RetroMat
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Feb 27, 2005 14:26:45 GMT
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Done well over 100K, £20 of petrol lasts 250/300 miles, starts first time every time, cheap student transport   Lowered -35mm on Spax springs, KYB gas shocks all round, Retro 3 spoke mountney streering wheel and thats about it.... |
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Last Edit: Mar 8, 2005 2:36:59 GMT by RetroMat
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what it could look like : .jpg) |
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what it could look like no no,.. this is what it WILL look like Just need some rattle cans, some lowering and some Work - Equip wheels and your done |
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The more I see these Micra's the more I appriciate them. You can't complain when you get economy and reliability results like that! I saw a neat March Turbo last weekend - nice alternative to the usual Starlet turbo. You finally brought the car up to Cov then retro?
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Oh ok it will look like this, although I need to source a cheaper alternative to those wheels ;D I have also got hold of some early Datsun micra small bumpers to give it a more of a euro look. And yep the car is now in cov although i haven't found any where much to drive it, know any good country lanes? As for the March Turbo aparently there are only about 6 (turbos and super turbos) in the UK so a rare sight indead... |
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Last Edit: Mar 3, 2005 14:20:27 GMT by RetroMat
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the car is now in cov although i haven't found any where much to drive it, know any good country lanes? The back road route to Leamington is quite fun - take the exit off the ring road towards the Kenilworth road, but take the left fork by the park (instead of the right) and keep going. About a mile or so, you hit the outer ring road (A45) - straight over the roandabout. Can't remember the all rest off the top of my head, but IIRC, there's a right turn after a while, on a left hand corner. Either take that turning and just keep going straight ahead at all junctions, and you end up in Warwick / Leamington. Watch out though at the (railway?) bridge as there's a hidden junction there. Or, if you go straight ahead, that takes you to the National Agricultural Centre at Stoneleigh. |
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i was thinking of some ats classics, anything over 14" is daft on the micra it just ends up looking like a rollerskate has been discused here already: www.micra.org.uk/showthread.php?tid=784&page=4 (i'm Mat.T if you couldn't guess) AmazonSprite: Cheers i will go for a little adventure tonite  |
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Yeah, shouldn't be too hard to find some reasonably priced 13" rims for it,.. Don't forget your black bonnet ,.. |
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yes sir! although this Datsun you just posted has got me thinking, some thing different to just a black bonnet?:  any one care to do some photoshopping ;D |
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Youv'e got a lot to answer for Retromicra, I've been seeing plenty of very clean early micras about lately and thinking they'd make a great litte project for not alot of money, there's a black over silver one near my house that looks quite cool  |
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Hey Retro Micra, I have a set of 6.5J X14 RS Watanabe wheels  . They are 4X100 and have 35mm offsett. the wheels have been sandblasted and sprayed in silver, ( I would return them to their charcoal colour). Watanabes are the J version of minilites, only alot better and very popular in the land of the rising sun with retro rides ;D |
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Hey thats Riverside (Northampton) isn't it? Didn't know you were from round here. |
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like these?:  are they for sale? i'm at Cov uni so near by, although i don't know if thats Riverside or not i was lost at the time, i pulled in there for some lunch |
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That would be a Collette , i'm tring to do what Rev did for imps but in a far more subtle way |
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Looks like it is, was there a McDonalds as you go in?
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indeed there was!, thats were i got my lunch from! |
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Mar 11, 2005 18:54:29 GMT
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Haha, we'll have to have a Retro Meet once i'm driving!
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Jun 21, 2005 18:22:45 GMT
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2005 18:23:51 GMT by RetroMat
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Jun 22, 2005 10:12:33 GMT
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Cool.
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. They are 4X100 and have 35mm offsett. the wheels have been sandblasted and sprayed in silver, ( I would return them to their charcoal colour).
