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Wow, I'm so happy I've finally found a forum for 240k's that's not in Japanese.

I bought a 4-door 240k GL a few months ago and I really need to get off my arse and start restoring it. I'm planning on putting some sort of late model engine in it but before I even think about that I want to get the body totally straight and painted.

Eventually I want to have her painted a pale yellow with black Watanabes.

Let's hope this place can keep me motivated. :)

I can take pics tomorrow if anyone's interested, but she's not too pretty just yet.

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Thanks for the warm welcome. :)

I'm from Canberra, Australia. Here's a pic of my car now:

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And eventually I want to have it looking something like this:

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I know that that model isn't painted, but you can get the general idea of the colour I want from the bare plastic. I'm also going to paint the grille and all other chrome black.

{EDIT: Victor Laury, your Z is exactly the colour I want, what's it called?}

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Victor Laury, your Z is exactly the colour I want, what's it called?

It was supposed to be 112 Nissan Lime, but it ended up too green. When you said "Pale Yellow" I thought you were thinking along the lines of Nissan 665 Primrose, like the 35 year old paint on my roadster.

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It was supposed to be 112 Nissan Lime, but it ended up too green. When you said "Pale Yellow" I thought you were thinking along the lines of Nissan 665 Primrose, like the 35 year old paint on my roadster.

http://images1.fotki.com/v4/photos/4/42214/120643/P6130001-vi.jpg?1024026600

Well, that's pretty close to the colour of the model I posted. Your Z looks very yellow on the front corner of the bonnet, in that picture, which is what caught my eye,

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Hey there man and Welcome to classiczcars.com probably one of the best internet forums around.

Good to see the population of the K cars growing.

Watanabe's are always a popular choice. The problem being they're expensive and outside of Japan a little more expensive!

I look forward to seeing more pictures of your car as you're going, what are your engine plans? RB-series I would have to guess. ;)

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what are your engine plans? RB-series I would have to guess. ;)

I really haven't made my mind up yet, but I was thinking about a four cylinder like the SR/FJ20 or CA18, because it'd be lighter, I could mount it further back in the engine bay and it would be nice to only have to worry about four cylinders blowing up instead of six.

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Welcome!! I like your idea of a 4-cyl engine. It's very difficult to decide what to swap into a K, because of the large overhang on the front making a straight-6 kinda impractical - especially with all that power (they already are prone to understeering). This would be fine, just fit a 4 banger.... but the car is a SKYLINE! There's something about fitting anything other than a straight-6 engine that seems a bit... wrong. If you dont have that strange mental condition then go for it!

Other swaps to consider are a V6 - perhaps from a 300ZX - or even a V8. Still going to sit further back than the straight-6.

P.S. 3 days to go :cheeky:

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Hey, welcome to the site. Your K is exactly the same colour as mine. How scary is that??? Don't worry - mine's uglier than yours at the moment.

I've got an alloy V8 in mine, so weight distribution should be no problem for me. Once I move the battery and fuel pump into the boot, the weight distribution will be even better.

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