Alfadog

well BLAH to you conservatives BLAH! I can't say if they will fit or not, but chances are with some flares it'll look great With an RB26DETT swap I'm assuming you don't care TOO much about handling (it will be more of a fun/show car am I right???) so the extra rotational inertia won't be too much of a hassle I would assume? I say go for the stock black bolt on flares because they look so damn fine. But I like that old Japanese look with fender mirrors etc. and a lot dont so whatever works eh Any pics of your project?

I swear I looked everywhere for a pram, Rick! I dont care if that white one is all original or not, someone needs to get all that crap off the side of it!

Suffering succotash! A one owner 1600 SSS in Malaysia... well I never... Some Z's came frmo the factory with clear indicators? Are you sure? btw: did you know succotash is actually something?!?! It's like a native indian stew!!!

Since I'm a relatively younger person here and I wasn't even around when the 300ZX came out, I have no idea what the world was like in the early 70s when the Z arrived. After the Z Nationals here in Australia a question has popped into my mind regarding the paint quality on some of these cars. Some of them were absolutely amazing to look at, jst because the paint was so incredibly good. I've never really thought about it before but how good was the paint on these cars when they came out of the show room? Paint technology has come a long way in the last 30 years I'm sure, but how much exactly I'm not so sure about. Can any of you wise people explain how good the paint was back then? It's not so much a hard question, as a hard answer! But I'm hoping you might be able to shed some light on this.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee yes, Baddog, and also the white ones up the top picture are (slightly newer) Skylines too. but... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Hi Trex and welcome! Sounds like you have a nice car - why not post some pictures in the gallery when you get a moment? If your local classic car show does not let a Japanese car get in, then I say it's not worth trying to put your car in it. That's truly dispicable! Maybe they wont let the Datsun in because the MG drivers would all cry and go home !?!?! ROFL

eesh, why didn't he just buy a corvette???

Tyre tread pattern matters A LOT... especially whne you go from 0 tread to really nice directional stuff ROFL

Is that a...? A... ??? :stupid: Sorry for being rude, but that actually looks a bit like a 280ZX ! ???? Strange, the angle of the sun must be playing tricks with the beautiful lines of that early classic Z!!! :stupid:

Some verrry special cars there I will upload my pictures once they are developed...

You can always get a cover, I wouldn't recommend those leather do-it-yourself things because I think they look tacky, but whatever you like. Here's a pic of my cover - I think it suits the car very well, and it's a thousand times better to drive with it.

I heard this exact story at least a year ago........................... how do you know it happened a month ago???

Another good thing about tehse cars is that everyone has an opinion on which one they think is the best................. strangely enough most people prefer the one they own. I wonder which comes first, the love or the car??? "The original and the best" 240z :love: :love:

First of all, where do you live? Different regions have different spec level Z's and the value of them are also quite different. Generally, 240Z's are more expensive, rarer (in America I think teh 260Z may be rarer?) and because it was the first one it's highly regarded - not to mention it's the lightest and least molestered (with no crash-protection huge bumpers or smog crap). Once you work out what model you want, generally all the early ones havve teh same sort of thing to look out for.. rust... floorpans, frame rails and under battery are the dangerous rust-prone areas, and tehre are a heap of other areas which won't really make your car unsafe but certainly won't make it look pretty... if you searchthe forums for "rust areas" or something you'll find HEAPS and I mean HEAPS of posts about teh subject. With parts availability it depends again where you're located....... All the talk about the engines being indestructable may be true (I've never owned any other engine) but that doesn't mean a lot of the other parts on the car can't go wrong. Generally they're cheap to fix though - compared to other classics such as MG's and Triumphs...

Ah yes I've seen that book, but at $27 USD I'll be damned if I'm going to buy it any time soon!!! it's much easier to spend $5 for each old magazine one buy one, and then at the end realising how much you've actually spent!!!!!! :stupid: :stupid:

We didn't get R&D in Australia (I think - I probably wasn't alive when you read that article) so unfortunately I dont have that article - if I did I would send you it for sure! I have a soft spot for 914s... maybe it's because I've never seen one in real life??? ROFL They weren't sold in Australia I think!?

I await an answer to this question too

hehe yeah I already saw it via another forum - fantastic ad!

I don't have a subsciption to any but my dad gets MOTOR and occasionally when I see something of interest I'll buy teh UK Car magazine (great mag, just a little pricey). There are a whole lot of other magazines but I rarely buy any. Spending money to read seems silly to me, but then I suppose I shouldn't say that because I have spent quite a pretty penny over the last couple of months buying old (30 years) magazines on Ebay. You can guess what cars these ones have in them................................

Agreed. As much as I commend you for your investigation (and what you have in store for him!!) it's probably not a good idea to post such things here.

*woosh!*

calling a bonnet a hood?? What's up in da hood bruda? Da 3 weber brudas are suckin us up !

That's disgusting. Do these people have no conscience? What item was it? Might save some of us if she/he ever tries teh same thing again...