St.stephen

I have got to move to CA. Bottom line. There are just way too many good cars out there to be had!!

Well in all honesty I would say yes you need to remove the old undercoating. See, rust starts under the undercoating, so something that looks solid, when you hit it with a scraper will reveal another story. I found several places in the inner fender well and even in the firewall that had rust you could not see. if you have the suspension off of the car already you are already halfway there. The car is probably never going to be apart more than it is now so why not address EVERYTHING now, rather than after the fact. do a search on the site about this process. Escanlon, 2manyZ's, myself and a host of others have posted tips about the removal of the undercoating, rust prevention, and restoration. Doing it RIGHT at this point, will surely help provide a long lasting, solid project.

Great weathering technique on the exhaust. I have the 1/12 Tamiya kit also, however it's in the same shape as the real thing out in the garage. Undone!!! I kind of wish the tamiya wasn't a 'g' nose though. Revell made a special series of 1/8 scale kits, however no Z though :mad:

Very nice! what scale and kit is that?

Zvoiture...I'mwith you there. I'm up to three now also and don;t plan on stopping. I'll be opening ZZZZZZZZiemba's pretty soon!

Nigel feel free to email at kcziemba@household.com or the address listed with my user name. I am doing my 260 now and would be happy to share my strategy in undertaking the ground up resto.

well if you offered the guy 5800 for it and he declined, then ZMEFLY's car is the next best option. you;re getting a realistic price for a club member;s car and you know the entire history of it!!! Take a weekend and a trailer and slide on up to the burgh! Honestly, your search for an east coast car in good shape is going to be pricy. Looking at the rust buckets I own, and have owned I could have bought two West coast cars and had them shipped. The major benefit to not doing that was the emchanical experience I gained. I do say though, this guy is waaay overpriced for the car he is selling. That car at best is around 3500. MOST IMPORTANT!!! you made no mention of what the underneath looks like

240Z...thanks for the write up link. The picture on Zhome looks much better in the silver, black and blue. That white one is totally hideous! and you'd have to leave it that way to retain it's originality. Off to a museum that thing would go

I got away with a 127 in a 55 in my 78 2+2..I was off the highway and out of sight by the time he turned around! :devious:

oh I def agree. also the 4X4 conversions and such can go in there.

While it;s not Z related, these guys share the same passion, heartache, and RUST issues we do..Plus I will have one too one day as I love them!! vintage bus

This one is new to me a ZXR? sporting what could be the ugliest paint scheme I have seen on a z ZXR

My GF wants her own 240. However her expectations are very high. she wants one with the 69 build date however one we can afford and have room to store and will not require me to drive halfway around the country to trailer it back. I don't know that I would let her drive mine when it's done. her car is a 97 explorer sport and it;s a manual so she's legit in that aspect, however.....I just don't think I'd be comfortable with her driving it.

KATS for being this months 'ride of the month' Absolutely gorgeous car!

I should have read further. The car was donated as a tax write off for charity.

I like how the guy said he saw the car coming into the boneyard on a flatbed. Who in their right mind would send that off to the boneyard????

alan, I'm with you....I'd be all over this one if I had the garage space and the price didn't get out of control for a puzzle ZZZZ.

I will agree with you on that note. As these cars are becoming more and more desirable, more ebay sales are trying to pass these off as one of a kind rare when that is far from the case. My favorite is when they advertise an original 5 speed as "RARE" and desirable for a 240 :classic:

2many.....hold your tounge!!! sad shape! I would say needs some work however sad shape?? Honestly that car is less rotted than many I have come across. you guys would gasp at the 280 i am saving. :classic: Gav240, now you are starting to get near my league with what needs to be repaired. Aside from legit shops, I must be one of only ones investing the time putting the bad ones back together

looking at this thing further, this car is in decent shape. I wish I didn't have three already

Looking at the pics, this car is not that bad. Boy, you guys get all tweaked out at the first signs of rust!! My only head scratcher is the edge where the windshield meets the roof. That's it. If you have the tools you are in no means looking in the four thousand dollar range to fix this car. Put the pipe down! the floors in this car are better than most Z's I have repaired, the dogleg is merely some creative sheetmetal work and the patch is available from MSA and VB, rockers are available, etc, etc. I;d like to see pics of the rad support, battery tray, and rear deck. Stop sending these things to the boneyard at the first signs of rust in search of rust free shells. Roll your sleeves up and get to work. these are salvagable.

Now that is my kind of project!!!! For the right price I would bring that thing home in a second no questions asked. Now you can see what kind of Z cars I am most familiar with putting together.

I wish the Z's here in Jersey looked atleast that good under the carpet! That is a piece of cake!!

do a search on this site for my replies........... This is my specialty:beard:

There is also a table defined which shows specific scenarios It has to do with the driver and passenger seating scenarios and the belt switch.... .........Let's digest the schematic