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October 2004
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Hello from the "other side of the fence"
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Thu, 14 October 2004 11:11
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It started off as a comic (Initial D) that I bought during my exchange program in Japan, and then I watched the anime series on TV, but while I was on holiday in sunny Gold Coast I just happened to see a local 1983 AE86 Sprinter for sale in Nerang.
So I sent the seller an SMS at about 9am and told him that I wanted it no matter what condition it was in, if all he wanted was $450 according to the ad. As I expected an oldish dude rang around 11ish and asked if I was keen. I said I could only come check it out later that arvo and if he could hold it for me. He said yes and was really confused why I wanted it so badly.
As the day progressed he rang back and kept bumping up the price as people were offering him more and more. In the end he said someone was coming down at 2:30 with cash to buy it, so I got off my arse n went and got the car before that.
So now I'm the proud owner of a sack of shit  It dosen't have a panel on it that dosen't have any rust on it. The guards are a bit more rolled on the inside than usual indicating it had bigger rims on it at one time. The dash is cracked due to heat really badly and it has 478,000 k's on the odo. The indicator stalk it broken off. It drives ok though considering its a carby engine, and its done sooo many k's. And the underbody is dead straight.
I'm organising transport for the car back to my hometown of Melbourne, where I'll start rebuilding the car gradually. I'll be changing it bit by bit to be a replica of Takumi's 86 Trueno in Initial D (something I've always wanted to do) and a bit extra (I'm thinking either 4A-GZE with an HKS 5A kit or a 3S-GTE with some sort of custom turbo setup). I'll be doing most of the work myself.
I might as well introduce myself since I'm new here... My name's Shan, I work for J-Spec Imports as the IT backend person, I speak basic japanese, so access to AE86 Trueno parts and manuals and mags shouldn't be a problem.
I'm also an Admin at Skylines Australia... which means I'm a Nissan person  I currently own an R32 GTS V Selection II which is being converted to an RB25DET with a TD06-25G and a BN Sports Widebody. While my car's off the road, the 86 will become my daily driver. Being a member of SAU, we organise a lot of track days (being CAMS affiliated n all) so the "Hachi Roku wannabe" will try to make an appearance
The 86 once done will also sport a Team Super Fun Happy Sliders banner, its basically a spoof of the Jap Drift team names that me and a few mates have made up. I'm in the process of getting our website up and running.
I used to (in 1999) own a toyota sera which I did an engine swap to, from a starlet turbo. So this won't be my first toy... but its sure to be the most fun one I'll have.
Pics soon when the car is back in melb.
I'd like to hear some ideas that you guys would have for the car. I know I'm not the first person to think of making a Initial D replica, but I've wanted to do it for the good part of 7 years since I picked up that comic in Osaka
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Hello from the "other side of the fence"
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funkymonkey | Thu, 14 October 2004 11:11 |
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THE WITZL | Thu, 14 October 2004 11:27 |
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Dmonk86 | Thu, 14 October 2004 11:31 |
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ae86drift | Thu, 14 October 2004 11:35 |
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funkymonkey | Thu, 14 October 2004 11:50 |
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funkymonkey | Thu, 14 October 2004 11:54 |
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ae86drift | Thu, 14 October 2004 12:03 |
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funkymonkey | Thu, 14 October 2004 12:14 |
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ae86drift | Thu, 14 October 2004 12:15 |
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funkymonkey | Fri, 15 October 2004 00:26 |
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bbaacchhyy | Fri, 15 October 2004 00:32 |
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funkymonkey | Fri, 15 October 2004 08:32 |
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MR 1JZ | Fri, 15 October 2004 01:01 |
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AE86slut | Fri, 15 October 2004 01:05 |
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ae86drift | Fri, 15 October 2004 07:55 |
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Skein | Sat, 16 October 2004 07:02 |
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funkymonkey | Sat, 16 October 2004 11:05 |
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ae86drift | Sun, 17 October 2004 04:07 |
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RWDboy | Sun, 17 October 2004 08:46 |
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funkymonkey | Fri, 22 October 2004 01:14 |
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ae86drift | Fri, 22 October 2004 01:40 |
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funkymonkey | Fri, 22 October 2004 01:44 |
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MR 1JZ | Fri, 22 October 2004 01:19 |
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meeves | Fri, 22 October 2004 01:33 |
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funkymonkey | Fri, 22 October 2004 01:41 |
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