cheers for the info terry chris >From: "Terry & Heather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: L18's >Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:15:11 +1000 > >Chris, >I've posted this response only to Ozdats as the Bluebells might get >annoyed - there a bit fractious over there at the moment. > > >You might find an L18 or two in NZ these days, not many left in Japan. Most >of the L18's in Australia are in need of a rebuild. If you can pickup a >L18W >and throw a set of good ole Made in the US of A Hastings CM rings in it and >reco the head, you'll get reliable service out of for many a good year. >It's >not uncommon to see 300K miles on original bore with these engines. Before >imports got popular in Australia, the engines we got were from wrecked cars >that weren't crashed, they just gas axed them and stuck the bits in a >container with a kangaroo on it, but apparently that trend has changed >somewhat over the past 5 years or so. > >The Japanese car industry is kept alive by Govt regulation that makes >annual >registration more expensive on a sliding scale, some say to prop up the >local industry or as you say to keep pollution levels down, I know if our >Govt tried a stunt like that they'd be laughed out of town. The Japanese >car >industry isn't as regulated as it used to be, they threw away the maximum >width rule in the mid to late 80's so we see decent sized cars (wide bodied >they call them) come out of japan these days. The Govt has made it >uneconomical to keep a car for more than 7 years or so and as the average >age of a car in Australia last time I checked the ABS Data is 15 years, so >we just grab slightly used Japanese models for a fraction of the local >price. > >The Aussie Govt is trying to change the rules here though, they would like >to only allow models to be imported that aren't available in Aus and it >will >be interesting how the imports are affected by the GST - so far most >pollies >wont touch the current legislation as they think that they wouldn't survive >the next election. Imports are certainly big business here these days. > >regards > >Terry > >-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Halpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, 12 June 2000 1:51 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: L18's > > >I was just wondering whether you can still pick up L18's from Jap or other >country importers ... I know a few months back one of my mates bought some >more modern engine from a Jap importer in Melbourne, it came with about >every modification under the sun, and it was heaps cheaper than it would >cost to do it yourself. I heard something about people in Japan having to >sell their cars after a certain time frame, to keep pollution to a minimum, >don't know how long, or even if it was true - but i'm just about to begin >work on an L18, and was wondering if it's possible to get an engine from >these guys with a few parts already.... thanks >chris >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > >This message comes to you from the Datsun 510 mailing list. >List rules and instructions are available at: >http://bluebirds.datsun510.com/bluebirds/listcharter >Authors retain implicit copyright to their material. Obtain >permission from the author before redistributing messages. > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
