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Yeah there was a 7's day here a few years ago but didn't get a chance to go 😔. I saw some vids on YouTube of seven stock from Rob Dahm and Rad potential looked good.
Greetings everyone, new member here, I've had my 99 Type R in my possession for about four months now. I bought the car in late March of this year but securing shipping from Japan was delayed a few months. Here are some pictures of the car when it was in Japan and in the US after having the car paint corrected.
I've been way too busy these past few months with Kids extra curriculars and the holidays etc. so the cars didn't really get driven but my son had his Military Ball for High school and since its his senior year I let him take the FD. The FD is the only Stick car he has driven as we still haven't let him drive the wife's S14 since that one is just plain dangerous and not driver friendly at all. Needless to say he was over the moon to be able to take it that night. His friend recently imported an ST202 Celica and drove that as well.
Promise of blue skies predicted a big turn-out to the first Weissach Spanish Banks Cars and Coffee of the season. Brisk winds made it chilly though. Good thing we had our new club hoodies to wear.
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Star car (imo).
Mini-meet after the meet. Four of the seven FD that showed up today. LHD or RHD, can tell from 20 feet? Both LHD were originally California cars.
Sunny, but cool, day, made for ideal conditions for a little "touge" in our local hills today. The route below is about 125 km
Upper route follows the Old Dewdney Trunk wagon road originally built in 1870; Lower return route follows the Lougheed highway, laid out maybe 100 years ago. That stretch is only being converted to four lane now. Before the roads were built, paddle-wheelers ran gold rush miners inland. My great-grandfather worked on one of those. Oddly this country grocery store has been selling sushi for over 40 years. The owner gets pissed when we plug up his parking for photoshoots. He refused us sushi. Must be for the locals only. Canadian flags are growing on trees these days. The road going off into the distance leads to the foot of a run the locals call "The Frog". About five miles of twisting dipping banked cornered road comes down from the hillside to spill onto the river flats. Relocating the catch can close to the right wheel opening was not a good idea it seems, especially with the oil sloshing about from the tight turns.
After topping up the tanks first stop Port Alberni's famous J&L Burger. No change in 50 years (well prices have changed). Second stop Kennedy Lake Lookout, blasted out of a cliff during a recent highway straightening project. Kodak moment. Very rare example of a Canada-spec CYM. Canada did not get R1, but cars show up with some R1 attachments. 405 WHP single under the hood made it hard to keep up with this demon. 100 KM of twisting dipping jouncing pleasure. The road was designed for logging trucks to move at speed with many banked turns. We had this segment to ourselves for the return trip, halving the outbound time. We would have turned back and did it again, but it might have killed us. End of the road in Tofino, cool ocean air was a bonus. Fresh caught Ling cod in Uculet for dinner.
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Mint 1994 R2 giving off sparks after coming through a flash hail storm.
Fantasy garage find re-enactment.
Day two, Meet up, Qualicom Beach 10:15 am (Island time.) We woke to someone's wife forwarding this message and showing concern. Later that day we learned that a jeep had gone off the road the night before after hitting a bolder. But in general not all that unfriendly. Viewing Oyster Rafts in Oyster Bay Many Japanese lived near Campbell River , in Cumberland, mining coal, doing forestry and fishing. There are signs of their influence all across the island.
Choosing a route though busy Nanaimo took some on the spot planning, the old fashioned way. Starting with a 90 km sprint down one of the smoothest, widest and fasted freeways in Canada. (Highway 19.)
Semi-pro photog joined for the last leg doing some rolling shots in the back hills. The locals know..........
Our travels took us past the former base of this aircraft (and its sister). Sadly it was flown to Arizona, dismantaled and moved inland to a museum. The intact sister is now parked on dryland near Victoria. Seems like a destination for another island rip. Some members of our cruise, who previously lived in Port Alberni recalled jet-skiing over the wakes of this aircraft as it manoeuvred on Sproat Lake.
End of summer meet at Axon in Burnaby (where we held 7s Day this year). Nice FD and FC examples.
RHD and LHD compete for attention. Some expensive rare kit on the red car, showing off recent ceramic coat refresh of its paint. S2000s ruled the meet, with over 50 showing up. Who da thought?
