sblake01

I have the 240Z Restoration Checklist on my other computer. I'll see it there's someway I can download it here sometime tomorrow when I'm on that computer.

The one from the OP is just a pdf document and the ones in the link I posted consist of one pdf and several xls documents. Do you have Microsoft Excel or Adobe (pro or reader)?

If you like checklists/spreadsheets, etc., you'll love this thread. Virtually everything you'll ever need for a restore/refresh: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19172

That one, however, is not a SSS which would be the version Bruce speaks of. I had one with a J13 pushrod engine. They may look cool but mine was a fairly miserable, underpowered, ill handling, vehicle.

Plus the Australian car is a 2+2 (RHD too if that would matter) and the pieces are 'not the best' according to the poster.

Wrong mirrors also. The real 'BPE' mirrors wouldn't pivot like that. The are other things that make the mileage claim suspect. My 78 had right at 100K miles when I sold it and didn't show some of the signs that are visible on that one.

Note that the advice to 'ditch the Flat Top carbs and replace them with proper SU´s' pertains to 240Zs and 260z that were destined for the United States/Notrh America. The problem with the carbs they sent here is that they were modified to meet the emissions standards of the day. The non-North American market Flat Tops are a different carb. You'd save a lot of money by just rebuilding yours.

I'm wondering if mlc240z's joke has anything to do with the tlorber's 'sperring'. Mine did and I also chose to err on the side of caution by not posting it....

The three S30s I've owned you couldn't pull the key out. I had other Datsuns where you could but not Zs.

Yes, it is.

Rather than the key being 'broken', the more likely scenario is that the pins/wafers in the the ignition tumbler are worn. You couldn't pull the key out of either my 78 280 or my 79 810.

Bill Ramsey (Fun_in_my_z) had a set of those for sale a couple of years ago. Maybe he still has them. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showpost.php?p=242337&postcount=10

By 6 digits you mean $100000+? Which cars?

The price isn't?

I've heard of them. That one, however, has a lot of extra geedunk on in compared to the ones I recall back in the day. He'll likely continue to be the owner based on the price. Here's a link to more info. I remember the HybridZ thread. http://racer86.com/2008/03/30/the-primadonna-z-an-auto-biography/

Congrats! I used to have a Class A license. (Do they still even call them that?) I had mine in the 70s but only drove commercially for a couple of years.

That statement indicates that you've already done what I need to do.....

True, I just need to learn not to respond to him.

No worries, Mike. There's been only one dead horse beater in this thread. (I'll regret that, won't I?)

Well, like you said, that was 'back in the 70s'. I go back even farther that that. In my initial post, I said 'based on an individuals skills, resources, etc.' I'm not saying that I do by any stretch of the imagination, but even if a person does have the skills you speak of, the other resources cost considerably more these days. I'm not a big enough fan of anything, even Datsuns, to take half of serial number HLS300001 (if it exixted) and 'restore' it. Besides would it really be restored if you did that? More like rebuilt/refabricated.

It would be hard for me to be specific. I know what I wouldn't touch. I see 'newbies' come onto the site proudly displaying pictures of cars that I wouldn't have bought. It depends on the individual. I wouldn't buy one just because of a low number either. If it's too far gone, it's too far gone.

Nathan, you knew what the OP was talking about, right?

The second part of that statement is true, as my 78 didn't have that switch but there were no points on any 280Z, any year as they all had electronic ignition. Read the rest of the explaination in that thread. What is says it that 260Z used a similar switch and it's function was to switch between the points.

Actually, I got mine from the junkyard. As I recall, I paid about $5 for it. That was in 1997 and it was still working when I sold the car last year. As Andrew said, they don't go bad very often.

Anything that would cost more than the car is worth to repair. (based on an individuals skills, resources, etc.) You'll probably never be able to get what it's worth anyway but why start out by planning to lose money? See it all the time, especially with Zs and Japanese cars in general.