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That one is in good condition, I just don't like the canvas top. haha I suppose it is a lot to ask for a 70s era off road vehicle to be in great condition after all these years.
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That thing would make me want to dress like a soldier in a Godzilla movie all the time.
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KakerMix posted:This one was about the best looking old-style Taft I've seen Thats funny... The Daihatsu Taft when it was imported into the Australian market alongside the Blizzard was named the Daihatsu Scat... Wonder why that name didnt hang around?
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Femtosecond posted:The Mystery Of The Daihatsu Taft's Name May Be Solved
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Oh my god bid on that thing and see what happens. When I lived in Japan a buddy of mine had an old Isuzu Gemini ZZ/R and that thing was loving amazing. It had a giant 1.8 DOHC in it that must have been built or something because it was crazy fast for a N/A four banger. They are pretty rare and expensive now, I don't think they ever sold outside of Japan, maybe Australia.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Oh my god bid on that thing and see what happens. It was already sold for just over 4 grand. I'm in no position to take on something like this anyway but it sure is pretty.
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You could give me the Crown to make room for one of those!
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KakerMix posted:
That looks very Italian. Late model Honda seats, I think? Pretty cool looking. I wonder if those wide fenders are stock? edit: Nope. Flares are non-stock, taillight and panel are non-stock. Not sure what else. Neat little car, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isuzu_Bellett https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1...2hpYv2OFa1qLeM: Darchangel fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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  A couple of cars I was watching just to see what the prices would be. EDIT  I've watched this Land Cruiser be sold, bought, re-sold, bought and now being re-sold yet again at auction for the last month. Looks super good but no A/C means I'm way less interested in it. Those graphics are fly as all hell though. KakerMix fucked around with this message at 02:33 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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~Double Post~ I'll be getting the Lite Ace van I posted earlier and this Prado at the same time, tried to get the other Cruiser on the boat but didn't get the paperwork in time. Still, two at once saves a lot on port-to-my-house costs. Maybe I'll just go pick up the other Cruiser with my father in law since he's pretty excited about that one and might want to keep it for himself.                    
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Darchangel posted:That looks very Italian. Late model Honda seats, I think? Those are Recaro SR's with the confetti pattern. They were an option on a few JDM spec Toyotas, I have a set in my mr2. Integra R and Civic type R got similar seats but they were usually red but you could get all black ones as an option. Also you could get the same seat in an evo4 but with an odd red and black pattern, I had one ages ago think it's still sitting around in a friends shop haha. track day bro! fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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Auction for a Isuzu Piazza coming up in a few hours. Phone posting so I can’t post pics (maybe someone else can). https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-99XehzUlAB6QGD1.htm I never even knew this car existed and I don’t know anything about it other than it was designed by Guigiaro and is pretty. Doesn’t seem like they’re that common.
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Femtosecond posted:Auction for a Isuzu Piazza coming up in a few hours.  Man that does look baller, and in real good shape too.
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Femtosecond posted:Auction for a Isuzu Piazza coming up in a few hours. Isuzu Impulse in the US. Same chassis under the Geo Storm. https://jalopnik.com/5971583/forgotten-cars-the-isuzu-piazzaimpulse-was-an-ace-turbo-hatchback
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KakerMix posted:
There is/was a nice light purple metallic Izuzu Impulse at a shop in Tampa recently. You see them every once and a while. I don't think we got anything quite as swanky from Izuzu here though, that interior is blinding. With the Gran Turismo tax, it might be cheaper to import a neat one than find a base model here!
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KakerMix posted:
They are unremarkable tho in terms of driving, slow as balls unless you have the turbo version. A fellow airman of mine had one and we called it the pizza cutter or something like that because of the stupid name. Styling is pretty polarizing too, I never liked them personally.
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Anybody in here familiar with the Caldina? I really want one of those.
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That generation of Piazza shares nothing with the Geo Storm. I have an 89 Impulse Turbo with the Handling by Lotus package. It's a project I'm not sure I'll ever finish because my race car keeps pushing it back on the to do list. Edit: This was it when I got it in 2011. It still needs an engine.  
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You could also buy the Giorgetto Giugiaro designed car that came before the Isuzu Piazza, the Isuzu 117 Coupe. 
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Now that's pretty
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like the Prado, will look nice after a good bath. the 2LT engines really aren't that bad, they're just very unforgiving to lackluster maintenance or turbo abuse... iirc the factory wastegate is only about 7 or 8 psi, a CT20 is sort of lackluster but they still pull harder than an NA 3L, and everything is dirt cheap for them as they made millions of them. in South Africa I sometimes see CT20 setups on 2.8 3L blocks (the non-E blocks are drilled for either exhaust manifold, you just flip studs) and as long as you watch EGTs and don't let the oil turn to sludge, they last, and go quite hard. certainly not KZ numbers but cheap cheap.
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snugglz posted:like the Prado, will look nice after a good bath. the 2LT engines really aren't that bad, they're just very unforgiving to lackluster maintenance or turbo abuse... iirc the factory wastegate is only about 7 or 8 psi, a CT20 is sort of lackluster but they still pull harder than an NA 3L, and everything is dirt cheap for them as they made millions of them. in South Africa I sometimes see CT20 setups on 2.8 3L blocks (the non-E blocks are drilled for either exhaust manifold, you just flip studs) and as long as you watch EGTs and don't let the oil turn to sludge, they last, and go quite hard. certainly not KZ numbers but cheap cheap. This is what it seemed like, unforgiving on maintenance. I like to think I take real drat good care of my vehicles but I suppose everyone says that. I'll get it prepped and ready for the next owner, I don't plan on keeping it. Especially since if I was going to keep it I'd be hard-pressed to pick the Prado over this one:                       This one is a lot better looking imho, and I'm sure I'm not alone in this. There is a real chance that my father in law is going to want to keep this one, hoping that when we do get it I don't also want to keep it, looks hella cool. Something to be said for having a 'Land Cruiser' too. Either way I've got so much to learn about dual-batteries and front diff locks. And how to remove that hideous stereo oh my loving god. Also I won't be getting the Lite Ace and the Prado at the same time, will be getting both Cruisers at the same time like I originally thought. 
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Optimistic speedometers on those trucks.
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Curious but wouldn't actually matter for a long time (if ever). How hard is it to get body parts from Japanese cars here? I know there's all sorts of people with JDM whatever on their car, but it's usually small stuff like grilles or badges, and usually on really popular models that probably get imported in bulk. Second, and I'm sure this has been covered before, how terrifying is driving an RHD car on streets designed for LHD?
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Curious but wouldn't actually matter for a long time (if ever). How hard is it to get body parts from Japanese cars here? I know there's all sorts of people with JDM whatever on their car, but it's usually small stuff like grilles or badges, and usually on really popular models that probably get imported in bulk. Something really quirky is obviously a problem, which is one of the reasons why a lot of our insurers will refuse to fully insure a JDM vehicle. 22 Eargesplitten posted:Second, and I'm sure this has been covered before, how terrifying is driving an RHD car on streets designed for LHD? Being extra vigilant and not taking stupid risks is obviously the order of the day.
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The body panels I was thinking of were the Gravel Express body panels, which if I eventually went completely crazy I believe would fit on my USDM Outback Sport. I was also thinking that if I went even more crazy down the line when making more money I could import one of the special edition Subaru Alcyone SVXes that Japan had. The Japanese ones had more luxury features, like seat warmers and all wheel steering and automatic lights, along with weird poo poo like all wheel steering, and better brakes as well. The special editions had even more stuff that I've forgotten. If I was really attentive I might even be able to get the most sought-after SVX feature of all: an intact windshield.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:The body panels I was thinking of were the Gravel Express body panels, which if I eventually went completely crazy I believe would fit on my USDM Outback Sport. they had one on there a couple months ago that was loving mint. bright blue, 80s fever dream interior, joystick shifter i wanted it so bad and i think it went for ~8k MY INEVITABLE DEBT posted:
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Give it long enough and you'll wind that 1PZ out to around 150-160kph eventually... It will take a long time, and you'll feel like your going to die at about 140kph onwards. As for body panels- Those 70's are built from real steel, so short of rust most things that hit em will come off worse.
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Other than the Delica, are there any other cool adventure 4x4 vans?
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Femtosecond posted:Other than the Delica, are there any other cool adventure 4x4 vans? Toyota LiteAce, TownAce and MasterAce Surf vans for the smaller sizes with 4x4 capability, and the Toyota HiAces for the larger vans with 4x4. You can get the LiteAce trucks with campers stuck on the back too, not exactly a van but very much a 4x4 adventure-mobile. Nissan has Vanette for smaller and the Homy/Caravan for the larger. Vanettes come up very rarely from what I've seen so getting a 4x4 version of one of those would be tough, the Homy ones are common enough. Sometimes I've seen Mazda Bongo/Brawnys come up, don't know if they were ever available with 4x4 though.
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MY INEVITABLE DEBT posted:they had one on there a couple months ago that was loving mint. bright blue, 80s fever dream interior, joystick shifter That’s the XT. The SVX was the jet fighter with the window-in-window design that needed a transmission cooler and semi-frequently gets a manual swap because it’s so much more fun than the 4-speed auto.
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Look what popped up on the radar of /DRIVE this week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPKLY8lz4EI&t=1035s
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Look what popped up on the radar of /DRIVE this week  The Hijet is one of those things that everyone likes but nobody actually wants, besides that motorcycle transport guy.
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Wait until he finds out the Honda Element will fit a motorcycle in it
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BlackMK4 posted:Wait until he finds out the Honda Element will fit a motorcycle in it Why Element when you can 4WD turbo diesel van???  Almost completely perfect option-wise. 5 speed manual, turbo diesel 4x4 WITH Skylite roof. No A/C  EDIT Here is the sheet info translated: Yoshi posted:-4157- 5MT, diesel, rear inner fender dent, repari marks, paint faded, undercarriage surface rust, ceiling liner dirty, seat sunk, dashboard cuts and cracks (large) and glue remains, console lid needs replacing, interior dirty, door inside panels tears and cracks, inside panels cuts and cracks, touch up paint, hairline scratches in paint, aftermarket wheel, rear spoiler paint faded, small chip in windshield, other dents scratches and corrosion as seen in diagram
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How slow would that be with a motorcycle inside? Jesus wept.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:How slow would that be with a motorcycle inside? Jesus wept. The Hijet never felt any slower with stuff inside, it was just a tiny torquey little guy. I bet it would be exactly as fast as normal with a bike in the back. Which is to say, not at all.  Yoshi posted:5MT, Gasoline, small chip in windshield, interior dirty, battery needs replacing, undercarriage and frame surface rust and corrosion in spots, studless tires, fire truck items missing, cargo bed and gates dents scratches and surface rust, signage removed, other dents and scratches as seen in diagram. A quad-cab Datsun 5 speed 4x4 former-firetruck pickup with under 5k miles on it. Be curious to see the price on this, it doesn't have AC and isn't diesel so I'm not interested but man, looks super good otherwise.
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