Mr Camouflage

Yeah I dont think they mind whether its a hardtop or sedan in Kuwait.

Thats a Mazda RX-5 incase you were wondering.

not so subtle

Take lots of photos for us Alfa. Try letting the guy that does the Japanese Restorer magazine know, if he doesnt already. He might be able to put it in his magazine or on his website. www.japaneserestorer.com.au (He's mazdajon on ebay).

Anyone know who bought it?

Or maybe he's taling about the "overfenders" in which case you can get them from here http://www.classicdatsun.com/new/240_glass.html

ROFL

Yep He's the man. I emailed RS Watanabe a while back and asked if they had an Australian Distributor, and they gave me Miki's Details.

I know a few people with original hubcaps. Though they arent on their zeds.

Australia and NZ got about 1% of the total production of 240z's, so good luck finding any hubcaps to import.

1976 240K GL Auto. Melbourne, Victoria. $1200 or buy it now $2000 <img src="http://i9.ebayimg.com/05/i/07/8d/75/76_12.JPG"/> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140004108930

A 280ZX in the USA/ Austrailia was known as a Fairlady 280Z in Japan. Same for the 300Z(X) i believe. This is a Japanese second hand import that was imported to Austrailia in the mid ot late 80's. Thats why they are calling it a 280Z. Theres was no such thing as a 280ZX in the Japanese market. Thats why i put the chassis code in (S130) so people would know it wasnt the S30 280Z.

I cut an pasted the classified ad into a previous post, nowhere does it say its a coupe, or a 4 door.

Hmmm. I assumed it was, because Tom said it was. Maybe he asked the guy on the phone, and thats why he wrote it. It doesnt say in the advert. And I never asked when i talked to him on the phone. Tom.....

From what I understand. Powder coating is this. The item you want to powdercoat is celaned off to bare metal, then heated to a hot temperature. Then the coating which is some sort of plastic powder is applied and melts on to the surface to form a paint like coating. Thats about all i know on the subject, so maybe some powdercoaters could chime in.

280Z 2 seater of the S130 variety. Ex Western Australia car (We got all sorts of dealer imported second hand cars in the mid to late 80's before the laws were tightend up.) Starting bid AU $1,200.00 Clifton Springs, Australia wherever that is <img src="http://i8.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/95/da/f4_1.JPG"> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230002557363

More Salt for the wound.... I phoned the guy up today to see if he still had the car, or if it had been taken away. I was prepared to offer him double what he was asking for it. He was asking $900ono. I would have offered $1800, but he said it had alread been taken away. Then i asked how much he sold it for. I hope you are all sitting down... $650. I almost swore at him, but managed to contain myself. Then I told him he could have probably got $1500 to $2000 for it easily. He then asked what was so special about them, seeming to not believe my statment. I Told him they were an early Nissan Skyline, and there were a few Nissan enthusiasts the would love to have one. The he started on saying how the Arabs want them but didnt know why, and that the first 2 people that looked at it wanted to ship them back to the middle east. I told him that lots of Aussies want the cars too. Maybe he feels a little stupid for selling it so cheap. I hope so. The Advert reads: DATSUN 240K, 1973, 6 cyl auto, one lady owner, excel mech, FSH, drives well, lic to Nov $900 ono.

Hey Tom, you want to know the really annoying part..... ....Its on the quokka online site, which means it was in the paper last week and no one bought it. The phoned in ads ony go on the website, the second week they appear in the paper.

Yeah in Kuwait aparently. I dont know why, maybe someone from over there can enlighten us.

Damn that sucks. Its bad enough that 240K coupes are rarer than 240zeds, but to have to compete with the middle east for our local cars. Poor thing will probably end up with a V8. Tom, you have to be ruthless. You should have asked to look at the car while the guy was still at work. Then if you liked it you could have rung him and told him to hold it for you untill he could get home, and you could inspect it better. Doesn't hurt to ask. I'd be on the phone to the guy on the weekend, and see if the sale is still going through.

Why skim coat the whole panel after you think you have got it flat. Isn't that just making pointless work. You'd have to sand again, after getting it flat the first time. (bondo never goes on evenly). Fill the dents, dont skim the whole panel. Then use high build primer (spray putty it used to be called), sanding and re applying untill you have worked out all the minor ripples. Its alot easier to sand the spray putty than a bondo skim coat.

It was me, not Gav that said that about the 240K. And as for what was in the rest of my post and I was talking about back in the 70's not current racing cars. Its that racing pedigree that people seem to attach to a car and its value. Which is why a 240z is never going to be worth as much as a Falcon GTHO or a Torana A9X. A 240Z never won bathust (nor even competed AFAIK). Then in the next sentance you agree with exactly what i was saying Yep that what I said. The Z is undervalued, ie: 240Z arent held in the same regard (in Australia) as they are in the USA. I'm not really sure what you are trying to say Mike. Are you disagreeing with what I wrote, or what Gav wrote in a different post. And the prices i'm talking about are for road driven 240Z's, like HS30-00131 selling for $4700. Hey, I though low VIN cars were supposed to command high prices. (Personally, I dont care about vin numbers, id rather have a good high vin car than an average low vin car). Also My Z is running its original engine too!

I wouldnt wire the buzzer to come on when the ignition is off. I'd wire it to the door switch, so that it came on when the door was opened and the headlights were on. Thats how most new cars do it. I think it would drive you crazy everytime you came home at night and turned the igniton off first, before the headlights. Thats the order I always swith things off, and thats why id wire to trigger when the door opens.

Which link were you using? the first one (post #1) isnt working at the moment. Try the links from post #10 & #11 (its the same article, split up) right click and save as, then after they have downloaded, open one at a time. If they dont work either let me know.

try ebay australia. they come up on there too. email this ebay username He's probably got one : motorden