Z Kid

I think we may have gone through this once before.

I already tried to email the cops for that area from their local site, but it bounced back, maybe someone closer wants to give it a shot? I have had my shed done over, parts taken off my car, tools stolen and manuals, gone, and boy the person who did it better hope I never find out where they live.

Yeah the head may be alright (but it would need a slight shave) its a freshly rebuilt head and engine (less than 20,000k's ago), and seems to have been put together missing a big corner of the headgasket. The company who did it for the previous owner, not naming any names seems shonky, there were far too many nonmetric bolts on it for my liking :mad:

Please dear god tell me these have been made up (if not god, then at least bambikiller?). If you had them all on tape you could make an awesome tribute to his intelligence.

It has some weird properties, where the jello covered well it stopped rust, but the cam has some rust issues. grr

While we are on the topic of heads, why would there be a corner of a head gasket missing??? It did wacky stuff to the oil

It would have the E88 head, all our 260Zs have that as far as I know, I haven't seen any other head. I just finished pulling one from a late 260z, and watch out if bloody hurts when you drop it on your foot . Its cast on the spark plug side of the head if you want to check, near the front of the motor. You sure its not had the round tops retrofitted, either pommy or japanese?

I believe it would work to an extent, but then so does bolting on a sacrificial zinc anode (used on boats etc) the come in various strealined sizes, and I am sure you could hide a few away somewhere

He has been very careful to show it from the more flattering angles though hasn't he?

Not sure about it, it looks neat enough, and pretty well presented (just think I once wanted a car that colour), mind you that colour is subtle to the fluoro orange (from a charger) 240Z I saw yesterday. It looks like is has been loved, so it might be a good buy, but it would be christened as a bumble bee pretty quickly. Its a pretty late Z car by aussie standards, dont see too many 78's around. I would want to see under the bonnet etc etc

If the rear deck is the hatch, its probably the panel that allows you to access the lock etc. Just pop it off when you spray.

I thought I better let you know, the home page pic is from go z racer's gallery, but it says it was sent to him from someone else, so there are no pics of the actualy car in the gallery.

There you go http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=5865&password=&sort=7&thecat=500

Just for interests sake

Struggling to find a stock looking one, but we are getting closer to the specs of your car

Not really an ideal example, I Will keep hhunting through my hard drive.

Hmm desert in Australia, that doesnt really narrow it down too much. But then again how far into a desert would the ground clearance of a 240Z got you? I wonder where it is now?????

Thats my car, sitting in the front yard while I cleaned out the shed to make room. Its in Gawler, South Australia.

How about these ones? http://www.zcar.com/forums/read.php?f=4&i=113482&t=113389#reply_113482 (or see attached pic) Now they are nicer in my opnion (and I am not the one who has to look at it everyday) Cheers Chris

They dont look too bad, but just a couple of comments How well does the angle on that mirror match the angle on the stainless door frame? Are you going to end up with a big gap, or a mirror that looks likes its skewiff? As to mounting them on the frames, its a whole heap harder to cover holes in a stainless steel frame than it is in a door sking should you change your mind at a later date. Be nice to see a set just double side taped on your car to see what they look like? As for not wanting door mounted mirrors, I am with you 100 percent on that comment, But I will end up going more traditional with my mirrors. If that front angle could be made to match well, they should be a very neat looking install, if not it could look a bit tacky. Good Luck Cheers Chris

They are still not quite "right" in my opinion, but I think they are better than many. PS go to alfas gallery to look at them mounted on a decent car, in a better location.

They almost look too big? Kind of like an elephant flapping its ears. Do you have a problem with the Ford Escort mirrors (other than the ford and the escort part) they look more period and seem to be a bit smaller and blend better.

Not a good pic, but a pic of a hoon none-the less, note singlet, crappy family car, bogan mates in the background, all on public roads