Cheers Jag! It's been a while since I updated this! Firstly, here is a sneak preview in Japanese Performance. She has a full feature (5 page), get the magazine bought to read the article! This weekend it was time to fire the car up and get some work done, the last time I drove it was around 4 weeks ago. I should have washed her before parking her up as it took me ages to wash all the muck due to it being stuck on! Here she is looking filthy.. I had the car on stands to fit the original engine splash guards, sort a small oil leak, and I checked all the nuts and bolts were tight while I was under there. It's common to strip the rear seats out of your Starlet as a first modification, well it worked the other way for me - it's one of the last mods! They weren't needed as I don't allow anyone to sit in the back anyway. Before: After: The next day I gave her a thorough wash, and she was even lucky enough to have a coat of wax! I will be doing this more frequently now though. The weather was beautiful on Sunday so after cleaning her, I went for a nice spirited drive up in the country side. This was just to get to know the car again, the last time I drove it properly was at Japfest 2 and even then I had overheating issues. i had the most fun I've ever had with her this weekend! Here's some picture taken when the sun was out, I've tried to show the pearl colour but the camera doesn't do it justice. Then on Monday Andrew Biddle from Banzai magazine turned up bright and early for a photoshoot. After some wondering around we settled for a location we found locally and he got started while I walked around kicking stones and feeling cold! Here's some pictures I took while we were there.