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**mittomatto** · 10-02-2008, 18:12

A few months of doing roughly nothing and being sad that i couldnt compete, with the addition of the DBM guys tuning my housemate Wanders car into some power crazed drift beast basically pissed me off to the point where i felt a little more motivated. I'd also met Paul Howard of Jap Imports / JDM Garage a few times over the year and it was decided that i would go to live with him in Cornwall. After living in the mellowness that is Holland, i couldnt deal with the idea of moving to a city right away. I was sad to leave my Dutch compadres, however work began again.

It was about this point where i wondered what i was actually doing, well in regards to building the car. I hadnt really done the best work that i could have, so everything changed, the car came back apart and things started getting re-built properly. As in, making the vision inside my head a reality, i had spent a year prentending to build something awesome, but in reality, i had spent the year dicking about and playing at building a special car. This was mainly prompted by the work that was being done on this forum, some amazing cars are coming together, like a LOT of them and i felt i was being left behind. So, i began working, every moment like a madman, black metal blasting out through the night and my hands getting cut up good in my zombiefied work daze. The only reason i have the time for this is since the car is in Geoff Moores bodyshop down the road.

I'd also thrown together a bit of a fuel system to avoid surge, although i've changed it all again now!

So with the motivation up and the season approaching i'm determined to get the car running, tested, re-fined and drift the shit out of it. Todays update is that the car is painted and will be with me again next week, the interior is flocked (an amazing job by Carl Sorensen Motorsport! 01753 603 500), the seats are away being trimmed, the engine is almost together and its basically all there. I need to spendsome more pennies on bits to complete it, but within 2-3weeks im running. Below, just a rough idea of how its going to look and yes, i've gone WV2 Sparkling Silver from the R34 Vpec II NUR edition, keeping it in the family!

10-02-2008, 18:12	#3 (permalink)
mittomatto -NIGHTSPIRT FAMILY- Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NAGOYA JAPAN Posts: 5,407	A few months of doing roughly nothing and being sad that i couldnt compete, with the addition of the DBM guys tuning my housemate Wanders car into some power crazed drift beast basically pissed me off to the point where i felt a little more motivated. I'd also met Paul Howard of Jap Imports / JDM Garage a few times over the year and it was decided that i would go to live with him in Cornwall. After living in the mellowness that is Holland, i couldnt deal with the idea of moving to a city right away. I was sad to leave my Dutch compadres, however work began again. It was about this point where i wondered what i was actually doing, well in regards to building the car. I hadnt really done the best work that i could have, so everything changed, the car came back apart and things started getting re-built properly. As in, making the vision inside my head a reality, i had spent a year prentending to build something awesome, but in reality, i had spent the year dicking about and playing at building a special car. This was mainly prompted by the work that was being done on this forum, some amazing cars are coming together, like a LOT of them and i felt i was being left behind. So, i began working, every moment like a madman, black metal blasting out through the night and my hands getting cut up good in my zombiefied work daze. The only reason i have the time for this is since the car is in Geoff Moores bodyshop down the road. I'd also thrown together a bit of a fuel system to avoid surge, although i've changed it all again now! So with the motivation up and the season approaching i'm determined to get the car running, tested, re-fined and drift the shit out of it. Todays update is that the car is painted and will be with me again next week, the interior is flocked (an amazing job by Carl Sorensen Motorsport! 01753 603 500), the seats are away being trimmed, the engine is almost together and its basically all there. I need to spendsome more pennies on bits to complete it, but within 2-3weeks im running. Below, just a rough idea of how its going to look and yes, i've gone WV2 Sparkling Silver from the R34 Vpec II NUR edition, keeping it in the family!