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  1. sakijo posted a gallery image in Big Z Photo Collection
  2. Yes, re-read and he did say that the dealership closed. Retract my post #99
  3. Tony started this thread asking for advice about his 240K. It's been hijacked three or four times to the point where we're discussing the possibility of a KPGC10 being sold in Australia.
  4. sakijo replied to sakijo's topic in 240K Skyline
    Yes. And they improved it with better lighting. Instead of two light bulbs, they have electro-luminescent pads placed behind all the characters and numbers.
  5. sakijo replied to sakijo's topic in 240K Skyline
    Fix the car – condensed version: The Plan: Rebuild the cylinder head to stop oil burning (valve seals) and rebuild the suspension (shocks, struts, ball joints). Bad Luck: March 13 – The shop owner, for various reasons, rejects my plan. It is one or the other. I choose the cylinder head rebuild. The suspension rebuild has been waiting for almost a year and I figure I can wait a couple of months until May. We agree that the car will be finished on April 1. Bad Sub-contractor: The cylinder head is stripped and sent to a sub-contractor on March 16. He is to clean up the cylinder head and put in new valve guides and seats. On March 29, I call to find out the total cost so I can pay and pick up the car on April 1, as agreed. I am told that the car will not be ready because the cylinder head has not come back. I call again on April 6, and get the same story – no cylinder head, don’t know when it will be ready. On April 15, I receive a phone call – looks like the cylinder head will be ready by April 22. Change of Plans: Ok. You have had the car for 7 weeks and it doesn’t look like it will be finished anytime before April 29. Estimate the suspension work and go ahead and fix that too. 10 Days of Japanese Holidays: April 29, and March 3-4-5 are Japanese National Holidays. This year is especially good because taking off from work on May 1-2 gives you 10 days of vacation time. A lot of businesses just close up for the week and give the time to their employees as a bonus. The car is finished on May 9 and I pick it up on May 10. Two months. The shop owner is understandably unhappy. It ruined his work schedule and my car took up valuable floor space. He probably lost some money because he had to turn away business. I am unhappy. It was a month and a half beyond the promised delivery date. Ending on a happy note - - - my plan was to take the car back for the suspension work on May 13. Now, I don’t have to do that. It saves me money on the tolls and train fare. The car runs great and handles great. Even the wife seems to notice the difference; and she doesn’t understand cars at all.
  6. Brian ? ? ? ? ?
  7. sakijo replied to sakijo's topic in 240K Skyline
    The best website to explain all of this in English has been down for quite some time. So . . . . Japanese cars are taxed by engine size, among other things. When they went to the standard number plate back in the 60s? they used a single digit. When they ran out of single digits, they went to double digits, and then now to triple digits. For whatever reason, they never used all the digits (I have seen 55, 56, 59, but never 52 or 53). The single digit plate on this car means that it has been continuously registered from new. My car has a triple digit plate, having been de-registered at some time before I bought it. "Correct" period plates depend on where the car was registered, as big cities like Tokyo would run out of numbers faster than some rural area like Niigata. I have a set of what I believe are "correct" period plates for my car, Oki 56, corresponding to an Okinawa registered car in 1971. There's a lot more to this, and I wish Tiger's website was up so I don't have to explain all of this, but . . . . . Yeah, I know . . . fire away with you questions.
  8. Looking for more substance here . . . . Which dealer had it? Are they still open? Maybe they still have records? Maybe some old timer there remembers and can tell us yes, the car was there? Does anyone know who this RAF pilot was? Maybe we can track him down? Anyone else in Woomera remember the car? I may be grasping at straws here, but we may have overlooked the most obvious in our search for validation.:stupid: :stupid:
  9. jmark & pimp1911: The books are on order, Will let you know when they come in. Jim, I got yours, sent you a PM.
  10. Although the most interesting thread at the moment is the triple-hijacked tonyasap's thread, I GOT MY CAR BACK!!!!! Yes, after two months in the shop, it's back in my possession. It was a combination of bad luck, poor subcontract supplier, 10 days of Japanese holidays, and a change order to the work being done that made a 2 week job turn into a two month job. I will post pictures when I get them from the shop owner and take some myself. Until then, I will tease you with a Prince 6 being worked on at Uchida's shop. Note the original single number 5 series at the top of the plate.
  11. I the picture on my NIssan Parts DVD is not clear, as it is a scan of the parts book. However, it's from the 72 and 73 S30, HS30, and PS30 parts book. 13264-E3000, Cover Assy, Rocker . . . . . . L20AT, L24T 13264-P0100, Cover Assy, Rocker (from E/# L20AT 179168) . . . L20AT, L24T At least here in the Japanese market, the part numbers match what Alan says, and apparently, from L20A serial number 179168, they switched the covers (probably that's when the 2000/2400 disappeared).
  12. Alan, Does the offer extend to THIS engine???? http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n39142212 hahahahaha
  13. Here's a cheaper one, with tranny. I think he hasa a hidden reserve price. http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n31135225
  14. I hope so too, because he sent me a PM last week saying that the sale fell apart.
  15. From experience, I feel it's best to drop the tranny. The problem is not getting the engine out, but getting it back in. It's really hard to align the engine into the trans while it's bolted into the car. It may be more work, but it's easier in the long run. I take off the intake and exhaust and pull the motor.
  16. Hijacking a hijack??? That's Brian's car.
  17. I am 3rd generation Japanese-American whose family came from Okinawa. The atrocities of war were much more than I care to discuss and can't speak for the Japanese living today. Getting back to the hijacked topic . . . . .aarc240 - can you provide solid data on what you say? Were KPGC10s actually sold in OZ? Not questioning your story, but looking for proof of something that has eluded us to date. As far as we all know, C10s were not sold outside of Japan. Do you have the missing link?
  18. aarc240 - looks like you got what we call in America "factory special order" A car ordered to the customer's specifictions. The dealers don't like this, becaue they can't sell you something they have in stock, and will try hard to make you reconsider. Maybe that's what happened in OZ?
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