Alfadog

Oh no quite the opposite, I'm sure they didn't add the repeaters for design purposes, but they may have EXCLUDED them in certain markets where they weren't neccessary for that reason.

Youre right there, all of us know, they teach us in bloody school!!!

Not wanting to be picky but........... it's spelt QANTAS (the only 'Q' word in the dictionary that doesn't preceed a 'U')

There's a few on the Gold Coast - one really nice red one has hte number plate [DATSUN]...

No way!!! It wasn't even cooked yet... I had it for dinner though and it was quite tasty.

Interesting.. I think the fact that some markets had fenders without repeaters goes to show how much influence the designers had. That's assuming the repeaters were excluded in markets where they werent needed solely for the looks of the car... is there any other explanation?

Attached is a picture of the spare set of lights.

Thanks! The chrome is all straight on that corner of the car - the other 3 corners have dings everywhere! The tail lights were second hand but after a really good clean and polish they came out really well. I have another set of GTR tail lights I might sell if I can get a decent price. The problem is importing them costs as much as they're worth so youre automatically paying about double the price. . . . . I'm sorry about not getting back to you! Will send a pm.

Yeah, I suggest giving htem a good clean first - they should come up looking great. Here's another tip, I did this with my 240K and 240Z. Take apart the tail lights, and paint the inner part white instead of the original greyish colour. This will make the lights brighter and cleaner looking. (attached is a pic of my car with the GT-R tail lights in, just cos I can)

I'm pretty sure they are.

Ah true, but S11's are more puke than S12's anyway!!!

Ah, you picked that up Michael! I put the RX7 thing in to see if anyone would pick up on the 'X'.. Nothing wrong with rotary engines as long as youre somewhat anal retentive. And there is no questioning it - they were a bloody good handling car... as I understand it they were sometimes referred to as "the 240Z of the 80s"... until they got fat, too, that is. As for buying an S12 over an RX7? Err, no thanks! I'd take an RX7 over a 280ZX, too. I'm not too blinded by Nissan loyalty to recognise a good car when I see one! That's my taste, anyway... not trying to say youre ignorant, its just different tastes. To be honest if I were in the position to buy a new car in 1980 I would probably buy a second hand 240Z ROFL

You might want to explain that a Hakusuka is a C10 Skyline and a "zeto" is a Fairlady Z (or at least that's what I'm guessing since zeto is japanese for zed (zee)) since a lot of people here might not know what you mean... I don't think there are any C10 owners here (it's a classic Z site afterall) but there are a couple of Fairlady Z owners and a few C110 KenMeri owners myself included, and I can guarantee most of the members here will love your addition to the club! Have you got any pictures of your new baby yet??? I for one would love to see them, the Hakusuka is a gorgeous car IMO... Welcome!

The 280ZX was the most expensive Japanese car sold to Australia when it came outin 1978 - digital dash and T-tops and big sofa chairs, electric windows and all that sure do constitute luxury for that era. Sure Mercedes from the same era had the same kind of 'luxury' features... but they're luxury cars too!!! There is no question that the 280ZX was a luxurious grand tourer, not a sports car. If you wanted a sports car, you'd buy an RX7!!! I don't know how you can compare it with modern cars to try to prove it as not luxurious... The 300ZX was luxury as well, hence the 'X' tacked on hte end. There is no argument there...

The X in ZX stands for experimental? I always thought it was luxury...

Yeah, we had this conversation about the weird versions of the S13 you yanks got earlier. Quite odd - the real name for the cut'n'shut versions is a one-via.

Yea well you're tellin me! Fixed the home computer with the virus antidote (patch) so it's all good.............. Drumroll please!!!!!!!!! :stupid::stupid::stupid: :stupid::stupid::stupid: (can ya hear it? ) me looking stupid as usual, with my catch when we went up to noosa recently - I caught this little fella with my bare hands !!!!!!! I thought it was quite a feat . . . . . :stupid: without further ado..

My 71 had no repeaters. Alan, I heard a story where the first batch of cars imported to the UK were just redirected to Australia... just a story, is what you said what really happened? Whatever the case, I think they look a hell of a lot better without the repeaters! .... in my opinion.

Extremely happy to hear that Victor - it made my day! Have fun and get an alarm!

I know off-by-heart how to get technical support from telstra now - dial 133 933, then option 2, option 2 again and then wait 12 minutes until someone answers, then you give them your problem, and they tell you they'll send out a technician in a week. My computer has been inoperable for the last 2 months or so, so far its been to Brisbane-Sydney-Brisbane-Melbourne-Brisbane-Melbourne-Brisbane and finally came back last monday. Alas, it was still broken, even though they replaced the motherboard, Hard Drive, and heaps of other crap. So it was sent somewhere or other and had the RAM replaced, now it came back and finally worked, but by then the Internet had broken and we need a new cable modem. So I signed up for temporary dial-up Internet access only to find out I had some worm virus (Who knows where THAT came from) on there so I can't connect for more than 2 minutes at a time before the computer crashes. SO I am at uni now and I've got a few things which will hopefully get rid of the worm when I get home this afternoon. And yes, my uni has started already - we do an accelerated course with 3 semesters a year instead of 2. Now shh!

hehe! What a nice Z, no mirrors - looks sleek! Must sure be a rarity in NZ to see one - hope you enjoy/ed your afternoon!

You don't wanna know about my computer problems!!! I *will* post my mug as soon as I *can*. Just our computers seem to be the most unreliable things in the world. I'm posting this from Uni, btw, the home Internet connection is kaput now, as fate would have it. *puts on the 'waiting for telstra' hat*