hi all
name's George. i'm a bit of a car nut. well a lot actually
i've been in to cars since before i was legally allowed to drive them. god i recall the days when i used to buy Wheels magazines and write in to BMW Australia for info on their cars. i used to dream of owning an 850 back then. anyway, i grew up and found out that those cars are just expensive badges.
since then i've been through some cars. first car was the best though. just a beat up 1985 Ford Laser KB. i gave that thing so much. in the first two weeks i changed 3 engine shafts after my attempts to do burnouts lol. never forget my first car. i feel sorry for the lady that bought it off me. following that i went with some japanese cars. mazda's toyotas etc and then a R33 GTST. see i had that when they were still rare around sydney. it was stock looking and still got looks around the streets. it was far from stock though. very comfortable and enjoyable car. nevertheless i got rid of it after it got me in trouble with the law. lost my license for speeding and had an accident a few days later. worst week of my life followed by 3 months of train travel. great fun i tell you.
so one day i'm sitting around with a few mates and we got to talking about cars as you do. i'd seen this nice looking car around my suburb and had no idea what it was. from my description a friend worked it out. it was a Datsun 240Z. sleek, sexy adn best of all rear wheel driven. off i went searching and a couple of months later i was the proud owner of a mint stock 240. got itchy a year later and wanted to put a V8 in it but found out that the law wouldn't allow it due to weight to engine size restrictions the state of nsw had introduced in 1994. not to be one that gives up easily i went searching for a 240 that had already been engineered with a V8 pre 1994. as luck would have it i found one but it was in QLD. the car was originally built in nsw so getting a blue slip wouldn't be a problem.
roadtrip time. love those
me and a mate drove up and had an awsome time which was capped off with my purchase of a new car. towed her home and to be honest i've had nothing but problems with her since i bought her nearly 3 years ago. all that is behind me as i've overhauled the whole car giving her a new engine, exhaust system, c4 tranny (was a supra 5 speed box) and some rear end work. basically, it is today what i imagined her to be 3 years ago...
woah i think i've rattled off a bit too much. i'll stop now. oh, here is my site
http://streetrats.net/news.php some vids there and pics. finally, i'm here because mini's have always fascinated me and i think it's about time i got one
here's a sample pic of my little money pit
cyas around
