Mr Camouflage

Hey Halz. I had my first 240z when I was on P plates. I spent a lot of time fixing it up. I think the owner of the 240z would appreciate the car he owned. It looked like he'd spent a bit to get it into the condition it was in. Hey Cuong The $1000 is from the guy himself. that's what he told me he sold it for when i spoke to him thursday afternoon. He sounded like a chump.

How much did he want for it? There was a 240z in the quokka this week for $500. the guy ended up selling it for $1000. I guess some people started a bidding war. I asked what sort of condition it was and hes said it was F*%@ed. I might have a 240z headed my way after christmas, but no deals have been done yet, so mum's the word. I saw a nice 240z a couple of days ago in joondalup. A red one, owned by a P-Plate driver. Had nice mags, and front spoiler. Looked like it had just been painted.

I looking for a 240Z in Perth Western Australia. Any condition. to fix up as a project. Maybe consider a 260Z (2 seater only). Email Me: zed240@hotmail.com

Hmmm, talking about mazda's on a 240z site. I feel very naughty, but anyway, they are cool cars also. I used to have a 808 coupe with a 1600 piston engine. R100's had the a 10A rotary engine, which I doubt you could find anywhere except in a stock R100, thats been lost in a shed or garage of some elderly person and forgotten about. Most R100's have the 12A or 13B put in for more reliability and power (13B turbo series 4 = lots of power to weight ratio). To fit a rotary to your car, you wuld have to change the cross member for a R100 cross member, then a rotatry would bolt in. As for tail lights, grills etc, they would be pretty rare also, even in Australia, because ist such an early model car. Bits for RX-3, and 4's are a lot more common, and even aftermarket reproductions are available for RX3 nose cones.

Try looking in the Junk yard. These cars aren't worth anything these days. Last on I saw was for sale for $300. I thought about buying it for about a second. Mazda 808's are just as worthless, but the coupes look a whole lot better and are easy to transform into mazda RX-3's.

The change in centre console design I believe was beacuse of the change in gearbox from the 69-71 to the 72-73 models. I 'm talking 5 speeds here, dunno about the 4 speeds, but apparenltly the gear sticks were in slightly different positions, causing the ashtray to be moved and the console to be redesigned. My 72 had 3 switches on the forward pannel, but they weren't connected to anything and had no labels on them.

The 240K is a datsun Skyline (as it was known in Japan) otherwise known by its chassis number the C110. 4 door http://www.ratdat.com/history/1959to1972/images/1972_c110.jpg 2 door http://www.ratdat.com/history/1959to1972/images/1972_kc110.jpg The 240C /260C I believe was the 230 series which was a bigger car. I dont know what it was called in other markets. Maybe a Cedric? 4 door http://www.ratdat.com/history/1959to1972/images/1971_230.jpg 2 door http://www.ratdat.com/history/1959to1972/images/1971_k230_cedric.jpg

Ah yeah. My bad. Where'd I get ford V8 from? I think the were considering a ford V6 in the design stages, and even a rotary engine too. but yeah the used the Renault/Peugeot/Volvo V6 in the end.

Genuine minilites have 8 "spokes"

Actually there's isnt much difference between stainless and normal steel. T-430 stainless weighs the same as normal carbon steel T-304 is heavier though, but not by much. I dont know what the difference is but stainless exhaust systems becomming more common. Titanium exhaust systems are still rare, you can get them for skylines and they are very light. They guy also made normal steel cobras. They are a pretty common sight on the streets of Perth in summer. Definately more common than 240z's.

That damage does look repairable though. The door seems undamaged. As long as the strut tower hasn't moved it shouldn't be to hard to fix.

Take a look at the Georgia Z club's Cylinder head referance http://www.georgiazclub.com/tips/ztech/cylinderhead.htm hmmm. actually its not much help when it comes to pistons.

Those 240z shelby kits are disgusting. they dont even look like a shelby cobra. If you are gonna make a kit car, at least get a kit that looks like the original car. the proportions are all wrong. There was a guy over here in perth that made replica shelby cobras out of stainless steel.

Yep. Call them minilites and people should know what you're talking about.

If you like primer so much, just paint it matt grey. at least it will be waterproof, and your pannels wont rust from the inside out.

Depends on the year of your car and the original exterior colour. tan wasn't common on the 1970/71 240z as only the green cars had a tan interior, where as white and dark blue cars had blue interiors (different shades of blue i believe). All the rest had black. Things changed in the 1972 and tan was more common. Its all in my other post: year, exterior colour - interior colour. If anyone bothered to read it.

How about a tubular chassis you can bolt the suspension to, drop in the engine and trans, and hang the pannels and glass on, wack in the interior and away you go.

Listed Below Are The Exterior and Interior Colors For The DATSUN 240Z's, As Imported Into The North American Market Interior and Exterior Color Combinations: 1970/71 Exterior Color Interior Color: Silver 901 Black Dk. Blue 903 Black / Lt. Blue White 904 Black / Blue Red 905 Black Dk. Green 907 Tan Orange 918 Black Yellow 919 Black Gold 920 Black (#920 aka - Mustard) 1972 Exterior Color Interior Color: Silver 901 Red White 904 Red Orange 918 Black / White Red 110 White / Black Yellow 112 Black (#112 aka: Lime ) Green Metallic 113 Tan Brown Metallic 114 Tan (#114 aka: CoCo Brown) Blue Metallic 115 White 1973 Exterior Color Interior Color: Note 1 USA: Canada Silver 901 Black Black White 904 Red N/A in Canada Orange 918 Black Black Red 110 Black Beige Yellow 112 Black Black (#112 aka: Lime ) Green Metallic 113 Brown Brown Brown Metallic 114 Brown Brown (#114 aka:CoCo Brown) Blue Metallic 115 Beige Beige (Note: Beige is just off white) Paint Codes and Interior Colors 1970 Through 1976: 1970 and 71 Model Year Cars 901 Light Metallic Gray or Silver Metallic 903 Blue (till 8/71) 904 White (till 7/75) 905 Red (till 8/71) 907 Dark Green (till 8/71) 918 Orange 919 Yellow (till 8/71) 920 Gold (till 8/71) Added/Changed for 72/73 Model Year Cars 110 Red (from 9/71 on) 112 Yellow (from 9/71) (aka: Lime) 113 Green Metallic (from 9/71) (aka: Leaf Green / Avocado) 114 Bronze Metallic (from 9/71) (aka: coco / dark brown) 115 Blue Metallic (from 9/71) 260Z / 280Z Colors 215 White (from 8/75 on) 214 Dark Brown (from 8/73 - 7/76) 240 Green Metallic (from 8/75 on) 301 Brown Metallic (from 8/73) 302 Leaf Green Metallic (from 8/73) 303 Green Metallic (8/73 - 7/75) 304 Gold Metallic (8/73 - 7/75) 305 Light Blue Metallic (from 8/73) 306 Silver Metallic (from 8/73) 307 Blue Metallic (from 8/73) 362 Dark Purple Metallic (from 8/75) 517 Beige Metallic (from 8/76) (aka: Lt. Gold) 611 Wine Red Metallic (from 8/76) (aka: Burgundy) 901 Silver Metallic Note 1:Factory Service Bulletin (VOL.171) - Introduction of Datsun 240Z, Model S30 Series (1973 Models) which states the following: Please note: The Foreword states that " This Service Bulletin has incorporated only the descriptions and specifications for the modification parts and newly designed mechanism and others, but has not introduced the items continued from the present model vehicle." Note 2: Published 11 Jun. 98, up-dated 27 June 98, after review by the IZCC Z Car List Members. For additions or corrections please contact Carl Beck via e-mail at:mailto:beck@becksystems.com

Yeah the radiator is on a wierd forward angle. the airbox sits in the space behind/above it. (its been replaced with a aftermarket air filter in the pictures above). I'd agree that its a weird place for an airfilter, but i guess no stranger than having it in the engine bay with all the hot air in there. Now if there was a vent in the bonnet....

Errrrr, well, no, but I've never seen any on the streets. I've seen plently of 260z 2+2's and some 2 seaters. We never got the 280z at all. (as far as I know) I think we got the 260z up to 1977. We got the 280zx 2+2. I've never seen a 2 seater 280zx in australia. They are easy to tell apart from the 2+2 from the side rear windows. I didn't even know 2 seaters they existed untill i saw one in a movie, dunno what movie it was but i think it was a blue car. (I was watching rage saturday night and saw a white 280zx 2 seater in a madonna video for Borderline) I've only seen 4 seater 300zx (z31) on the road. Nissan Australia probably didnt think there was much of a market for 2 seater cars in Austrailia. We have 2 seater z32's, but they are secondhand imports from japan, not australin compliance nissan sold 300zx's. Anybody know any different?

That's a 2 seater 300zx is it? Here in Australia we stoped getting the 2 seater versions after the 260z, which is a shame 'cause 280zx 2 seaters dont too to bad either. I'm not a fan of the 2+2's.

Ditto. Primer if very porous so the paint will stick to it, but it will also absorb moisture and cause rust that you wont be able to see.

Yeah though you might say wings. But the term wing really only applies to aeroplanes in my book. I call them fender, or guards. whatever term pops into my head first when i'm trying to describe the things that go over the wheels.

Nigel, ummm, I think you're forgetting some of the real australians that were here first. You know the ones I'm talking about. Its reall easy to talk Kiwi. just switch all letter I's to U's, and finish every sentance with the word "ay"

Hey Alfa In regards to your panels being out of whack, All you really need to do is get a mate and some spanners and loosen up the bolts and rehang the pannels correctly. The last owner was probably lazy and didn't do it properly after repainting it. I see what you mean about your bonnet not lining up propperly. Mr C P.S. So what does your dad call fenders then?