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Almost forgot..

On the hydraulics: do not expect a perfect fit on the brake master, clutch master and clutch slave., all the rods will have different length, you will need to use all the original rods and clevis. otherwise all will bolt in place just fine.

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No on the 260 dash, yes it's sacrilege. <_< I would think you could source the correct glove box door and heater controls from Aus or maybe Yahoo auctions out of Japan

Don't have a clue on the orange instrument markings. What does the orange numerated speedo read up to? Also the tachs are different year to year and have different operating methods.

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7 minutes ago, Patcon said:

Don't have a clue on the orange instrument markings. What does the orange numerated speedo read up to? Also the tachs are different year to year and have different operating methods.

The tach reads up to 8k rpm and he speedo is up to 160mph. The do look factory, ie not messed with.

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23 minutes ago, Home Built by Jeff said:

The tach reads up to 8k rpm and he speedo is up to 160mph. The do look factory, ie not messed with.

I think in the later cars maybe the 280zx had orange lettering. I am not sure a 280zx speedo has that shape to the housing. IIRC, In the states the 280zx cars did not have high speeds listed on the speedos because at the time the government didn't want to have them read very high. I think they read to 85mph. The rest of the world might have gotten 160mph units in the 280zx. My other guess would be it has been re-lettered with orange. I sort of doubt that though.

 

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On 10/29/2018 at 12:27 AM, Home Built by Jeff said:

Now that is my type of truck. I am definitely interested in doing an early Ford or Chevy truck build one of these days.

Well Jeff, here you go, this is my 5 window /52.  How soon can you start?LOL   It's a nice lawn ornament, looks great with snow on it.

 

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20 minutes ago, grannyknot said:

Well Jeff, here you go, this is my 5 window /52.  How soon can you start?LOL   It's a nice lawn ornament, looks great with snow on it.

 

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That is so cool. I love that body shape, I would love to build that as a rat rod with a new chassis, but leave the patina exactly like it is!

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2 hours ago, grannyknot said:

Well Jeff, here you go, this is my 5 window /52.  How soon can you start?LOL   It's a nice lawn ornament, looks great with snow on it.

 

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Dude! How did you end up with my old chevy??? Mine looked about like that with one shock replaced with baling wire. When we brought it home I coated my wifes windshield with oil blow by ROFL

Apologies for the side track Jeff

Jeff can you source a truck like that in Aussie land? They are getting more expensive here, much less there

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6 minutes ago, Patcon said:

Apologies for the side track Jeff

Jeff can you source a truck like that in Aussie land? They are getting more expensive here, much less there

No apologies necessary, I love all this stuff. As for finding those in Aus', they are much harder to come by here because they were never sold here. There are some around but mostly they are nice ones someone imported and they are VERY expensive. I just did a search and there are 6 Chevy 3100's for sale in Aus and they range in price from $37k-$87k AUD (so around $27k-$65 USD). That said Z's are super expensive here too with the current advertised 2 seat Z's ranging from $32k to $65k AUD.

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