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ROFL Can't say I did Alan, just a whole heap of Skyline stickers and a couple of "We are hover fan!" ones from a hover craft club of Japan The one with "Japan is small - why be in such a hurry?" also has NISSAN CLIPPER written on it, and a King Kong on top of (what I thought was) the Eiffel Tower. If it's about fuel saving, perhaps it's King Kong on an oil rig. That makes (marginally) more sense! Thankyou so much for the translations!!!

You're right. It's from GTA: Vice City, and is a user-made addon for the game. Finally I've got around to putting it in for myself.. Love it

hehe, had to revive this old topic for a picture!!

Awesome!! Thanks Alan, that's great. What a great sticker! I have a couple more.......... if you have the time I'd appreciate if you or someone else could translate these too. If you're busy dont worry about it though! Thanks again for the translation! (no I wont be sticking THAT one on the car!:cheeky:)

Oh, dont mind that thing behind it. I just needed to use something to prop it up. It wasn't intentional at all :cheeky: :cheeky: :cheeky:

Hello! I just had some stuff arrive from Japan today (:classic: :classic: :classic:) and one of the stickers has a lot of Japanese text on it. I can't read Japanese, but I'd like to know what it says!! Could anyone help translate this for me please?

I think ALL dads are a bit eccentric after a few years with children - nice hat though!! Thankyou kats for your input too!! You must be so worried about your car with the overseas transportation! I am sure it will come home safely though. Using just inflation rates from 1979 to date, $31,800 US in 1979 would be about $90,000 US in todays money! That was for two engines, yes? So $45,000 each!!! That's still a VERY large sum of money for an engine!!! And now he is planning on TWIN TURBOS? Let's hope he does not go too fast and destroy the engine!! It must be true love for Mr. Akamatsu..

But...... Mr. Matsuo is a very polite man. ;)

I was interested in that too, so I did a rough estimation to take into account US inflation - $60,000 US in 1979 should be about $170,000 US today. I think.

Can't help you with the wheels.. but more pics please!!

The guage of the metal? The weight (or if you can see the Side intrusion bar) of the doors? I've heard the same thing too, but don't know if its anything more than a myth... it is true that when the 240Z changed to the 260Z the many little changes were not sudden - they were brought on gradually (due to oversupply of parts).

That really sucks marc. Congrats on the award though! From the pictures it looks really really clean. :classic: Just make sure you dont do anything that will just make THEM want REVENGE on you... one ding in the car is enough!

a 924 owner ignored you Sounds like the "poofy clouds" weren't just in the sky.

I would tend to disagree with that... only 2 seats, thirsty, challenging to drive, high maintenance... this is all relative to a newish buzzbox btw. If you're looking for an IDEAL first car, a Z is NOT IT. If you're looking for an AWESOME first car, you've hit the nail on the head. It will break. It will rust. It will empty your wallet. But you will arrive in the school car park every day grinning like a mug. My first was a 1971 240Z (in 2001) and I loved it. Regret it? No way... I'll get another one of these days (The above is just my opinion!)

About the Volks, Victor. They look very similar to the stock R32 GT-R rims. I just found a picture while having a look around Yahoo Auctions Japan and thought you might appreciate it, the R32 GT-R rims are 16" I believe. Anyway, I'll let the picture do the talking!

Do you mean the hubcaps?

Ben, what a story!!! You must be catching up on sleep now that it's over. That was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I'm sure you know it!! Wow.. I'm so glad to see you had an awesome time, but at teh same time, I'm REALLY REALLY JEALOUS! I can only hope one day I can meet Kats from this forum, Mr. Matsuo or Mr. K..... Chris, thankyou for your story too, when I owned my Z I spent many afternoons just looking at the car from a designer's perspective. I'm very interested in design (especially automobile design) and so your story really got me excited. The headlight scoops of the Z are amazing. I am not surprised Matsuo San likes sharp, crisp edges. The Z proves this without a doubt! It is especially evident when you see a picture of it sitting next to a modern car. The modern car makes the classic S30 look sleek, low, sharp, mean, exciting, exhilarating... pure Z! Thankyou both for your stories!!

If you can spare the cash, Watanabes are my choice!