The Sharka Blog

Japanese Car Parts and Film

Smooth idle.

The lead image for this post was shot by my newest camera, a Nikon F3 film camera. The F3 was the last professional manual focus camera that Nikon made. My copy comes from 1985. 10 years older than Sharka.

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2011 ClubRoadster.net Calendar

The 2011 CR.net calendar! Presented by the Autobots.

It’s calendar time again! For the 2nd year in a row, ClubRoadster has put out a calendar. And this year, the Autobots are presenting the calendar~ Autobots, not Decepticons.

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Lunar Rover

Hazy Solstice Eclipse

This past solstice (12/21/2010), I found myself standing out in the middle of the desert under almost complete cloud cover in the middle of the night. With my camera.

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Garage Woolery GV Tail Light Trim Rings

Garage Woolery GV trim ring set.

Friend and fellow CR.net moderator, Mr. Woolery, came up with the idea to do some trim rings for the Garage Vary tail lights on his car. And then he followed that one up with the idea to make a limited run of these rings and sell them to a few lucky folks on ClubRoadster. And here is my set!

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A Very Trekkie Christmas

Happy Holidays. Resistance is futile.

I have a confession to make. I’m a bit of a nerd.

I’ll let that one sink in for a minute or two. I’m sure it comes as a surprise to many of my friends and readers.

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My car gets Christmas gifts!

Joyfast Valve Cover Bolt Set

A small Christmas gift addressed to my car and a few WALL-E pix. Check it out!

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M2-1001 Steering Wheel

The M2-1001 / Momo steering wheel

854 words on my newest steering wheel! It’s rare. It came from Japan. Fans of the M2-1001 Cafe Roadster might enjoy this post a whole lot.

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Mazda3 Manual Transmission Fluid Change

4 fresh quarts of MT-90.

Time for another installment of Mazda3 maintenance! This time it’s the manual transmission fluid and the differential fluid. They are one in the same. Mazda calls this a “lifetime fluid” and never calls for it to be changed out. In my humble opinion, that’s not good. Nor is it right. So here’s how you change it.

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RyokuRob Rear Tow Hook

Stock tie-down installed.

I wanted something to go with my RS Factory Stage front tow hook, and this beauty made by ClubRoadster sponsor RyokuRob was the object of my desire.

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Arts and Crafts

Steering wheels as art.

I acquired a new steering wheel for my collection the other week. But this post is not about that. I’ll have a post dedicated to that beauty soon. This post is about the wild idea I had when trying to figure out storage for my steering wheel collection.

See, I’d been using a shelf in the garage. The wheels were all protected in their original Momo and Nardi boxes, but they were still out in the garage. Not the best place for such beautiful objects. And definitely not where I wanted to store my new M2 steering wheel. It is such a piece of art.

And that’s when the idea hit me. Art. It deserves to hang on the wall.

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