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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 12:31 PM
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and your upper radiator hose looks to be original...
What are you trying to say? LOL, Time to replace?
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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 01:49 PM
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What are you trying to say? LOL, Time to replace?
Yah, that thing is swollen up like a tick. Haha. Check it out next to the hose clamps. Time to drop $15-20 on some new rad hoses.
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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 01:51 PM
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By the way, I love the shift **** in these old SAs. Anyone know what the thread pitch on those is? Are they M12 or M10? That's one of those things that I would really like to get my hands on for my own project. It would go great with the Nardi steering wheel I'm planning to use.

Nice looking RHD SA!
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Old Mar 1, 2014 | 02:12 PM
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Thanks,

Need a little help fellas. My horn and my wipers are not working. My fuse box under the dash is in Japanese lol. All the glass fuse seem to be in working condition though. Any ideas where look next?
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Old Mar 2, 2014 | 07:47 AM
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Need a little help fellas. My horn and my wipers are not working. My fuse box under the dash is in Japanese lol. All the glass fuse seem to be in working condition though. Any ideas where look next?
Figured it out. Car has no horns and wiper motor is locked. If anyone has any of these for sale, shoot me a pm.
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Old Mar 4, 2014 | 10:41 PM
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I just put another $3500 into this thing

Racing Beat Full Exhaust
Racing Beat Holley Kit
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No more spending till next year I hope.
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Old Mar 24, 2014 | 12:42 PM
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back seat?

I can't see from the pictures - is it a 2+2?
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Old Mar 24, 2014 | 03:12 PM
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I can't see from the pictures - is it a 2+2?
no back seats I'm looking for a set though.
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Old Mar 25, 2014 | 03:15 PM
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My (shell of a) '78 Japanese Savanna has back seats - they're tiny but they are there!
Kid-sized!
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Old Mar 25, 2014 | 04:06 PM
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where all Japanese SA's 2+2? If so, one of the previous owners must of removed them from mine
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Old Mar 25, 2014 | 11:54 PM
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I believe it was an option, and not standard in japan but i could be wrong.
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Old Mar 28, 2014 | 09:43 PM
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Sweet ride I just bought an 80 a few months back and gonna start working on mine thanks for sharing your pics ... Giving me ideas lol
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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 06:37 PM
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Is this still a 12a car?
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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 08:10 PM
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Is this still a 12a car?
Yes sir, and it will remain a 12a as long as I own it
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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 08:21 PM
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Nice clean car .and steering wheel is on correct side
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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 08:27 PM
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The first time my mechanic sat in the car, the first thing he said was "Hey, the clock doesn't work" and I said "Yes it does, that's the time in Japan" LOL!!!
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Old Mar 30, 2014 | 02:12 PM
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Lol not a fan of 13b's? It is a very nice by the way.
I thought I noticed it had a holley setup on it in the first pictures of when you got it? Was it just an off the shelf one?
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Old Mar 30, 2014 | 04:27 PM
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It was a holley 650. I replaced it with a holley 465 from Racing Beat.
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 01:50 PM
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Did you have any trouble getting the racing beat holley to run right on it? I had to put bigger jets in mine because the 49s rb runs were too small.

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It was a holley 650. I replaced it with a holley 465 from Racing Beat.
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 01:59 PM
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Did you have any trouble getting the racing beat holley to run right on it? I had to put bigger jets in mine because the 49s rb runs were too small.

No, The car runs just fine. A little on the rich side, but not to bad.
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 07:56 PM
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How are the coil overs doing ?
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 09:13 PM
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The rears arrived today. I'll probably install front and rears on Sat 12th.
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 09:44 PM
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RB Exhaust


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FD Alternator, FC Pulley machined to 17mm, spacer


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Old Apr 6, 2014 | 10:00 PM
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that exhaust looks nice did you notice a power increase?
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I never really drove it hard with the old 3" exhaust. It does sound really nice now.
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