New 280z Owner!

[Pen280z]

Allow me to intorduce myself. I am a 17 year old from BC, Canada today i just bought my first car, a 1976 280z that had its engine swapped for a corvette engine (im not really sure what year or anything, the guy just told me that it was a corvette engine, i will have more details later). the interior is pretty beat up but that can all be fixed now for the pics:

now i bought this car for $3100 CAN

all i know is that it goes just as good or faster than my brother's 1990 300zx TT

i would just like to know what you think of the car ( good idea to buy it or was it a bad idea?) and how i could fix it up, keep in mind i intend to change the hood

[KDMatt]

Hey!

Congratulations on your new acquisition. I'm 18 and have a '76 280Z as well... though mine is a bit closer to stock than yours... Mine had a tranny swap at some point during its "career" instead of an engine (at least I'm pretty sure), but yeah.

Your Z looks pretty nice, and I'll bet it's hella fast too with that 'vette engine and all. The paint looks good as well , but yeah, I agree, that hood needs to go.

...and I'm not sure of the conversion factor from canadian currency to American, but I'd be willing to bet that you got the better end of the deal.

Anyway, you're probably gonna hear it about a bzillion times (it seems to be the slogan 'round here), but, "enjoy the ride!"

[1 Bravo 6]

Welcome to the club Ryan,

If you take the time to check out the tech threads you'll find a heap of info on Zeds. If you have a problem the odds are that you'll find the answer there. If not, post your problem, sit back, relax and read the various suggestions you'll receive from the very knowledgable people on this site.

Enjoy,

Rick.

:devious: :devious:

[260Zed]

That is one hell of a first car! Sounds like you got a great deal, as long as it goes as well as it looks.

For god's sake don't wrap it around a tree!

Luke

[sblake01]

Just off the top of my head, $3100CAN is about $2550-2560USD.

[Pen280z]

thanks for the feedback guys!

would anybody happen to know roughly how much it would cost to get seats reupholstered? im planning on making the interior look brand new because right now it kinda looks like crap haha.

[=Resurected280=]

Welcome to the community!!!

Nice car, I have a '78 280Z thats in process of getting a V8 as soon as the chassis is finished (and I have the money, hahahahaha). Anyways Motorsports has an upholstery kit for your year for $220 (not sure if this is per seat or for the pair though) and foam inserts to go with it for another $85 (per seat).

http://www.zcarparts.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=SIC102

As an alternative, Too Intense Restorations also has a upholstery kit that they sell, not sure of the price on that one though.

[=Resurected280=]

BTW both of these companies also have carpet kits that they sell.

[GunnerRob]

Welcome to the community!!!

Nice car, I have a '78 280Z thats in process of getting a V8 as soon as the chassis is finished (and I have the money, hahahahaha). Anyways Motorsports has an upholstery kit for your year for $220 (not sure if this is per seat or for the pair though) and foam inserts to go with it for another $85 (per seat).

http://www.zcarparts.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=SIC102

As an alternative, Too Intense Restorations also has a upholstery kit that they sell, not sure of the price on that one though.

Motorsport's upholstery kits are for both seats.

[catfish78]

Welcome to the club, Ryan.

I'm a little late replying to your post, I just got back from vacation and was checking out the latest news.

I'm not sure where you are in BC, but there are a lot of z guys around the lower mainland that can help you out. Let me know if you need any info.

BTW, nice car! Hope you can afford to drive it with the way fuel costs have risen over the past few months.

[Pen280z]

hey man, i live in the okanagan valley so yeah, not alot of Z's around here, and i hope i can afford it i think its risen to about 1.04 over here hows the gas prices there in langley?

[catfish78]

Hey Ryan, I was just up in your neck of the woods last week! Spent a week in Kelowna on vacation with the family.

As far as gas prices, not much better in Langley 1.029 this morning. :eek: The best place to fill up if you ever come to Vancouver is to stop in at Abbotsford, off the Clearbrook exit. Gas sells around there for around 14 cents a litre cheaper than in Vancouver. I drive to Abbotsford daily to go to work so I do some comparative shopping every day. Price this morning in Abby was 89.9, plus another 3.5 cents off discount at the pump.

Good luck on your car and welcome to the club!

Mike