Mr Camouflage

yeah or at least a waterproof car cover. But i think those photos are pretty old so maybe things might have changed since then.

Eulogy for a 240K Sedan. Well after a year and a half of trusty service, it looks like the 240K sedan is bound for the wreckers yard in the sky. Some electrical gremlins I cant be bothered tracking down have forced it off the road. It's also coming into winter here, and the car refuses to start in the morning if it has been raining (would start fine if it was dry). A serious affliction of rust that had taken hold long before I bought the car. I knew that this its remaining time left on this earth would be short lived, but I bought it anyway, and enjoyed driving it. Its passing shall not be in vain. Parts of it will live on in a 240K coupe (i have plans for the P90 F54 combo). Until that time, I'll have to get out in the shed and fix the 300zx turbo I bought 4 months ago. Rest in Pieces 240K Sedan. May no-one ever tarnish your wheels with holden hubcaps ever again.

Yes and no. Yes its From Wangan Midnight, but not from the video. That video is for the Playstation 2 game. If you dont know what wangan midnight is, ..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangan_Midnight Its a manga about 'Akio' (that him in the picture) who gets a S30 Z from a junkyard and races it on the wangan line. (thats a freeway/highway in Japan) It was also made into 4 movies. I've only ever seen the first one. It was also made into a series of arcade games and computer games. Theres a new WM game out soon for the PS3 - see youtube for the video. It also soon to be made into anime. Links: www.wmexpressway.net

I believe the last 260z's we got in Australia were 1977 models, some of which may have been sold in 1978, but were 77 (some may have even been 76) delivered cars, that just sat in the lot waiting to be sold. I also hear that the UK got the left over 2+2's up to 1979 (you'd be in a better position to comment on that), while here in Australia we got the 280ZX (S130) in late 1978.

Well I'm sure that all the bits you don't need - chrome trims, windows, etc would be welcomed by some of the guys in the prince gt club. Here's Johns GT incase you feel inspired to save the old rust bucket. http://www.princeskylinegt.com

So how's the project going to make a mirror image mirror Will?

Ah, so Nissan never bothered to make a LH driver side mirror. They just put the RHD JDM mirror on the other side and rotated the mirror. (its like the handbrake thing all over again). Heres a pic of how the mirror should look on the drivers side - (left of photo, RHD Drivers side). The drivers side mirror is supposed to be angled towards the car, not away from it. So that the mirror sits close to the car. And on the right of the photo ( LHD drivers side, RHD Passenger side) is what you LHD consider to be normal, when actually, if Nissan hadn't been so slack you would have got a mirror image of the RHD mirror on your drivers side, and then they could have used both left and right mirrors on both LHD and RHD cars, one for each side.

If you took all of Alan's thread posts about z cars, he could have written the definitive book about z's twice over by now.

Well, the z originally came with a mechanical fuel pump. Not sure when they added the electric fuel pump in the US. My guess is that a PO (Previous Owner) added an electric fuel pump, and that is the switch to turn it on/off.

I don't think it looks goofy at all, and because it is the original factory type mirror it looks correct (and because its the nissan part you do have to pull the door panel off to get at the nut to remove it).

I doubt it. I don't think any VG engine parts would fit on an L series.

Art bough a new car. 4 cylinder Prince Skyline. (You can tell its the 4 cylinder version by the shorter front guards). Whats your plans for it Art?

Speaking of TLC, this car needs emergency medical attention. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160105601778

If you sold the z to get the bmw in the future the z will be worth double what you sold it for, while the bmw will be worth half what you paid for it. Monetary value aside, i'd rather keep the Z. If you really want the Beemer and need some extra cash, take out a loan.

Looks like somebody really wanted a corvette.

I trimmed mine down till they were a better fit. Stock they wanted to be under stress to fit, so i cut down some of the edges that were pushing them out of shape, till they fitted under no stress. Never actually fitted them though, since the car is a work in progress. Then i got a set of nissan chrome rim type ones

Anything's fixable. Just look at what HLS #26 or was it #27 looked like before being rescued.

Yes the early ones were badged as GT 's and had 4 speed gearboxes

Yeah I was expecting some sort of vintage Datsun truck, but I guess we all have to own at least one modern car with all the conveniences. For me its my Skyline GTS-X.

Yep.Best mod is to bold all the turbo gear onto an L28 (or even the L24 or 26 thats in the z you get - if you get one with an engine). Heaps of info on Turbo L6's over at www.hybridz.org

Before buying anything from an ebay seller its wise to check there feedback. The easiest way to do that is on www.toolhaus.org Just type in there username and click the button. eg this guy ur-gelis: http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=%09ur-gelis&Dirn=Received+by&ref=home

So from that I assume you mean that: 1. The lowest number 240K to arrive in Australia was number 301, 2. and it was a 2/73 compliance dated car, 3. and you cant find any evidence of the cars 1 to 300 being shipped to any other countries (which doesn't mean it didn't happen of course, they could be in Europe or some other market)

If you plan on going shopping: http://www.rubber-soul.net/ http://www.rubber-soul.net/eigyou.htm http://www.rubber-soul.net/new_page_35.htm Use google to translate it to English to get the address. Don't know if its anywhere near where you are going to be though, its in Osaka.

I wonder if Nissan just borrowed them from the C when production stopped and stuck them on the K?

Which year 240K hubcaps are they?