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Chalk another vote to: Bottom minus the Whale-tail

Videos worked fine for me... however. Drifting? Driving at 10km/h then sliding sideways for a little while. Yes! Oh, and one of the video files didn't exist apparently, the third one. So I only saw two. Maybe the third one had all the drifting in it.

Cat Bowling: First Go 118 w/ 3 Strikes in a Row. Haven't played it again yet, too busy hitting penguins ROFL Penguin Batting: First Go 306.8 Bouncer Best so Far 320.5 Bouncer Best High Shot 205.6 Certainly a good way to pass the time.

Ok, here goes. The Rear Bumper Part Numbers; 85011-R3000 Sedan 85011-R5200 GT (England) 1/74 85011-R5250 GT (England) 2/74 ----- 85011-R3000 Hardtop 85011-R5200 Hardtop (Option) 85011-R5250 Hardtop (EC) - I don't know what the EC stands for . 85011-R3050 Hardtop (Europe except EC.) So, going by that I would assume they are a swap but I guess the best way to tell is to give it a try, or measure the mouting points.

So, if I buy you some Spark Plug leads or... more appropriate to my current funds.. a new fuse. You'll put my name on your car?? LOL

A restoration project that's in MINT condition.

Without meaning to seem perhaps a little rude, it seems to me that if you had of read the post from start to finish you would have came to that exact conclusion without the need to wait for emails. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the owner is now part of the forum. But no further information has been gained at all, as (thanks to Alfadog) we already knew the story behind it.

Simply Datto_240Z. No. From my understanding, the 280ZX is a Z'X' as the X stands for Lu'X'ury, all the fiddly fancy (for the time) gadgets that came with the car. Also isn't the model designation number S130? as opposed to S31? As the Z cars (as with most Nissan models during roughly the same time period) changed designation numbers. ie. C10, C110 (C111), C210(C211), R30. ie. S30, S130, Z31. There's also other model ranges that did the same. Corrections are accepted and thanked. :classic:

As I understand it, No. The Mikuni Solex Carbs have 2 barrells per carb, thusly Triple Mikunis provide 1 barrel per cylinder. I don't think there'd be an easy or efficient manner of setting up 4 barrells to 6 cylinders. It just doesn't seem to make any sense to me. If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will correct me. And I shall be happily corrected... as I also could pick up a set of twin Mikuni Solex carbs for a fairly cheap price.

James, Yeah, I had already thought of them sitting quite far inside the flares but they shall have to do until I can afford some dished Watanabes for front and rear, 6.5-7" for the front and 8-9" for the rear would be my choice. If I had of bought bigger rims earlier (not that I can afford them) then I wouldn't be able to legally use them in NZ without the flares anyway so getting the flares first even if I have to put up with skinny wheels for a while is the only real option. :classic: I think Lachlan has got or is getting a proper set of C110 mirrors, he may let you use them if you ask nicely enough. Razor A proper GTR has gloss black fender mirrors anyway so you wouldn't want them to be chromed.

James, Sounds excellent, in your next contact with them, would you be able to maybe see if you can find out whether they'll send some over to little old me in NZ and if so, how much it'd be all up? Flares with the Watanabes would be fantastic that'd leave me with only having to get the chin spoiler as far as external cosmetics go. Ideally I want the proper boot spoiler too but mine will do for a while at least.

You can encode .avi's a number of ways I believe, however, this particular vid is in DivX format, thusly you need the DivX codec. Which can be downloaded here: http://download.divx.com/divx/DivX511Bundle.exe It's 5.2MB so if you're on dial-up it'll be a small wait.

Woo! an English competition! I'll add my 2¢. Whether Qantas is QANTAS as an Acronym, or Qantas as a name, as far as I understood it, both Acronyms and Names aren't officially words. Modern dictionaries even "proper" ones are filled with all kinds of crap, not just words. The latest Collins and I think Oxfords even have common or cultural phrases, tons of acronyms and even names, just because they're in there, doesn't make them a "word" in the sense that I remember from school days at least.

Get it done in removable-vinyl, try it out for a while, if you don't like it, rip it off. Saves a re-paint if you end up hating it.

The paint looks good in pictures, it's not so good in reality. The car looks straight in pictures, it's got a fair bit of surface crap rust that need to be cleaned up. Yes, that 'Skyline' signwriting is a ugly pile of dog excrement. The PO put it on cause he got sick of people asking if it was a Mazda. It'll go when she gets resprayed in gloss black. Which isnt for a while. And yeah I know it's missing those panels... they, as with the same things on the HQ Premiers are heathens for trapping water and rust starting so they wont be back.

OK, fine... I'll let you in on my secret. The guy thought they were Mini-lites. :devious: I looked at the image he had on his auction, my eyes lit up, I saw where the emblem should be and there was a slight fuzziness in the photo. So I asked him whether they had a logo on them with 3 birds in a circle. He replied with yes, I never noticed that before, you're right what looks like three birds with a line underneath them inside a circle. You know the rest of the story, he still knows no better and that is my deception, I feel a little bad about it but more than that, it makes me think how many other auctions I've missed that were Watanabes and labeled "mini-lites" or "super-lites" So lately I've been double checking all auctions. Who knows I may even come across another set and if they're better or worse then the set I have now, I'll sell them to someone on here SO WE ALL BENEFIT! well..... two people. I've attached a pic of them hanging off the studs while the rear's still on the jack, they'll have a decent set of tyres on them and be properly on the car tomorrow all going well.