How fast does a Z really go?

[Fun_in_my_z]

Amen preach it brother!

[TomoHawk]

I wouldn't do anything I wouldn't want the kids to see me doing.

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Lachlan, Lachlan, Lachlan,

Shame upon you for that statement.

Believe it or not, this is the first time I've checked out this thread.

What a load of CRAP !!!!!!!

Regardless of your age, ... if you like to drive Zeds then, DO SO.

There's no age limit on enjoying a Zed.

Want a REAL hard luck story?...........

When I was twelve I'd walk 5 miles (not kms), MILES, to the local garbage dump to collect parts for a push bike. Took months to get all the parts together. Painted a you beaut fire engine red (even the handle bars 'cause they were rusty). I'd only had it on the road for a week when some low down, ill bred mother stole the bloody thing.

Then it was back to the garbage dump and bring home another frame, ...... next trip a wheel, .... then a set of brake cables and so on.

Beat that !!!!.

Rick.

:devious: :devious:

[Alfadog]

Tell you what mate, I cant beat that. But I know there are people in this world who could (and I know you know that too, you're a well travelled man). Your story reminded me of when I was recently in Ireland (Belfast) and we saw what went on there. It was pretty scary. Can you imagine how kids grow up there? No wonder the hostility isn't going away...

Anyway, here's the picture you reminded me of! This was in one of hte real hotspots - there was broken glass literally all over the ground.

(P.S. Don't take it the wrong way, not trying to nullify your story or outdo you in any way, just putting some perspective to the thread )

[Tommo560]

Regardless of your age, ... if you like to drive Zeds then, DO SO.

There's no age limit on enjoying a Zed.

Now thats what i want to hear.

I got my z when i was 15 (2 days before my 16th birthday), and just recently had the thing transfered into my name for my 17th birthday. And what can i say but how much fun it is to drive!!!! i love the thing. ofcourse its not standard, far from it (l28 competition motor with tripple webers) :devious: , and sticking to the thread i have done 190 km/h (approx 120 mph) on a race track, and with the 4.4 diff that is about 5500 rpm in 5th, almost topped out (rev limit at 6500).

Now i know none of you are going to believe that i bought this car myself, so i wont try to decieve you. my dad wanted a car to race, i wanted a daily driver, so we got this, and we split the cost. but boy-all-mighty has this been an eye opener to just how not far $100 goes. i thought i was rolling it it, 14 earning $50 a weak, i had stacks of money. but not any more, and thats the value in this for me, its taught me just how hard it is to own and run a car. so maybe you think i am spoilt getting a z for my birthday (+ a percentage of the cost from me) but i think it was one of the best things my parents could have done for me to teach me the value of money on a more realistic level than having to buy a movie ticket and drink a week at the weekly movie.

Tom.

[TomoHawk]

Tommo,

Would you mind talking to my boy?

Good on yer,

[Tommo560]

I believe its absolutely true, until you really experiance it you have no idea of how much things cost in the real world. As i said, $50 suddenly goes from being a lot, to being spare change (an over exaduration, but thats litterally how it feels).

Tom.

[Fun_in_my_z]

Hey Tomo, do you ausies have to worry about rust? I know all cars will rust but i dont know much about your climate.

I got my 72 Z 2 days before my 17th birthday. Deal was for me to give a hundred dollers for it. But the nice Old man gave me the title and said here kid happy birthday.

All be it she was a rust bucket. You can see pics in my gallery

[Tommo560]

Yeah, these cars came standard with rust.

I live about 500m from the ocean so that salt makes the rust even worse, but yes these car do rust over here, no doubt about that. infact i just had the car in at the shop because rust had claimed the frame rail where the roll bar mounts, and the car had already had the floors replaced when i bought it, and there are buble in the paint in a few places where it is rusting. The rear wheel well is pretty bad, and there are spots of rust around the tool compartments too, but not too bad considering it started life in Europe, on salted roads.

easy answer: They rust as bad over here as they do over where you are, perhaps not as quickly because we only get snow in a few select areas so our roads dont have to be salted in winter as they do when it snows.

Tom.

[ddezso]

Boy do I feel lucky to live in Arizona where nothing rusts. But it's a dry heat....

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Hey there Lachlan,

That photo reminds me of the tenements I grew up in, in Waterloo, Sydney, except they're in better condition.

Tommo,

I take my hat off to you mate. You'll always appreciate the things you EARN, more than that which you are given.

Bill,

I gave my son a Datsun Stanza as a graduation gift. He EARNED it by burning the midnight oil, studying for his degrees. It was a bit of a bomb, but roadworthy. He sure learned a lot about cars with that old bomb.

Rick.

:devious: :devious:

[Tommo560]

Thanks Rick. :classic: