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It gave me the shivers just surfing the n!et for these

Ivan, I'm sure you're trying to make a valid point but I can't understand what you mean in your post..?

Well lets face it, he's got taste and determination... sounds like a Z driver!

You did well to catch those spiders. I caught a 'Huntsman' in my daughter's bedroom the other night (the other Aussies will know what they are). This one was about 5" in 'diameter'... you know, from leg tip to leg tip and is had a nice heavy body. Now... They can give a nasty bite but not fatal, however that doesn't stop them from looking deadly. My first thought was was to give it the old Blundstone boot treatment but (a) that would have left a large spidery mess to clean up and ( my daughter, age 4, had just been given a 'bug catcher' toy that day and insisted that I use that to catch it :tapemouth .I did mange to get the spider into the bug catcher but he was not happy. It's quite 'challenging to have a large angry spider in front of your face with only a thin peice of perspex in between! I gingerly released him outside where he can do his worst to the local insects etc. ... Or creep back inside again :paranoid:

Have you ever been "plussed" by "clement" weather?

How about we ask HS30H where 240Z were delivered to and then base the poll on that. I'm sure they will turn up in all sorts of odd places (Malaysia, UAE, Macau...?) Of course, we may not have members in those exotic climes but you never know...:paranoid:

Yeh, I guessed thats what you meant. I hope one of the other guys can help you...

Fuel rod? As in 'spent fuel rod'. Gentlemen, I believe we have the 1st nuclear powered Z!

Whoops, shame on me! Saint, I would have thought that a Pom would have better geograhpy:finger:

Also what about the many parts of asia that are in the Southern Hemisphere...? Lets all chip in and donate the Americans and atlas:classic:

Actually I WOULD BOTHER with autotrader.com.au. There were only a limited number of Z brought into Australia and if you're serious about owning one you should get serious about searching for them. Australia is your marketplace - search it.

Scanning through the numerous picture of 240Zs on this site and others I've noticed a difference between some cars: On the front guard panel (UK:wing), cars may or may not have a turn signal. All cars have turn signals below the front bumper but not all have the extra one on the guard. Is the presence of absence of this signal related to the year of manufacture or the market the car was sold in? Something else?

I have to agree with the previous post. Clear silicone is ideal. It will not damage the paint and you can 'adjust' the badge for a while after you stick it on to get the angle perfect. When you're happy, you can temporarily tape the badge while the silicone sets. To remove the badge in the future, simply run a piece of fishing line behind the badge and then rub off the remaiing silicone from the paintwork. I have used this method for years and never lost a badge. I can't imagine that double sided tape would allow the badges to sit nice and close to the paintwork..?

I wonder if that will be its world competition debut?

Oh but they are 'attended' (see my original post). Usually by a fat copper reading newspaper and scoffing down a pie... So he might not notice the quick 'hotwash' you are suggesting!

Alfaog I'm sure of it. the radar and camera unit are mounted together...usually hidden at the bottom of a long hill behind some shrubbery. Just to blacken your mood, about 50m past the radar they place a temporary sign which reads: "You have just passed a speed camera, thankyou for driving within the limit" Its enough to get the veins on the temple throbbing!

Mike mentioned Autralia's use of speed cameras in another post...don't get me started. They are termed "revenue raisers" nowadays and most state governments plan their yearly budgets to include a healthy few million $$ from these devices. Interestingly, the powers that be contnue to quote statistics ad-nauseum about how the cameras have reduced the accident rate. As we who have befallen the speed cameras can tell them, the cameras only give an accurate picture on straight, flat, wide, open roads in good lighting conditions when there is only a single car in view. In other words, positive identifications of a car exceeding the speed limit can only be made in ideal (read: SAFE) driving conditions. So you may be tootling along at 65km/h in a 60 zone one fine Sunday morning all by yourself when *flash*, you are photographed. Your day will be spoilt because you know that in weeks time a fine will arrive in your mailbox for $135.00. If you try to contest the fine, Sergeant Bargearse, officer on duty at the time, will state that the camera was installed, tested and operating correctly (even though he was scoffing another pie and reading the form guide at the time- he's got a tough job!). Now tell me they are not revenue raising. In Western Australia, cameras are slightly differnent to the East. Cars can only be photographed from the front which means motorcycles (rear numberplate only) never get caught by cameras in the west. Incedentally, in W.A. the cameras are called Multa-Novas, which leads to the popular saying: "If you see a Multa-Nova, cross the kerb and run it over!"

what zvoiture is planning to do sounds a lot like 'rebirthing' as its called in Australia. This is where a stolen car or one rebuilt cheaply from many parts is given a new identity with new VIN numbers from a wreck. While I applaud the efforts we all go to to be able to drive the cars we like on the road... the law is the law. Your idea will take you onto a potentially very slippery slope.

Don't listen to them, you are sitting on the correct side of your car!

WIMP!! Your car is good enough to be entered into a concours no matter who designed it. Perhaps an "unknown designer" would have his profile raised is more people showed their cars...

Time to replace your rubber hatch seals.

Alan, I have my hoe and I'm ready to help plough the S30 furrow down here where the spotlight on the Z is a little dim! (mixing my metaphors? Oh well, long live RHD I say!)

USA ~60,000 240Z imported Aus ~3000 240Z imported. It makes things hard for us to say the least... even harder when our U.S cousins can pick up the paper and scan thru the list of 240zs for sale each week! We're lucky to see a new car for sale in a month... and that's in the whole country

Have a look at the "00091 for sale" post. Alan mentions that there are several chassis types: S30, PS30, HS30 and HLS30. ah of these were numbered sequentially. The car you are considering is the 14946th HLS30-car not the 14946th Datsun 240Z.