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    9) A new season, a new role

    By TheRealNips

    Welcome to the 2023 show season! It started well with a trip to the Japanese Assemble at the Bicester Airfield. The zed was then throughly rinsed down and put away until the salt had gone! During Easter My wife and I went 'up 't 'north (up norff in southern speak) to stay the weekend with @Aff68 and his other half. We took the zed and it was perfect! I was still training for the London Marathon, so Aff and his partner were very accommodating in letting me take over the mornings p
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1989 Nissan 300zx TT (PWX)

9) A new season, a new role

Welcome to the 2023 show season! It started well with a trip to the Japanese Assemble at the Bicester Airfield. The zed was then throughly rinsed down and put away until the salt had gone! During Easter My wife and I went 'up 't 'north (up norff in southern speak) to stay the weekend with @Aff68 and his other half. We took the zed and it was perfect! I was still training for the London Marathon, so Aff and his partner were very accommodating in letting me take over the mornings p
1989 Nissan 300zx TT (PWX)

8) A summer summary...

So what has happened since my last blog back in May? Well quite a lot as it turns out! 1) The national roadtrip was held in June with my friend Simon, @Aff68 and his son Fu'ad. 2) The Simply Japanese show at Bealieu 3) The GoJapan show held at Brands Hatch 4) The clubs AGM held at The National Motor Museum  in Gaydon.   Not much has happened to the car as its been out and about too much (not a bad thing). I always try to plan work on the car to be done during t
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7) A winter of (dis) content

It's been awhile since my last blog entry due to it being winter and not using the car much. It's been safely parked up out of the weather and salt in a garage since the NEC show I did release it in February to have the scuttles, wiper arms and the roof beams painted. The pictures don't do it justice as it was a bit dirty! In preparation for my birthday road-trip (on the forum as the national road-trip) I bought a few GoPros as some of you will know. The fi
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6) The show must go on...

I just got back from the Classic Car show at the NEC and WOW, what a weekend, but more on that in a minute! If you remember from the previous blog that damage was going to be fixed by a company that my employer had arranged, so I went over to drop the car off on the Wednesday (1 week before the show). Here is a transcribe of the conversation: Me: "Hi, I'm here to drop off my car" Matey: *pokes damage* "I can do that, but it will be a different colour" (no self introduction)
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1989 Nissan 300zx TT (PWX)

5) Ah hello Irony...

So I haven't posted for a while, since my holiday actually! Not much has happened recently, until now! I went with some of the club members to the Go Japan! show at Brands Hatch which was excellent and will definitely be going next year. Here are a couple of photos of the car that day, more photos can be found on the thread in the forum... After some discussions it was decided that I would go to the Classic Car show at the NEC this year to help out with the stand and to sho
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1989 Nissan 300zx TT (PWX)

4) Roadtrippin'

September has come around again meaning one thing: My holiday! This year due to COVID we decided to stay within the confines of the UK and rented a cottage in the Lake District. We drove up to Stoke-on-Trent and stayed two nights with friends that we knew from China and then up to the Lakes for 7 nights. My brother lives in the Lakes, so he was our guide for a couple of days. We did the usual Wrynose and Hardknott passes (among others), but we also saw a few new things such as Cathedral cav
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3) Original Prankster...

So during a few days away, the car landed at Jims for a full service, timing belt change, gearbox flush and refill and a few other jobs that Jim very kindly completed! I was very happy and impressed with Jim's service and will definitely be using him again. I just hope my wife and I didn't annoy him too much with all the chatting!  When picking up the car, Jim showed me the old bits and pieces that had been taken off, it turns out that the old timing belt was actually the original factory f
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1989 Nissan 300zx TT (PWX)

2) A clean bottom!

Over the weekend, after my shift, The engineers at work put my car up in the air to have a look underneath, we were all impressed with how it looked. I then took it home to give it a clean and a first layer of polish. I tried to get some of the scratches and marks out left by the car cover which worked to a certain extent, but will need more work and/or a professional. 1) Up we go!   2) Boot floor and fuel tank   3) Rear subframe   4) Under en
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1989 Nissan 300zx TT (PWX)

1) A New Beginning...

This is the start of a blog of my new purchase of a Nissan 300zx. I recently sold my two cars; a 1991 twin turbo manual in red and a black manual NA (Almost sold) to raise the funds for my new purchase. A few reasons convinced me that this was the right thing to do; 1) I realised I hardly ever drove both cars and when going to meetups, I always picked my red TT, 2) The wife was getting upset I was using her Audi TT for trips to the tip and other messy/dirty jobs and suggested owning on
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Alarm replacement

I have now removed the Clifford Concept 60 alarm, intellistart, smart windows, sense and tell, 2 x external 128db sirens, 1 x internal 128db siren, 1 x pager unit. I have now replaced the 20 year old alarm system and completely re-wired under the dash and bonnet. Fitted even cleaner than the old one and harder to get to or even spot.  I have also replaced the drivers door actuator, fitted the chrome interior door pull handles with LED lighting and wired up, lubricated the window mechanism
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