be at top ded center

anyone know what the firing order and the timing shud be for a '85 323 wagon(1500sohc)

fair enuf

I just got hold of a '85 323 wagon(the ugly fronts) and im keen to chuk a 12a in it. i herd a rx3 crossmember has to be used in the coversion but what else do i need and how hard is it? any help wud be appreciated

no need to bitch about safety and all the shit people, i just wana do skids without having to buy an lsd... hey lowlancer... least my car isnt photochopped... cheeers dodgy_rotors for the advice