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JC T ONE
Joined: 30 Oct 2008
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Location: Denmark
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| BigJohn wrote: |
bought a 1983 Honda Accord, (now that did cause some snobbery from people who didn't know me, especially when it took a highly commended rosette at Chipping Steam Fair).
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Everybody is talking about Japanese cars being the next "craze" well one thing is for sure, they are hard to find, as they rusted SOO easy.
You hardly see ANY 60/70/early80 Japanese cars overhere.
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And a better pic, with wheels which are early 14" SD1 rims which have men in tweeds spluttering.
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Ohh we like that 
I once took my Volvo 122 Sport to a Jaguar meeting, and parked it next to the entry gate, as I ofcourse couldnt get in.
soon the Jaag owners started to wonder why everybody was so interested in my car 
you should have seen their faces, when they saw the Daimler 2.5 V8 in my engine compartment 
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
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Location: Derbyshire
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| Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:36 am Post subject: |
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| JC T ONE wrote: |
Everybody is talking about Japanese cars being the next "craze" |
Are they? First I've heard of it. |
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colwyn500
Joined: 21 Oct 2012
Posts: 1745
Location: Nairn, Scotland
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| Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:22 am Post subject: |
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| riley541 wrote: | | JC T ONE wrote: |
Everybody is talking about Japanese cars being the next "craze" |
Are they? First I've heard of it. |
So that's three of us anyway! |
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JC T ONE
Joined: 30 Oct 2008
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Location: Denmark
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BigJohn
Joined: 01 Jan 2011
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Location: Wem, Shropshire
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| I have noticed amongst my friends the tendency to buy classic cars they had associations with in their youth, whether a family saloon, or if funds allow a bedroom wall poster car. The mundane Japanese car of those coming on in years are in the first category. It is already happening in America, and on sites such as Retrorides. It needs encouragement as these cars were innovative, if only in mechanical build quality, look under an old Honda and then look at the suspension and running gear of a contemporary Euro saloon. The classic car hobby needs to evolve constantly, when a lot of us were kids, car shows had pre war cars, and cars from the 50's and 60's were just, well, transport. |
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D4B
Joined: 28 Dec 2010
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Location: Hampshire UK
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| JC T ONE wrote: | I have seen atleast 2 articles in car mags, regarding Japanes cars being the next thing.
Not sure if it will catch on ? Jens Christian |
I thought it already had caught on (well its used a lot of mig gas n wire already anyhow) |
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colwyn500
Joined: 21 Oct 2012
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Location: Nairn, Scotland
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| D4B wrote: | | JC T ONE wrote: | I have seen atleast 2 articles in car mags, regarding Japanes cars being the next thing.
Not sure if it will catch on ? Jens Christian |
I thought it already had caught on (well its used a lot of mig gas n wire already anyhow) |
HeHeHe! 
Looks like Rick really needs to expand our meagre "All other cars"section. |
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
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Location: Derbyshire
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| It must be true then - runs for the hills screaming...! |
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peppiB
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Interesting. Mate of mine a few years ago reckoned everyone would be wanting Datsuns. He bought one, shown here at the start of a show in Ripon (we were first to be parked up on that line)
he bought the car, is reasonable condition from Slough, took it to this show, one other then stripped the thing to make it concourse. Sadly, like most other projects he does, he lost interest and the car was sold in bits for someone else to reassemble |
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JC T ONE
Joined: 30 Oct 2008
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Location: Denmark
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then stripped the thing to make it concourse. Sadly, like most other projects he does, he lost interest and the car was sold in bits for someone else to reassemble
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Thats the sad tale of many cars/projects 
Wonder how many classics that are out there ? according to FIVA there are 1.5 million historic vehicles registred in EU, but how high is the total ?
Just in my garage, I have 9 cars, which are not registred, and I know of a aircraft hangar not far from me, thats filled with classic cars,
nearly all are unregistred, this is just 2 small local places in small DK, so I wonder how high the real number is 
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emmerson
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
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Location: South East Wales
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| I did show my Traveller a couple of times before I started to restore it(7 years ago now!), but sitting looking at it all day was not for me, and most people don't seem to regard my Range Rover LSE as a classic, so I've never shown it, other than once with my Royale caravan. |
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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| welshrover wrote: | he wasnt even showing it, thats the point he was in the car park .and the reason why the jaguar club wouldnt talk to me and the wife is as soon as they knew we weren't from there (england )that was it . i didnt want to bring that up .but when i overhear somebody call me a sheep shagger from a supposedly fellow club member, i get a bit upset especially when iv'e travelled 3 hours to get there .  |
That's not nice and as you weren't born in Wales wrong !! it's odd how we can be so regionally offensive , had they more accurately called you a "clay head" you would have smiled and laughed it off!
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clan chieftain
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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Location: Motherwell
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We get called everything under the sun.
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