ke30nut Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 ok i know that this is not really a general mechanical question but i have to know how is it that my k30 was build in 73 when the ke30's didn't start being made until 74? but if the date is right i may have myself a very rare shit-box lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 ok i know that this is not really a general mechanical question but i have to know how is it that my k30 was build in 73 when the ke30's didn't start being made until 74? but if the date is right i may have myself a very rare shit-box lol Where does it say 1973? Could it be a 1978 with the 8 partly worn away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 the build date might have been 73 but sold in 1974 as a 74, so it'd just be an early model I'd say. Remember that in order to get the "new model" into dealerships it would have been built in japan then slapped on a boat to get here in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 the build date might have been 73 but sold in 1974 as a 74, so it'd just be an early model I'd say. Remember that in order to get the "new model" into dealerships it would have been built in japan then slapped on a boat to get here in time. But when did they first go on sale? I thought it was quite late into 1974 (like August), which would make a '73 build date a looong way in advance (although you'd expect a big batch to be made for initial stock, with a steady flow afterwards to account for sales) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke30nut Posted November 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 it was made in australia and it does say manufactured in 1973 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW42 Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 prototype ke30 :) do all the numbers match up on the chassis rails and engine numbers blah blah blah?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLO-030 Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 it was made in australia and it does say manufactured in 1973 KE30's weren't manufactured in Australia until late 77. What dash does it have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 KE30's weren't manufactured in Australia until late 77. What dash does it have? That's what I thought anyway, '74 was Japan and as usual Australia is several years behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunk81us Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke30nut Posted November 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 ok it was made in Japan i missed the big built in Japan sign lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Last of the 20's was 74. Therefore first of the 30's was about then. 55's would have been coming out late 77-78. Need pics of said plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Jap built KE30's were from '74 onwards. Australia didnt really see any KE30's until '75. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke30nut Posted November 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 trust me i am trying but father has the camera and my fire wall makes it very hard to upload things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towe001 Posted November 15, 2010 Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 Whats the frame number ? Its up on the firewall left side of the right hand windscreen spray jet. It'll start with "KE30-xxxxxx". The build plate will have the same numbers (or at least it should be the same) But anywhat KE30-000001 didn't roll out of Takaoka no.1(A31) till August '74. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke30nut Posted July 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 ha ha ha man that was a realy dumb thing to ask it was young but not 73 young but it was only 11000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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