1971 Skyline 2000GT Sedan (Hakosuka)

[dattoboy]

Very exciting mate. Keep the picture coming as you get them.
Plenty of us are watching in envy.

[Garth]

damn that is cool! definitely keep us updated with pictures! amazing looking car

[mlracing]

Another tease video - https://vid.me/SNdN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Boys are sorting shipping paperwork this week woohoo

[mlracing]

Final vid before it gets to NZ.. Ewan driving it to the port

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It's on a boat now!

[mlracing]

She's here! I was able to drive it from the port to storage which was sweet! Smelly, rusty, hot, no power steering, no power windows, average brakes, overall very awesome. Makes all the right noises, especially driving it through the city.

She's a big job so I won't be starting repair until next year when I'm back from overseas in February, for now, stoked! Oh, and bonus the front under lip turned out to be carbon, thought it was just FRP!

[maddat1]

Good on you bro.cant wait to see it

[mlracing]

With a sunny day like today I thought it high time I got cracking on with some easy stuff. Plugs and leads is something even I can do.. of course needed a bit of coffee to get the brain working.


Yipes, this coil's seen some shit. Lucky I have another on the way.


In typical Japanese fashion the engine bay is super dirty. I forgot to take an after but the bonnet is now significantly less lubricated.



Installed new NGK leads and plugs. The lead to the coil was a bit long as you can see, just cable tied it out of the way of the radiator fan more than anything.


I love how the leads are numbered for idiots like me!


One of these things is not like the other haha. Who's good at reading plugs? How does it look?

After I changed the plugs/leads it was running like a bag of dicks missing and shit so I took off the dizzy cap and the points were super corroded. Bit of sandpaper and it runs mean now but I've got another cap due to arrive any day now anyway.

Also took a quick vid on Instagram, so much excitement and noise to get to speed limit. It's a real event!
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Tbh I'm just beaming cause I did a thing and it made a difference

[Bartman]

Those plugs tell the tale of an engine that's running in a good tune.

[mlracing]

Those plugs tell the tale of an engine that's running in a good tune.

Excellent !

[datsunboy]

yeah, the plugs don't look too bad.
Though typically if you actually want to use plugs as an indicator, you need to take the car for a hard drive, then pull over and pull the plugs immediately, rather than driving slowly back to the garage.