-
RACE: Hillclimb Bergrennen Oberhallau 2017
To be honest i’m not following motorsports too much of, but i love it and whenever the circus comes to town i try to get my dose of Ethanol fumes and the smell of burnt rubber for the year 🙂 The hillclimb of Oberhallau is part of various racing series which attend every year. As most of hillclimb its pretty dangerous and you find everything from amateur racers to full-on pro’s with unlimited budget and crazy cars. I went there this past sunday and unfortunately i was a bit late to the party so it was a bit hard to get good photographing spots. First i started at the starting…
-
ATENZA: Mazda recall (new trunk gate dampers)
Last week i got a phone call from my Dealer that i will recceive a letter from Mazda switzerland soon, telling me that i would get some free new trunk gate dampers, due to a recall. Read more about the recall here I digged a bit deeper and it seems like supplier of the gas shocks “Showa” of Japan had a big batch of faulty dampers which they would replace for free. They were also installed on a series of Nissans and other cars. So i went there and got a set of new dampers installed within 15minutes. Great service 🙂 Old ones: No corrosion visible. I guess they just…
-
RACE: Bergrennen Oberhallau Hillclimb 26. / 27. August 2017
I don’t do any ads for others but since this is the one well known (and very close to my home) Hillclimb race of international calibre, i’d like to support them since i know a lot of people who work there as volunteers and it’s a lot of free work they provide for the event. If you’re interrested in HIllclimb racing and near, come to oberhallau next weekend and enjoy the big variety of racecars on track. From showlaps in rare classics, drift demos to the serious racing with laps of the swiss hillclimb cup, european KW Berg-cup (with the very well known cars), race-taxi, Formula-cars, open-wheelers and around 400…
-
240Z: Transmission disassembled, Exploded view, ready for blasting
Today finally some progress on the Z from my side as well 🙂 After removing the Breather vent: I had serious trouble to get out the speedo pinion carrier from the transmission. Thanks to my close friend Stefan and some brute force, it finally gave up and came out nicely: He also managed to move the “tube” that holds the gear selector in place, intwards the transmissino housing: So i was able to remove the gear selector. It’s currently at my other buddy Stefan for some rework (more on that soon) After i finally have disassembled the transmission as far as i want to go myself, i had to make…
-
240Z: Windows ARGIC EuroCodes
In 1993, big Glass-manufacturers Saint-Gobain, Pilkington and Belron decided to create a universal identification code for all glasses and accessories fitted on vehicles that have been, are and will be circulating on the European Market. The Organization is called ARGIC (Automotive Replacement Glass Identification Center), see www.ARGIC.org. The Code they use to identify single windows on cars is called the ARGIC Eurocode. The Eurocode has a maximum length of 15 digits and is fully self-explanatory, thanks to logic of codification that is always the same and thanks to the information that can be found in the Matrix. Here’s a list of available Windows with ARGIC Codes i found on https://www.classic-autoglas.com/…
-
240Z: RH Rear quarter panel in place
Today is a short update with a single pic, but a big Impact on the overall appearance of the car: The RH Tabco rear quarter panel is welded in place. I guess there is still a lot of work to make the fitment perfect and all, but at least there isn’t a big hole anymore 🙂
-
240Z: RH rear wheel well in, lower door area fixed
It has been a while, since i updated the 240Z project here. It’s not dead at all, i’m just super busy with some once-in-a-lifetime projects that have to be adressed first. I was a bit bummed that my bodyshop guy was so busy as well and couldn’t work on it either. However yesterday and today i got some updates totally unexpected and was more than happy 🙂 1) Tabco rear inner wheel well was finally welded in and painted in some protective paint: The wheel arches are coming along nicely… Todays update contained the rear lower piece of the RH side lower door sill area. Before: After: Let’s see what’s…
-
OTHER: Dani’s Datsun Cherry N10 (and missing Emblem)
A few weeks ago i met an old school-buddy of mine which i haven’t seen in a while. I knew he was into restoring old Alfa-romeos but he asked me if i could help him look for some parts for a Datsun which his girlfriend bought. Of course i can 🙂 Last week i went to check out the car: A genuine Datsun Cherry GL N10 1979 prefacelift 5-door in a lovely blue color and great condition: Aside from a few very small rust spots that will be adressed soon, the car is really almost mint. Love the big Datsun letters on the back 🙂 Little motor is running well…
