• OTHER: Datsun Suisse Press release folders 1982 & 1983

    Lately two press release folders of Datsun / Nissan from the years 1982 and 1983 popped up for sale locally. A long term project of mine is documenting the Story of Datsun Switzerland and another work in progress is the story of the Z / ZX in switzerland, so whenever something like this pops up, i try to get hands on it: the sets usually contain a lot of information about the company’s history and sales figures, etc, but also a bunch of press release photos and of course advertizing texts for the latest models. Usually they get released for big events like the annual Geneva Autosalon exhibition, where most…

  • OTHER: Kaido★House Mini GT 240Z

    I try to avoid collecting diecasts, because this is just another rabbithole i would end up in spending way too much money and time on it. But when i recently came accross those Kaido★House Mini GT 240Z / Fairlady Z cars, licenced by Nissan i had to have them. I really loved the styling of the whole thing The two are identical except from the paint scheme (and there are some different colour schemes available at Kaidohouse.com ) The details are quite impressive. with an opening hood with engine inside, rollcage, dashboard, fender mirrors, paint details, KaidoHouse valve cover, etc. and the packing is really high quality. I didn’t expect…

  • OTHER: 240K-GT GC110 Kenmary Skyline NOS radiator picked up

    This is one of those stories where you find the cool and rare craftsmen from yesteryear with all the knowhow, experience and some nice stories to tell. A while ago i found a minimalistic ad for Datsun radiators on a local sales platform. I contacted the seller to see if he had somerthing for my Z. He didn’t, but he sent me a list of other Datsun radiators he had. When i saw the “240K-GT” (better known as the GC100 Kenmary skyline) on the list, i immadiately contacted my Datsun Mate Stefan, who is currently restoring a such very rare 240K-GT. He contacted the seller and i agreed to pick…

  • OTHER: Nissan GTP & Group C race cars book

    When this book popped up for sale in a local online auction, i catched my attention. I gave a low bid and was the only one bidding, so i ended up having it in my hands today. Nice score! Meet “Lightning speed – The Nissan GTP & Group C Racecars by John Starkey”: I still have to read it, but flipping though it quickly, i can see it shows the beginning at Electrmotive To the later Group C era. The book covers a lot of technical details with nice inside shots from production shop to the paddocks, test sites and of course all the races. I also love the detailed…

  • OTHER: Vintage Datsun sticker load delivery

    Over the last couple of days, i found a few interesting and some more-or-less rare vintage datsun stickers for sale in switzerland, which i naturally had to get. Some of them are quite regularly sold, but came in a lot, so i had to get all of them. I will try to sell some of the doubles i have. Some of them are new to me and i’ve never seen them before, like the one i got here, on the right side. Datsun Switzerland usually gave a sticker with all new cars, to put on the inside of the window, but i realized the one i’ve got today is slightly…

  • 240Z: A rare Datsun Suisse parts & Documents lot

    A good friend of mine just recently sent me this photo and said i need to visit him ASAP, he got hands on some cool stuff. Who i am to turn such an offer down? Especially the boxes, martketing material and stuff made me a bit curious. it’s not usually stuff to be found at dealerships or at collectors, but only at the Import Company Datsun Suisse SA, back in the days. And that’s exactly where these parts come from. A former employee of DSSA took home random stuff which they wanted to scrap at some point, due to lack of space or some other cleanup. He stored the parts…

  • OTHER: The Honda Dealer sign restauration, pt. 2

    So, after we left in Part one here, it’s time to finish the work up. After the cleaning, i realized that parts of the sign were a bit dull, so i thought i’d give it a gentle manual polish. Before: Some manual towel polish: Worked out pretty well. Not perfect, but also without looking too worn: Then it was time for the LED retrofit. I decided to remove the old FL-tube inverters, because honestly they looked toast. And out with all the brittle tube mounts, stiff wires, rusty and heavy inverters and the “hot glue” installation and the starters: Here we are with a fully empty canvas: And here’s what…

  • OTHER: The Honda Dealer sign restauration, pt. 1

    A few days ago i picked up this Nice old Honda dealer sign without any big plans. I thought to give it a quick wash and hang it somewhere nice on the wall. As usual, the project quickly escalated in a full “restauration”. First i thought i’d take out the Plastic signage covers from the frame, to see the inside, just because i wanted to know how the frame was intended to be attached to the wall, and because i was curious how such a sign generally is constructed. Well, turns out the sign once was lit up inside with not less than 5 FL tubes, despite the fact that…

  • OTHER: RECARO Apparel arrived

    Just a real short sunday post: When researching for the Honda EK9 / DC2 Recaro Seats i found that RECARO germany has some cool apparel for sale. So i placed an order, which arrived yesterday: Their stuff has oftentimes the vintage Seats design, like the recaro shirt which resembles the cover of some of their iconic oldschool seats and the socks which uses a similar pattern as on some of their older OEM seats. The stuff also comes in a really nice Cardboard box with a vintage vibe to it. Quality is really high, as you’d expect fom a company like Recaro.

  • HISTORY: Honda Switzerland 1985-2001 Pricelists (free download)

    Lately i had the opportunity to acquire a load of more-or-less rare pricelists from Honda switzerland. If you have a collect-worthy Honda sold in the period of 1985 to 2001 in Switzerland, it’s of course to have the original sales price on hand. For insurance reason, or justfor curiosity. Therefore i decided to scan them all for you in high-res OCR and have them on this site for free download. Click the links below the following picture to download the corresponding pricelist. 1985 March: Honda Switzerland Price 1985.03 www.JDMjunkies.ch 1986 March: Honda Switzerland Price 1986.03 www.JDMjunkies.ch 1989 March: Honda Switzerland Price 1989.03 www.JDMjunkies.ch 1990 March: Honda Switzerland Price 1990.03 www.JDMjunkies.ch…