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Unkle are all your cars for sale? If so i'm sorry your getting out of them:disappoin but i hope they stay in the Great White North. Dave

Wow, nice car hot rod. How did you find it? With all the upgrades listed on your cardomain site, it looks like the suspension and brakes have already been upgraded. What do you plan to do? Again a very nice car it's good to have so many local. Dave

My son sold me his car to finance his schooling, so i'm back to owning a z car. A 72 240z that we found in LA flew down to pick up and drove back. Since then I have also bought a 71 parts car out of Oregon and a 73 from Calgary. Once the Z bug bites it bites hard! My Question is for other Z owners from Canada How did you find your car, where did they come from, and how long have you had them? Dave

Welcome, and nice car. We Canucks should try and have a get together to show off our rides, O ya 5000 plus kms coast to coast, that bites. Dave

Sorry my bad, totally missed that and even looked! Dave

Could you tell us who the supplier was? They do look nice. DAve

My son and I have had the same starter problem on two cars a 72 240 and a 73, after searching on this form and Hybrid z we have tried cleaning the ground, replacing the starter and ignition switch (which took a long time to source and the local Napa parts store to get in) only to determine that the original parts was just fine. What we found on both cars is that the ignition switch that the key tumbler turns, the part the wiring attaches too and is held in place with 2 tiny screws, spins ever so slightly to the left if looking from the drivers seat thus not allowing full contact in the start position on the the key tumbler. I have put in a second switch onto the wiring harness used a flat bladed screw driver and started cars over a hundred times to test this threory and the cars both started ever time. When I put the wiring back to the switch that is attached to the key tumbler it would not start again just click, so I loosened the little screws rotated the Ignition switch to the right as far as I could, and tightened the screws as tight as I could, reconnected the wiring and the car fired right up. I wish that was the end of the problem after about a week or so with no starting issues at all the switch rotated back out of position again and the dreaded click returned. What I need to figure out is how to hold the switch in position for a premant fix. Hope this helps and I think is the actual cause of this annoying problem. Dave 71 240z newly getting full rebuild 72 240z Sons car but gave me the z bug again 73 240z Canadian rust bucket, but good parts car not safe to drive 71 240z my first car written off in 81 72 240z had to sell to pay for college in 84 have missed them every since.

My Son and I drove from Orange County (LA) to Calgary Alberta with a car that we flew down to buy for him. We test drove the rust free 72 240z and he wanted it so he bought it and we drove it home. No major issues other than the alternator gave up for dead on the way into Montana, I called Z Specialties in Seattle and had a replacement sent overnight freight, got an upgrade and a repair at the same time. Thats the great thing about the Z very easy to fix if you have any skills at all.

Thanks all for the input I will try the guy that can get parts from Japan.

Does anyone know a source for the original style braided hoses that our cars came with. I have been looking for some time and have not found any so far. 71 240z getting a new life

I didnt even look at the buyer! His post was after the selling time on my ebay clock and the time on the post, I guess was just tring to check it was a good buy. Dave

I saw this on ebay this morning http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-240z-NOS-front-bumper_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33640QQitemZ270103228943QQrdZ1 Item number: 270103228943 Sold for a buy it now for $500 in only a few hours hope this helps Dave

I have just become the new owner of a 71 240z (series 1 car). My son and I also own a 73 240z that is to far gone to fix up, and has become a parts car. My question is has anyone removed the front rear deck tool storage pockets from a later 240 to retrofit into a series 1 car, and if yes do you have pic's? The 71 needs some bodywork and most if the interior redone, it has a l28 so it is not a No. correct car and I am not sure if I am going to keep it totally correct with the rebuild, or make it comfortable to drive with PW PL and updated seats. Thanks Dave

Dave, Have not been in a z car for years, also have not heard "not enough lube used" (last time was in a z car anouther story not going to be share) in years. We lubed the bushings that had to be put into the outer contol arms (for the spindle pin) but did not lube the bushings to the sleaves supplied or the carriers on the inner control arm. Not a hard fix everything else went to smooth for a true teaching experiance. It trully helps to start with a well persurved rust free car. Thanks for the help. Dave

Returning to z cars after 22 yrs. My son asked me to look at a 240sx last year with him for his first car. It had a blown moter and was in very bad shape. I showed him what a real 240z was on the computer ( thanks Google image ) and to make a long story short we flew from the great white north in Aug last year to SoCal and drove home his rust free 72 240z. He has been saving and buying parts for the full suspension rebuilt, and last weekend we started the project. On Sunday the front end got new Bushings, Shockes, Springs, Rotors, Pads, and Calipers. Monday we tackled the rear with new Shoes, Shocks, Spings and Bushings. Removing the pin that conects the control arm to the strut assembly and removing the old bushings from the control arm proved to be the most difficalt of the whole process ( thank God for a 20 ton press ) My question is after we completed the job the back end squeaks like mad on any little bump! :disappoin Did we do something wrong or just over tighten the control arm bolts? We are thankful for any help. Dave

you have a P.M.