My name is David (Dave) and I am currently doing lots of reading/research on the 240 so I can avoid noobie mistakes when I finally purchase one of these gems. My late father raced the 240 and 260 in scca events and even let me be a parking lot "co-driver" so these cars are very close to my heart. Just wanted to introduce myself and look forward to chatting with you folks.

Just a quickie huh? Well welcome aboard and good luck with your search.

Welcome aboard

Chris

Welcome. Any old pictures of your Dad racing?

Welcome to the forums. This is the place to be for all your information.

I think, other then the obvious stuff, the only newbie mistake is not checking for rust EVERYWHERE.

Spend a good hour with the help of a jack and a flash light to see what kind of rust the girl has. Rust is the #1 enemy of these things, so check every nook and cranny.

Welcome Dave, I would like to second that request for pics of your dad's racing days. Those are photos to cherish for sure. It's possible some of our members have some also, in their picture files too. It's good that you are going about the quest for knowledge and doing the research, before purchasing. We get the heads up from the members here on many nice Z's when they go up for sale. Good luck in the hunt!

Welcome Dave. I too am also a 'newbie" to the site. My wish to 'relive fond memories' and re-experience the Zperformance was recently answered. Within a month of posting my search for a car, (and of course looking at many) I found and bought one on Dec 12. I don't know if it was blind luck or the goodwill of others that I found mine so quickly. Nonetheless, I am extremely happy w/purchase and hope you find yours as quickly as I did.

You will find great advice here, just ask for it!

G'Day there Dave,

A very warm welcome from the Land Down Under.

For your first piece of advice;

Make use of the SEARCH feature for any problem you may come up against. You'll find it to be quite comrehensive as, whatever might possibly go wrong with a Zed has, at one time or another, been fixed and the details posted by one or more of the members.

Rick.

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Hey Dave,

Welcome aboard! You'll find plenty of help and advice on the board and from members. As Bravo said, use the search functionality on the board and the Z world is your oyster...

Thank you all for the warm welcome (north Iowa in December) it is appreciated

DeMoore and geezer: I will have to get in touch with my mom and see what she may have picture wise, although she was very against the whole racing thing I my get lucky and find a few. that would mean alot to me.

John: Congrats on you recent find!! I'm happy for you and it gives me hope to finding mine as well.

Then there's Rick: I envy your climate, and will use your advice with the search function, thanks. I cracked up over you quotes in your signature, and being a small scale sailor myself, we are going to get along just find. I even married a 'Sheila'

Hey there Dave,

When you say you "Married a Shiela", do you mean that you have your very own, true blue, fair dinkum Aussie girl ?????????????

Mate, .... you must be the envy of all your friends if that's the case.

As for the climate here, ... well, .... as they say in the Queensland tourist ads, Great one day, perfect the next. Living on the coast in Central Queensland, I have a choice of half a dozen beaches to fish from. Eat your hearts out you lot.

Rick.

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Dave , welcome to our group , as has been said before , have a good look around the site . If you have ANY questions do ask. As for Bravo-6 stop rubbing in with you in the middle of summer you lot. Gazza , By the way if you do find a Z that you are really interested in , post it if you would like one of us to have a look for you. This way you can have an uninterested non biased opinion from a Z driver that has been there and done that.

Since you asked Beandip, I have my eye on this one, perhaps it's been on here before and someone has an inside scoop on it. I'm going to ask for engine and chassis photos. The door jamb striker appears to be green, meaning obvious repaint, correct? I'll be asking when and why.

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?paId=135265601

Rick: , she is a 'Sheila' by name only, she's pretty much full Irish, please keep me in your prayers