Option — Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide (2000 Edition)
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180 available scans from Option — Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide (2000 Edition), in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
Page 89 — English draft translation
With used tires, price differences between brands are relatively small, so you can really make the most of high-grade tires. Next are dismantlers and auto recyclers. Many primarily serve trade customers, so be sure to clearly tell them the model year of the part you need. If you explain what you are looking for politely, some helpful businesses will even track down parts they do not have on hand at a reasonable price.
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/ Koichiro Okamoto [Act Sports]
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/ Hiroki Iwashima / Hideo Matsunobu
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Hideo Matsunobu
Photos: Koji Nakano (MPS)
REPORT
Make an affordable older Japanese car a smart tuning base
Even with an inexpensive classic Japanese car as a tuning base, the bill keeps growing if you try to fix every shortcoming. Here's another idea: use used parts to tune affordably and enjoyably. Take your time and work on the car little by little. Enjoy building your Showa-era car with this guide to using recycled parts!
‘Recycled parts…’
These days, there are…
…amounts…
Money…
…and so on.
Do not overlook shops that handle used tuning parts other than wheels. Such shops have built their own networks and can use them to find the parts you want. They may also accept mail orders for customers who live far away. Depending on how you shop…
…we will introduce the available options.
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