10 years ago this month??

[pandemonium001]

Google throws up the funniest things. I googled my own screen name and found some different stuff
which prompted some memories.
10 years ago this month, I had just finished my apprenticeship end of august, on full wages so what do you do, buy a car.
I paid in full for my swb 300zx with abflug body kit just based on pictures had to wait 6 weeks for import, then went to Edinburgh to collect in october
found these pics i forgot about:





G375JSG I wonder if it ever survived after i sold it.

[jimbob]

Don't see many of those about. I like it

[polov8]

I have a full set of alloy calipers off one of those I found in the breakers a while ago, been waiting for something "interesting" to do with them....

Much under-rated cars from what I understand.

[pandemonium001]

I am sure they shared the same brakes as the early r32 r33 skylines. stopped really well.
It was a rare model as well being the swb, and not the 2+2, and slick top with no glass in the roof, just a shame it was not the twin turbo. but still fast enough for my first RWD car 3.0v6 24valve.
installed a fidanza flywheel and a cold fusion NOS kit later on.

[nas80]

swb 300zx's are so much win. we only got the lwb version.

[Reck]

Awesome car. I just found a picture of my ride ten years ago.

[e21-Mark]

This was mine.



Followed by an automatic.



Look how slim I was then!

[Jeroen]

This was mine.

looks like a serious headache! You escaped unharmed?

[e21-Mark]

This was mine.

looks like a serious headache! You escaped unharmed?

Fractured skull
Broken neck in 2 places
Broken back in 2 places
Open-book pelvic fracture
Compound fracture of femur
Severed femural blood vessel

Apart from that I was fine.

[Jeroen]

Pfew! So you were very, very lucky to survive that crash mate! What happened?

[e21-Mark]

Car in front was turning off, I was probably going too fast etc etc. Cars both spun out but I hit a lamp post. Thankfully my life was saved by the Cornwall Air Ambulance so I try and do a bit to raise awareness and a few quid here and there.

[Jeroen]

Good thing it wasn't your time to go!

[polov8]

Yowzer! That's some serious metalwork! Glad you're Ok

Is Mark short for Markano?