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That'll do nicely - thanks for your help!

Does anyone out there have pictures of an original 240Z with a tan interior? I'd like this to help me when recovering the seats of my '73 model. I think I remember one of the original 240Z sales brochures having a car with a tan interior..?

I know the mag. we have a motoring bookshop closeby which flys in the european editions soon after they hit the shelves.

Thanks, I'll zip down and grab a copy!

Ivan, What is the mag called and which edition is it? Thanks, Hayden.

You could send a pm to Alfadog (also in Brisbane), I think he's planning to do the same. Also ask JM240KGTR (I think thats his name)

I'd be happy if there was a local who could repair my dash too...any chance you could post the details Cuong?

Thanks for the reassurance Lee. I had just picked my brother up from the E.Perth bus terminal and it was the first time he'd seen the car. I gave it full throttle in 3rd and the induction roar and acceleration were fantastic. Remember this is 'only' an L24 (albeit with an E31 head) and stock exhaust.... might have to hasten the demise of my rear muffler...:devious:

To the Perth members... Can anyone confirm if there are currently permanent speed cameras in the Northbridge tunnel? I know that there was considerable debate in the press on this subject a few months back as there have been no accidents involving death or injury in the tunnel (so why the need for these 'safety devices'?) My reason for asking is that I had an attack of the loud pedal through there on Sunday night (boy does the Z go!) and now I'm wondering if it is going to cost me?

Don't worry about that, we sit outside where we can see our cars!

Hi Daniel and welcome. Your car looks familiar to me...did you buy it from a guy in Mt. Hawthorn? If its the one I think it is then he had some rust removed and repainted by Stokes and Renk in Subiaco. I have heard from a couple of other sources that they are sympathetic to older cars. We've also had our family car repaired by them and were impressed with the qulity of the job. Do you live around the Subi area? Looks like you car was photographed in the Centro streets! I'm in Daglish, maybe we could catch up and compare notes. Hayden.

Unofficial description... Private collection is a group of cars owned by an individual enthusiast who keeps them for his own enjoyment. 'Public collection' aka museum. A place where anyone could go to see a collection of cars and presumably pay an admission fee to do so.

No bingo :sleepy: 3710 on brake and, like most others, no markings on the clutch pedal.

Very nice, but is that a Datsun colour?

Just wanted to get this down for for future reference. When I 1st picked up my new Z it was, quite frankly, a horror to drive at over 70km/h. The steering vibration was terrible and got progressively worse until at about 100km/h my vision almost became blurred! Under braking, things were bad too. So, what to do? First stop was the local tyre specialist for a wheel alignment and balance. The mechanic there did his best but noted that one front rim had a 'centre buckle'. He told me that as the rim was steel it could not be repaired. Disheartened, I shopped around for a replacement and predictably found nothing that would match the other three wheels (these were period '70s chromed steel wheels). Already my wallet was cringing at the thought of the likely $1200+ spend for new wheels and tyres. At a 2nd hand wheel dealer I was given tha name of a rim repairer who would tackle steel wheels. For $44 he straightened the rim and rebalanced it with the old tyre. My steering vibration was 75% cured by fixing the rim. At this point I recalled that the PO had told me that the car had been largely unused for nearly 2 years before I came along... could the tyres be out of round, I thought? To cut a long story not much shorter, I had new fron tyres put on yesterday and hey presto!, the car is an absolute pleasure to drive - at any speed! The rim repair company is Alliance Wheel Repairs in Northbridge, Perth.

That reminds me of the mean trick my brother and I pulled on our little brother... We asked him to hold the metal end of the lawnmower plug lead and said that it was important to hold it tight... We then gave the starter cord a tremendous heave. I feel guilty at the memory now that I have young children of my own..but I can still see his little arm pumping with the shocks he recieved! Of course he ran bawling to Mum and we copped a right pasting over that....ahhh memories :devious:

You're right... I should add "don't hold the plug, hold the lead"

Better still, remove the sparkplug, connect it to its lead and earth it on the head/block while the engine is being cranked. ...better to know if the plug itself is sparking rather than just the lead.

I believe there is at least one (103479) in existence in Queensland. Interestingly, its the same colour green/tan as mine...maybe they were made in batches.

I have the only Metallic Green '73 240Z with worn steering rack, original engine, tatty carpets and rusty drivers door in my suburb (and probably the next suburb as well!). Remember that 'low numbered' cars are really low-numbered for their chassis type. Eg. I think 26th-Z (that IS low!) is actually 26th-HLS30..! What about high numbered cars? I have HS30-103477 and sjcurtis, who recently began documenting chassis numbers of RHD cars, commented that there were only a couple that were younger in Australia...

Alan, It a real shame that there are people like that out there. Although I've never had an experience like yours (which I think qualifies as 'road-rage') I know that from the point of view of insurance, such events never come out in your favour unless you have a witness. Twice our family car was backed into in shopping centre carparks by 'older' drivers. The first time, my wife was unable to locate a witness and despite both parties being insured by the same company, the type of damage indicating that our car must have been sationary at the time of the bump AND the fact that the other party kept changing his story... the company would not attribute fault to either party. End result: we make a claim, our premuim goes up. Same probably happened to the other guy if he made a claim so the winner out of this is the insurance company. In the second bump I was in the car when a little old lady tapped our car with hers (2 weeks after getting it back from the 1st repair and in exactly the same spot!). I leaped out of the car and grabbed hold of a nearby shopping trolley-pushing 16 Y.o. and asked him if he saw what happened. He became our witness and everything was resolved in our favour. So... My advice is to think "witness" in these situations. On the other hand, if you have a friend in the force he might be able to query the license details of the Landrover and you could pay his tyres a late night visit with with a long sharp knife... Hayden.

Yep, and it will probably handle as well as a Harley too...:tapemouth

I'm the tall one...

Good luck - make sure you whip a few 911s and Healys!