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Can you please grab that little Honda Zed for me next visit Gary?

pa_man wrote:No matter what.....its black!!
With the right set of wheels would make a stunning sedan B-)

I believe it's actually illegal to have a classic car in black without white walls.

Whaaaat??? I just got back in the country and this is what I find!?!

Your timing couldn't be worse for me Davo.

Gunna wrote:

degruch wrote:Another on Facebook right now...get on it guys!

Thanks D.

You're welcome...you need some creative names for that hive of Wasps now!

These rolling shells are all oblong tail light models, not strip light, yeah? I'd go a strip light sedan.

Another on Facebook right now...get on it guys!

They love their miniatures up there, especially vintage kits...there's been a plastic Bellel kit on Yahoo Auctions for nearly $3k for a while (haven't checked for it lately) and an early Cedric kit for over $3.5k!!! As much as I'd love them, you'd have to be completely insane.

A few years back I ...

I know Mo too, seem's like a good bloke...needs it's grille for $7k though, I don't know wtf he's cobbled together there!

I reckon Jeff could make life easy on himself by running with octagonal lenses then.

I can make GT strip light lenses, no problem...get at least 10 of you together to justify an order, drop me a PM and I'll get a quote.

the metal housing is often rusted out also....

Sedan strip light metal housings will do, more than double your chances, then fit some repro GT lenses.

With the ...

I can make GT strip light lenses, no problem...get at least 10 of you together to justify an order, drop me a PM and I'll get a quote.

Very cool...I loved them when I was a kid and owned a TE Gem. I made a lot of enquiries into then plentiful G180 and G200 half cuts from Japan with the thought of converting mine, but it was all too much when I was a povo student. Fast 4's featured a beautiful white ZZ/R coupe many moons ago (down ...

maybee ...I should give the nats a miss this year ....I prob wont be welcome ..

S'alright mate...I won't be there, neither will my car! :lol:

It's worth pointing out that what had happened on FB started off as pretty innocent, just a case of unbridled enthusiasm. But I still had a word with the ...

"...have a look on fb ....they do it all the time ...

I had to wrap someone over the knuckles for posting unsolicited pictures of my car on FB, sitting at their repair shop, with a few personal details. I loved driving the car around because it was fun, but I didn't have my details posted all ...

This is an alloy head 1500, yeah?

G'day JG

Cheers,
Duane

It's a bit of a rough guide, but has been done this way before! However, if you're going to give it a go this way (as opposed to more expensive silicone moulds and vacuum casting), make sure you find the right materials:

> UV stabilised (stops clear lenses from going dull and yellow)
> Good ...

an NOS early series bonnet badge, still in the box, is better.
and at $5, how could I say no....? :lol:

:o I agree...score!

Happily for purveyors of fine motoring, Bellett stuff can still be had at a good price, if you're prepared to wait it out. Silvia stuff is not only rare, but every bastard ...

Anything new to report re: Crash, Dean?

Hubcaps too, although tooling for these was expensive, which drove the part price up to US$1,000 per set. Was hard to generate interest at that price to some extent, the old chicken v egg situation of increased interest = more customers = lower cost = blah, blah, blah.

Digging up this old thread, just out of interest, here's the Silvia badge set I had made...stainless steel (no rust or pitting, strong and close to original weight), sandblasted (for casting effect in centre), polished, chrome-plated, then painted blue and red, an order of 10 sets came in approx ...