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Interesting, daddz, will have a look, you may have to remind me though. April 1980 has been given as the build date. Anyway, its out of quarantine already and is being collected Monday am

The Customs agent I'm using has done a good job so far, $250 well spent. He'd organised AQIS (quarantine) to inspect the car today but...... Anyone want his name then PM.

HS130 has landed!!! Yep, at the wharf, cleared by Customs, just waiting for the good people from AQIS to have a look. Anyone from AQIS Brisbane here?

With 15x8" wheels and a fairly stiff suspension my rear guards did not have to be cut for ZG flares, the fronts did though. Avatar car is about as low as is practical to drive on the road too. Yeh, those Ebay flares are big, who is up for 10" wheels to fill them out?

One thing to keep in mind with a high revving L is the front crank pulley/dampener. The stock one is not good enough. Stewart Wilkins Racing in AU for one makes a replacement, based I believe on a BMW unit.

Some serious body stiffening work going on there, lots of triangulation, looks effective.

You may be able to take comfort from the likely fact that they won't need doing again for another 30 years or so

If you were a true enthusiast Biker, the trip money would be spent on the Zed But you must be keen to go to QR in this weather, bit hot for me and mine, maybe next month.

A scan of the article would be good. I'd dispute that the Supra rear suspension would be anywhere near bolt up though. I looked at the possibility of using the later double wishbone Supra rear end, it may well fit if you want a w-i-d-e track at the rear but new body mounts would have to be made so it would have points to bolt up to. Quite doable but a fair bit of structural work involved.

Beaut collection, a day of donuts on the docks

What is the 'filler' he was talking about? Polyester? Another relevant consideration is that epoxy does a lot better than polyester in sealing against moisture. Consider also whether the preparation of the metal was suitable for epoxy. Points for discussion, body work is not my field of expertise

Yeh pics, EFI is the way to go, bugger the 'romance' of carbs

Never see Fosters for sale, the liquor barn I go to has everything else but:paranoid: Bloody VB gives me a hangover, that and XXXX.

Try a Carlton Cold or Tooheys New, or both if you like Hmmmm, why is it everything comes back to beer? Beer and Z cars go together? You have to be pissed to...............????

You still in the US, Scott? I'm celebrating by knocking off early from pulling the diff out of the Z, oi oi oi everyone

And if all else fails get some different pads. Whicever Bendix ones are available except Ultimates, which are a very high performance pad but can squeal a bit.

Here is a pic of the ones on the 280ZX coupe that I'm importing, they will be for sale. What size do you all reckon they are?

Mineral turps or laquer thinners?

Agree with MrC about the offset. The price is very good but thats probably because they are an odd offset.

Looks like some sealant has been used to seal the hatch glass rubber right near the rust. No connection?

Thinking about trying the Gavin Side Stripe on the 280ZX coupe eventually. That and those Japanese wheels which name............

Yeh, its pretty exciting after all this time, don't know the size of the Wats, Mikunis, anything, part of the excitement Going to be a road/sprint car, mostly circuit stuff. Should arrive within two months, once it does I'll sort out what parts are going to be sold and probably put it all on Ozdat, maybe some on Ebay. Wheels, L28, gearbox, coilovers, carbs, extractors..........

It does have some rust bubbles around the bottom of the doors etc, but providing its straight which I'm told it is, relatively minor rust is not a problem. There are some rust buckets and damage history jobs over there though, main reason why it took so long to get one. That and the prices :hurt: More pics

Here is a link http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=106964

Other than for high G competition use, what you are doing is a sensible solution to the problem of ensuring reliable EFI fuel supply. Compared with the Datsun 1600, the Z tank is very poorly baffled which does not help at all. My S30 ended up with an extra baffle, an internal pot, a pickup pump, swirl pot and EFI pump.