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Arts and crafts time again! Something that was bothering me for ages is the N emblem on the front was all faded out. Picked up some basic model/craft paint during the week and thought I'd have a poke about and get it looking nicer. Turns out it looked way nicer just with a bit of a clean with some solvent.. but still not vivid enough for me. It took me ages to work out how I was going to do it with masking off so I could minimise the paint on the chrome. Ended up making a hash of it anyway but this is the first lot I did, and that turned out all good. Then this is the second lot and I couldn't figure out how to mask the inner bits so just gave up and made a mess. Quite a bit of the paint seemed to bleed through that paint tape but I managed to clean up the majority of it afterwards with some ear bud things and solvent. Finished product.. it's not super sharp around the edges but stand a few feet away and she's magic. Just brings that bit of something to the front where it was all silver/black before. Next I have to figure out the best way to refurbish the 2000GT badge on the front.. or maybe just leave it off for a while because I realised painting is quite hard. Also the front lip bugs me. I'm pretty sure it's warped somehow but it is flat on the bottom so hard to tell. Oh well, problem for another day.

PARTS PARTS PARTS PARTS! Old filter out, new filter in. Just as well Nissan still make parts for old Datsun trucks! Wow.. reasonable chance this is the OEM coil that came in the car when new. Could just be placebo but car feels easier to rev up to redline, still gutless but sounds sweet. Also at about 6k vibrations start to happen so that's as far as I went. Car did a shart. I was feeling all awesome about having installed the coil so went to crank it over.. after cranking over longer than probably should have the car didn't start. Hm.. quick glance out saw the coil lead sitting on top of the radiator, derp! After the engine got over the fact that it was now flooded it cranked up to life and business as usual.

Arts and crafts time! The black paint on these light surrounds was peeling off and looking a bit average so I decided to fix that. While I was there I painted the front grille as well, slightly differently to the OEM just to see how it would turn out. The reason I didn't just take out the honeycombs and the middle emblem is because everything was seized in. Being a Friday afternoon I didn't feel like fighting it so.. in it stayed. Finished! I didn't leave out the 2000GT badge on purpose, just forgot to put it back on haha. Probably leave it off though. I'd like to get in and polish the metal at some stage as it's quite cloudy and average but overall it's pretty average. Probably needs to go to some fancy metal guy to make it nice again. Oh, and need to paint the N in the middle of the badge red again as that's fully faded out.

With a sunny day like today I thought it high time I got cracking on with some easy stuff. Plugs and leads is something even I can do.. of course needed a bit of coffee to get the brain working. Yipes, this coil's seen some shit. Lucky I have another on the way. In typical Japanese fashion the engine bay is super dirty. I forgot to take an after but the bonnet is now significantly less lubricated. Installed new NGK leads and plugs. The lead to the coil was a bit long as you can see, just cable tied it out of the way of the radiator fan more than anything. I love how the leads are numbered for idiots like me! One of these things is not like the other haha. Who's good at reading plugs? How does it look? After I changed the plugs/leads it was running like a bag of dicks missing and shit so I took off the dizzy cap and the points were super corroded. Bit of sandpaper and it runs mean now but I've got another cap due to arrive any day now anyway. Also took a quick vid on Instagram, so much excitement and noise to get to speed limit. It's a real event! https://instagram.com/p/9uxtRrmbK4/?taken-by=mlracing_alex" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Tbh I'm just beaming cause I did a thing and it made a difference

She's here! I was able to drive it from the port to storage which was sweet! Smelly, rusty, hot, no power steering, no power windows, average brakes, overall very awesome. Makes all the right noises, especially driving it through the city. She's a big job so I won't be starting repair until next year when I'm back from overseas in February, for now, stoked! Oh, and bonus the front under lip turned out to be carbon, thought it was just FRP!

OK sorry for more spam but Shane just sent over some more close up images with various repair stuff which is good and thorough. Engine had a strange miss which turned out to be a bung plug, replaced that with some random one and it worked. Compression appears to be a little low on one cylinder but the car still seems to run relatively well so when I get it I'll do plugs/leads/dizzy cap etc anyway as a precaution. Shane also has some MDI spark booster thing (you know those boxes you always see on old Jap cars to boost the spark) so he'll throw that in too. A few more pics.. Powerhouse! I'm actually happy that the numbers match on this and the body.. otherwise that could be a bit of a problem come time for VIN etc. Angry face! Interior is overall very clean, will need new centre console as that one looks banged up and not correct for the car (more holes for buttons and switches than my povo one has). Plus side, less things to go wrong in mine right? But this really got me excited.. https://vid.me/fhmd" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Annd they reckon we should have a booking for shipping next week so that's pretty exciting.

Depot has picked up the car today from Tottori Nice to get a couple of photos of it not from the seller. Cool shot Shane got of the car with the seaside

OK this is copied from other forum, so if some things don't make sense just run with it. So I've been looking for a hako for about 4 years now, keeping an eye on the prices and how quickly they seem to be appreciating in price as the world notices them (thanks RM Sotheby's) and with some hard saving I've been able to finally make a purchase. The car is a 1971 2000GT with L20 engine and 5 speed. Unknown ks, bit of rust around the place (wouldn't be one without it) but overall a fairly solid start. I purchased this from Restored.jp who some may be familiar with, they make aftermarket FRP and carbon parts for old cars like that Hako. This was the owners personal car.. whether that's good or not is yet to be known but it's a nice story anyway. As mentioned in my intro post I'd be interested to have contact with other owners of Hakos in NZ as it would be handy for parts and general networking. I'll be working on this in stages (as I'm now broke) to get this up to road legal spec.. More to come but I've already figured a couple things I need to do before it's even here !

Greetings! I'm super happy to say we've come on board with SAU as an official trader! You've possibly seen me sifting around posting here and there but now we're allowed to advertise and post deals which is excellent. Moonlight Racing has been in business for over 10 years, starting in New Zealand and now branching out into the lucky and most excellent country of Australia. We are based in Victoria and can source pretty much anything from almost anywhere. In our 10 years of business we've made a whole heap of contacts all around the world that can help you get what you need. We have secured the Australian dealership for Megan Racing and also Whistler Wheels. Megan Racing is one of the world leaders for suspension and bracing parts and they have a growing catalogue of parts which includes Skyline bits. Whistler Wheels is a wheel brand from USA which does entry level wheels, good for those that aren't looking to spend a huge amount of money on something to get moving while still looking decent. Those are only two of the hundreds of different brands we can supply so don't be shy, ask away if there's something you'd like us to price up for you. Check out our current line card here - http://www.moonlightracingaustralia.com/linecard We aim to have our container shipments from Japan up and running some time next year as well which will open the doorway for larger or heavy items which may have no other way of shipping. Our yard is situated in Osaka and we can buy from anywhere in Japan as well. We have been shipping containers for about 5 years now from Japan so have a pretty solid system setup. So just send a message over, email [email protected] and be sure to join our Facebook page if you're into that - https://www.facebook.com/moonlightracingaus/

Something like this? https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m191970289

Those hoses are a major pain in the ass to replace but definitely worth doing

You can buy some converted ones from Japan off Yahoo, do you have coupe or sedan ? https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/search/search;_ylt=A7dPFlNnYF1a33IAAAVAPDh8?p=r34+LED+テイル&aq=-1&oq=&x=0&y=0&fixed=0&ei=UTF-8&slider=0&tab_ex=commerce&auccat=2084008495

Hey team whoever manages this.. we're interested in coming on board with business in Australia to support SAU and offer discounts/deals/promos and general club support. I sent a PM to Christian late last year but haven't heard anything so far.. was suggested I try put a post up here. We have been running Moonlight Racing in New Zealand for 10 years and are making the move across the ditch to branch out and offer Australians a larger range of products as well as container shipments from Japan in the nearish future. We have an ABN and all that setup. Anyone, if someone can get in touch with me via PM or email [email protected] about how to proceed that'd be excellent.

Wow probably the tidiest Skyline steering wheel ever

No OEM coilover option. What exactly are you trying to get? OEM replacement parts ?

http://at.abflug.jp/catalog/index_page.php?pkey=item_info&i_code=ABF20121340001 That one

Ikeya Formula have been doing this for years. Presumably you still need to use the clutch like you do with the Ikeya one

Can buy combo meter brand new still if you'd like us to check it for you.. the sub meter hmm.. might have to find used ones

Prices aren't super wild either which is nice

Customer of ours uses our 6 pot 330 set and it barely clears RPF1 so yeah I don't like your chances for bigger

Which car is it for? R34? If so yes then that would work.

Yeah just get a few kg more on the front should be all good

Usual suspects? BCs, Yellowspeeds, HSD etc

Yahoo Japan perhaps?

Are those Aus spec tail lights?