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broke
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Post by broke »

Hey guys,

Not all of us can be a James or a DJZ, smashing out crazy mad-scientist turbo old school craziness virtually unassisted 24/7. But we have some Aussies maybe coming over next year, and yeah apparently our cricket team just beat theirs or something but really no-one cares about that stuff. It's all about the Datsuns.

Whether it's thinking about how much you've spent, looking at other people's awesome finished projects and thinking about how far you've got to go or where you're going to find the time/space/money to work on it, sometimes we all get a bit discouraged at the state of our projects and progress stalls for a while.

After this conversation with a fellow member

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I realised what I had to do.


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Because I love 510's and want to see more of them I've been focusing on those mainly. My aim is to continue to offer words of encouragement/pestering for updates so that in Akaroa 2016 we can have a field full of minty 1600's and happy owners.

Chin up people! Your project may look sad now, but remember what Kevin Costner said: If you build it, they will come.
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Post by Datto_610 »

Haha good motivational speech there John! After not getting mine ready in time for Akaroa this year I've left it sitting for a while.... but going to back into it and get err done!!
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Good Thread John Nicely said :burnout:

Totally makes my day seeing other peoples sweet updates.
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torqued
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Adam new phone?
That's what my name is under?
I've had this number for almost 5years

I'm just relieved you didn't show the previous message which was a dick pix
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Great motivation, I saw your questions/prods last night and smiled. Yes I will be working on 2 x 1600 this weekend. Need to sort out a niggly issue with my sss road car. Either a sad needle valve in one su "type" carb or a float full of petrol and start a gearbox rebuild for the race car. I need to have the motor and box back in etc for a local hillclimb in a few weeks.

Have a great Datsun weekend,
ps love the bbq trailer sure hope to get down to ChCh and see it some time.
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Lol noticed this morning that the build thread forum had been slammed, well done mate.
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This is great to see. Motovation and money sure can be the killer but keep at it!!!
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Any updates on your 510 John????
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They're all secret squirrel at the moment/I've been working on Toyotas instead...

I could put up pics of things I've bought though.
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You cannot push for our updates and not provide your own,
Thats Selfish
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