In my search for another Z, I am looking at 2-3 /week. From a distance my first glance at these Z's is exciting but the closer I get the worse I feel. These poor things are rusting away. Some of these cars have been sitting for years and it just saddens me to see such a great car rusting away beyond recovery...at least with my skills. Texas heat is brutal on the interiors too.

One of these days I'll find the right one. I need to take my camera along with me on my search. Document these cars....

Anyway- it's sad to see great cars just dieing a slow death.

Its sad..but look on the bright side it means that there are less and less of them out there which makes the value go up! So my 240z should hopefully be worth a lot someday!

Please take some pics if you can. Some of the cleanest parts I've bought have been from guys in Texas who told me they were rusty. Everything rusts up here, so my standards are a little lower!

I feel your pain. They don't call this the rust belt for nothing!

I feel your pain. They don't call this the rust belt for nothing!

Yeah I used to live in Indianapolis but since I live in Cali I'll never go back.

BTW Cali has the most S30Z's out of

any place in the world including Japan.

Theres at lest 17 in my 10 mile radias :rambo:

Get those pics ArnieTX, old cars in a feild always make

good art photos. Kinda like Archeology :cheeky:

~Z~

There's nothing to be sad about. You buy a car you cut the rust out and then you have a rust free car. In the process you have saved another Z car from the grips of the junk yard. It's a machine and like machines as opposed to us they can go on forever if you replace and you take care. With the human being no matter what you do eventually the grim reeper comes knocking at the door. That's why they make floor pans and fenders and quarters and dog legs and rocker panels and why there are internet auction sites. You can pretty much take any rusted out Z car and transform it back pretty close. I would be more concerned about people who rust away and we can't do a damn thing about it.

There's nothing to be sad about. You buy a car you cut the rust out and then you have a rust free car. In the process you have saved another Z car from the grips of the junk yard. It's a machine and like machines as opposed to us they can go on forever if you replace and you take care. With the human being no matter what you do eventually the grim reeper comes knocking at the door. That's why they make floor pans and fenders and quarters and dog legs and rocker panels and why there are internet auction sites. You can pretty much take any rusted out Z car and transform it back pretty close. I would be more concerned about people who rust away and we can't do a damn thing about it.

Well said and very true

I have heard of a fellow who has a rusted out piece of junk. But he is restoring it and I am sure it will great when he is done with it. $70,000.00 later. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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Anyway- it's sad to see great cars just dieing a slow death.

It may be sad , but maybe your expectations are a little high for a 35 year old car. Gary

I suppose, but it also depends on where you live

I'm in arizona, so i expect a nearly rust free car. surface rust is ok, but i expect to have nearly 0 cancerous rust that i'd have to cut out. You on the other hand, live up north, where there would be more rust, so my standard would be expecting too much compared to yours (whether or not that's true, i don't know. I just used it as an example)

Speaking of rusting away. Look at the mess I was confronted with today when I removed the fibreglass flares. Think I must be nuts to be continuing this job

:stupid:That would be a good case to plead insanity.