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…

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…

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.

If you’re into vintage classic Japanese Cars, then Colin Project is no new name to you. They’re well known for making many vintage wheels, but also things like the Datsun competition seat replicas and Kei-car stuff. You also might remember that i bought a set of “Autolook Type B” Seats a while ago for my Datsun? (Also click the link to get some information about Autolook seats) If you like the seats, then good news… The “Type A” Seat by Autolook is back by Colin project now! It was shown at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022 in Japan: From what i can say it looks pretty close to the original…

Remember when i recently saw a Classic Honda Civic “Hot S” at a car show and randombly bought some documents about it? Good news, recemtly i stumbled up on an original swiss sales brochure for sale. It was cheap so i had to get it. My collection starts to grow 🙂 (top:  Brochure), Bottom left sales flyer, bottom right advertizing sticker, There was also a price list, but i missed that auction. So here’s the original brochure i got: It has a nice large centerfold poster: And then plenty of pages with all the features: The fancy red interieur And the technical specs. Maybe it’s just me, but i personally…

When flipping through one of the many magazines from the lot which i’ve acquired recentently recently, i stumbled upon a swiss 240Z on the cover of the 1995 Classic Z register Magazine (of UK) christmas edition: They published the story of the swiss owner Reto Tachella, who got this 1971 240Z in the 80ies very bad condition and which additionally got an electrical short circuit and cought fire only a week after purchase. he rebuilt the car and painted it in GM “middle green” (Similar to Datsun British racing green). It seems to be a bit of a strange mix of US and EU parts with the bumper overriders, the…

Disclaimer. I don’t know the seller or the car, but this is beyond cool and rare , so i had to share it 🙂 A Honda Jazz / City turbo II.  One of the rare Honda’s that came with a turbo back in the day. Link to original sales ad here: https://www.autoscout24.ch/de/d/honda-jazz-kleinwagen-1984-occasion?utm_campaign=as24_share_android&utm_medium=social_sharing&utm_source=app_share&vehid=9952979 Ok the price ain’t cheap, the interieur seems a bit flashy, The mugen wheels might be a tad too new, but the Mugen Bodykit and the rest seems to fit. Honestly i didn’t even know they made those in LHD and thought it was a japan special only. Nevertheless, it seems like a quality build on the first…