My NA2 nsx-r replica and the Spoon nsx-r replica in May Honda tuning

Tantheman · 12 April 2009

Get er done Rick!

Honda Tuning has a loyal following, hence why the magazine is still present.

Tan

nsxot1c · 26 April 2009

Tom, the car looks great in the mag and it was very nice meeting you at Cars and Coffee!!
Chris

ediddynsx · 26 April 2009

Couldnt find it.....oh wells.

Hagasan · 30 April 2009

Hello again,

I made a request a while back as to whether someone would be willing to send me a copy of this particular issue to the UK...One person did offer but then I heard nothing. Not sure if the member couldn't find it or what?

So before it goes out of circulation, can someone please send me a copy?

I will send the money by paypal immediately to whoever can take the time to kindly respond and offer a copy. Perhaps PM me??

Many many thanks,

Gary

Veleno · 30 April 2009

Hagasan said:
Hello again,

I made a request a while back as to whether someone would be willing to send me a copy of this particular issue to the UK...One person did offer but then I heard nothing. Not sure if the member couldn't find it or what?

So before it goes out of circulation, can someone please send me a copy?

I will send the money by paypal immediately to whoever can take the time to kindly respond and offer a copy. Perhaps PM me??

Many many thanks,

Gary

PM sent

gleibig · 30 April 2009

Picked it up yesterday. Haven't had a chance to read it yet, but the cars look great. :smile:

PoohBEAR · 30 April 2009

Tom, congrats!!! Niguel Motor ran out so I headed to 7.11 like everyone else. LOL

WingZ · 30 April 2009

Congrats man! On my way to pick up a copy.

WingZ · 1 May 2009

Well picked up my copy and Toms car is beyond sweet! Mad as hell about the Spoon article though

Spoon flat out lied and that was so uncool. The Spoon replicas ( only two of them ) are used rebuilds. Some here tried to tell me that and I apologize for not believing them.

I faithfully followed every article online and in print that said Spoon was getting unused LHD chassis that Honda had moth balled in storage. There is no translation bad enough to explain this kind of mistake.

Hagasan · 5 May 2009

Veleno said:
PM sent

Just wanted to thank Richard publicly for taking the time to post this to me over in the UK. I haven't read it yet but it's great to know that Primers will go that extra mile.....just like our motors....

Gary

PM sent Richard so I can send payment...

Veleno · 5 May 2009

You're welcome Gary, I'm glad it made it there safely.

I still haven't read mine either! :biggrin:

honda-tuning · 5 May 2009

WingZ said:
Well picked up my copy and Toms car is beyond sweet! Mad as hell about the Spoon article though Spoon flat out lied and that was so uncool. The Spoon replicas ( only two of them ) are used rebuilds. Some here tried to tell me that and I apologize for not believing them.

I faithfully followed every article online and in print that said Spoon was getting unused LHD chassis that Honda had moth balled in storage. There is no translation bad enough to explain this kind of mistake.

We (Honda Tuning magazine staff) were all told the same thing everyone else was for the last six months or so but once we actually went to Japan and spoke with the guys at Spoon in person, the story changed. Our reporter/writer, Adam Geczi, was actually the one who pried all of this out of one of the lower level guys there who has probably since been reprimanded for saying anything. He went so far as to show us some photos of the red one at a local body shop getting stripped and re-sprayed.

MaxGeek · 6 May 2009

For those without the magazine.
http://www.hondatuningmagazine.com/features/htup_0905_acura_nsx_r_replica/index.html

Its better than nothing.

WingZ · 6 May 2009

honda-tuning said:
We (Honda Tuning magazine staff) were all told the same thing everyone else was for the last six months or so but once we actually went to Japan and spoke with the guys at Spoon in person, the story changed. Our reporter/writer, Adam Geczi, was actually the one who pried all of this out of one of the lower level guys there who has probably since been reprimanded for saying anything. He went so far as to show us some photos of the red one at a local body shop getting stripped and re-sprayed.

I'm sure he did as the Spoon end on this side ( Opak racing ) was just straight lying! I have no hard feelings but would have if I'd sold my NSX and then in the process found out I was just buying a used car with add ons for $125k.

Bound to be some fallout after your article but Spoon deserves it and if those two cars weren't sitting before I'm pretty sure they will be now. I can't imagine anyone wanting them now.

I'd like some of the Spoon parts though. What's odd is they don't seem interested in selling them in the US

If Spoon is still speaking to you guys can you find out why they don't sell NSX parts in the US even though they sell them in Japan.

AlexS2200 · 6 May 2009

WingZ said:
I'm sure he did as the Spoon end on this side ( Opak racing ) was just straight lying! I have no hard feelings but would have if I'd sold my NSX and then in the process found out I was just buying a used car with add ons for $125k.

Bound to be some fallout after your article but Spoon deserves it and if those two cars weren't sitting before I'm pretty sure they will be now. I can't imagine anyone wanting them now.

I'd like some of the Spoon parts though. What's odd is they don't seem interested in selling them in the US If Spoon is still speaking to you guys can you find out why they don't sell NSX parts in the US even though they sell them in Japan.

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A lot of things were said about where the chassis came from. It’s not so much Opak Racing or Spoon lied about anything said. The story was very inconsistent because there is a huge language barrier between Spoon and Opak Racing. Ichishima-san speaks broken English and Edmun Laurea (Opak Racing) speaks broken Japanese. It’s their jobs to promote their business ventures together; however the story changes because of miscommunication. Spoon is very reputable and Japanese culture is very honest. I don't believe there was any miss direction intentional.

WingZ · 7 May 2009

AlexS2200 said:
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But Spoon already sells those parts in Japan. On Yahoo auction I've bought both a suspension and an exhaust both Spoon designed/made for the NSX. Plus if you go to the Spoon Japanese website you can see NSX parts. He doesn't have to sell everything that they used but at least let the US guys be able to buy some of the stuff they already sell.

AlexS2200 said:
A lot of things were said about where the chassis came from. It’s not so much Opak Racing or Spoon lied about anything said. The story was very inconsistent because there is a huge language barrier between Spoon and Opak Racing. Ichishima-san speaks broken English and Edmun Laurea (Opak Racing) speaks broken Japanese. It’s their jobs to promote their business ventures together; however the story changes because of miscommunication. Spoon is very reputable and Japanese culture is very honest. I don't believe there was any miss direction intentional.

When information came out I spoke to Edmun directly and he's a really nice/cool guy. He gave me all sorts of info like telling me there were going to be five chassis purchased from Honda to be built to spec. He told that the first car was just an intro but that they were building a white one once the red car was done. I was asking questions because I told Edmun I'd post up on prime since he seemed reluctant to. I was constantly defending the Spoon NSX-R project here on prime ,but it turns out that what the other primers were saying was true.

Every culture has it's honest people and it's crooks ( GT Rom ). I specifically asked as to confirm that the chassis were coming from Honda and was told that "yes" they were indeed unused Honda NA1 chassis of various years. If you bought a used vehicle to convert that's not an unused chassis so I'm sorry that's not a language barrier problem. Again I've no hard feelings but there were some outright lies told that had nothing to do with translation problems.

huyissuperman · 7 May 2009

Congrats Tom!

ediddynsx · 7 May 2009

Got my issue and have 3 other magazines with nsx's on them. Seems like nsx's are finally getting their overdue shine in the mags....too bad it took so long....but better late then never.

Ponyboy · 7 May 2009

ediddynsx said:
Got my issue and have 3 other magazines with nsx's on them. Seems like nsx's are finally getting their overdue shine in the mags....too bad it took so long....but better late then never.

No kidding! I think there's been more coverage of the NSX in the last year than the previous six.

Now I hope that some of the pubs can make it through the economic downturn.

Tantheman · 16 May 2009

Source Interlink Media Corporation filed for Chapter 11, and hope to come out of this filing in a month or so.
Hopefully, no other magazine titles will be killed off.

Tan

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