Heaps of L18's L20B etc etc here in NZ But who wants the hassle of sending that sort of stuff? I can set you up with a guy that will send them if you want to pay the dollar and all the shipping charges? I have sorted engines out for other people,by passing on phone numbers,and can do if you want. But it's nothing to do with me at all, apart from I know the guy that will send them if you want to pay is price. Malcolm Terry & Heather wrote: > > 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. > --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
