Didnt know you went there? tell us more!! what a spin out. I mean hes sil80 is a gtr with better looks, no fat and RWD!!!
My wife is from the south and already knows I plan to take the 1k or a couple (ill spring that up on her when the time comes) there when we return to live there. Ive lived in Kyoto the old capital for 3 years and love it there very romantic and super cultural old japan full of relics at every turn and inground hot springs so confortable at most times it slowly cooked my gonads. but the summer weather and the beach is also a very attractive way of life. I plan to retire in Amami for its natural beauty, hiking and white water rafting (yeah will keep doing it in my 60s.) but Okinawa will be my mainstay in perhaps 2-3 years now. I can get a house 10mins out of Kyoto for 50k AU and my grandmother in law`s house in Oki for halve that or I could have my parents old house in Argentina for free if I survive there robbing supermarkets and scamming like seen in the movie "9 queens".
Plus Oki has tons of old retro japanese car parts like cheap watanabes for the what the price of hotwires are here.

Keep your kidney and save your classic from rust. Oki is almost pure high mineralised salt.
Ive even invested in what I hope it works a electronic rust inhibitor

Dogs I love and their licks well they are pure love unlike pussies

No, i have never been there, but i have seen the pics. The black & white checkerboard floor is a work of art.

Like to see this art work,......... can you post it Josh?

It's a work in progress and has actually been put on hold due to the possibility of moving. The house we're in has issues we might not want to deal with but here's the flooring and my dogs

These little things are the reason why i tell my wife I prefer animals to children.
Thats a beautiful garage floor im jealous.

LOL this is the living room/kitchen... along with soda fountain chrome bar stools and lot of other 50's stuff in the works.

Yeah I agree animals over kids any day, also that is one hell of a nice floor

I don't know what kind of kids you mix with, but there has never been a day go by when my chest has not swelled with pride over my three. My sons are are 19 & 17 & my daughter is 15. No parent could ever wish for better.
At least i can book into a holliday site with children, but not always with pets.

Chris I'll pm you about the kids lol

Youre right dodge but I think your kb10 almost burst your chest with pride and can also be checked into caravan parks with the fam sardined in.
Its all good.

nice car!

Josh thanx for the offer but I couldnt ask that of you Id ask my wife to do it
Its good to hear that modded cars are easier to register there. I suppose in time I will find out. Ive got some 14 x 7 watanabe magnesiums as well and clad with 185/50/14s they really make the 1k feel like a go cart. They do make a little noise, feel bumpy and send the heartbeat rushing but hey thats the price we have to enjoy living with. you will love this little beauty.

So since the utes heart is not being transplanted whats the current plan
After seen your sil80 I guess its going to be seriously tasty.

Registering modded cars isn't easier here, but bringing modded cars from other countries is a differnt story. They, for whatever reason, look at the way they arrive as 'genuine' so that's how they get registered. So your title would say 13B on it and if you were to put an a series back in you'd have to go through a bunch of paperwork crap to change it back.

I recently picked up a free Silvia with CA18DET/5 speed so with a lot of measuring and thinking, plus some research into registering it, I might go that route but we'll see. I've got an A12 out of a 1200 GX too so that would be the easy route, and my backup plan.

Yes welcome to the "club"
Sexy beast eh !!
Good to see there are still some in Japan left.

Curious......whats the retail on one of those ?....lol

Thanks fellas.

I picked it up for 201,000 yen. It'll be a bit extra to get it down here from mainland. Can't wait to see it in the flesh. I haven't ever seen a coupe in real life... isn't that wierd?

Hey dattoman I'm keen for one of those disc setups if you've got one left, or can whip up a set.

I can do......but frieght might be a killer.
It all comes out of Jap cars so you should be able to source components local if I give you the details of what you need.
All you'd really need from me is the hubs and brackets.
I'll put a list together for you.

Neil

Congratulations amigo
well you must have the only 1000 in okinawa and in the future well be the only 2 in okinawa perhaps.
I wonder how Im gonna get it there though with the rotary engine in it.
Oh well might have to find a dodgy engineer there since okinawans are dodgier than the mainlanders...
Can wait to see this little beast withyour utes running gear!!!

Itll grow on you these little buggers are very cute and I like the watanabes(?) what specs does it have? (5 speed? lsd?)

What I love about this model is the polarised glass. Every time I drove by the great ocean road I could see through to the beach floor.
Awesome in the sun.

Bringing in modified cars from other countries (like T-buckets with no fenders etc.) is easier than modifying a car with an existing registration. I doubt it would be very hard and if you're serious about coming here I can get most of the legwork done for you.

Oh, I don't plan on running the ute running gear... got other 'plans'.

It's totally stock except fot the Watanabes and lack of fender mirrors, paint on bumpers and little stuff like that.

yep 1000's are getting very rare and coupes the rarest, so welcome to that club.These things are as close to having a Kart on the road as u can get.
If u drive it everywhere everyday it will become noisy, bumpy, slow, and cramped. Get in it after anything bigger or modern fwd and it will feel light, direct, raw and pure. Enjoy!