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NZNick
16-12-2017, 11:04 PM
Currently on my way back from Tasmania - popped in to a small car museum (http://namt.com.au) and was delighted to see an 02+ in New Imola Orange Pearl on display in the front window!
It was very difficult to get a decent photo (due to the very bright sunshine streaming in through the bay window) and impossible to get close enough to see if it is an NA2 or an auto, but it is definitely a 2002 targa, one of only 4 02+ cars bought new in Australia (according to the blurb).
The museum is small, but full of interesting cars and bikes - well worth an hour of your time if you find yourself in Launceston ... Unlikely, I know.
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The cars are all on loan - they are owned by individuals rather than by the museum, so what is currently on display may not be there at a later date. The NSX is part of the current "Japan Rising: New Classics" theme. (http://namt.com.au/jrising.html)

can someone fix these photos, please - they are the correct way up when I preview them, but appear upside-down in the actual post.

Shawnsx5
17-12-2017, 07:46 AM
Currently on my way back from Tasmania - popped in to a small car museum (http://namt.com.au) and was delighted to see an 02+ in New Imola Orange Pearl on display in the front window!
It was very difficult to get a decent photo (due to the very bright sunshine streaming in through the bay window) and impossible to get close enough to see if it is an NA2 or an auto, but it is definitely a 2002 targa, one of only 4 02+ cars bought new in Australia (according to the blurb).
The museum is small, but full of interesting cars and bikes - well worth an hour of your time if you find yourself in Launceston ... Unlikely, I know.
132451324613247

The cars are all on loan - they are owned by individuals rather than by the museum, so what is currently on display may not be there at a later date. The NSX is part of the current "Japan Rising: New Classics" theme. (http://namt.com.au/jrising.html)

can someone fix these photos, please - they are the correct way up when I preview them, but appear upside-down in the actual post.

Well as it happens I will be in Tasmania and Launceton in 2018 so will contact them to see if the Japan theme will still be on. Will visit the museum in any event I think. Just made contact with them and sadly the Japanese theme finishes tomorrow.

NSXGB
17-12-2017, 07:47 AM
Must be a glitch on the forum software, when you click the thumbnail it displays the correct way up.

NZNick
17-12-2017, 10:05 AM
Thanks - it was driving me mad as I sat in airport lounges on the way home using my iPad.

Shawnsx5
17-12-2017, 12:34 PM
The IOP car is a manual with 32k km.

dcnsx
17-12-2017, 12:38 PM
How many in Taz? Could that be the only one

NZNick
17-12-2017, 06:47 PM
There may be an early car or two - The Targa Tasmania rally was won by Greg Crick in 1992 in an NSX (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opwRqmaxxkg). That's what I thought could possibly in the museum, but sadly not.