v12horse

Are those Ford Cobra Mustang wheels on that Z? I saw a Lexus SC400 (Toyota Soarar) the other day with the 5 spoke mustang gt wheels and it looked aweful. I am not digging the wheels on this car either. I should more positive, I apologize. -Ben

Mother nature is being crazy. I really hope that the people are found and that no one is hurt. How is it right near your home? Take care lachlan, Ben

I have the original speaker and the output from the deck installed as of now is not great, but it is fine as I don't listen to music loud anyway. I was thinking of using the speaker bracket that is on the Classic Datsun Motorsport site, but I talked with Les and he does not carry them and I have heard that there is some fabricating to be done. I don't need it to sound great, I just want a bit of sound. Thanks for the advice Mike. I am trying to work with just the original equipment. I hope it works.

I have an Alpine cd player and I really like it, but I want the original look of the oem cassette player. I have it in a box at home and on the outside it appears to be in really nice condtion, but I am worried about the internals. My goal is to have the oem am/fm tape player in the car so I can listen to the radio when I like and use the tape adapter to plug in my iPOD. What do you guys think? Is it a lost cause? Could I restore the tape player if it needs it? Any suggestions would be most appreciated. -Ben

I voted for bone stock 260z, but it is not quite "bone" stock, but I would definately not consider it modified. I have bullet mirrors (will eventually replace with diff mirrors), cd player (the original tape deck is in my room and I am planning to fit it before the summer is over), 72 su's, a non-stock steering wheel and gear knob, and a rally clock. I want it to appear stock for the most part, but with a few goodies . -Ben

Thanks Lachlan for the photos. You took some great shots. I bet your car was a hit there. I would love to see photos of it. I guess you are waiting for a big moment for that eh. Thanks again, Ben

Thank you for the clarifications guys. You learn something new everyday.

I think you should post them all Lachlan. That is just me though. I like so many cars. Especially the Mini . Thanks in advance, Ben

What are extractors? :stupid: What is the width on the Watanabes and what type are they? Thanks, Ben p.s. Congrats on getting the extractors Lachlan. I know you have wanted those.

I totally agree with you on this one. You said it very well. For me, the more interested I get in these cars, the more I appreciate all of them. I may favor specific models, but I love finding out the similarities and differences between all s30 models. -Ben p.s. Alan, I thought you were from London, England.

Joshua, I did see your car in superstreet magazine and you did a great job. If anyone does not know about his Z, it is an old school JDM inspired LHD 73' 240z. I really don't like posting things that I don't like about another person's car and although your car is not exactly how I would build my own, it is very close. You didn't stray away from originality too much and all of the modifications that you performed looked great. The dark colored carbon fiber hood and decklid spoiler give off a nice twist of modern engineering meeting old school cool. What popped out so much to me about your car was its stance. The wheels and tires look like a perfect fit with your ZG flares. Not many people have dialed in their wheel/tire combo to fit that well with the 432/ZG flares. You should scan the article here. People would love your car. I am glad you kept your car traditional. So many people are doing SR, RB, and V8 mods that may be cool and very technologically interesting, but do not add to the rich history of the Z it its true form. Congrats on a building a great Z Joshua. -Ben

What was Maybach? Were they a seperate entity before Mercedes Benz came a long? I really didn't mean to sound like a jerk with my correction on MINI. I was just trying to be helpful. I should have been nicer about it. I like your pun...I get it now. -Ben

Congrats on finishing the car. How does it drive? Now lets see some videos with sound. great work!!! -Ben

BMW brought the MINI back.

Lachlan, I also feel that the Z8 is one of the most beautiful modern cars. That is too bad that the Z8 cann't be registered down under. The E60 is going to be crazy. I saw a review of Tiff driving it and he loved it. It is the all around car; performance, family wagon, and daily driver. There seems to be quite the fiasco about the cars here in the states as far as mark ups go. I have read that many people have put money down in advance to get one, but a few dealers are refunding people their money so they can charge THEIR price, and not the MSRP. It is quite sad. None the less, it is going to be a stormer as you say. -Ben