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Whooly crap!!! Your engine is thE ExaCt setup I had. SAme filters and same yellow wires. I had the yellow ACCEL coil too. HAHA Damn that brings back memories...I sold that car in 1990 before I went to Saudi for Desert Shield. Could be in the states somewhere still. Was Navy blue when I sold it. The window louvers were cut out of Supra Louvers I think and had old corolla vents behind the rear side windows. Went 14.5 at Carlsbad at 95MPH NA in 86.... Terry

Hate to tell you but if your luck enough to find one, it will be a rust bucket and you may get it for 10 to 15K if lucky. Restored ones were going for 25K plus when I was there. I brought mine from the states with me and could have sold it for quite a bit if I wanted to keep it stock....good luck!!! Terry

MORE info.... go here... http://www.spencer1984.com/my_models/smokscreen.php

VZ I have found your long lost cousin....check it out!!!! http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL83/533777/2388447/183826338.jpg WooHoo... Terry

CHORO CAR LISTING 1-99. Doesnt have the names but you can figure most out. Check it out. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL83/533777/2388447/183821655.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL83/533777/2388447/183821647.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL83/533777/2388447/183821638.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL83/533777/2388447/183821635.jpg Hope this helps... Terry

TWOEIGHTNINE you did say to hold off on more choros right? Or did I confuse you with someone else? Im still here and can go back out if you tell me how many to get. TErry

Here is some info on the history and increasing value of Japanese Choros!. Choro-Q (チョロQ ) is a series of Japanese 3-4cm long pullback toy cars first made by Takara in 1978, and known in the US as Penny Racers. All Choro Q feature real rubber tires (usually with fatter ones on the rear) and the characteristic coil-spring pullback motor. Also, each Choro Q is a "cute" squeezed design caricature of the actual vehicle it represents. What is also distinct about the cars is the slot at the rear, where a small coin can be inserted for the wheelie effect. Remote Controlled (IR) models, called "Digi Q" have also been produced by Takara. The toy line is highly popular and has became collectable, even outside Japan, due to its low price and its merchandising line which includes JGTC and various licensed car editions and has also spawned a series of videogames bearing the same name. The toy line has also lent its moulding to the Transformers line of toys. In addition to "Penny Racers," Choro Q pullback cars were also marketed under the Tonka branding in the late 1980s as "Tonka Turbo Tricksters." "Penny Racers" in the US are still marketed by Funrise, but are less popular for collectors compared with their true-to-life counterparts marketed elsewhere, and versus the ones formerly sold by Tonka. "Penny Racers" tend to be garishly colored and given silly names, ignoring the actual names of the makes and models, and marketed for US children, whereas the Choro Q in the far East are made to a much higher quality standard and many are specifically designed for the adult collector, with high detail and/or tiny, incredibly detailed racing graphics and occassionally other realistic gimicks such as fold-out headlights. Originally produced in Japan, the manufacture subsequently has occurred variously in Taiwan, Macau and China. The models represent various makes and models of all kinds of actual cars, trucks, trains, and even planes and military and construction vehicles. There are even versions representing just about every bus and train line in Japan. Choro Q are also produced in limited special runs for promotional purposes. Models are licensed and produced for automotive manufacturers and dealers, or as tchotchkes for marketing of other products and services. They even released a Major League Baseball line. The first Choro Q cars were more geared toward children, with primary colors and low detail. They have grown more sophisticated over time and now are for the most part cast in a uniform clear, colored or smoked resin plastic which is then painted, thus leaving the windshields and headlights, etc. transparent for added realism. Unusual Choro-Q which have the wheels and pull-back motor but are not modelled after vehicles are also common, often sold as special collectibles. This includes Choro-Q in the shape of common regional symbols such as carved wood bears of Hokkaido and popular symbols from other regions such monkeys, salmon eggs, sea urchin, etc. sold only in certain regions and marketed at local domestic tourists. The Choro-Q brand has been extended, often with a small name change which is a pun on the original name, to cover other small toys or novelties, both with and without the wheels and motor, including Choco-Q: Chocolate egg with a small capsule toy inside Puka-Q: Bath salts compressed into an egg shape, which, when dissolved in the bath, reveals a small toy inside Choro-Ju: ("Ju" means monster in Japanese)Small monster toys which moved with a friction motor and had other gimicks such as sparks shooting from the mouth. Choro-Chu ("Chu" means insect in Japanese) Realistic plastic and rubber figures of various beetles, with wheels and a pull-back motor for movement. Digi-Q: Electronic remote control versions of Choro-Q cars which used infrared technology instead of radio control. These products were developed in conjunction with Konami. Jumbo Choro-Q: This is a large-scale version of the small toys but approximately 30cm in length. They have the same pull-back motor gimick and the hood also opened to reveal a storage space for standard sized Choro-Q toys. CQ Motors: The most ambitious brand extension of all, this wholly owned subsidiary of Takara, founded in 2002, manufactured and sold actual single-passenger, electric automobiles modelled after the toy cars. The cars are street-legal (though not permitted on highways), require a standard driver's license for operation and have a top speed of about 50km/hr and a range of about 80km on a single charge. Several models were sold, priced in the 1-1.5 million yen range. Although sales have been discontinued, as many as 500 were sold in all. In a country known for the prowess of its automobile industry it is remarkeable that at one point, Takara, a toy company, had the highest share of electric cars on the road in Japan. Here is the official site: http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/ And this is very interesting: http://web-japan.org/trends01/article/020905bus_r.html Terry

YES!!!! Great Vid!!! Welcome to the 10s! With slicks your prolly 10.5s for sure! Terry

OK guys heres the deal..... FLAMES187 - Got all of your stuff. PM me for total and give me your address. PayPal is Herbalife63@hotmail.com 280ZONE - Got all of your stuff. PM me for total and give me your address. PayPal is Herbalife63@hotmail.com JBK - Got all of your stuff. PM me for total and give me your address. PayPal is Herbalife63@hotmail.com (Plastic model was last in store S30) 280ZFORCE - Got all of your stuff. PM me for total and give me your address. PayPal is Herbalife63@hotmail.com TWOEIGHTNINE - no procurement per your request. 240ZR - Got all of your stuff except S30 (I ordered 5 more of these coming next weekend). PM me for total and give me your address. PayPal is Herbalife63@hotmail.com SUMO - They have the GX31 for 15,000 yen and the GX01 was outof stock but probably can order. Same price I think (can get it cheaper on EBay I think) WANGAN LIGHTERS - Dont think its happening. Cant find anywhere. I did EMail the Japanese Zippo site and asked if they can make. These are not cheap!!! See here: http://www.manrila.com/ Terry

Here is my list for this weekend......Ill post when I fill these or get close etc this weekend...... FLAMES187 2000GT S30 280ZONE 2000GT S30 Fairlady R33 Skyline 350Z JBK S30 240ZR Fairlady Crown 350Z S30 280ZFORCE R33 R34 S30 Hakosuka TWOEIGHTNINE Any new ones you don’t have Ill get 6 more or 10? SUMO Got it… MISC Wangan Lighters Search

Dammit everytime I see this thing you made I cant help but go into hysteria...thats so cool. I still like that chick!!!! Your welcome SnR. Oh pics of the big cars on new thread here: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=114176 Terry

Prox, PM me with qty and address. I take Paypal. Im still behind though may take a bit. Im buying all the locals out with the S30s so maybe Toys R us will be better!!! Terry

289, got the shirts today!!! Now we are represented in Japan. Should get some attention while Im out!!!!! Thanks! Tell me what you have again so I dont duplicate. Man they have tons of different cars (cant get there in the states I doubt). Tell me how many you want and I will get them.....going back Saturday.... Terry

Ok here are some bigger remote controlled types. I will look for other neat stuff this weekend too and will try to find some lighters..... http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL83/533777/2618904/182829885.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL83/533777/2618904/182829884.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL83/533777/2618904/182829883.jpg Here I saw RX7s, Hakosukas and R34s and 350Zs. I bought an R34. Want a different one each month to decorate my shop in the future. TErry

I will have to go to Machida and see about the lighters!!! Im going to Toys R Us this weekend too!!! Glad you like. Brings out the kid in us! Terry

:D OH MY GOD...stop it....Im pissing my pants....that is sooooo cool!!!! That chick is actually hot!!!!!!!!!! Ive been on the mountain too long. Hey by the way I have to go to TOYZ R US this weekend and find some more choros. Im sold out! Ill post an update then....Damn your good with your imagination.....I love it! Hey maybe I need to go EBAY with the radio cars! TErry

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....ugh well....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Thats great!

Great!!! Yeah Im hooked. I went back this weekend and I think Im the only buying these as they are all sold out...haha. So I bought a big remote controlled R34. Way cool. I took pics of these as well and will post later. Damn...They will look cool sitting in the shop on the wall when Im building my next Z...haha... Terry

Mine were from a 1978 Z28.

Yes your right! My bad...350Z or here just 3.5L FairladyZ I guess... Terry

HAHAHAHA...well not bald yet but working on it! My last name is Baldwin so I dont have a chance...........