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It would be a loving rad motorcycle / dirtbike / atv hauler if you lived somewhere rural-ish.
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How expensive are those rad kei fire trucks? Are they even sold anymore?
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Seik posted:How expensive are those rad kei fire trucks? Are they even sold anymore? The kei fire trucks are sold but since (in the US at least) we are waiting for them to turn 25 years old we have to wait for a (usually rural) fire department to cycle out their tiny truck. Upside is they are always extremely well maintained, clean, low mileage and RED. Downside is never ever any AC. I'd say maybe one shows up every couple months? The larger fire trucks are far more common. KakerMix posted:Paging DJ Commie This sold for $3160, that seems a very fair price. Tack on the assumed-3k extra fees and that's a mint condition Mazda Familia GT-X for less than $5200 bucks. With 55k miles total. EDIT Also there are a total of TWO Nissan March EK10 Super Turbos up for auction KakerMix fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Sep 12, 2018 |
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Here's the rundown on the BG Familia: That a GTX not a GT-R, those had a slightly different engine spec (GTR is sodium filled valves and ball-bearing turbo), and yes even the GTAe which is the Group A/N holologation Familia was made in LHD. There was one LHD GTR at Dr. Terry Bennett's auction but it went to Canada as a track car as I recall and no Mazda forum that I'm on knows what happened since. I assume the JDM BG cars rust like crazy, my California-only GTXs all tended to have some rust in weird places, mostly sunroof related. The BG cars are more solid than the BF ones we got here and are probably performance bargains closer to what an early WRX imported is now. They don't take well to launches on sealed surfaces over the long term, but all the imports I pored over look really nice. Greece, Germany, and Poland got LHD ones for sure, I assume Scandinavian countries got them as well.
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Sep 12, 2018 15:43
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The guy I sold the Crown to found the problem:  ECU
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KakerMix posted:The guy I sold the Crown to found the problem: Man those old capacitors are getting really long in the tooth these days. In all fairness they weren't really made with the intention to be in use for 25+ years.
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Sep 12, 2018 16:40
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The fire trucks come up every week or 2 it seems and go cheap, I just don’t know what to do with them
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64bit_Dophins posted:Man those old capacitors are getting really long in the tooth these days. In all fairness they weren't really made with the intention to be in use for 25+ years. Yup. Im gonna be pulling my miata ecu and airbag computer and doing them before they barf all over the pcb.
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64bit_Dophins posted:Man those old capacitors are getting really long in the tooth these days. In all fairness they weren't really made with the intention to be in use for 25+ years. But hey, all the more reason to go aftermarket 
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DJ Commie posted:Here's the rundown on the BG Familia: 
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Ok, I really like that.
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I'm old and all, so I like looking at the 70's-early 80's stuff. Came across this Corolla which was our family car when I was a kid, same color scheme and all but when we had it I NEVER thought we had a cool car. We also had a white 77 or 78 Celica, slightly cooler back then. I'd love to have a sexy version of one of those cars some day.  https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-3h5LhlkUxQinpy4.htm Snowy fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Sep 13, 2018 |
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Sep 13, 2018 01:26
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drool
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Snowy posted:I'm old and all, so I like looking at the 70's-early 80's stuff. Came across this Corolla which was our family car when I was a kid, same color scheme and all but when we had it I NEVER thought we had a cool car. We also had a white 77 or 78 Celica, slightly cooler back then. I'd love to have a sexy version of one of those cars some day. Now that is extremely my poo poo. I have zero experience with cars from that era, but the styling tickles my pickle in just the right way. If I ever get more garage space I may have to do something stupid and import some early 70s Japanese metal.
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DJ Commie posted:Here's the rundown on the BG Familia: So is the GTX FWD or AWD? Didn't Mazda have a FWD turbo BG as well?
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Applebees Appetizer posted:So is the GTX FWD or AWD? Didn't Mazda have a FWD turbo BG as well? The GTX is AWD, with an open centre diff.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:So is the GTX FWD or AWD? Didn't Mazda have a FWD turbo BG as well? No FWD turbo on that generation.
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Oh that's kind of a bummer, I wouldn't mind a FWD turbo BG, just to avoid the AWD issues.
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Snowy posted:I'm old and all, so I like looking at the 70's-early 80's stuff. Came across this Corolla which was our family car when I was a kid, same color scheme and all but when we had it I NEVER thought we had a cool car. We also had a white 77 or 78 Celica, slightly cooler back then. I'd love to have a sexy version of one of those cars some day. Man didn't a goon convert one of these to a GM 3.6L V6 and boost it? That was a fun thread. I seem to remember a Dora the Explorer window shade on the rear passenger window? And I think the hood flew off and smashed the windshield on one of his first on-street test rides.
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Tyro posted:Man didn't a goon convert one of these to a GM 3.6L V6 and boost it? That was a fun thread. I seem to remember a Dora the Explorer window shade on the rear passenger window? And I think the hood flew off and smashed the windshield on one of his first on-street test rides. Fuzzkill. He was posting a sweet Datsun V8 swap thread last I checked but I haven't seen any updates in a bit.
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3800 series 2 to be specific.
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Wrar posted:3800 series 2 to be specific. That was the Corolla, not the Datsun.
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Wrar posted:Oh. Right. The Datsun got an LS swap. An edelbrock supercharged LS swap if I recall correctly
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sirr0bin posted:An edelbrock supercharged LS swap if I recall correctly Wasn't that a Colorado? Did he do it to a Datsun as well?
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 Helllllllssss yeah, going to be a shiesty dealer soon enough
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lol you could fit like 20 of these things in there
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I'm getting this Rugger translated tonight https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-39KsjwOSfIr90b.htm
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drat you kakermix stop making me want an AZ-1, Tempting with the fact that I can attach florida plates on it.
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KakerMix posted:
With keis you can have twice the inventory in the same floor area.
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Also looking at a 60k km Sera and a 7k km Beat (that one will probably go for more than I want to pay)
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everdave posted:Also looking at a 60k km Sera and a 7k km Beat (that one will probably go for more than I want to pay) I am hell-bent on scoring that Rugger fyi
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KakerMix posted:I am hell-bent on scoring that Rugger fyi That is why I posted, don't want to do an inspection if you are or bid against you.
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everdave posted:That is why I posted, don't want to do an inspection if you are or bid against you. Appreciate it! I don't have a line on anything else at all, just that Rugger. I've already put in the inspection and plan on bidding pretty hard for it, I really liked the white one I had, this one has some sort of scripty-orange on the sides. Assuming of course the inspection doesn't come back with 'shits hosed bro'. Re: the warehouse Yeah we're pretty stoked. Have some things to take care of to get the final approval from the Fire Code people (why we were there today) and wouldn't you know it the guy that came to inspect also happened to be real keen on turbo diesels so the fire inspector guy might be into a Land Cruiser later. Plus we went through the insurance today and we upped our coverage and our premium went down 
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KakerMix posted:Appreciate it! I don't have a line on anything else at all, just that Rugger. I've already put in the inspection and plan on bidding pretty hard for it, I really liked the white one I had, this one has some sort of scripty-orange on the sides. Assuming of course the inspection doesn't come back with 'shits hosed bro'. No worries, I'm looking for something cheap. Maybe I can get this Sera for $150-175k
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everdave posted:I'm getting this Rugger translated tonight it's pretty low res, but: 'one owner car, 20,xxx kms, turbo diesel, 5spd, 2 spare keys, seats 5' etc. 4WD and has PS but you can tell that from the romaji. Really (especially dude who is becoming a dealer), there's no reason to not download a learn katakana app if you're doing this alot.
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Ethics_Gradient posted:it's pretty low res, but: 'one owner car, 20,xxx kms, turbo diesel, 5spd, 2 spare keys, seats 5' etc. 4WD and has PS but you can tell that from the romaji. Auction Sheet posted:- 5mt, ac, one owner, actual mileage, diesel turbo, warranty booklet, spare key, owner's manual, inspection record, interior dirty and tears, undercarriage painted, other dents scratches You're right, I really should. Sheet translations are real easy, it's the third-party inspection that's important. If I could glance at sheets and pick it up then yeah I could cruise through the auctions faster without having to ask for translations.
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Hope some occasional "ooh look at this" posts are ok. Because this is so sexy   https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-HBqIXy0tJ4tt2.htm and this is adorable  https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-tyH2adTx4XCqhiM.htm
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KakerMix posted:You're right, I really should. Sheet translations are real easy, it's the third-party inspection that's important. The Google Translate phone app is able to make translations from the camera. I've been using it to translate the stickers and stuff on cars you've posted. It's a bit finicky, and it really hates stylized text, but it mostly works. No idea if there's a desktop equivalent.
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gently caress you kakermix https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-tye29Q2o3Gafn67.htm
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