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Welcome Pete

Great photos but what's going on here? Pete

Yeah, quite true, America is the same too. Amazingly one of the reasons is that because the winters are much colder than ours they can leave a compressed layer of snow which protects the roads against frost damage. The snow they get is much drier than the usual snow we get here so it compresses instead of turning into a slushy mess, it's the constant freezing, thawing cycle we get here that does the damage. Of course, snow chains are pretty pretty well compulsory in places like Colorado which is another reason why they don't clear the roads right down to the Tarmac. Most of the damage over there is done in the summer months when roads can literally melt Pete

It's certainly unusual but not completely unknown for a car to sit around for a year or even two. There are a number of possibilities, an unregistered car from Ireland, Channel Islands or The Isle of Man or it could be that the dealer decided to leave it on show or couldn't sell it. Seems very strange though as Nissan had a load of end of run 313's that they sold off in the middle of 2008 and these sold very quickly as they knocked the price down to £22k or so. One thing's for sure though you can't put an 09 plate on unless the car was first registered in 2009 or later and that includes imports so I don't see a problem there. Pete

Welcome to the forum . Interesting car, as someone else has suggested this car has been sitting at a dealers for maybe 2 years or so. I don't believe it's possible to fit the older bonnet to a 313 model as the engine is a bit taller. Pete

Either get someone to sit in the car and press the brake (that's how I did mine) or you can wedge the wheel hub in place using an long iron bar or something similar between the studs and the floor. Or alternatively wedge the hub with said iron bar by using the sectioned gaps between the disk brakes (and the floor) Just remember to cushion the studs with a cloth/rag in case you damage them Pete

Enjoy the Zed . Looking forward to spotting it Not used CLB but have heard good things about them Pete

My mate dragged me along to a 60's revival gig in Llandudno a couple of years ago Acts included the Hollies, The Searchers, Herman's Hermits (without Herman), P.J Proby (Surprisingly Good) and the Troggs who were really good, I think they still had 3 original members. Last Album I bought was "Out of The Fire" by Dare.....One of the best 5 albums in my collection Pete

You forgot number 10 10 You'll need to be thick skinned Pete

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okbDmEGrCZ8 Pete

Yes, could get interesting . Of course, like most teenagers at the time I liked much of the pop music about, Beatles, Stones, Byrds, Beach Boys and so on. As I turned 20, my tastes were pretty much the same, although I started to get into heavier stuff, The Doors, Free and others. Back then I owned just one album, 5th Dimension by The Byrds . Anyway, in my mid 20's my mate loaned me some of his albums by Genesis, Yes, Wishbone Ash, Mike Oldfield and that's pretty well when my tastes changed. Later on I became more interested in American and Canadian Rock bands, Styx, Journey, Boston, Loverboy, Kansas and many more that I'm sure nobody else has heard of . Right through the mid 70's and into the early 90's I bought about 10 albums a month and I still have every one of them .(Just under 2,000 all on vinyl ) My taste in music is fairly wide, from Country Rock such as The Eagles and Dan Fogelberg, Euro Rock (Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream), Heavy Rock (Van Halen, Motorhead) right through to bands such as Fleetwood Mac, Floyd, Rush, Kiss, Aerosmith and yeah, I still love The Beach Boys Stopped buying albums sometimes in the early 90's about the time it became tough to get hold of vinyl, just buy the odd one from second hand shops and E-Bay. Todays music doesn't do much for me, only heard 2 decent songs in the last 10 years Pete

Hope you all enjoy it, nothing like the atmosphere on Grand Prix day . Weather looking very good for Saturday and Sunday (although I'd prefer a wet race ) Pete

Now that's good, really good Pete

Dropped these too . Pete

Around here they call you "Duck" Pete

Spot on . The RO-80 rotor tips wore out in about 15k, NSU were absorbed into the VW empire I believe, Panhard now make tanks Pete

Yeah, completely dropping the Celica range left a big hole in the market. The FT-86 looks just the car to fill this hole Pete

Nice Pete

I obviously couldn't afford one of these back in the day but always thought they were classy. Sadly, they were not a great success due to a number of things, price, expensive repair bills and they're pretty rare now. Anyone know what it is? And one more, you really know your cars (or your really old ) if you get this one without any research. My mate's Dad had one when I was in school, got a lift home in it one day Haven't seen one in years, well, decades actually, collectors items now. Ugly, but very appealing. Pete

Yeah, I was told the same thing by a Falken stockist, very few in the country at the moment. Pete

Well it's no secret I'm a lifelong Liverpool fan, but unlike most LFC fans I'm pretty realistic and I'd be happy with Top 4. Can't really look past ManU and Chelski battling it out for the title with ManC a distant 3rd and Arsenal and Liverpool next. For the rest of the teams, except Spurs who should get 6th, their main ambitions will to be to avoid relegation. Pretty predictable and Sad really Pete

Yeah, Into 80's and 70's music big time. I do remember Erasure but for the life of me couldn't recall any of their songs so I looked them up on Wiki, still non the wiser though A couple of tracks later on YouTube brought it all back....not bad, but not really my scene, prefer something a bit meatier TBH like MotorHead Pete

Honda S800 , yeah just 800cc, don't remember the exact price they sold for, something similar to an MGBT I think (more than I could afford anyway ). They also made a 600cc version Pete

Nope, never heard of them before but found this. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 42228.html Prices seem to have gone up £10k in 12 months Pete

This one pre dates all of those so far mentioned by a few years. I was so jealous when my mate bought one when he qualified as a doctor. Pete